Alan Skyrme Photography relocated from Hyderabad, India to Mexico City in 2014.
Our priorities at the present time dictate that the addition of new images - including some of the hundreds of images taken on the last Real Amazon Experience trip to the Amazon and Pantanal regions of Brazil - must remain on the back-burner for the foreseeable future.
In the meantime exisiting stock continues to be available for sale through our library sites.
Alan Skyrme Photography
Thursday 14 October 2010
Tuesday 24 August 2010
Continental Drift - September, 2010
This is a skinny edition of our newsletter.
At the end of this week Alan Skyrme takes on the persona of Amazon Al and will be visiting the Amazon and Pantanal regions of Brazil, with a small group, for a couple of weeks.
During August we have been diverted from photography in order to deal with general administration and to prepare for the forthcoming trip.
We will be back in mid September with a short report on the images that we shall be adding to our stock sites.
Alan Skyrme Photography
At the end of this week Alan Skyrme takes on the persona of Amazon Al and will be visiting the Amazon and Pantanal regions of Brazil, with a small group, for a couple of weeks.
During August we have been diverted from photography in order to deal with general administration and to prepare for the forthcoming trip.
We will be back in mid September with a short report on the images that we shall be adding to our stock sites.
Alan Skyrme Photography
Saturday 7 August 2010
Continental Drift - Amazon and Pantanal
Alan Skyrme, a specialist in tropical fruit images, will be temporarily out of reach for three weeks from the end of August to mid-September. During this period he will be leading his Real Amazon Experience tour into the Amazon and the Pantanal wetlands of Brazil.
On his return to his studio / Gallery base in Natal he will begin to process the still and video images and place them in his stock sites and libraries.
For commissioned assignments of Amazon Rainforest or Pantanal Wetland images - landscapes, flora or fauna - email us as soon as possible. There may still be time to capture your required pictures or footage.
Feel free to contact us for the latest in rainforest images.
Alan Skyrme Photography
Where images and imagination overlap with quality
On his return to his studio / Gallery base in Natal he will begin to process the still and video images and place them in his stock sites and libraries.
For commissioned assignments of Amazon Rainforest or Pantanal Wetland images - landscapes, flora or fauna - email us as soon as possible. There may still be time to capture your required pictures or footage.
Feel free to contact us for the latest in rainforest images.
Alan Skyrme Photography
Where images and imagination overlap with quality
Saturday 31 July 2010
Continental Drift - August, 2010
Welcome to the August edition of Continental Drift.
We will be shutting down our studio for three weeks from the end of August. Every couple of years or so Alan Skyrme gives up the safe and cosy confines of his studio to become Amazon Al ... adventurer and tour leader.
He will be taking the 2010 Real Amazon Experience tour to three eco-systems in the Amazon region followed by a tour into the Pantanal swamps of Brazil. Images will be posted to his sites and libraries at the end of September and a book about the tour will be published at the end of the year.
Since the last newsletter.....
Alan Skyrme Gallery
No significant changes this month.
Shoot Acai
No changes.
Shoot Froot
We have loaded images to both our stock libraries and to the Shoot Froot site:
Library sites
We have uploaded a few new images to our portfolios at Alamy and Photographers Direct and have initiated an experimental (re)launch of miniStok through Flickr/ClusterShot. Only a few test images so far as there is a limitation on the files size that is available for sale.
Alan Skyrme Photography
We will be shutting down our studio for three weeks from the end of August. Every couple of years or so Alan Skyrme gives up the safe and cosy confines of his studio to become Amazon Al ... adventurer and tour leader.
He will be taking the 2010 Real Amazon Experience tour to three eco-systems in the Amazon region followed by a tour into the Pantanal swamps of Brazil. Images will be posted to his sites and libraries at the end of September and a book about the tour will be published at the end of the year.
Since the last newsletter.....
Alan Skyrme Gallery
No significant changes this month.
Shoot Acai
No changes.
Shoot Froot
We have loaded images to both our stock libraries and to the Shoot Froot site:
Library sites
We have uploaded a few new images to our portfolios at Alamy and Photographers Direct and have initiated an experimental (re)launch of miniStok through Flickr/ClusterShot. Only a few test images so far as there is a limitation on the files size that is available for sale.
Sunday 11 July 2010
Continental Drift - July, 2010
Welcome to the July edition of Continental Drift.
While we have been "busy" this month we have not been as productive as we would have liked. It is a fact of life here in the Northeast of Brazil that things rarely get accomplished at the first attempt (unless everything is under ones personal control!).
We continue to focus on our tropical fruit collection this month but have been obliged to cancel plans to expand our stock of Acai images.
Since the last newsletter.....
Alan Skyrme Gallery
A selection of new and old images have been added to the "Recent Additions" section, and more images will uploaded by mid-July.
Shoot Acai
No changes.
Shoot Froot
We have loaded images to both our stock libraries and to the Shoot Froot site:
Guajiru
Breadfruit
Caja
Orange
Lemon
Date
Grape
Pomegranate
Grapefruit
Passionfruit
Apple
Mango
Coffee
Lime
Jenipapo
Persimmon
Guabiraba
Bacaba
Bacuri
Acai
Library sites
Now that our technical issues are out of the way we have resumed the development of our library site portfolios at Alamy and Photographers Direct and hope to accelerate the process this month.
London Photographic Association
We have been a member of this association (among others) for several years. We now plan to develop a portfolio for promotion on the LPA site - have been unable to do so in June.
Alternative sales outlets
We are closing down a couple of our sites (Shoot Candids, Shoot the Best, and Shoot Images Gallery). At the same time, we are considering the re-establishment of our miniStok site ( www.ministok.com ) with the intention of loading / selling macro stock images that do not fit our existing library profiles.
Alan Skyrme Photography
While we have been "busy" this month we have not been as productive as we would have liked. It is a fact of life here in the Northeast of Brazil that things rarely get accomplished at the first attempt (unless everything is under ones personal control!).
We continue to focus on our tropical fruit collection this month but have been obliged to cancel plans to expand our stock of Acai images.
Since the last newsletter.....
Alan Skyrme Gallery
A selection of new and old images have been added to the "Recent Additions" section, and more images will uploaded by mid-July.
Shoot Acai
No changes.
Shoot Froot
We have loaded images to both our stock libraries and to the Shoot Froot site:
Guajiru
Breadfruit
Caja
Orange
Lemon
Date
Grape
Pomegranate
Grapefruit
Passionfruit
Apple
Mango
Coffee
Lime
Jenipapo
Persimmon
Guabiraba
Bacaba
Bacuri
Acai
Library sites
Now that our technical issues are out of the way we have resumed the development of our library site portfolios at Alamy and Photographers Direct and hope to accelerate the process this month.
London Photographic Association
We have been a member of this association (among others) for several years. We now plan to develop a portfolio for promotion on the LPA site - have been unable to do so in June.
Alternative sales outlets
We are closing down a couple of our sites (Shoot Candids, Shoot the Best, and Shoot Images Gallery). At the same time, we are considering the re-establishment of our miniStok site ( www.ministok.com ) with the intention of loading / selling macro stock images that do not fit our existing library profiles.
Alan Skyrme Photography
Saturday 5 June 2010
Continental Drift - June, 2010
Welcome to the June edition of Continental Drift.
June sees us on the Natal studio. The technical issues experienced last month have now been resolved and we are again focused on building our stock of tropical fruit images.
We were fortunate to have had yet another image Nominated in the internationally acclaimed International Color Awards. Our thanks and appreciation to the judges and organisers.
Since the last newsletter.....
Alan Skyrme Gallery
No changes since the last newsletter but we will be uploading new images in the first half of June.
Shoot Acai
We plan to add new images to the Shoot Acai site later in June. Acai images continue to sell both directly and via our Alamy collection.
Shoot Froot
We are loading images to both our stock libraries and to the Shoot Froot site.
- figs
- citrus fruits
- mango
- pomegranate
among other fruit
Library sites
Now that our technical issues are out of the way we have resumed the development of our library site portfolios at Alamy and Photographers Direct.
London Photographic Association
We have been a member of this association (among others) for several years. We now plan to develop a portfolio for promotion on the LPA site.
Low-price stock
The quality and price of micro stock is acceptable to many buyers' budgets, but there are some downsides to consider:
Have a look at this recently published article!
Some photographers, Alan Skyrme Photography included, do not plan on producing images for the micro stock market. Our preference is in supplying high quality editorial standard images that suits the needs of the discerning buyer.
Alan Skyrme Photography
Alan Skyrme
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
June sees us on the Natal studio. The technical issues experienced last month have now been resolved and we are again focused on building our stock of tropical fruit images.
We were fortunate to have had yet another image Nominated in the internationally acclaimed International Color Awards. Our thanks and appreciation to the judges and organisers.
Since the last newsletter.....
Alan Skyrme Gallery
No changes since the last newsletter but we will be uploading new images in the first half of June.
Shoot Acai
We plan to add new images to the Shoot Acai site later in June. Acai images continue to sell both directly and via our Alamy collection.
Shoot Froot
We are loading images to both our stock libraries and to the Shoot Froot site.
- figs
- citrus fruits
- mango
- pomegranate
among other fruit
Library sites
Now that our technical issues are out of the way we have resumed the development of our library site portfolios at Alamy and Photographers Direct.
London Photographic Association
We have been a member of this association (among others) for several years. We now plan to develop a portfolio for promotion on the LPA site.
Low-price stock
The quality and price of micro stock is acceptable to many buyers' budgets, but there are some downsides to consider:
Have a look at this recently published article!
Some photographers, Alan Skyrme Photography included, do not plan on producing images for the micro stock market. Our preference is in supplying high quality editorial standard images that suits the needs of the discerning buyer.
Alan Skyrme Photography
Alan Skyrme
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Wednesday 26 May 2010
Technical issues
It seems that we are not alone in suffering technical issues - Alamy has had problems this month as well.
Our problems were due to a melt-down of our main PC. Although we have back-up processing capability via a laptop PC and a Mac, and all our data is stored and backed up to external disk drives, the sheer effort of repairing the PC, and reloading our software, has taken over a week.
Also, we have to admit, with some embarassment, the quality of image processing via a notebook PC and even the Mac, should have been done using a large monitor. Our main camera was recently cleaned while we were in London but it seems not thoroughly enough. ThiseNt that a whole batch of images has had to be reviewed because (at least) one of the images in the batch had dust spots!
We hope to be back on track by the end of May.
Alan Skyrme
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Our problems were due to a melt-down of our main PC. Although we have back-up processing capability via a laptop PC and a Mac, and all our data is stored and backed up to external disk drives, the sheer effort of repairing the PC, and reloading our software, has taken over a week.
Also, we have to admit, with some embarassment, the quality of image processing via a notebook PC and even the Mac, should have been done using a large monitor. Our main camera was recently cleaned while we were in London but it seems not thoroughly enough. ThiseNt that a whole batch of images has had to be reviewed because (at least) one of the images in the batch had dust spots!
We hope to be back on track by the end of May.
Alan Skyrme
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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