My stock photography work has always been a part of my business but sort of plays "second fiddle" to the day-to-day assignments (or week-to-week at times :-) as my day-to-day work is what keeps paying the bills.
I got a call from a client - she inquired about one of my Wind Turbine images posted on my website for potential usage in their brand new Experience Center. She said that she has seen many pictures of the Turbines but none that she really liked. After informing me that they wanted an image for a large wall and discussing it at length with her I was concerned about the resolution and quality of the image when displaying it so large. I offered to do a re-shoot on my dime and they merely would pay for their usage of the image and I as the photographer would retain the licensing rights to that image. "If your gonna do it . . . do it right" is my motto.
After a scouting trip and coordination with the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management team who owns the property from which I shot the Turbine image we agreed to an early morning image. I felt that the contrast of the white turbine blades against the deep blue sky looking north up the Susquehanna River would be the view she was after for her wall in her Experience Center. So now the right weather and conditions. We're starting up the summer with crazy high heat and humidity which makes for hazy skies without alot of clarity. (Photographers who work outside become weather watchers more than people realize.) But a few days away is a forecast of a storm which will bring a cool front so we schedule the day. Shoot comes and goes exactly as anticpated. I capture a variety of angles and panorama views and I'm liking it.
In the post shoot edit I was pretty happy with what I was seeing but sometimes that doesn't line-up with the clients desires. We settled on the selected image and I have received many nice compliments from the client and even employees within the Center. Her sign maker (NiteBrite) told her it was one of the nicest displays they ever put up. Wow. Atta boys are nice once in a while.
Technical specs: Canon 5D Mkll EF16-35mm @ 24mm f22 @1/80 second ISO 400
Gitzo Tripod w/Really Right Stuff Omni Pano Head
People in the Turkey Hill Experience Center with the image displayed in the background on the round wall below.
What is cool is that I got a 5 year usage license from the client and had inquiries from other prospects about other images from the shoot for collateral and website usages.
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