Update on new Zazzle Products
Awarded a best new product award on Zazzle for my Kauai Calendar
Category: “How-to” articles
Opened a new store on Zazzle
Created a new store on Zazzle to sell products enhanced by my fine-art photographs
Update on making money from Business Cards
Update on the way to make money from your images in the creation of unique and interesting business cards
Update on wire-wrapped jewelry
Selling hand made jewelry using the Etsy store
Update on my on-line Photography site
Creating a photographic web site on SmugMug
Adventures in Stock Video Footage
Using the Canon 5D mark 2 for hdtv stock footage and video creation
Update on writing “how to” articles
Back in March, I wrote a series of “how to” articles at www.ehow.com. So far, I have written 9 articles, but unfortunately, although they have been viewed over 900 times, I have earned a total of $4.76. Not a great investment so far! I haven’t given up on this, and have recently added a new article about how to take great photographs of jewelry. At some level this is passive income, as the articles continue to be viewed, but it...
How to: Take photographs of Jewelry
One of the tasks to be tackled in selling jewelry is how to photograph it in a way that brings out the shape and the subtlety of the piece. As mentioned below, Jacqui has started to create beautiful silver wire-wrap jewelry by carefully encasing a cabochon – a shaped and polished semi-precious gemstone – in intricately shaped sterling silver wire. My job is to photograph them for her on-line sales web site. If you look at the site, we have...
My first sale of a Business Card!
I mentioned in a post in early April that I had tried a new venture – the creation of photographic templates for business cards. I had created 30 templates and spent time uploading them, but throughout the month – nothing! I checked today, and, finally, a sale of a business card. The one that sold is a nice sunset over rolling waves and I got $5 for the sale. Not a lot, but it was actually quite good fun making...
Backgrounds for Business Cards
I am trying a new venture this month – creating the backgrounds for business cards. This is a pretty easy extension of stock photography as many digital photos are very suitable for use as a business card with little modification. So far, I have created 30 different designs, and they can all be seen at www.PrintBusinessCards.com. On the site, you can see how my own stock photographs can create interesting backgrounds for business cards. The only complexity for new photographers...
