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Ballard Light Capture: Above The Haze In the San Gabriel Mountains

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lawhawk2/17/2014 8:56:05 am PST

re: #6 Political Atheist

I totally hear you on that! I’ve made a few sales of the Eiffel Tower twilight shot I’ve posted here in the past. It was taken with a Rebel xTi and a basic lens. I was still learning the camera since I got just for that trip to Paris. Worked out phenomenally, and now that I’m making a few bucks from that photo, I’m turning around and using it to put together a lens fund to upgrade the glass. I have a few ideas, but we’ll see how it goes.

Also, how I frame/sell it may change over time too. Just tried an aluminum print process with Adorama, and it turned out great. Might make a few more of those and sell them or otherwise put them up for display/sale in local french restaurants.

Or if I take enough of my other photos, I’ll have enough to do a display in a local gallery with an eye towards a few sales. We’ll see. Photography is real easy to get into, but hard to make money at since everyone these days has a camera, but it takes a great eye to make good art.

You’ve definitely got the eye, especially with those macro shots. I used to think that my landscapes were my best pictures, but it’s those macro shots of flowers that seem to win over at local photo contests. Then again, I’m my own toughest critic.