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The right place at the right time…

Dave Navarro — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:13:07 +0000

Sometimes in your life you just happen to be at the right place at the right time. That happened to me yesterday… twice.

It was another hot day in Topeka and I needed to get out of the house. So I loaded up my camera equipment in the car and went for a drive. [...]

Time to start submitting your Stock Footage

Dave Navarro — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:39:16 +0000

Okay, you’ve been shooting video for some time and you’ve picked your best shots to submit. What do you do next?

If you are submitting to more than one site, you want to create a single clip that meets the needs of all sites. So, keep your clip length to a maximum of [...]

Virtuosity and the Art of MicroStock

Dave Navarro — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:34:06 +0000

Maybe as we age we really do slow down… or perhaps we actually do grow more patient with age… or perhaps it has nothing to do with age and I’m just a naturally patient person. I bet you have no idea what I’m talking about by now.

I read a post in a [...]

The World of Stock Footage

Dave Navarro — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:27:03 +0000

Many photographers are starting to look towards expanding their portfolio into the world of Stock Footage. Indeed, cameras like the Canon 7D, Canon 5D Mark II, Nikon D5000 and Pentax K-X have blurred the lines between still and motion picture taking.

Microstock Footage is not a new industry, however. It’s actually been around [...]

Being successful in the MicroStock Footage game

Dave Navarro — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:26:20 +0000

My good friend Jake Hellbach wrote an excellent article on the Shutterstock forum about some of the keys to his success in the stock footage business, which you should definitely read. Besides being extremely talented, Jake is a pretty modest guy. He really doesn’t like to use the word “successful”, although I think he [...]