We’re Buying Now!

If you live in the Seattle/Puget Sound region we’re looking for your stuff. Currently in high demand: Old photography equipment, film cameras, newer digital camera, old photographs, darkroom equipment and accessories. We’re always looking for vintage or gently used sporting goods too. If you inherited stuff, have too much stuff or just don’t need it […]

My New Ring Flash

One of the purchases I put on my list of equipment upgrades was a ring flash. It’s a round flash unit that mounts on the end of your lens and syncs by a hot shoe attachment. I bought mine on eBay for about $40.00. Mine isn’t very powerful – I don’t think any are because […]

My First Photos Have Been Accepted

I debated about submitting my first photos – one didn’t have an all white background – but went ahead and uploaded a few new photos. One of the photos was not accepted by Shutterstock because of a shallow depth of field. However, the same photo was accepted by Istock.com. You can view my small, but […]

A Game Plan for Selling Stock Photos

If I’m going to sell more photos to iStock.com the first thing I need to do is noodle out a few strategies for adding the extra workload. I’ll also need to run some numbers on the possible extra expenses. What I’m posting here isn’t an official Business Plan but it’s always good to have something […]

Rekindling an old Love

Every small business person needs to see the tides of change. They should be agile enough to set sail in a new direction before the tsunami hits. The trick is to know what changes are small ripples and which ones turn into mega waves….. But, this post isn’t about business metaphors it’s about how I’m […]