40+ centimetres of snow

This morning we woke up to 40+ centimetres worth of snow on the ground with a few more expected for today.  If I still had my 2015 Hyunday Elantra GLS, I’d still be digging myself out of my subdivision.  But because over a week ago, I purchased a new SUV I was able to get to work on time.  Actually I got here early.  I got the 2018 Hyunday Santa Fe Sport.  What a beast of an SUV.  Plowed through the snow with no problems.  Didn’t slide all over the place.  Just stuck to the road and the snow on it.  It just simple went and didn’t stop through a foot of snow.  It was great.

Since there is literally no one here at work, I think we’ll just go home early.  I want to go get my Sony RX100 Mark VI which I forgot at home this morning and I want to go do some photography with it.  Last night I uploaded 700+ photos to Shutterstock and I have to keyword and describe them right now.  So while I do that, you enjoy the great outdoors..  

Shooting Editorial

I haven't been shooting many editorial shots for fear of them being rejected on sites like Shutterstock and Fotolia.  What if they're rejected or they don't sell?  Well, they haven't sold anywhere yet but they are being accepted.  Which is a good thing of course.  I'm not one for photographing people much just because there are so many photographers that do people photography.  I would rather shoot inanimate objects such as the kayaks above.  

Plus if I put the shots onto micro stocks like Shutterstock, Bigstockphoto or my own site and people find themselves in my shot which is for sale, they'll probably come after me for money or some other reason.  Could it just be paranoia?  I don't know.  I just know I hate having my picture taken.

Back to shooting editorial.  I've been shooting it for a while now but just haven't posted them to the micro stock sites and if I did they were rejected for some reason.  That all changed in the last month or so when practically every editorial shot has been accepted which is a feat in itself.  Now I wish they would just sell.  Considering they're on micro stock agencies, I'll probably sell them for pennies on the dollar.  But if people would just buy off of my site where I get a higher percentage of the sale, that would just be awesome.  I host my photos on FAA (Fine Art America) because it only costs $30 a year and you can upload as many photos as you want and they take care of all the printing, framing and shipping to your client.  Less administrative head ache for moi.