> in December I finished shooting the last of my large stock of slide film and used
> up my prepaid slide processing mailers all of which were bought at "low" prices
> by todays standard. I used my Canon F1 cameras which i used during my days
> working at a newspaper and freelance photojournalst days. Much of the work I have
> been scanning (Minolta 5400 dpi) has been from my huge files of B&W and slide
> images going back to the 60s. These can be profitable because the shooting cost
> was covered a long time ago.
Bob:
Very interesting! Thank you for answering.
> Nature subjects rarely become dated unless they go
> extinct and may sell many years after they were shot, some dated material can be
> of interest for "historical" usage. ie; images of Harvey Milk from the late 70s
> have been selling well, with a number of images selling over and over.
I absolutely see the point of scanning historical images - if I had images of Harvey Milk, I'd
scan them too. The nature photos are another story, that category doesn't sell well in stock
and is grossly overcrowded too. So while nature photos don't age out the way lifestyle shoots
do, they still only earn a relatively small sum, no matter how long they're out there.
> Prices for digital cameras have come way down and the quality of the images has
> increased a great deal. I have "tons" of images I want to scan and get out their
> for sale and in the meantime im currently looking at digi cameras but consider it
> a captial investment so want to minimize cost.
Don't sweat it...you can spend more on digial gear because you're not buying, processing,
and handling film.
> any digi "point and shoot" and or DSLR recomendations?
Besides the Leica M9? I suggest you skip over Nikon and Canon and instead look at Sony or
Pentax, as the second tier, they're a bit cheaper and offer excellent quality if you choose your
lenses carefully.
> Also considering using my past education in film and later video production and
> dabbling in video stock footage, to add to the little income from video
> documentary editing i do on occasion.
This is something that somebody else will have to comment on.
> guess im kind of a dinosaur attempting to sloooowly adapt to change and not
> become extinct.
No need to think of yourself this way. With a bit of study and the equivalent of a year's supply
of film in investment, you can bring yourself right up to date.
Brian Yarvin
Author, Educator, Photographer
http://www.brianyarvin.com
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