Lately I’ve been focusing mainly on the new editorial collection.  I currently have 76 editorial files for sale on iStockPhoto, out of 658 total portfolio images.  My goal for this year is to add 1000 new images to my portfolio.

I’ve added more from the G20 protests:

And some from a recent trip to the Dominican Republic:

You can view more of my editorial images here!

Since the iStock license allows all commercial images to be used for editorial purposes too, you could use the same photo in an article about things to do on Valentine’s Day.  However, for editorial uses, you don’t need model or property releases because you’re only using the image for illustrative purposes.  So maybe you’d rather have a candid image of a real-life couple holding hands on the street for your Valentine’s Day article.  That’s where the Editorial Only license comes in.

The Editorial Only license allows us to upload images we weren’t able to upload before, because they won’t be used for advertising.  For example, a photo of the copyrighted London Eye to accompany a piece in a travel magazine about things to do in London, or a photo of a crowd on Canada day to accompany an article about Canada Day activities for families.

This is pretty exciting!  I have just over 50 Editorial Images in the collection already, with many more on the way.  Here are a few from my portfolio:

Toronto, Canada – June 26, 2010: Two Toronto city fire fighters walk in front of a burning police car. Taken during the G20 riots in Toronto, Canada on June 26th, 2010. Several police cars were lit on fire in the city’s downtown core in protest of the G20/G8 summits.

Toronto, Canada – October 23, 2010: A couple dressed as zombies walking in the annual Toronto Zombie Walk in October 2010.

Toronto, Canada – June 2, 2009: Close up of a music fan at an outdoor concert at Molson Amphitheatre in Toronto in June 2009.

You can browse more here!

I haven’t updated in a long time – again – but I wanted to write a quick update about what I’ve been up to.

Booking weddings for 2010! I’m only booking a handful of weddings this year, and so far each and every one of them is going to be fun and amazing.

Portraits! It’s getting warm outside, and I have some family portraits and engagement sessions coming up.  I would really like to do a trash the dress when it gets warm.  Interested?  Email me!

Accounting! Wait… that’s not exciting.

Stock photography! 2010 is the year of iStockPhoto.  I’ve been working really hard at building up my portfolio.  Here are some recent additions:

Something for Easter.

I’m working on a big cupcake series right now, as a result of becoming slightly obsessed with food photography.  I will post more when it’s done.

Tea!

These are from a photoshoot I did with an awesome couple earlier this year.

A client saw this martini image and requested that I do something similar for a print for their kitchen, but with red wine. I’m working on a red wine series that I will post soon. I love that splashing things and making a huge mess is “work”. I have the best job ever.

I’ve also been putting more time into building my iStockPhoto portfolio.  Here are some of my recently accepted images.  These are all travel photos taken during my recent trip to Wales.

Taken in Brecon Beacons National Park during a ridiculous detour thanks to our GPS.

This picture is really gross when you zoom in to the full size.  Try it!

Taken in Kidwelly Castle.

Cows heading to be milked.

Taken outside Carreg Cennen Castle.

To date, I have 61 files in my portfolio.  My goal is to have 150 pictures in my portfolio by the end of 2009.  With 16 weeks left in the year, that means I have to have about 6 files accepted per week.

I will be out of town doing stills photography on the movie Babe With A Sword for the next 12 days.  We are filming a horror movie, at night, in the woods, with no cell phone service or internet.  This is a recipe for me becoming scared of my own shadow for the next 2 weeks.  Very exciting!  If I disappear, please assume it was a crazed forest-dweller wearing a scary mask and send help.