I started submitting images to Dreamstime.com a few years ago, in a feeble attempt to become a professional photographer. Every once in a while, I get the urge to submit a few more images but my total number online after such a long time is less than what many submit in a single day.
It’s a bit of a tedious process and approval on each image can take up to a week, or more. Plus, Dreamstime editors have no issues with rejecting half of what you submit. What makes it worse for me and being a hack photographer is that images I’m sure will be accepted often get rejected and the ones that I’m unsure of are often the ones that do make the cut!
Anyhow, this is still an area that I want to get much more involved in and will be submitting on a much regular basis. In the meantime, take a look the ten most viewed images in portfolio at Dreamstime.com. Clicking on any of the images will take you to my profile page at Dreamstime.
A farm field adjacent to the Cataract-Elora rail trail, near my home in Orangeville, Ontario. For some reason, the curve and colours reminded me of Jolly Farm Revue, the British kids show that Stewie was obsessed with on Family Guy. That’s one of my laws of reality: Everything in life can be related to an episode of The Simpsons or Family Guy!
A few summers ago, we camped at Wakami Lake Provincial Park, somewhere between Timmins and Wawa, Ontario. Of course, that’s like saying we camped somewhere between Detroit and Buffalo – it’s a large area that lacks civilization.
We came back south along highway 129. For a good portion of the journey, the Mississagi River runs beside the road. This stretch of road that basically runs from Chapleau, Ontario to Highway 17 (Trans-Canada Highway), just east of Sault Ste. Marie, is one of the most unknown and underrated stretches of scenic road on the continent. It was on this drive when the idea for It’s About Travelling was born.
Hoggs Falls. This little gem just northeast of Flesherton, Ontario is one of the lesser known Niagara Escarpment water falls. This is great because there is hardly ever a crowd of visitors at the location. Hoggs Falls is easily accessed and just a short walk from a free to use parking lot.
For two straight years, we spent the first week of September in New Brunswick. On both visits, we spent time at Mount Carleton Provincial Park in the northern portion of the province. The image above was taken the first year alongside the park’s main gravel road.
The colour of they sky reflected in the water was overwhelming and we had to stop. The park is home to Mount Carleton, the highest peak in Canada’s Maritime Provinces, along with other impressive mountains. Yet, some of the park’s greatest beauty was found in the wetlands.
Honestly, this image is crap. This is why I find it baffling as to what gets accepted and what doesn’t. This was taken in spring along the Bruce Trail at the Boyne River Provincial Park, near Shelburne, Ontario.
One of the Kettle Lakes at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park. This was taken with an old compact digital camera that I bought refurbed for cheap. I ended up giving that camera, memory card and all, to our maid at Playa Pesquero Resort, near Guardalavaca, Cuba.
The simple act of giving away a piece of technology that we taken for granted to a person from such a suppressed society was a real eye opener. It was as if I’d given her the keys to a Cadillac. The memory card was loaded with thousands of images of Canada, Europe and the U.S. Hopefully, she didn’t get in trouble for having those images in her possession. Chances are, she sold the camera right away for food and clothing – more things we take for granted.
Yes – another crappy image. This is the Credit River at Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, just upstream from Churchs Falls. I labeled the image as the point where two forks of the Credit River meet. It’s not. The piece of land in the middle is just a small island.
My first outing with my Polaroid Variable Range ND Filter. This is a daytime long exposure shot taken at Humber Bay Park in Toronto, along the shores of Lake, Ontario.
Some more long exposure. This is Pigeon Lake at Bell Haven Resort where Angie’s parents have their trailer and boat parked. The location is just outside of Bobcaygeon, on the road to Buckhorn.
The fishing pier at Dania Beach, Florida. I could sit all day taking shots of the ocean. If you’re taking a Caribbean Cruise out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale and you have some time to kill, take a drive down to Dania Beach. It’s close enough to the cruise port that you can see the ships from the beach.
