Back in the real world
After an extended vacation in Spain and then in London, I am back at home with around 1600 images to process and sort for my stock library. I thought I would write a long blog post about how I approach that, what I look for in terms of a useful stock photo from travel images and also how I go about keywording them. I have only just finished importing them into Lightroom, so it will be a little while before I write that post, but hopefully it will be interesting to my readers.
We did a meandering drive from Madrid south eventually to Malaga and Marbella, and I separately plan to write a travel guide to seeing that part of Spain – what we did, where we went, and what we tried to see. That is probably a longer term project, but it sounds like a good idea. Perhaps a new eBook!
Finally, this time I took both my Canon 5D and lenses, plus the Sony RX10. I have to say that although I know the Canon takes better, more detailed images, I tended to use the Sony much more. It is just so easy to walk around with, and as we were walking some 5 – 10 miles some days in the narrow and steep streets of Spanish towns, the small size and weight make all the difference! I did use the Canon, but mainly from shots where the lighting was poorer and I was close to the car or the hotel. I think the Sony is a great little travel camera. If you are interested, please check it out at Amazon:
Hello Steve … well we’re looking forward to this long post promise : “what I look for in terms of a useful stock photo from travel images and also how I go about keywording them” ! I’m with you on the RX10 vs Canon bag. I find myself evolving in that direction more and more frequently and have been feeling twangs of guilt about the big C behind so often. It’s good not to be alone 🙂