Why not my stock photos?

Hampton Inn, Gallipolis, Ohio
Dear crossing at room 300, Hampton Inn, Gallipolis, Ohio | Canon 5D Mk. II and 50mm f/1.4 lens | Exposed 1/60 sec. @ f/1.4, ISO 800.

So, I’m on my way back to North Carolina after spending the last six weeks in the Midwest to work on my master’s project about Asian carp.  After checking in at the front desk, I got up to the third floor of the hotel and realized that a different stock photograph adorns each door.  Evidently, a deer crossing sign was best suited for my room.  I think it’s an interesting use of stock photography–I wish that they had come calling to me, though!  I can’t imagine what a contract like that, for a major chain, must have been worth…

On the road again: 1,873 miles and then some

Jakob Berr pores over Valerie Mosley's photos for her story for the 62nd annual Missouri Photo Workshop
Jakob Berr pores over Valerie Mosley's photos for her story, "Doing the Right Thing," for the 62nd annual Missouri Photo Workshop at the Comfort Inn in Macon, Mo. | Leica M8 and 50mm Summicron f/2 lens | Expsed 1/45 sec. @ f/2.8, ISO 640

On September 11, 2010, I left Durham, North Carolina to get to Racine, Wisconsin by way of Chillicothe, Ohio. Last Sunday I departed Racine for Columbia, Missouri, by way of St. Louis.  Since then I’ve lost a pillow (it will be returned), been slimed by a Silver carp, photographed a levitating Kim Komenich at the 62nd annual Missouri Photo Workshop in Macon, Missouri, and played tourist at my Alma mater.  My odometer cracked 27,000…not so happy about that, and I’ve also had my share of meals on the road.  Things will slow down soon, but not yet…


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