Now on Shutterstock!

Posted in Sales with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 3, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

Guys and Girls… I am happy to say that I am now on Shutterstock. At the moment I have 48 images for sale. Check it out:

Banner (links straight to my portfolio):

Text Link (links straight to my portfolio):

Shutterstock Portfolio

And if you don’t have a Shutterstock account or you don’t want to make one, check out these other agencies where you can purchase my images:

Other Agencies

Enjoy,

Rafi

First Hasidic Cop Vs Crazy Dog Woman!

Posted in Other Pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn
Photo: Jason Wagner

Photo: Jason Wagner

This post should be fun.
A crazy women named Chrissie Brodigan (who happens to be a blogger) said that NYPD officer Joel Witriol went ninja on her. She says this happened after she took out her pug (dog) Dempsey out of her purse.

From there she claims Witriol touched her inappropriately, beat her, and insulted her.

Oh but wait!! There is a witness: Viane Delgado says the crazy dog women was out of line.  She says the Hasidic officer repeatingly asked her to put the dog back in her purse, she obviously refused and responded with anti-semitic slurs. Quoting from the NYP  ” “You f—ing Jew, you’re not even human,” Delgado quoted Brodigan as saying.” and “Brodigan claimed the cop took away her pug and threatened he’d have it “put down.” “

Crazy Dog Women if you are reading this take down the following information:

Bellevue Hospital Center
462 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016
General Information: (212) 562-1000

Enjoy.





Sales Report – June 2009

Posted in Sales with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 1, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn
Photo: Darren Hester

Photo: Darren Hester

From now on there will be a new section on the blog called “Sales Report”, Once a month I will release a sales report on my stock photos.

This Month:

Dreamstime : $5.26 – 7 sales

123RF: $0.36 – 1 sale

Fotolia: $0.00 – 0 sales

BigStockPhoto: $0.00 – 0 sales

CanStockPhoto: $0.00 – 0 sales

New Agency: Shutterstock!

Note: I am going away for the summer so I will not be making a July or August sales report on time. When I come back August 25 I will combine a report of both those months.



Tefillin – Kiddush Cups

Posted in Other Pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 30, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

Below is a collection of my stock images that are available online.

The collection listed includes photos of Tefillin (Phylacteries) and Kiddush cups.
Simply click on the images to be taken to the seller location:

Royalty Free Images

Michael Jackson Dies – Age 50!

Posted in Other Pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 25, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

Music icon Michael Jackson, whose fame spanned from his childhood with the legendary Jackson 5 to a superstar solo career that earned him the nickname ‘King of Pop,’ died Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, a source close to the family told FOX News. He was 50.

Debra Opri, a former Jackson family attorney, confirmed the singers death after other media reported that he had fallen into a coma. He reportedly was taken by ambulance at 12:30 p.m. local time to UCLA Medical Center, where he died at 3:15 p.m.

Multiple reports said he had gone into cardiac arrest, though the official cause of death wasn’t immediately known. A news conference is expected later Thursday at the hospital, where fans have gathered to pay tribute to the singer.

Jackson’s death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music’s premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

Read the rest at FoxNews.com…

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Three Great iPhone Apps For Photographers – Guest Post

Posted in Guest Post with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 22, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

*Photo by Andreas Schaefer.

UPDATE: Coolest app added  (click on link at the end of post).

The iPhone (or THE iPhone) is gaining popularity fast with photographers. Well, it has an in-phone camera. That kinda means that you carry a camera whenever you go (admit it!! you carry your cell anywhere!!). See Chase Jarvis’s Twitpic iPhone pic stream for example. Just another argument to show that it is not the gear that makes you a good photographer.

For the list, visit DIYPhotography.net (update, new best app added)!

Article reposted with permission from DIYPhotography.net.

Royalty Free Images

RF Stock Photos!

Posted in Other Pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 16, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

That’s right. It’s finally here.

I am happy to announce that I have my photos for RF sale (like $1 each) on many major microstock websites.

Why many? Because I understand that you may have an account at dreamstime and not fotolia. I want to make your image buying as easy as humanly possible.

Below you will see many “AD Banners”, If you click on them you will be taken to my portfolio on each website.

Just in case you can’t see the banners, at the end of this post I have included text links that also redirect to my portfolios.

For the sake of the buyers – hopefully soon I will have my photos on Istockphoto, Stockxpert.

Enjoy,                                                                                                                                          Rafi

BANNERS (All links go straight to my portfolio):

Royalty Free Images

Fotolia

Stock Photos, Royalty Free Stock Photography, Photo Search

Stock Photography

TEXT LINKS (All links go straight to my portfolio):

DREAMSTIME

FOTOLIA

BIGSTOCKPHOTO

123RF

CanStockPhoto (Most Photos)

Shutterstock

Note: I upload the same photos to all these websites, but not all agencies accept the same photographs into their library.  So if you don’t find the image you need – look at my portfolio at the other agencies. Or if you need help, feel free to contact me anytime at 347-598-6081 or by email at: info@photographybyrafi.com .

For requests, comments, and questions:

info@photographybyrafi@gmail.com

Or

347-598-6081

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Pace Yourself – Guest Post

Posted in Guest Post with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 15, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

Green animal

© Lars Christensen | Dreamstime.com

Here’s a quick piece of advice taken from an old fable: “Slow and steady wins the race

This moral, or saying, can be applied to many facets of photography (and everyday life). With advances in technology, things can get moving pretty quickly. New cameras and gear, faster rapid-fire, streamlined software, extended networks via the web, etc. It’s great to be able to get so much done in such a short amount of time, but this quickened pace can lead to burn-out with your photography.

Take some time to evaluate your photographic pace and identify any areas that need to be trimmed back a bit. Also look at the activities that you don’t seem to have time for, and figure out a way to adjust your schedule to make time.

Read the rest of this educational post at epic edits…

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Samples: Food Photography!

Posted in Other Pictures with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 4, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

This is just a teaser of more food photography that I will be doing soon.

food1-2


The Birth of War Time Photography-Guest Post

Posted in Guest Post with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 2, 2009 by Rafi Grynsztajn

It can be easy to forget how the world viewed things before photography. Until the invention of photography, wars were viewed as remote and rather exciting to the people at home far removed from the events taking place. Details of war were learned through delayed and biased news accounts or from returning soldiers. There were paintings and poems as well.

The British campaigns in the Crimean War of the 1850s were among the first to be extensively documented by photograph. This was a disastrous war for Great Britain.

Read the rest of this post at Yourphototips.com…