We joined Squidoo last year to promote our photography on products at Cafe Press.  Then Cafe Press changed its business model this spring.  The owners of CP now determine the prices on all products listed in their Directory, not the shopkeepers.  It’s just not possible to maintain a profitable stock photography business with the current arrangement.

In March of this year we began the tedious and time consuming job of duplicating all our photographs used on CP products to products at Zazzle.  Come and visit KPhotos. Our second shop has less photographic value but is a money maker Irish Names.

ImageKind was acquired by Cafe Press last year.  Some of our time was required to re-arrange our work for sale there.

We are busily adapting our photographs to the new product format.  So far we have the following flip mino camcorder designs available: Big Ben, exit graffiti, Irish shamrocks, kitty cat, and several abstract fractals. 

As of October 26 we have a section of 25+ flip mino camcorders.  Take a look .                   

Here’s a sample of the new travel mug.

Mote has the usual aquarium type tanks for tropical fish. The biggest problem photographing in that area of the facility is the ever present hobby photographer or visiting school group.

Mote also has a huge aquarium tank for manatee. It is necessary to use wide lens because the manatee are big. The best perspective for a picture is from the lower viewing area where you make an underwater shot. Reflections on the aquarium glass can be a big problem there.

Here are a couple of Derk’s pictures. The Jellyfish is available at kphotos.imagekind.com/TropicalFish as poster or framed print and the clownfish is also available there.:

We found a llama business in Georgia agreeable to our request to photograph herd of llamas. Some of the pictures made then were published in a children’s book on llamas.

Another llama picture is available on products at Cafe Press like the sweatshirt below.

A picture of scorpionfish and toadfish together made an image that would look good framed on a wall so we scanned it for CafePress. It will be added to a set of slides we will send to one of our regular photobuyers soon.

It can be seen with other animal pictures in Framed Art Pictures and here. BTW if you enjoy reading about our adventures in the world of stock photography add us to your Technorati Favorites .

With holiday shopping in full sway we divide our time between reviewing slide film to scan & burn to cds for photo buyers and our stock agencies and making new images for Cafe Press. Of course, photo buyers requsts come first!

The new terrier dog breed image can be seen below on the new short sleeve dark t-shirt available in military green, cardinal red, navy or black. Dark t-shirts are offered in long sleeve t-shirt styles, too. Take a look.

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Check out our calendars at Cafe Press
Framed Art Pictures shop.

While we are on assignment making photographs in San Francisco, California this week, we are sprucing up our Cafe Press shops, too.

Click for a look at our Service Men & Women Gifts shop.  Check out the Merry Christmas design section there for Christmas gift ideas.