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My images selected by Getty Images!

Inspiration, Print

I just learned that Getty Images, the well-known distributor of digital content, is interested in approximately 40 of my images!

So far, only three of them have been formally accepted.  Most of my images involve people, which means I need to obtain signed model release forms before formal acceptance of the rest is granted.

However, I’m not sure that I want to go through the trouble, and I have some genuine reservations about “signing away” my images for (potential) royalties.

Do any of you have thoughts about this?

In the meantime, if you want to see the Prosophos images that are available for license on Getty Images, please click here.

The first two images are reproduced below:

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↑Leica M8 and Leica 28mm Elmarit ASPH @ f/2.8.

↑Leica M9 and Leica 28mm Summicron @ f/2.

Thanks,

—Peter.

Riding on the metro (cinematic).

2012, Favourite, Inspiration, Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE f/1.4, Print, Teaching point

I’ve previously written about achieving simplicity in one’s images, and of finding inspiration in the little moments.

Here’s an example of both.

This image was captured on the way back from work.  The seats had just emptied of passengers and the train was sitting still for a few minutes with its doors wide open.  I became aware of a movement to my left and looked to find the pages of a discarded newspaper fluttering with the air current.

The simplicity of the scene was beautiful, as was the illumination provided by a single incandescent lamp from just outside the window — like a spotlight.

I raised the camera to my eye and clicked the shutter.

Soon after, the seats quickly filled up, the newspaper was taken away, and the doors closed.

The moment had come and gone.

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↑Leica M9 and Leica 35mm Summilux FLE @ f/1.4.

Stacked.

Inspiration, Print, Teaching point, Zeiss ZM 21mm f/2.8 T* Biogon

The unusual clustering of people caught my eye.

On a technical note, this photo is stacked in more than one way: the clouds serve as counterbalance to complete the composition.

The image is courtesy of the Zeiss ZM 21/2.8.  I don’t use this lens often, but when I do, I am always astounded by its rendering.

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↑Leica M9 and Zeiss ZM 21/2.8 @ f/4.