I've got about 4 more pages of notes; no way I'm getting through them all tonight. But I'll try to have them done in the next couple of days. Then I'll start caucusing my judges!
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HOW TO USE MY STOCK
(Update August 2012)
"I hereby grant all DeviantArtists permission to use my stock in any and all Deviant Prints without restriction."
Since I no longer have time to track and +fav every use of my stock, you are encouraged to post a link to your use of the stock on the comment area of each image, so others can see your work.
Email is the best/only way to reach me. Do not email me unless you are sure it's important! I am mjr@ranum.com
MY RULES ("'Do as thou will't shall be the whole of the law")
You are required to give me appropriate credit as photographer where and however possible. My stock is free; the way you 'pay' to use it is by cr
An FAQ
MY STOCK USAGE RULES
Q: "Why do you mark everything you do as 'mature content'?"
A: Because I do not support censorship or self-censorship in any form. It is, of course, DA's right to require that some images be flagged 'mature' or not, it's their site and they can make the rules for it. In the past, I had problems where people would complain to DA admins that an image was inappropriate -- at one point someone apparently complained about an abstract fiberglass mannequin being "nude":
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and it was at that moment that I realized that there is someone out there who will take offense at anything. That was when I decided to flag
9/11
mingled at last
the ashes of faiths
flutter like the feathers
dropped by a concrete
phoenix
How to Shoot Stock
I've replaced this with a linkable version here: :thumb118589322:
The "shoot stock" tutorial has a number of illustrations of the kind of set-ups I use for lighting, as well as pictures of my studio.
Today I posted another tutorial on "photographic lighting". It's a workthrough of experiments with lights ranging my my expensive pro studio flash pack to some $55 light heads I bought on Ebay. In it, I try to demonstrate the way I like to think about photography; a synthesis of intuitive play and methodical trial-and-error by varying a single parameter.
It is here: :thumb118703072:
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915 and counting! 
absolutely amazing!
I bow to the Master of Stock!!!
absolutely amazing! I bow to the Master of Stock!!!