Archive for March, 2010

Cutie alert: Easter approaching!

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010

You may have noticed by the stacks of chocolate in the supermarket shelves: Easter is approaching rapidly.

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Last year (actually a week after Easter – which is why I can show it only now) I prepared some pretty nice shots for the topic. In them the “Easter world” actually looks a bit more green than it will this year, at least in this latitude, since Easter will be so early this year. Ah, and by the way: this stock photographer survived the cutie-attack by three little girls in pink and white dresses and a flurry bunny. But barely so.

Anyway, if you have any need to shop for this or other Easter shots from this stock picture series you might want to check out my portfolio – which includes these pix of course ;-) .

A day with the kuhl bunch Mk II

Monday, March 8th, 2010

The good thing about being a photographer is that you can do so many things – but you never have to be “great” in them, just “good enough” to be able to capture what’s going on.

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In a wise move of strategic thinking I already shot the ski-pix for next (2010/2011) season in the Zillertal Alps with the kuhl bunch including a freestyle champion and Skihaserl. They did marvelous things like jumping in the air with their skies, doing loops and corkscrews while having a casual chat with their mother on the cell phone, then having two or three flips and landing the thing properly again in the snow. Amazing.

It is a pitty the weather was not very good and we had bad light (and thus pretty slushy pix) most of the day. Well, you can ski till Easter and there will be sufficient opportunity to do more of this I guess.

To come back to the “good enough” thing: I found out, that with skiing again, though I am a pretty looser in absolute terms, I am good enough to capture what’s going on. Same goes with swimming, diving, mountain climbing and parachuting. So wait for more kuhl sports to come…

PS: See more previews (that’s all it is!) of this series on my Facebook page. It’s new and still a bit experimental but will grow. Or so.

Shorts

  • New Design, more Functions
    13. Aug 2011
    Finally, after hours (it only took hours, true!) of coding the new Blog is online. New design and improved functionality. You may download any stock photo shown here directly from Fotolia. Also, please feel free to check out the new "Free Stock" section. Have fun! Thanks Matze.
  • Good news for contributors - Abuse Report @ DS
    12. Aug 2011
    Dreamstime came up with a mechanism that enables contributors to report abuse of their intellectual property. Very good idea and I really which such systems would be introduced elsewhere as well since theft is becoming more and more of an issue. Read more here.
  • Rob translated my Series on the Microstock Industry
    12. Aug 2011
    Rob translated my series on the Microstock Industry as I see it to German. Read it on his Blog. Tank you, Rob!
  • Attending the Microstock Expo in Berlin
    12. Aug 2011
    I will definitely be at the Microstock Expo in Berlin in November. Great chance to meet and talk and drink way too much coffee. Will you be there? Just drop me a line!
  • New Blog Design is in the Making
    12. Aug 2011
    Codewarrior Matze is working on the new webdesign for kzenon.info - new look and improved capabilities. Watch out for the new stuff. Get your kicks at Alogra.de.