Good Job!
Werner von Utter
Try Jasper Engineering. He makes really good pan heads and other equipment.
Both portraits are very nice. You were able to get good expressions. However, I find three problems: (1) There are two catch lights in the eyes. Generally speaking there is usually only one., and (2) The background is distracting, especially in the first portrait. (3)As mentioned above a lighting ratio of 1:2 or 1:3, is something to consider in future work.
Try to find a copy of "The Photographer's Market," published by Writer's Digest Books.
You will find prices for almost every type of photography that is purchased by the
publishing industry.
An excellent panorama! Did you use Photoshop?
Thank you! Watching the expressions on the faces of the viewers is as rewarding as the performance.
Well done! A time based panorama.
An excellent use of HDR processing. By opening up the shadows, the depth of the scene is greatly increased. The highlight details in the textured surfaces and the sky make this a fine photograph. The fact that the use of HDR is not apparent makes this photograph stand above many other images seen here.
After sending my comment I remembered the following quote from one of our fearless leaders.
Dick Cheney once said:
The message is that there are no "knowns." There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns.
I would have chosen "little known" facts about the world. Unknown facts are exactly what they claim to be . . . unknown.
I have used ShutterFly to make books for several years. I have had no problems with quality or production time. I recommend using the Custom Page function when creating a book. Also, it is very helpful to create a text file in a separate app for spelling and grammar checking.