http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog Unique Stock Photography Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:49:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 2010 Annual Marine Fish & Reef USA magazine was just delivered. Three of our pictures were used to illustrate the article "Marine Biotopes. One of Derk's pictures of 4 pieces of coral is titled "A variety of commercially available bleached coral pieces can be used to recreate rubble ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2009/10/fish-photography/ We have not been on vacation for the past 5 months, although the lack of postings here may have led you to think so.  We have been diligently increasing our visibility on the internet. We joined Squidoo last year to promote our photography on products at Cafe Press.  Then Cafe Press ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2009/09/marketing-update/ Since my last post to this blog, there was a fire in the grasses at Celery Fields park, Sarasota, Florida.  We haven't had rain in weeks and the whole county is under a fire alert.  The shallow ponds in which sandhill cranes spent the nights have almost entirely dried up.  ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2009/03/109/ Here is a picture of the stilt sandpiper birds that are one species of stilt bird found in ponds at the Celery Fields park, Sarasota, Florida.  These birds are in the pond most of the day.  The sandhill cranes are usually there only in the hour before sunset.  This is ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2009/03/bird-photography-in-florida/ We have been busy traveling between birding spots in the greater Sarasota area. The best places to see large groups of birds that we have found are Celery Fields park, Turtle Beach on Siesta Key, and the Venice Rookery, Venice, Florida. Celery Fields park, east of I-75 and south of ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2009/03/bird-photography/ For the first time in my life I saw newly hatched loggerhead turtles emerge on a Florida beach. What a privilege to see those wonderful creatures on their first day of life. The babies are so small they fit in the palm of your hand and grow to be bigger ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2008/12/loggerhead-turtles/ On a trip to Veracruz, Mexico, we photographed local people at work. A mask maker invited us into his home where his workbench had the rough beginnings of a face mask.  Bracing up against the bench with an old Leica camera Derk squeezed off a few shots. Then another mask ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2008/12/mexican-pictures/ Our beautiful picture of the London, England, icon, Big Ben has found a new home on a flip mino camcorder.  Cafe Press has a new product.  The pocket-sized Flip Video Mino camcorder has a USB arm that flips out and hooks up to a PC or Mac. This charges the ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2008/10/flip-mino-camcorder/ We had a nice sale last week at ImageKind. Eight pictures in all bought by an unknown buyer. The picture above is one of the two pictures purchased. The buyer took 4 each of 2 water pictures. The images were made in San Diego harbor. An artist friend suggested the ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2008/10/imagekind-update-2/ Recently we worked at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota, Florida.  They have large, clean aquariums with many species of tropical fish.  Tripods, which are essential when using slow 100 ISO film, are allowed. Only fish in sharp focus will be considered for publication,  so, we always check before traveling to ... http://kuyperphotography.com/photo_woman/nfblog/2008/10/photographing-tropical-fish/