Category Archives: iStockPhoto

Photo: Smokin’ Brass Vase

February 4, 2011
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Stephen Emlund
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Illustration, iStockPhoto, Photo of the Moment, Photography
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I have to admit – I had a lot of fun creating this image. It started out in the studio with fellow designer, Jamie Carroll – using his new grid and seamless background to create the nice vignette and shaped light on the background. Then I tweaked it a bit in RAW and dropped it in Photoshop. From there, I grabbed a few of the smoke photos I took previously and screened them back and masked them to fit the image perfectly. Now if only I could get rid of those 4 awful sensor spots that I have to keep cloning out in all my images. (don’t mind the watermarks – just a preventative measure after some images were used without permission in the past)

Photo: Colorful Smoke

January 8, 2011
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Stephen Emlund
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iStockPhoto, Photo of the Moment, Photography
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An experimentation with smoke photography. Colors added in post production. To see more of my smoke photos and license them for your own use check more of them out at iStock.

New iStock Photos up!

December 21, 2009
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Stephen Emlund
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Creative Improv, iStockPhoto, Photography
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Recently Jamie and I did a photoshoot with musical instruments, including his guitar and drums and my saxophone. Here are a few of the shots I got. I’ve put these up on istockphoto.com for sale. You can also purchase prints of them by clicking on the image above and finding the ‘Prints’ box at the bottom right of the page.

You can see the rest of my photos on iStock here.

Officially an iStockPhoto.com contributor!

October 11, 2009
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Stephen Emlund
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Creative Improv, iStockPhoto, Photography
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A brown duck at the St. Louis Zoo

Yesterday midday, my first photo was accepted to istockphoto.com!

Check out my iStock portfolio. I’ve got four photos in there so far. 18 more photos are waiting for acceptance.

Photography, how I love thee.

October 8, 2009
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Stephen Emlund
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Creative Improv, iStockPhoto, Photography
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So, when my office at A.T. Still University moved down to the basement with other creatives (I know that’s so stereotypical sounding… ‘a basement full of creatives’) , I’ve found myself being inspired more often than not. I’ve also starting learning a lot more about photography. With the advice of Jamie and Kelly, I purchased a new Canon Rebel XS and started asking them a million questions on how to use it.

I got the camera about a month ago and a week ago I was accepted into iStockPhoto.com as a photo contributor. I’m totally stoked to start selling on iStock.

Here are a few photos that are waiting for approval on iStock