Mlenny Photography : People - Travel - Nature - Microstock

Some weeks ago in february I played around with the animoto video tool. Some months later I think it was time again produce a new short portfolio clip. So here is the result. A short video clip of people & model images I took or processed in the first six/seven months of the year 2008. All of those can be found and downloaded from my istockphoto portfolio. Have fun.



Most of the images included in the video above you can find in my portfolio.

On 19th August is again the Punktum Day on istockphoto. I love the idea behind that last year introduced day to celebrate creativity.

A short description of the Punctum Day from istockphoto.

"What the heck is Punctum Day?
Punctum Day, August 19, was declared in 2007 by iStockphoto as a special day to celebrate creative excellence. The day holds dual significance for iStock because it was August 19, 1839, that Louis Daguerre first introduced an early type of photograph, the Daguerreotype, to the world and it is also the birthday of Jeff Howe, Wired magazine writer, who introduced the staff at iStock HQ to the meaning of punctum."

I think that sometimes creativity needs to be explained, even when 'images are telling more then 1000 words'. I guess in the last 12 months there where over 1 mio. files uploaded to istockphoto. Overlooking those files is simply impossible. I guess there are more then 10.000 image-pearls i would not even see here within the flood of approx. 1 mio new files which came into istockphoto within the last 12 months.

The result might be that 'one of the usual suspects' will win this istock contest. One image that had be IOTW (Image of the week) or FIOTW (Free Image of the week). One image that is in the Top Picks Lists of the early voted punktum images, or on the 'Most Popular Files' List.... Instead of having the contributers go through 1 mio files, why is it not possible that inspectors nominate e.g. 1000 images? Afterwards let the istock community make the final decision. The inspectors see much more images then every contributer or buyer just because of their job.

Another solution might be that a contributer can nominate one of his own files. It would make a lot of sense to allow a kind of caption or punktum description to explain, give background or context to the image he`d like to nominate.

Anyway. The idea of punktum day made me reflect about my own portfolio. Which one out of the images I took the last 12months is my personal personal favourite. After thinking a lot, i finally found it. It`s not studio, stock, beauty, lifestyle, fashion, landscape. It`s something private. I knew when i uploaded this image that it will never be a 'flamer'. but it simply has to be here on istock, my exclusive and loved photo-plattform and community.

So here it is, my favourite out of my portfolio within the last 12 months:



Caption:

This image shows my son finn walking towards the leaving airplane on the airport of windhoek in namibia. This image is not an edited snap it might look like on the first view. It`s a pure concept shot i had long time ago in my mind. Actually it`s a kind of selfportrait transported through my son Finn. (Background: Most people especially my parents say that my son looks identical like I looked when I was younger).

I think this image transports the feelings I have everytime when i travel on my own and i had to leave the places i have visited. Sometimes loney and slighty sad.. Behind every departure, every end, I feel a kind of sadness, you`re leaving friends, places,new people you met and might never see again. But all the memories I have in my "suitcase" together with me remain bright and colorful. And I`m carrying those memories with me, even if they are sometimes heavy,.

That is the reason why I processed the image completly desaturated, except of the suitcase my son carries with him towards the leaving airplane on this empty airport.

'lonely farwell' is definately my favourite shot I made during the last 12 months.

So thanks for the Punktum Idea istock! You made me rethinking and reviewing the images I took within the last 12 months.

I`m back from another amazing istockalypse, the second istockalypse this year on beautiful mediterranean island & country of Malta. Here are the first bunch of images of this amazing event...



For the new images made around Malta I added two new lightboxes:

Yacht, Sailboat, Ship, Motor Boat etc.



Malta Mediterranean Island



And here you find the first images I uploaded from this trip:

Malta Images:



Water Textures:



Yachts, Sailboats, Motorboats & Malta Valetta Harbor:





New Model, Lifestyle Images (Mixed)



More recently added images










More of my newest uploads you find here...just click.

100 iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (in Random Order)..Just CLICK --iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (Random #101-200)--iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (Random #201-300)--iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (Random #301-400)

Yipppiee, today I had my second iStockphoto FIOTW (Free Image of the Week) after 2 years (2008 - 2006). Inbetween those years my Skateboarder Image was chosen as an 'IOTW' (Image of the Week) in the year 2007.

Thanks to the iStock Inspectors and FIOTW Judges for choosing my photo of the Model Kelly shaking her blonde hair on the Red Rocks in St. George, Utah, USA (Made at RedRockalypse2 Event) as this week's Free Image of the Week on iStockphoto.


Above Left: FIOTW 15.06.2008 Above Right FIOTW 23.04.2006


Above: iStockphoto Image of the Week 15.07.2007

Everybody with an iStockphoto Account can download this Free Image of the Week for free within the next 4 weeks starting today, and may use it in their Designs, Brochures, Layouts, Designs, Commercials etc. Just click on the Image below (Register for Free if you don`t have an iStockphoto Account) and download it in any resolution, up to the max. resolution a Canon 1Ds MK III can capture.



As the above image was uploaded some days ago, you may like to look into my newest uploads in iStockphoto...just click.

Thanks for viewing, rating, downloading and all the nice mails I received for getting the iStockphoto FIOTW 15.06.2008.

100 iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (in Random Order)..Just CLICK --iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (Random #101-200)--iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (Random #201-300)--iStockphoto Portfolio Photos (Random #301-400)

A short and quick update...some new photo uploads in the 'watching soccer em 2008' breaks:

Running Track:



The 100 newest Photos you find here...click.