Announcing my New Nature Stock Photo Library - thanks Smugmug!!

ccraftccraft Registered Users Posts: 55 Big grins
edited January 21, 2007 in Wildlife
Hey everyone,

Well... it's been a lot of hard work but I was able to create my own Nature Stock Photography Library here on Smugmug.

A HUGE MASSIVE OH-MY-GOSH-YOU-GUYS-ARE-FANTASTIC thanks to the gifted people who created Smugmug - the amazing people who answer questions so quickly in the customization forums - and the awesome people who created those great .CSS themes). I honestly believe Smugmug is the best thing to ever happen to photographers. It's made my first year in business as a photographer so much easier. (I'm also found at another Smugmug address here http://photos.christinacraft.com where I post wedding images for clients). I have officially thanked Smugmug in my "About us" section.

My nature galleries now feature more than 1,800 pictures of wildilfe and nature (all keyworded) and I hope to start finally making some money from doing what I love most... nature photography.

You can find the new site here

http://www.naturestocklibrary.com

Any feedback would be welcome. I'm about to start sending out query letters to the world at large (magazines, postcard companies, greeting card companies, etc., etc.,)... so any suggestions would be very helpful.

Thanks a bunch!!
Christina

Christina Craft - FunkyTown Photography
portrait and wedding photographer Victoria BC
C-2529 Vancouver St, Victoria · 360-775-2539

Comments

  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,934 moderator
    edited January 20, 2007
    Looks good!
    Moderator Journeys/Sports/Big Picture :: Need some help with dgrin?
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 20, 2007
    Excellent site, good luck.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 20, 2007
    Congratulations, that must be very exciting. In the way of constructive criticism, I think you should lose that watermark across the middle of your images. The pictures look clear and sharp. However, they're so obscurred by the garrish watermark that I cannot even tell what the center of interest is in many cases. Take your sea otter shot for example. I cannot even tell if either of his eyes are supposed to be visible in that shot. I can't picture anybody buying that shot based on the way it looks in the gallery. I would simply post them in small or medium sizes, and put a copyright in a corner.

    Good luck!
    -joel
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
  • HiSPLHiSPL Registered Users Posts: 251 Major grins
    edited January 20, 2007
    Great looking site, but I noticed that the share, links, blogs option is turned on. You should kill that so nobody will download your pics.

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=51168&page=2&highlight=steal+pictures
    Scroll down a little for the discussion...
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    ccraft wrote:
    Hey everyone,

    Well... it's been a lot of hard work but I was able to create my own Nature Stock Photography Library here on Smugmug.

    A HUGE MASSIVE OH-MY-GOSH-YOU-GUYS-ARE-FANTASTIC thanks to the gifted people who created Smugmug - the amazing people who answer questions so quickly in the customization forums - and the awesome people who created those great .CSS themes). I honestly believe Smugmug is the best thing to ever happen to photographers. It's made my first year in business as a photographer so much easier. (I'm also found at another Smugmug address here http://photos.christinacraft.com where I post wedding images for clients). I have officially thanked Smugmug in my "About us" section.

    My nature galleries now feature more than 1,800 pictures of wildilfe and nature (all keyworded) and I hope to start finally making some money from doing what I love most... nature photography.

    You can find the new site here

    http://www.naturestocklibrary.com

    Any feedback would be welcome. I'm about to start sending out query letters to the world at large (magazines, postcard companies, greeting card companies, etc., etc.,)... so any suggestions would be very helpful.

    Thanks a bunch!!
    Christina

    It certainly does look like you are ready to go. Congratulations and I envy you. I would love to be able to do that. The galleries I looked at had some fantastic photos! I can see why you excelled in photography school. bowdown.gif

    The layout looks good to. It is very easy to navigate.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • Bassett1976Bassett1976 Registered Users Posts: 90 Big grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    ccraft, Where did you go to take these pictures. They are wonderful! (I realize some of them come from Costa Rica).
    bassett1976.smugmug.com
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    ccraft wrote:
    Hey everyone,

    Well... it's been a lot of hard work but I was able to create my own Nature Stock Photography Library here on Smugmug.

    A HUGE MASSIVE OH-MY-GOSH-YOU-GUYS-ARE-FANTASTIC thanks to the gifted people who created Smugmug - the amazing people who answer questions so quickly in the customization forums - and the awesome people who created those great .CSS themes). I honestly believe Smugmug is the best thing to ever happen to photographers. It's made my first year in business as a photographer so much easier. (I'm also found at another Smugmug address here http://photos.christinacraft.com where I post wedding images for clients). I have officially thanked Smugmug in my "About us" section.

    My nature galleries now feature more than 1,800 pictures of wildilfe and nature (all keyworded) and I hope to start finally making some money from doing what I love most... nature photography.

    You can find the new site here

    http://www.naturestocklibrary.com

    Any feedback would be welcome. I'm about to start sending out query letters to the world at large (magazines, postcard companies, greeting card companies, etc., etc.,)... so any suggestions would be very helpful.

    Thanks a bunch!!
    Christina

    Wow Christina you have some amazing shots in the Library clap.gif
    All the best with your Business ..... the site looks great .... Skippy
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    Skippy (Australia) - Moderator of "HOLY MACRO" and "OTHER COOL SHOTS"

    ALBUM http://ozzieskip.smugmug.com/

    :skippy Everyone has the right to be stupid, but some people just abuse the privilege :dgrin
  • ysr612ysr612 Registered Users Posts: 148 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    looks good but you have this listed as a macaw

    http://www.naturestocklibrary.com/gallery/2240026/1/122994370/Medium
  • RandySmugMugRandySmugMug Registered Users Posts: 1,651 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    the watermark ruins the viewing experience...after 2 pics i was done
    Thanks
    Randy

    http://www.CarolinaSportsPhotography.com/
  • GaleGale Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    I had to head straight to the Orca's:>))
    Beautiful.
    Nice set up
    Best Regards
    Gale

    www.pbase.com/techwish
  • ccraftccraft Registered Users Posts: 55 Big grins
    edited January 21, 2007
    Gale wrote:
    I had to head straight to the Orca's:>))
    Beautiful.
    Nice set up

    Thanks for all your awesome feedback! I will definitley go back to the drawing board with my watermark - maybe just putting a small one across the bottom. You all had a very good point htere and it was something I was worried about. Thanks for that.

    Also, thanks for pointing out a few errors in the keywords. I'll definitely fix those.

    I mostly travel across Canada and the US and all of the tropical pics are from Costa Rica. :)

    Thanks again. You guys are the best!

    Christina Craft - FunkyTown Photography
    portrait and wedding photographer Victoria BC
    C-2529 Vancouver St, Victoria · 360-775-2539

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