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Home » PhotoShelter News » Shoot! The Day Community Contest #2: Salable Image

Shoot! The Day Community Contest #2: Salable Image

Posted by: Allen Murabayashi    Posted date: June 27, 2008  |  No comment
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The word “salable” always looks funny to me, but I looked it up in the dictionary, and indeed, it is an adjective that describes that which someone can sell.

Which brings us to our next S!TD community prize. In case you missed it, you can get up to speed here and here. This week, we want you to:

  • Create your Shoot! The Day community account (if you haven’t already done so)
  • Go to my profile page
  • Leave me a comment with:
    • In 200 words or less, tell us about the image that you consider your most salable and why (grammar and spelling are always a consideration!). If you’ve already licensed the image, let us know!
    • Leave a link to the photo (obviously, it’d be great if it’s already in the PhotoShelter Collection)

Prizes!
Next Thursday, we’ll announce the winners generously donated by some of our partners! This week’s prizes include:

  • Apple Aperture 2.1
  • Nikon Capture NX 2.0
  • Lowepro Flipside 300
  • An annual subscription to JPG Magazine

Apple Aperture is a fantastic image processing and asset management system, and version 2.1 has a ton of speed enhancements that make it feel like a totally different program.

I processed the photo below with Capture NX. It makes my Nikon RAWs look like a million bucks.

I’m a Lowepro camera bag user myself, and as I get older (and my back has gotten gimpier), I’ve moved to using backpacks. Sure they don’t look as cool as slingbag, but sometimes you gotta go with the ergonomics. The Flipside is a cool little backpack that holds a ton of stuff.

And our lead Media Sponsor, JPG Magazine, is a very cool photo rag built solely from user generated content. It’s the type of thing that could only exist in the 21st century with the rise of inexpensive digital cameras, the Internet and the resurgence of photography.

My Sloppy Example:
Here’s a little example, but don’t feel compelled to follow my format. I’m sure we have some closet authors out there. Show us what you’ve got!

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My friend Richard was celebrating his birthday at home in Pennsylvania, and while I walking back from the detached garage, I saw the moon hanging just above his house. I didn’t have a tripod with me, so I put my camera on the top of a car and fired off a single frame at f/2.8 at 1/2.5s. With the snow and the lights in the house, it looked like an idyllic scene that I can see used on a greeting card or in a “winter wonderland” article. The contrast of color between the blue sky and the orange of the house create a really nice composition.

I think we’re going to glean a lot of useful information from a wide range of photographers about what they think is salable. Then we might go back to some of our expert buyers from the School of Stock and ask them what they think is salable. See, we turned a contest into something educational!

 

About the author
Allen Murabayashi
Allen is CEO and co-founder of PhotoShelter. He is a regular contributor to the PhotoShelter blog, and he flosses daily.
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