HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Hope you all have a great time and stay safe.

Enjoy a few shots of our Halloween fun.

Free Samples

Have you ever made an unplanned purchase because you were given a free sample? Sure you have. Everyone does!

I used to sell cosmetics for a well know door to door cosmetics company, DING-DONG, and I know I made many a sale because of those free mini lipsticks!

And, as a Mom I have bought grocery items that were not on my list because K and L tasted a free sample and found something new they just couldn’t get through the week without.

Even big office supply companies give free samples of paper and labels. Less face it we all love to get something for free, no matter how small, and more often than not -after we sample, we buy. 

Recently I have been discussing the idea of free samples with other photographers at Dreamstime. The DT agency offers free images to their clients, just as that well know super store offers free samples of freshly baked cake or crisp crackers with a new cheese spread.

All the photographers I have visited with about donating images as free samples seem to agree on one thing. Any view into your portfolio is better than no views into your portfolio. So I have ventured into the realm of free samples once again. This time instead of giving away mini lipsticks to encourage women to purchase a new shade, I am giving away free RF stock photos.

I started two weeks ago by donating three of my oldest images, a volleyball net, a swing set, and a school bus, and so far it seems to be going well. Because of those images my DT portfolio has had more views recently and those three images have been downloaded over 100 times in total. That means I have over 100 potential new clients, and that’s just in the first 14 days!

I plan to donate a few more images in the next few days or weeks, I think my stock photo sales will increase because of the additional exposure to my portfolio.

So whether you sell delicious cakes, colorful lipsticks, or those ever-present stock photos think about passing along a free sample or two. You just might be pleasantly surprised at the results.

Have a great day everyone.

An Unexpected Trip To The Museum

So they tell me I should take my camera with me everywhere I go.

Sorry to say that I usually do not and I have missed many a great photo-op.

However last weekend we took an unexpected side trip to a little museum and I actually had the camera with me!!!

OK, so I had it with me because I was taking pictures at a volleyball game earlier that day.

I wish I’d had my nifty fifty with me at the museum. All I had was my longest lens that was far to long for the close quarters of the museum, and my 17-40 wide-angle.

I don’t have a flash yet, just the little pop-up. But I attached the wide-angle and popped up the flash and hoped for the best.

I must have taken 50 shots of the animals (taxidermy polar bears, lions, moose, skunks…) only a couple of those came out at all. I also took another 100+ shots of other things in the museum including giant animatronic dinosaurs. (Watch for at least one of those to show up on Zazzle products in the future!)

Now this is kind of a low-budget museum run by a local college so it’s a smaller building with not the best light in the world.

I figured I’d never get anything that Dreamstime would accept so I was happy to find, when I got home, that I had 10 shots that just might work.

I gave it a  try and submitted those 10. Turns out that only 4 of them were actually good enough.

But hey! That’s 4 more photos in my portfolio that I would not have if I hadn’t had my camera with me for that unexpected trip to the museum!!

So be sure to take your camera with you every chance you get. You never know when something unexpected just might net you a couple of fun shots.

Have a great weekend everyone!!!

New Feature At Dreamstime!

Well as you all know I sell some of my images through a stock photo agency called Dreamstime. I’ve got nearly 200 images in my DT portfolio and now in addition to downloading those images for use on web pages or for print use they can be purchased in a whole new way.

Dreamstime is now offering posters and canvas prints in sizes from 12″ x 16″ to 20″ x 60″ !

Perfect for decorating homes and businesses alike! So if you are in the market for some wall art you now have another quality place to shop.

Have a great day everyone!

A Tour Of K-State

I headed out this past Saturday to visit K at school. We had a nice lunch with #4, #7, and ST.

After lunch we went back to campus where K took L on a campus tour.

While the kids were touring the campus I wondered around at my own pace and took a few pictures. Nothing to earth shattering but I got a couple of OK shots.

Here’s one of my favorite ones from my tour of K-State.

You can see all of my KSU photos at KKHPhotos.com. I’m sure I’ll add more shots over time. After all I will be on that campus a few more times over the next several years!