Colors, textures and sky! Hard to go wrong with those subjects…
My late wife was a college trained photographer who hated the business end and would never go in a darkroom! Her saying was “Never pass up a sunrise or sunset”. In the sun you find all three of colors, textures and sky….
Your photos are very special… topically appealing in this age of misanthropic nonsense flashing off my tv /Netflix screen.. can’t hide! Gotta research how the rest of our country is creating safety (psychological, social, interpersonally uplifting… stuff that fills my heart w HOPE!
I’ve run off the tracks this afternoon! Here in Substack! Catching up a Simon Rosenberg whose writings are helpful to my politically fraught daily life… the T Is beyond abomination & SupCt & now SUMMER has HIT the West Coast.. so there’s no wandering outdoors till after 7:30pm… simple answer: Substack!
Wow! I am so impressed/in awe of your talent! What a knack for capturing just right….angles, lighting, details and subjects orherwise unnoticed! Love the magnet idea… that’s my fridge decore! 😄 Bravo and Cheers taking this step, Susan…you will be successful I’m sure! 👏👏🥰
Aw, thanks Joan. I guess it’s become more than a hobby! I’m using SmugMug as the platform because they offer so many items and different kinds of art prints. When I saw they also offered magnets, blankets and greeting cards, I had to laugh. 😂😂
So... yer not an artist? Coulda fooled me. Seriously, I love your portfolio. Your framing is meticulous and the shot is always interesting. Such nice work.
So great of you to say Carol. THANK YOU! I've spent my whole life in advertising and took some pictures, but once I sold my agency, I had time to play with the camera. It's great fun! It's hot here in the mid-Atlantic....Have a "cool" weekend! ❤️❤️
Looks like you live in/close to Philly. I once had a house in Cape May, 3 blocks to the shore. I miss it. Now I live in the Adirondacks and that takes some of the sting off.
I’m an amateur photographer who once drove a rural newspaper route and took landscape photos along the way. I’ve been thinking of selling some to get much needed money.
How did you protect your rights to your photos? And how did you decide to price them? I don’t have money to offer so I cannot buy and NOT looking for freebies. Just some clues how to go about it.
Thank YOU so much. It’s cool here now although the week was in the 90s. But we don’t usually get the humidity that your area does, so, there’s that.
Carol....I researched various platforms to load and sell my work. I chose SmugMugs because of the wide range of products and options they offer....they were highly rated and there is a monthly fee to use them. So I need to sell stuff or eat the fee! I am not protecting my rights to the work....yet. There are several sites that do this...I googled "sell photography online". Cape May!? Beautiful! I think there is a beer in the fridge with that name on it! 😂
Thank you Susan. A beer with that name, I'm not surprised. There seems to be a local brewery in most towns/cities in the US, although I don't think my little burg has one.
I wonder how to put watermarks on online photo sites that discourage downloading for free. Have you pursued that?
Expensive! Have you thought of opening up your own online store? SmugMug says you can’t put a watermark on your photo without their very pricey high-end options and using Adobe Lightwork would leave the watermark on the photos you send out on the lower tiers. 2 alternatives: 1) set up your online store at Etsy or a similar site or 2) build your own website. You could put the watermark on the second option and use snail mail to ship orders free of the watermark. That may be the more cost-effective way although shipping the very large layouts you offer would add costs but those can be passed on. Ship through USPS. Just a thought about what I’d do. Your portfolio is very high quality. Anyway, best of luck. Hope you get mucho dinero from that venture.
With certainty I can say, I have no expertise in photography!!! But, I do enjoy looking at those pictures. Each one creates the need to know more. The cemetery shots, for example, are so fascinating! That one of a single baseball makes me want to know the history behind it! Congratulations on this project!
No I just read your leaving! 2 other places you should visit if you haven’t already before you leave and close to each other. Winterthur museum in Delaware and longwood gardens. I’m lucky to have them both very near me.
Beautiful photos, I especially love the flowers and cemetery categories. May be I'm morbid, but there's something so calming, beautiful, and peaceful about the statues eternally mourning. And, admiring the artistry that went into carving them. Thanks for sharing, you are very talented.
Kathy sorry for my late reply! I have always loved cemeteries! You and I are tapophiles! People who love to wander in cemeteries. I think they’re beautiful and so interesting-the sculpture, peace, and history is incomparable! Visit Laurel Hill in Philadelphia-magnificent! And thank you for your kind words! ❤️
You are an artist and an excellent photographer!
YOU are too kind! Thanks so much...I'm so glad you're here. AND THANK YOU for the coffee! :)
Colors, textures and sky! Hard to go wrong with those subjects…
My late wife was a college trained photographer who hated the business end and would never go in a darkroom! Her saying was “Never pass up a sunrise or sunset”. In the sun you find all three of colors, textures and sky….
Good luck on your ventures…
Thanks Jay. Your wife was right.❤️❤️
Bye for now Susan🎶🖐️
Have a restful and beautiful weekend Carol! We’re surviving the heat here in the mid-Atlantic!! ✌️
Your photos are very special… topically appealing in this age of misanthropic nonsense flashing off my tv /Netflix screen.. can’t hide! Gotta research how the rest of our country is creating safety (psychological, social, interpersonally uplifting… stuff that fills my heart w HOPE!
I’ve run off the tracks this afternoon! Here in Substack! Catching up a Simon Rosenberg whose writings are helpful to my politically fraught daily life… the T Is beyond abomination & SupCt & now SUMMER has HIT the West Coast.. so there’s no wandering outdoors till after 7:30pm… simple answer: Substack!
The pix are definitely ART to my eyes/ heart. Good to read you’ve built a Substack that’s producing freedom for you!
Thanks for your openness and sweet sharing of your experience with this modality.
Well, I'm fairly new here and learning as I go...but I guess we all are.
Thank you so much Carol. I appreciate you! 😄
Wow! I am so impressed/in awe of your talent! What a knack for capturing just right….angles, lighting, details and subjects orherwise unnoticed! Love the magnet idea… that’s my fridge decore! 😄 Bravo and Cheers taking this step, Susan…you will be successful I’m sure! 👏👏🥰
Aw, thanks Joan. I guess it’s become more than a hobby! I’m using SmugMug as the platform because they offer so many items and different kinds of art prints. When I saw they also offered magnets, blankets and greeting cards, I had to laugh. 😂😂
Beautiful work Susan! Good luck in your new adventure.
Thank you so much….we’ll see how it goes!! ❤️
So... yer not an artist? Coulda fooled me. Seriously, I love your portfolio. Your framing is meticulous and the shot is always interesting. Such nice work.
So great of you to say Carol. THANK YOU! I've spent my whole life in advertising and took some pictures, but once I sold my agency, I had time to play with the camera. It's great fun! It's hot here in the mid-Atlantic....Have a "cool" weekend! ❤️❤️
Looks like you live in/close to Philly. I once had a house in Cape May, 3 blocks to the shore. I miss it. Now I live in the Adirondacks and that takes some of the sting off.
I’m an amateur photographer who once drove a rural newspaper route and took landscape photos along the way. I’ve been thinking of selling some to get much needed money.
How did you protect your rights to your photos? And how did you decide to price them? I don’t have money to offer so I cannot buy and NOT looking for freebies. Just some clues how to go about it.
Thank YOU so much. It’s cool here now although the week was in the 90s. But we don’t usually get the humidity that your area does, so, there’s that.
Be well and I hope you get a boatload of buyers.
Carol....I researched various platforms to load and sell my work. I chose SmugMugs because of the wide range of products and options they offer....they were highly rated and there is a monthly fee to use them. So I need to sell stuff or eat the fee! I am not protecting my rights to the work....yet. There are several sites that do this...I googled "sell photography online". Cape May!? Beautiful! I think there is a beer in the fridge with that name on it! 😂
Never mind my previous answer regarding watermarks. I went online to SmugMugs - great tip.
Enjoy that Cape May beer in the fridge.
Thank you Susan. A beer with that name, I'm not surprised. There seems to be a local brewery in most towns/cities in the US, although I don't think my little burg has one.
I wonder how to put watermarks on online photo sites that discourage downloading for free. Have you pursued that?
I havent yet...I need to! On SmugMug there is that feature to do so.
Expensive! Have you thought of opening up your own online store? SmugMug says you can’t put a watermark on your photo without their very pricey high-end options and using Adobe Lightwork would leave the watermark on the photos you send out on the lower tiers. 2 alternatives: 1) set up your online store at Etsy or a similar site or 2) build your own website. You could put the watermark on the second option and use snail mail to ship orders free of the watermark. That may be the more cost-effective way although shipping the very large layouts you offer would add costs but those can be passed on. Ship through USPS. Just a thought about what I’d do. Your portfolio is very high quality. Anyway, best of luck. Hope you get mucho dinero from that venture.
You have a awesome gift and a good eye. I'm also a photography nerd.
Great, Penny! Isn't it fun? I think it's good therapy, too! 😂 Thanks for your nice words! 😘
With certainty I can say, I have no expertise in photography!!! But, I do enjoy looking at those pictures. Each one creates the need to know more. The cemetery shots, for example, are so fascinating! That one of a single baseball makes me want to know the history behind it! Congratulations on this project!
Thanks Anthony! I so appreciate you saying so. I was unsure at first if I should do this but another reader spurred me on! ❤️😂
You have a wonderful eye! Best wishes, I’m sure it’s going to be well received by all!
Thanks for saying so! I hope so too!! ✌️
No I just read your leaving! 2 other places you should visit if you haven’t already before you leave and close to each other. Winterthur museum in Delaware and longwood gardens. I’m lucky to have them both very near me.
I’m an old school martini drinker. Next time I write a poem about booze, I’d like to purchase a one time use of your martini photo and credit you.
Of course! I’d be so honored if you would 😘
Will do. 🩷
These are amazing 🤩 you are an artist, don’t deny it ❤️
Shout out from Philly yo!!!!
😂😂
Beautiful photos, I especially love the flowers and cemetery categories. May be I'm morbid, but there's something so calming, beautiful, and peaceful about the statues eternally mourning. And, admiring the artistry that went into carving them. Thanks for sharing, you are very talented.
Kathy sorry for my late reply! I have always loved cemeteries! You and I are tapophiles! People who love to wander in cemeteries. I think they’re beautiful and so interesting-the sculpture, peace, and history is incomparable! Visit Laurel Hill in Philadelphia-magnificent! And thank you for your kind words! ❤️