An ocean photo, a sky pictures, and a barrel photograph become a sea of toxic waste or oil spills in this stock photo.
This version of all barrels and sky [...]
Model released photo of an angry mob advancing by torchlight in a common cause and shaking their fists with rage.
By shooting each member of this angry crowd individually, during [...]
Creating images that push the envelope are an essential part of succeeding in stock photography.
Jon Feingersh, A Blend Creative Meeting And A Human DNA Stock Photo
I have to thank [...]
Compelling images that deliver concise messages in an entertaining way tend to do very well as stock images.
Crocodiles And Concept Stock Photos
Asking for a raise from your boss can [...]
Picture of an Airport control tower created as a stock image to address issues with air traffic controllers as well as to provide a metaphor for management, control and [...]
A negative stock photo such as this fiery mushroom-shaped explosion over a road ahead, can still generate excellent sales.
Picture of a Nuclear Accident
The recent tragedy of the earthquake, tsunami [...]
A spur of the moment opportunity resulted in a stock shot and an affirmation of a great career choice.
Stock Photo Opportunities
My producer and I were traveling in Northern Brazil [...]
Creating concept stock photos about online security, digital asset protection and computer viruses.
Internet and Online Security, Computer Viruses and Identity Theft
Internet and online security is obviously a hot [...]
Business executives climb ladders of success through storm clouds in an image of challenge, limits and possibilities.
Often re-visiting old ideas and concepts, such as (in this case) business people [...]
Using long exposures and compositing images resulted in a dynamic and energized stock photo of people on the move and shopping without the constraints of having model releases.
Shopping Malls [...]
A painfully humorous stock photo of surgeons with power tools in an OR came about from my having photographed and empty operating room.
Opportunity And An Empty Operating Room
It [...]
Senior Level Executive Management Portrait showing leadership in science, technology, communications and research.
Putting aside time to create images that stand out from the crowd, such as this stock photo [...]
A woman is delighted by the speed of her computer in this business concept stock photo.
Stock Photo of Multiple Business Oriented Concepts
OK, so you want to create a dramatic [...]
A photograph of a fast, futuristic car intended for concept stock photography rather than the "traditional" car shot helps diversify my library of images and hone my creativity.
A Fun [...]
Confusing road sign montage for a conceptual stock photo.
The road signs in the stock photo industry are confusing at best and indicate to me the need for diversifying.
Confusing Road [...]
A funny dog picture of a Whippet and a Pit Bull speeding down the road on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
A trip to Santa Fe results in a funny animal picture [...]
This abstract light pattern representing a vortex of energy and motion is a long shot to become a successful stock image, but such "long shots" have an important place [...]
A funny political photo pitting an elephant with a donkey in a classic head-to-head battle of republicans against democrats...and my "funny picture of the day".
Funny Picture of the Day
Just [...]
Picture of a man with his head exploding from too much information; from information overload
Information overload...I think my head is going to explode!
Facebook, Linked-In, and Google Analytics
I haven’t figured [...]
Quad sculling in this stock photo of four people rowing their boat in the ocean, represents teamwork, challenge and adversity
Quad Sculling, four people rowing a boat, demonstrates teamwork, adversity, [...]
The result of experimenting with no goal in mind, this stock photo can represent many concepts from Chaos to communications to the Internet.
Is It A Good Stock Photo?
My last [...]
Anthropomorphic Animals And Cats Wrestling
It was very early on in my Animal Antics series of anthropomorphized animal pictures for greeting card when I was given the task of shooting [...]
Diversification And A Primary Focus
There is just no getting around the fact that we are drowning in images and it will only get worse. As any of you who [...]
The Blue Angels And Stock Photography
From my Sausalito studio I can catch glimpses of the Blue Angels as they make their practice runs for Fleet Week. Whenever they fly [...]
Cats And Dogs With Paintbrushes
A friend of mine owns a painting company and asked me to create an image to help him promote his business as he enters the [...]
Sumo Wrestling, Sumo, David and Goliath, Business
Sumo Wrestlers and Trapeze Artists
A good example of the approach I am currently taking to my stock photography can be seen in a [...]
Almost anything can trigger ideas for concept stock photography. While planning a recent stock trip to Buenos Aires, it seemed everyone kept asking me if I was going to [...]
Humorous stock photo of a pair of socks being blown off of someone's feet
A Knock Your Socks Off Stock Photo
It is always exciting for me when I come up [...]
Social media and social networking are huge topics right now and there is a need for images representing them. They are also, in my opinion, difficult to create images [...]
Classic picture of a patient in a body cast and traction
Sometimes thinking inside the box can work extremely well for stock photographers. After all, most of us think inside [...]
I just finished shooting a piano. I found a small music shop that let me shoot a piano in their showroom…for $25.00. Now I am all excited. That was [...]
Tired and packing up
We had just completed a long day of shooting business situations in an office in downtown Buenos Aires for our stock photo collection. We were all [...]
Photographing a waterfall on Oahu for stock
Yesterday I decided to find and shoot a waterfall for an image I want to create. The image I have in mind is [...]
Perception Is More Important Than Reality
Out with old, in with the new! That is the concept behind my concept stock photo "Wrecking Ball". But perhaps more importantly, the image [...]