America is really a melting pot. America takes the world’s peoples and cultures and blends them into something that can only be called….American. It’s in that spirit that we Americans elected the hotdog as one of its favorite foods. Nothing says America like random bits of random animals squished up, liquefied and then cast into the shape of a German sausage. It’s this kind of meat related forward thinking that makes America the “greatest country in the world.” A title that almost went to Canada until it was discovered that Canadian bacon was actually ham. Hey Canada, when you cheat, you only cheat yourself. Anyway back to hotdogs which are not made of dogs (please don’t tell Canada). I decided it was time to add more food related images to my stock portfolio and I turned my sights on the all mighty hotdog. For those of you who aren’t regular readers of my blog (and I wouldn’t blame you if you weren’t) I shoot images for stock photography companies like istockphoto.com and Getty Images. A stock image is a generic image that publications can use to visually convey several concepts or ideas. I upload these images and they sell day [...]
Call me a tree hugger or an eco freak, but I just love windmills. There’s something about the sleek straight lines of modern windmills against rolling hills. I can’t really put it to words but windmills are cool enough for me to break my no landscape photography policy. Windmills are hypnotic enough for me to start believing I posses the necessary skills to shoot landscape photos and shoot them well. When I’m not under the influence of the mind bending power of swirling propellers I would never in a million years attempt shooting landscapes. One… because it requires skills that I generally don’t posses and two… because I find it to be boring on a level normally reserved for watching amorous flies do their thing on a bed of drying paint. Landscape photography or a colonoscopy? That question actually requires a bit of thought on my part… So you can imagine my wife’s surprise when spotting these windmills caused me to slam on the car’s breaks, veer wildly off the road all the while making noises like a drunk gorilla. I immediately disregarded the Look of Death coming from my wife’s once beautiful eyes and quickly began opening my camera [...]
It has been a blur of clients for quite some time and all I can say is… thank you all so much. In a down economy being overworked is a great problem to have! Now, having said that I’m taking this Sunday off!! No photo sessions, no viewing session or editing and absolutely no blogging. This Sunday belongs to Me, my dog a tennis ball and pint from Gilgamesh Brewing Company. http://www.facebook.com/?ref=hp#!/gilgameshbrewing I’m going to sleep late, eat pancakes and watch cartoons with my monkeys. I may even slide across the floor in my socks and undies ala Tom Cruise in Risky Business and if the neighbors are lucky I might close the blinds. (Sorry Theresa) The myriad of options when it comes to gleefully wasting the day are endless and that got me thinking. How do other people gleefully do nothing? When the cork pops and the stick comes out how do you let loose? I’d love to know. So respond to this post on my website (www.troutmanphoto.com) or Facebook http://www.facebook.com/TroutmanPhoto and let me know what you have on deck for this weekend. You get extra credit for taking pictures of you and yours doing what you do when [...]
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