Stock.

Stock photography. I am not quite sure how i feel about it. On the one hand getting paid for images that would usually just sit on your hard drive is nice, but on the other hand the impersonal and almost degrading relations and prices between photographers and clients is abysmal (i know... big word). But i have decided at this point in my life, stock works. It is an easy way to test out the industry (at least advertising) to see what types of images, and what standards they are looking for. And i guess that making a couple of cents a picture is better than none right? And i can truly say it is not all about money. When i was working at the photo shop and i heard about stock, i signed up and gave it a try... ALL my stuff got rejected. I was really disappointed. I guess it was just feeling i wasn't good enough, even though i though my work was really good. After submitting this time, most of my stuff got accepted, and the ones that did not were because of specific artistic ideas i had put into the picture, which wont work for stock or selling these images for advertising. Well there is my rant. Heres the one shot that got rejected. This shot was rejected because the background was "blown out", which means there is little to no detail in the background. When i took this shot i planned it to be like this. My rule for shooting at the zoo is try to make it like the animals are not in captivity. Doing this gave it almost an african hot day feel i thought. Everything is dusty and just really hot. I still really like this shot, and would consider it one of my favorites of an elephant i have taken!