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So tell me, what is it? What is the thing that we all just LOVE to do? That makes us forget our problems and puts our minds at rest? The thing that women love to do just as much as men, even if some of them would not readily admit it? The thing that, when you're done with, you feel pleasantly exhausted and a little guilty, but you can't wait to do it again? You all know what I'm talking about, don't you? It should be quite obvious by now... It's shopping !!! Don't we all just love it? I can't think of anything else that makes so many people happy by parting them with their cash. Well, maybe one thing and, of course, that's photography. Just buying basic equipment will leave you poor, yet with a smug grin on your face... But let's get back to shopping. Because lately it has become most people's favorite pass time. We shop 'till we drop, and when we become penniless, we proceed with a good session of window shopping, making plans for such a...

So we have our food and our water, and that is a good thing, because we don't go hungry. And we have faith, and that is even better. It means our souls are safe. A good shelter is also most important to our well-being. But nowadays, there's another thing taking over our lives, sometimes even surpassing more critical ones... the need to communicate. People of genius made it possible and we LOVE every bit (or byte?) of it. Every "happening" must be thoroughly advertised on Facebook, no deals are sealed unless previously discussed on-line, most meetings take place in front of a web-cam... you see what I'm getting at. It has become reflex to open the laptop, maybe even more so then opening the fridge... because you can go on for quite some time without food, but you are dying to see who else added you as a "friend", how many more "likes" your fan-page has received, what your relatives from overseas have been doing and what on Earth was Princes...

It used to be simple. Simple, but not easy. It used to be somewhat magical, too. I close my eyes, and once more I enter the dark room with a troubled heart and a mind full of the same old questions: "Did I nail the exposure? What if something has happened to my film? And ufff... the focus..." As the door shuts behind me, the familiar humid warmth welcomes me and tells me that I'm home again. Even the slightly stinging chemical smells feel like the sea breeze to a sailor returning to his beloved boat. I turn off all lights (but not the deep green one) and wait for a couple of minutes for my eyes to adjust. And when I start seeing the tips of my fingers as I wave them in front of my face, I think "...here we go..." and open the camera to remove the precious roll of film, one of only four that contain all the hard work that went into a full day of shooting. And I take extreme care when inserting the roll into the developing tank (we don't want nasty air bubb...

Why is it that every photo shooting day feels like the first day of my photographic life? Is it just me or does everyone else feel like this? A feeling of new and undiscovered, like there's a whole new world out there, waiting to be unveiled through light and color. I start prepping the gear, going through the motions with the kind of automatism that comes with years of repetition, and then the not-yet-taken pictures start hovering somewhere in a corner of my mind.  Then I stop for a moment and look out the window, and I see the same city, yet I know that today it will be different. I know that because it's been different every time. Somehow, every photo-session brings something new and manages to surprise me. The city is as moody as the girl next door, and it shows. Some say that it breathes, that it has a life of it's own, like some giant living organism that coexists quietly along us... and through us. People and cars and clothes and shoes and smiles and trees and asphal...

TEAM MEMBER: MOUCHATON AGE: 5 MONTHS OLD ASSIGNMENT: ENTERTAINMENT     At just a few months old, little Mouchaton is becoming a handfull... of joy :) He likes exploring EVERYTHING, he has to see EVERYTHING, and he MUST be included in every activity we undertake. He wakes me up in the morning by rubbing his furry ears against my face and purring... you could die from the cuteness. Too bad I'm too sleepy to snap some pictures :) He likes watching TV, although he's not so easily amused anymore and a harsh critic (he might fall asleep in the middle of the action). He likes his high places, he's always on top of the furniture, and he LOVES the family dwarf hamster. Sometimes I fear he would LOVE it with a side dish of tuna. The hamster, though, in spite of being the size of a ping-pong ball, valiantly ignores the cat's efforts and keeps spinning his hamster-wheel.     Oh, and another thing about the cat. He is very much a part of the team. Just this mornin...

I'm looking to buy new gear. AGAIN and again. Now I'm looking to buy photography gear. No I'm not selling the 1Ds Mark III. But buying new stuff, yes. All the time. Looking for : Canon BG-E4 Battery Grip  for Canon EOS 5D + 2 of the Canon BP-511A Lithium-Ion Battery (7.4v 1390mAh)  Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM Ultra Wide Angle Zoom  Canon EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR Camera (Body Only) or 7D (maybe). Canon EOS 5D Mark III when will be available !  And soon some video stuff also. Not sure exactly what so I'll get back on about this. I don't know about you but this buying thing never ends. I am happy that most of the gear I have is top of the line so I don't have to sell it after a while. But never the less there is no more then a few months and I have to buy something. Lights, lens, batteries, you name it. If I were to count how much money we've spent on equipment... Oh and a new computer is necessary for the 3D and video stuff. That's another round of...

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 In Spanish Claudia Veja means Claudia can see. Claudia Sees ;) Isn't that amazing for someone who since always was doing visual stuff and now has an image related business to be born with a name like this? I think it is really cool and I don't think I could ever get board with any of the visual stuff. Any way I just wanted to share this "Claudia Veja" thing with the people I "see" in my blog's stats ;). Stay beautiful and have a great day everyone ! I can see you !  Claudia Veja :) (Claudia Vede) | flickr | | website | | twitter | | blog | | youtube | | facebook |

                                                                                                                                            DETALII Just having fun with some images, nothing serious :P An extreme composite image (gif) with a concept...

Big changes in the stock photography industry so no one can be sure if this is something to make a living from and for the majority probably not but if you want it as a hobby why not. About your gallery it is way to early to say. When you'll have around 500 images is more likely to say something about a style or anything really. Ask me anything

There are more ways to be a "Getty Images" images provider, but right now this would be the easiest way to have your images sold there: http://www.flickr.com/groups/callforartists / In 2004 when I first realized that Getty is the best agency out there and I decided to see how stock photography would be for me it was a totally different story. Since then things have changed immensely and changes are still huge today on every level and not only for stock photographers but for journalist too and photographer in general. Any way Stock Photography is not what it use to be and no one can tell you for sure what it's going to be like in the future. Ask me anything

I'll have to make some images about this thing. I find plenty of friends and friends of a friend (that have to go work next day, really) on-line at 4-5 in the morning posting funny stuff or commenting and I know it for a fact that they were not just wakening up or something. I know I am. I re enter a more normal program but sooner or later I find myself again working late. So late that is morning ! I thought it's just me and a few crazy once but I have numerous networking sites (not only facebook) to prove me that is not just me at all. Far from it. What's going on people?

This is a good one but at the time (when I said that I should concentrate only on important stuff) I was referring at stock photography to be honest and to the photography business in general. At that point I didn't invest any more money then the semester's photography exhibitions (huge) expenses and the too many roles of film that I was using every day (like they were digital or something) . But important stuff it would have been to by a digital SLR camera that was already available (especialy that I had plenty of money from the real estates hobby I was doing back then). Now, important stuff (business wise) would be kind of the same, only maybe its time for some video investments too. See? I need the 10 years perspective again... The truth is that always with investing like with giving it comes back to you ten times more :) Ask me anything

Then I was a student at the University of Photography and Videography so I already knew which way I wanted to go. I had faith but I'd just say this: "Get busy. Don't lose time with unimportant stuff!" Ask me anything

I see you have a model that you can easily work with I'm referring to her : http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-70866070/stock-photo-closeup-of-a-smiling-caucasian-woman-eating-a-chocolate-against-white.html ...and you could try some more concept like images. Think like a designer would to find out what type of images are needed out there and still missing. Try new things along with the usual style. Think more careful about every little space in your frame so you include only what's important (good stock images must have a clear message no matter how small). Good light ! Ask me anything

16 THINGS reposted from my flickr account where I've been asked (severel times like most of us there) to say 16 things about me. Here it is: 1. I have a daughter that I'm really proud of. 2. My husband is the best man I know. 3. I like nights more then I like mornings. 4. I find to be a powerful person someone who can afford to listen, forgive, forget, believe, understand and help those around and I consider to be a weak and desperate person someone who would give ultimatums, hide under party times or cool faces and destroy any glimmer of hope of others. 5. No question about it, I am not a serious person. I'm serious. 6. My kitchen wall is yellow. Still. 7. The only scary movies that I really like are the Scary Movie series ;) 8. My personal record number of films that I watched in a week was 38 (at home off course) and for one day was 7 and I really like to try harder next time. 9. My favorite comedies are Office Space, Parole Officer and Stranger Then Fict...

This saying describes perfectly how I always think.  In my other post here , I wrote about the importance of knowing how to talk /deal with prospective clients and I mentioned that, I would talk more about the importance of the prices.  When you charge a rate that you feel is underpaying you, you become a pain in the ass to the client and yourself. You begin to despise what you have to do because it feels like cheap labor. Your creativity suffers along with your work performance. Instead of focusing on the job at hand all you do is worry about the guy down the street making more money than you. When you work on high standards every single detail matters, and for that reason only, and the task of explaining the client about certain aspects takes a lot of determination and confidence in what you say. The photographer deals not only with the model (who can be or not be the actual client) but also with agencies, collaborators, artists (makeup, hair, styling, cr...

THE LINK to the "full" list : HERE The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Charles Chaplin How to Steal a Million (1966) Small Time Crooks (2000)   Ratatouille (2007)   Salt (2010) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) THE LINK to the "full" list : HERE

I like facebook but I dislike the violations that occur there all the time even if I might believe this statement: "We didn't do it on purpose,". After quietly on February 4th '09 Facebook updated it’s terms of service to grant itself an unending and irrevocable license to use all content uploaded despite the media scandal that followed, Facebook continues to raise concerns related to the privacy of its users' personal data and more recently (starting on October 1st, 2010) they strike again with the "Download in High Resolution" link/button available to anyone viewing an image. Though the final image still remains small, there's a link below-right to "Download in High Resolution" for any users to save the image at the higher resolution (and no options to prevent it except for deleting the image). I'm sure no one likes or needs this as I would prefer the images to be displayed in High Res (as promised) and to be protected from ...