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Guide to Stock - Part I
Published: 2006-06-13 05:29:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 71702; Favourites: 1723; Downloads: 9763
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full title: "A Guide to Taking Good Quality, High Resolution Stock photographs - Part I - All About Cameras"In this tutorial I'll explain tons of stuff. Aperture, Shutter Speed, ISO, focus, mega pixels, self-timers, etc.
(This is made for figure stock artists, but all sorts of stockers and beginning photographers can learn from this)
Full-view (zoom in) to see the actual tutorial. WARNING: Very large image! There's a somewhat printable version here: [link]
edit: Oh gods! I just signed on quick before I had to go to work and wasn't able to say thanks (no time), but now I'm back.. and wow!
Another DD! Thanks so so much to `thespook for suggesting and ^bleedsopretty for featuring it.. 
And thanks to you for looking.
I have used camera symbols belonging to well... I've seen a few companies use them (Canon, Nikon, Pentax). But I've used them for educational purposes only. No copyright infringement is intended. Please oh please don't report me, I certainly don't make any money off of this.
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Thanks for such a clear, straightforward guide
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Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge... You are very generous.
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0.0 you just taught me more in the 30 seconds it took me to scroll down checking it out ('cause the fav came first, most definitly!) than my photography teacher has in the 4 weeks that i have been in his class. orbably because it is 2 days a week and he likes to review a lot...>> but still!! thank you making this, i'm sure it'll come in handy in class.
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This is a really handy tutorial.. Easy to understand too. Great work/
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thx for this i read through it and it really helped me understand some stuff about my camera.
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This is brilliant! I already knew it myself, but it's really nice that you've outlined the basics in such an easy to understand language! This should really get some better stock images out there. I hope everyone who creates stock takes a look at this! 
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'Dude. If you have an 11+mp camera and you're reading this. Well, you're wasing your time.'
haha. thats me
Its all stuff I know, but its written very well, and gives good, simple explanations, easy to understand. It's great!
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Dude! some days ago i did'n know what's all the stuff that you explain!
Now i'll try to get better shoots with my camera!
Thanks a lot!
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Thank you for this very (very) very helpful guide. I'm still on the learning curce on my 30D.
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incredible, and very helpful...
i really needed this being a noob stock maker...
Eli
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I can't say how thankful I am to you for explaining all of this. My cameras booklet was just too much for me to handle at once and I think I have a lot of that down already but you just explained it so well.
Thank you so much!
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What you said about extracting blurred objects from a background being bad is not true. Some of the nicest images I've made have been from photos like that, it just takes effort. Out of focus objects are just as useful in photomanipulation as in an art photograph for drawing people's attention to things. Sure, Photoshop can blur things afterwards, but it doesn't look as rich as if the original photo had the blur.
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I don't know. I just don't think it's good to teach newcomers to stock that out of focus images are good. I think newbies should learn how to take in-focus images before attempting anything else.
Sure, I've taken and used out-of-focus images in my art, as well, but I don't think I'll start posting them just because it has a nice bokeh.. I'm sure once people learn how to use their camera with proper focusing they can move on to new technicques. But if you've ever attempted to browse a good amount of the stock section, you'll understand that teaching poeple that out-of-focus can be desireable is a really bad idea.
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Hi there 
I joined DA recently and also just got myself a camera which I'm still trying to get used to (doesn't help that I haven't the chance to touch the manual either), so the tut really helped. Not to mention that I'm also sitting on a heap of photos I won't even have the time to use, so I thought 'why not share'? - will be keeping your pointers in mind for stock photography as well.
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Thanks..
And you're welcome, I'm glad to be of help.
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Pixels aren't everything when it comes down to a good camera. You need to consider the brand and type of lens used. There's a difference between a piece of crap Kodak that claims 6mp and a Nikon that claims 4mp. The chips used to capture the image need to be high quality and naturally the lens makes a massive difference.
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Yeah, I do know this. but there's only so much room to write everything, you know. I'm just trying to help, I can't do it all.
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Sweet! Sorry if I was harsh, now that I read that again I kinda came across like that...
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Thanks, and I actually got them straight from my camera's manual. I couldn't find any brushes or font like it..
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I had 6 megapixel camera and it broke, and then I got a 12 one and I though of making stock when I had the 6 one and I was like "how on earth am I going to make stock now XD?" And then my friend broke it after I had it for a few weeks, no more art photography for me ;_;. and all I've got now is this stinky phone thatΓ€'s only 2 megapixels and I want to kill it >___>. I canΓ€t make stock, just can't ;_____;.
I think making stock would be fun though.
I remember the times, when 3 megapixels was good XD! lol : D
Gah, by the way, I loooove your stock n_n.
And your tutorials are good.
They will totally help starters, though, I know it all, from nowhere XD!
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Thank you! And sorry for all your troubles with broken camreas... you should really get some insurance for it!
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I really should >__>. I found an old camera, a REALLLY old one, 5 megapixels, nikon. AND IT'S NOT WORKING O__O! *dies*
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Amazing ^.^ ....I havn't done anything yet but this will be amazingly helpful when me and my friends start tomorrow
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Awesome, I hope you find the toime to take pictures!
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Yeah...we have some stuff up now ^.^
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**havn't taken any stock pictures yet .....
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firstly i wud like to apreciate the time and wrk u hav pored in, to giv us this wonderful tutorial tanx...
This for sure helps me a lot as am very new at photography. I do own a 5.1 megapixel camera and am prety bad at using different modes as i dont kno them lol.... tanx again
-Pulse
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Thank you and you're welcome! I'm glad this tutorial was of help..
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verymuch..
and tanx for the reply..
-Pulse
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actually just recently i discovered the pixel rate doesn't guarentee 'high resolution' My friend has 7 mega pixel camera but he only got 72 resolution whereas my camera which is about the same has 400 resolution. So i think people are being misled with the assumption with higher pixels that they are going to get high resolution it just makes the files bigger not the quality better.
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no no no... You're mixing up DPI with Resolution - and they are entirely different things. Your resolution would be something like "3032x2008" and your DPI can be anything between 72-1200.
You see, with a 3032x2008 resolution at 72 DPI you could print that off at aprox. 42.11x27.88''. But since most printers require (or at least request) a 300 DPI, simply increase the DPI to 300 and you'll be able to print that off at 10.1x6.69''
Same goes for your friend. At 600 DPI with 7mp resolution he'll only be able to print that off at about 5.6x3.34'', so he should decrease the DPI to 300 and he can print it off at 10.1x6.69''
Remember that for posting images on the web, you'll only need a 72 dpi!
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okay. Thanks for clearing that up.
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This will really help me understand digital cameras much better, I think.
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Thank you very much, I'm glad it's helpful!
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Fantastic, thanks hun! Love your stock art, andtrying to get mine (and my own non-stock photos) up a couple of levels, and this tutorial is really going to come in handy!
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Thank you so much, I'm happy to be of help!
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this is like a dream! - you've made it detailed, but still clear and easy to understand. and if there is a part two to come, well that is just amazing. congrats on the DD, you really deserved it
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Haha, I'm so glad you like it! So thank you very much..
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THIS JUST AWSOME, THANKS ALOT
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