Depositphotos now allows to sell videos !

And again, some news, since Depositphotos just announced that they allow for video selling on their website, thus following fotolia, shutterstock, etc...

A new source of income for you !

http://goo.gl/cri0mO

And just in case, if you were not registered by depositphotos yet, i would be happy if you go through a referral link:
http://depositphotos.com?ref=1018326
T.

The fixation of the sea power

The SotD comes back right into the world of photography, today.

Ray Collins has just been a nice discovery for me, so I thought I'd share it with you. Ray Collins gives us an intense new look at Nature, with a powerful series of images of ocean.

Until then, nothing exceptional.

When it becomes interesting, is the treatment Ray Collins apply on his photos, from the taking the picture (exactly at the culminant point of the waves) and thanks to the treatment (quite harsh), Ray Collins manages to share this idea of a powerful non-stopable element !

As always, images are much self-explanatory than a long speech, so have a swim with us: 

https://vimeo.com/95575113

And don't forget, a share = 1 happier koala!

T.

Follow me on FB here !

for the technique...

The SotD has ABSOLUTELY no interest

But how crazy it is  !!! ahah

T.
1 like = 1 happy koala, as always !

Stunning astro photography !

The superb Share of the Day !

Seen on the page of a colleague blogger : a superb photo of the solar eclipse, but largely prepared... since it captured the transit of the International Space Station (ISS) in front of the sun !
http://astrospace-page.blogspot.fr/2015/03/ISS-transit-eclipse-2015.html



The photographer, Thierry Legault (his flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/thierry_legault/ ), has already made some of these shots before, but not nearly as spectacular: this 6-second long ISS transit in front of the sun is just stunning !

You can congrat him for this shot of course and like his work !

Keep curious you all !
T.
And for visibility, don't forget that 1 like = 1 happier koala ! :)

Composition rules in photography

SotD, the share of the Day !

Today, we come back to the basics in term of photo composition !

This article is based on this very clear and explicit video, and i underline for each tipe THE thing you can remember for your next composition !

The goal of this tutorial is that your photos are well composed, to attract the look and so that it can be "read" like an open story

1/ Rule of thirds
- Next time you take a landscape photo, compose it so that the horizon makes a 1/3 - 2/3 division (and not 50/50)

2/ Driving lanes
- If your landscape shows clear lines, use them in your picture and try to make them converge, towards the inside of your photo

3/ Diagonals
Except for the very symetric photos, the composition will be reinforced by the presence of diagonal lines (especially if not crossed)

4/ Framing
- Compose your photo with the natural frames of your environment : arches, doors...

5/ Face to background
- compose your photo so that it tells a story: each plane should mean something if it is taken in the frame

6/ Fill the field
- The composition of your photo should include the elements that you like when you look with your bare eye, before shooting the photo : zoom-in until only these nice elements are telling the story in your frame !

7/ For portraits
The composition of your photo can be made so that the eye of your subject is place on the middle of your photo (not symetric)

8/ Patters / Repetitions
The human brain is avid in patterns and pre-build repetitions: if you notice some, capture them in your photo composition !

9/ Symetry
In some cases, the "harsh" symetry of your photo can be striking

Now you have a clear idea about the basic composition rules in photography ! Don't follow them and choose your style !

Don't forget, 1 share = 1 happier koala !
T.

Ma page FB pour suivre et poser vos questions 

free audio clip : on iStock !

The SotD, it's the Share of the Day ! 

Never forget that if you need audio content for your creations, iStock has been providing free audio clips on its site for a while ! 

Only one free audio clip is displayed at once, but there is an entire collection of free audio clips on the website ! 

1 share = 1 happier koala émoticône wink
T.

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Live solar Eclipse from the Pyrénées

The french sight of the solar eclipse can be watched live here:

http://www.linternaute.com/…/1221559-eclipse-solaire-en-di…/

Seeing how enthusiastic you were in France, but also how frustrated by the clouds, I can maybe reassure someof you by saying that some TOTAL solar eclipse are coming soon:

- in 2026, in Spain (save the date émoticône wink )

- For the ones in heavy rush, in 12months in Indonesia (how to combine exotic destinations with lovely solar eclipse observations)



1 share = 1happy koala !
T.

up-to-date Dailymotion videos !!! excited !

Yipiiiiiiiie !

Enthusiastic Share of the Day, since I made it, there is no more gap in my uploads !

You can now follow all my video tutorials on Dailymotion !

http://www.dailymotion.com/user/totolekoala/1

1 share for the work = 1 happy koala !
T.

Hélène Kérisit and discussion about the visibility on FB !

SotD, the Share of the Day !

today, the share of work will be served with a story about Facebook ;)

The Share of the Day will lead you to the daily work of Hélène Kérisit, a French photographer: Kudoos for her crossing the 1000-likes milestone !
https://www.facebook.com/helenetb

Her work can't be summed up to daily pictures, there is a lovely story behind any of them !

The story about FB, then, came up when discussing with Hélène.

Social network mastodonts (Beboy, for example) have a big enough fanbase to receive multiple likes and shares on their pages so that the page keeps being seen and shared and populates more views: it's the snowball effect.
For smaller pages / groups, or people who start their activity (me, for example, 4 likes for my daily tips), it's getting harder, since no like/share means that our publications won't even reach your "acutality thread" so you might not even see articles from a page you like ! 

FB, on the contrary, decided to over-expose messages directly from the profile, and thus, some people started posting in double, by sharing their page articles on their main profile, but then, why would you want/need to like a page...

I won't even talk about the little (none) advertisement possible for the pages on our profiles (no link / buttons / access from my profile to my pages...).

FB got a good idea, however: for 1 week, it has been deleting the "phantom" accounts (including the ones you could buy to get more views), meaning that today's likes and shares will be more valuables and "pimped" accounts will fall in visibility.

FB only has to find a way to exhibit the pages more: better visibility in the news thread, and possibility to the creators to provide links directly from their main profile...

And you, how well do you manage your visibility in here when you need it ?
today, more than everyday, 1 share or 1 like = 1 happier koala !
T.

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FOCALHERO : sell your local photos from iStock

SotD, my Share of the Day

Today, we'll be discussing about FOCALHERO, a database created by volunteers, still looking to recruit some photographers.

FOCALHERO has been developped to promote pictures taken in your specific area, which are sold on iStock. (if you don't know what microstocks are, take a look on my presentations (english flags) https://www.youtube.com/user/totolekoalaradin/videos

FOCALHERO website offers the possibility to the participant to get a free page to present its work, including its lightboxes from its iStock's work, from a specific area.

The goal is simple: the enterprises have an easier time finding relevant photos, and you sell more.

The page of the project is here : http://focalhero.co.uk

Don't forget, 1 share = 1 happier koala in the world
Thomas

Photography from Saint-Emilion, France

Saint-Emilion, in France, taken this WE: sorry for the bad weather, but hope that this wine-related postcard will cheer most of you up émoticône wink

1 share = 1 happier koala

T.

Peter Lik's success-story

the Share of the day !

I didn't know Peter Lik, but seeing that it's the success-story of the moment, i went looking for information.
- 500 000 000$ worth of sellings
- 1,6 millions $ / week
- a record worth 6,5 millions $ on a single picture ("phantom")

his secret to sell photos ?
- he usually owns a 100 000 square feet industry all dedicated to printing his pictures
- to be known (he chased the world record for a while), he printed a single copy of one of his picture, and invited his friends for a private auction, to make the price raise as much as possible. Once the impressive price was set, he hired a communication group to make the deal public and shared.

The money, he has, but apparently, the sense of art in photography, he and his buyers lack a bit. But if your intention with photos is business and selling, copy him, he seems to have found the right method !

http://petapixel.com/…/photographer-peter-lik-has-sold-nea…/

T.

The best (and worst) microstocks

Time for the Share of the Day !

On his blog, this guy shares loads of useful tips on the microstocks, .
In particular, he just showed his monthly revenues, sorted by microstocks.

For us, what we can deduce from this is:
- He is not uploading on Fotolia: I would recommend you to upload on fotolia, which has a much bigger revenue/time-spent ratio than many microstocks for which he is a contributor. It's to important to miss it
- The strong presence of Zazzle: for me as well, this goodies-seller is a strong source of revenues when updated regularly !

T.

Fotolia : reaching 50 millions images in stock !

Share of the Day !

Dreastime just reached 30 millions pictures for sales...but here is an even more impressing milestone reached by shutterstock and its 50 million images in stock !!

It's really time for quality and original production for us, since average work will only be sinking into the crowd of everybody's pictures.

http://www.marketwatch.com/…/shutterstocks-collection-excee…

T.

"Tour de France" as a photographer

The Share of the Day !
Ever wanted to go to France ?

Ever have been a fan of photography, video-making or modelling ?

Then you should learn more about the "Tour de France photo" !

In 4 camping-cars, the motivated people from this project go all around France from the 23rd of May to the 6th of June 2015.

They are recruiting photographers, models, stylists, hairdressers, video-makers: contact them to join, even if you're not a fluent french-speaker!
the first step is taking place in Alsace, then they will move towards the Alpes, and so on.

The detailed program (their x, y, z and t coordinates :p)is available here, including the program that they scheduled in each city

http://tourdefrancephoto.fr/tfp2015.html

Enjoy the day !
T.

Dreamstime chosen by google ! more sales for our photos !

SotD !
Anotehr reason to congratulate Dreamstime !!

They just got chosen as a “beta provider of stock photos for Google display ads.” (that's the official name).

More sales to come thanks to this ?

http://petapixel.com/…/dreamstime-selected-stock-photo-pro…/

T. 

Adobe strategy after buying fotolia

SotD !
Adobe is integrating Fotolia pictures after its massive buy, to snowball on the cloud subscriptions !

http://www.bloomberg.com/…/adobe-s-fourth-quarter-sales-top…

More sales for fotolia contributors !
T.

reductions on canon prices !

SotD !
Looking for a new camera ? Then this nearly new bodies will interest you, since Canon already reduces their price: More to find about 5dIII and 6D price reduction on this link:

http://nofilmschool.com/…/canon-price-cost-drop-deal-5d-mar…

Don't hesitate to share is someone is on the edge of changing his material, some sales soon is expected
T.

Dreamstime: reaches 30 millions photos to be sold

SotD :
Dreamstime keeps advancing super-fast: just reached 30 million pictures online to sell ! Congrats to them..and to us contributors !
http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_5199

T.

Google Adsense stopped... on google !

In the SotD (Share of the Day) we talk about adsense

It starts to be a bit of an old news, but we never know:

 Did you know that Google Adsense (the monetization tool for websites) would not be supported anymore on .... google.sites !

Thus, only the only google.sites pages still support adsense blocks, but new created pages can't be monetized through this tool.

Therefore, dear followers, if you had in mind to create a webpage and monetize it, and if it is possible for you, don't hesitate to switch to a blogspot (blogger.com) format, which includes exactly the same tools as google.sites, is free, and allows quick and easy additions of adsense on their pages

https://support.google.com/sites/answer/3156640?hl=en
Have a good day !
t.

Never try the "buy it now" button on ebay

The SotD is a trick

Ebay has a sneaky move with its "Buy it now" button: Never click on it to simulate a selling to know how much the shipping fees are, because clicking on "Buy it now" corresponds to a legal promise to really buy the object.

Just use the "add to basket" button instead, or ask the seller about the shipping prices.

There are ways to deal with cancelling a click on "buy it now", but it takes time and energy, and it can be not that obvious with some sellers.

Thus, thought sharing this with you would avoid you some trouble  

1 share = 1 happy koala
 t .

SotD: National Geographic

The SofD, it's the winner of the UK National Geographic contest for the "people" category

http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/photo-competitio…/winners/…

This photo takes place in romania (Comanesti to be precise) and picturing a boy removing (or putting back) his bear head, during a traditional New Year's representation

Enjoy !
t.

Back to life: upload on Dreamstime !

Dreamstime is allowing for an easy boost of your portfolio !

They request uploads on the "back to life" theme:
every accepted picture will receive an automatic upgrade to level 5!

to start uploading, follow this link

http://www.dreamstime.com/assignments.php
t.

Adobe buys fotolia !

SotD !
800M$ TO ACQUIRE FOTOLIA !

that's a massive move by Adobe to acquire fotolia

http://www.studiodaily.com/…/adobe-buys-fotolia-plans-inco…/

Good share, good day,
t.

World Press photo: problems with the selection and prices

The SotD is a debate,

as 20% of the photos competing for the "World Press 2015" were disqualified for "fraud" reason, this relaunches an ever-lasting debate: where does manipulation, news and art start and finish ?

http://petapixel.com/…/world-press-photo-disqualifies-20-f…/

Quite an interesting article !
t.

Solar Eclipse and gigantic tide, the same WE !

The SotD !!!
The WE of 20 - 21st of march, go out, and take your cameras with you: the nature will distract you with 2 interesting phenomenon

 1/ On the 20th march, a solar eclipse !!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_March_20,_2015

2/ On the 21st of march, the biggest tide of the century !!
http://www.thelocal.fr/…/french-braces-for-tide-of-the-cent…

Enjoy this, don't hesitate so that nobody misses that !
T.

A 50 megapixel camera for Canon ? 50MP ?

The SotD, The Share of the Day !

Canon just decide a counter-attack to Nikon's 36MP sensor by advertising a new 50 MP (!!!!) sensor on their previously developped 5Diii body.

The interest of getting 50MP is quite limited for most of us, but why not...
It will however need extra-super-good-quality lenses to follow the monster definition needed to use such an equipment !
 
http://petapixel.com/…/rumor-two-50mp-canon-dslrs-works-on…/

Good share, good day !
T.

feeric SotD

feeric SofT !

Today, we celebrate Margarita Kareva and her work on fairies representation

http://blog.grainedephotographe.com/contes-fees-margarita-…/

t.

Testing the Yongnuo 50mm f/1.8

The SotD !
February brought you new toys ! And more Yongnuo equipment to be tested and compared
 Seems relatively worth :

http://petapixel.com/…/testing-yongnuo-50mm-f1-8-nightscap…/

T.

Amazon: the prices change depending on your country...

And here is the SotD, the Share of the Day !

As some of you might know, some websites change their prices depending on the country you're looking at (amazon.com / amazon.fr for example).

 The price difference can really be huge, but the system often leads you back to the ".com" version automatically.

So before buying your next lens or camera, make a research on different pages from the following useful link 
http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=487250

Did you know about this trick ?
T.

3D modelling improvement

SotD, it's the share of the Day !

There has been such a quick improvment of the realistic 3D modelling ! In less than a decade, they now manage to get to the point where you can explore in real-time your 3D-created environment, calculation of the lights and shadows included, wow!

 

Why do we still even bother buying cameras ?
T.

Expanding your social network influence !

If you are trying to increase your social media network, then this article might interest you quite a lot

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/5311-improve-klout-score.h…

Enjoy your WE !
T.

The guy who had 1 billion ideas... Zach King

The SotD !!!!!!!

I love this guy: no need of a 10 000 $ equipment when you have a limitless imagination!

 Good share, good evening

T.

Model portrait tutorial

SotD, it's the Share of the day, that you can relink only if you liked


Today, a nice model shooting tutorial !


 

hope you liked a bit of humour to start the day,
don't forget, 1 like or share = 1 more koala happy in the world,
T.

Microsoft applications for free !

SotD, it's the Share of the Day,

Did you know that Microsoft starts releasing Microsoft Office around free apps for some phones and tablets ?

http://mashable.com/…/…/microsoft-office-preview-windows-10/

Good share, good day
T.

get Google Earth Pro for free!

Free trick of the day !

for people that are interested : google earth, in PRO version, has become free ! (worth 400$)

You just need to send an e-mail and you get the activation key

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476149,00.asp

Good share, good day !
T.

Royalty-free music for your creations and streams

Hey all !
The SotD, it's the Share of the Day, that you're obliged to re-share if you liked  

Today, I want to present incompetech.com :

This website is gathering royalty-free music: Some of the content to be discovered is actually quite fresh and good, and it can be used for free and without licence-problem on many of your creations !

 I especially think about this kind of playlists for live streaming...
Coming up soon 
T.

Lightspeed : lightpainting combined with timelapse !

Hey !

The SotD, it's the Share of the Day, to reshare and like....if you like

 Today, I was impressed by this work "Lightspeed", by Darren Pearson
 
If that doesn't impress you...well, I don't know what could !

 Enjoy and reshare
T.

creation of a theme : League of Legends classical orchestra

Hey all !

Tonight, I share this video which could be entitled 'how to create as a team".

The background is about video games, but the messages are quite strong, it's good if some teenagers look at it

Good day, good share, good vibes
 T.

Get funded and donations for your work (youtube, etc...)

Is there any medium-sized youtube channel here, waiting for a big help ?

 Make yourself know, especially if you're into creation contents, via https://subbable.com/

This website has been founded by Hank Green, from the Scishow channel, and offers a 5% comission on the subscription, which is clearly a good rate in the domain !

Good luck to those who get tempted !
T.

Stunning compositions!

And because it is so stunning, here is a second SotD !
(makes me think a lot about "Dixit" game)
http://www.boredpanda.com/magic-realism-paintings-rob-gons…/

So impressive, don't hesitate to make his work known!

T.

Lightroom 6 won't be for old computers...

The SotD is a bit sad and a bit technical:

Adobe forecasts to only develop the Lightroom 6 on 64-bit machines, which means that it will only benefit for the newest computers...

 Some will be sad...

source: http://petapixel.com/…/adobe-lightroom-6-will-compatible-6…/
T.

"How to": upload your photos on FB, properly

SotD !!!!

 Today, an article well describing the "how to" upload your photos on FB so that the quality remains high enough for people to seriously see your work !

https://fstoppers.com/…/how-i-upload-my-photos-facebook-or-…

Did you know this trick ?
T.

2-speed animated GIF

SotD, it's the Share of the Day

 Today, the 2-speed GIF

Doesn't that seem SO COOL to you ? Somebody ever tried and wants to share its try ?

http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/…/magique-le-gif-a-deux-vite…
 
T.

Day and night on the same picture !

SotD, it's the Share of the Day,

Today, enter the Day-Night continuum of Stephen Wilkes.

For having tried this, i know how hard this render is !
 
http://www.stephenwilkes.com/…/526fcc74-7050-4eab-94e4-3074…

And you, can you show any of your try ?
T.

Portrait mastered : SotD !

SotD, it's the Share of the Day,

Today, a guy that really masters the portrait pictures ! Wonderful post-processing!

https://500px.com/dhenypatungka

T.

My 500px presentation

SotD, it's the Share of the Day.

Today, we come back to Paris and its great light
https://500px.com/…/vue-classique-mais-on-joue-sur-les-lumi…

this link leads to my work, exhibited on 500px, i hope you appreciate it, let me know ! 
1 share = 1 happy koala, 
T.

Some stunning historical pictures, worth to appreciate

SotD, it's the Share of the Day. Today, quite shocking and stunning pictures. Hope it will inspire some strong messages in your photo work today !

Here are the historical pictures

Enjoy the day, T.

What if we could see the sky ? ...

SotD, it's the Share of the Day!

Today, I propose to dig into the work of the French photographer Thierry Cohen, and see... what would our big cities would look like if the lights were all shut down ! impressive !

http://www.iflscience.com/…/what-if-our-cities-were-lit-bil…

Totolekoala

Aaron Groen on 500px

SotD, it's the Share of the Day, to know the useful tips, people and to get motivated for curiosity every day !

Today, we're diving right into astrophotography with the great art of Aaron Groen.

http://iso.500px.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-astrophotograph…/…

Before you try to copy, check the light pollution map of your country and find the right spot !

Enjoy your day all, and thanks in advance to those who will share my post and page to launch the interaction in here

Totolekoala

The hidden story behind the creation of zoom lenses...

SotD, it's the Share of the Day.

 Today's story is pointing out how similar lens zooms are from... the atomic bomb.

Indeed, this short and well-done video is elucidating the badly-known story behind the lens zoom invention in the WW2 !

Do not hesitate to share !

http://vimeo.com/101630561

Totolekoala

Fashion shooting, ... with an iPhone

the SotD, it's the Share of the Day

Today, a stunning experience where Lee Morris decided to due an entire fashion photoshoot using only an iPhone.

http://vimeo.com/13081827

Why are we still dealing with top reflex cameras ? 
Totolekoala

Beboy presentation

SotD, it's the Share of the Day!

Today, I'll present you Beboy photographies.

He's French, and started his photographic expansion in the world of Microstock photography.

Few months ago, he decided to unleash his links with any "homy" place, and is now a freelance photographer, travelling through the World and moving as opportunities of great shots present themselves.

I'm today presenting his recent work in Thailand, during the light festival.

Hope you enjoy, and thanks in advance to the ones who will kindly stop for a comment and/or a share

Totolekoala

my-art.com presentation

The personal SotD (Share of the Day) is this picture, taken in Paris.

You can get this point of view by climbing on top of the "Arc de Triomphe" (at the end of the "Champs-Elysées"), looking towards the modern business district of La Défense.

Just be aware that when the summit of the monument is crowded, then don't accept tripods, and the point of view/climb is now charged if you're more than 25 and non EU-resident.

I'm glad for any coming share of my work but mostly for all the improvement remarks you can post! 
  
http://www.my-art.com/…/designs/la-d%C3%A9fense-%C3%A0-paris


1 share = 1 happier koala
T.

1 photo - timelapse, a new concept

A very simple and efficient idea for a good photograph:

A 1-complete-day timelapse on a single spot. The article is in french, but you'll get it with the pictures

http://www.linternaute.com/…/palais-de-westminster-a-londre…

Microstocks, photo selling, etc... welcome !

I realized the need for an "english" section of the "Share of the day"


Today, I'm all excited to launch this new page, and I'm a bit counting on you to help the community grow here, so that we manage to make buyers, sellers, pros and amateurs meet.

Here is, symbolically, an introduction as a first share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDA8EjCvGkU

Enjoy and keep sharing, because 1 share = 1 happy koala ! 


Follow me:
- On Facebook !

- On youtube ! 

- On twitter

- On google

Don't hesitate to write in english, and don't be afraid by your french colleagues on this networks :D

T.