In this edition of LightSource, Bill and Ed talk with Rich Legg, stock photographer with iStockphoto.com.
Hosts:
Bill Crawford, publisher of StudioLighting.net (Flickr)
Ed Hidden, exclusive IStockPhoto.com photographer (Flickr)
Theme Music:
Sean Campbell and Steve Hill (Firesickle.com)
Special Guest:
Rich Legg, commercial stock photographer.
LightSource Episode 70 (Interview Series) [49:59 minutes]
LightSource E070 [22.9 MB]
In this episode:
Bill and Ed discuss:
- New OneLight work shop DVD release
- Ed is on Twitter
- StudioLighting.net on Twitter
- Previous LightSource guests on Twitter
Special Guest Rich Legg discusses:
- His path to becoming a stock photographer
- How he decides what to shoot
- Being inspired by LightSource
- Choosing models and finding friends
- Paying models
- How to decide the return on an investment for a shoot
- Finding stock photos everywhere
- Educating people about his work
- Turning portrait work into stock
- Post processing for good stock images
- How much time he spends preparing images
- Rejection rates
- Camera and lighting gear
- Choosing the best images from a session
- Doing a quality white background isolation
- Lighting for stock photography
- Studio vs Location shooting
- Making good backgrounds for stock
- Photowalking Utah [ photowalkingutah.com ]
- Sharing his knowledge with photographers
- Advice for new iStockphoto contributors