Abandoned grain elevator in cornfield, Iowa, USA

Grain elevators are buildings or complexes of buildings for storage and shipment of grain. Older grain elevators and bins often were constructed of framed or cribbed wood and were prone to fire. This one sits abandoned.

Stock Photo: Prize winning Roosters, Nebraska St. Fair

I’ve decided to begin posting a series of images that are now available as stock photos. I’ll provide a little info about the photograph, where it was taken and other details that might be of interest. This photo was taken on a family outing to the Nebraska State Fair. This Photo can be licensed at [...]

Wyoming: Tetons Panorama

Hiker near Jackson Hole Wyoming. License from Getty Images: http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/200460900-001/Digital-Vision Posted via email from Philip Nealey

Photo Illustration, Photoshoping, Digital Imaging, Retouching – What do you call it?

What terms do you use to describe the creation of photographic images or illustrations in Photoshop?

New Portfolio Section – Healthcare / Education

A new section was added to the portfolio site — Healthcare / Education. If all goes well, this is an area where I hope to be doing a lot more work in the coming months. I also am looking forward to the possibility of delving a bit deeper into the world of video — albeit [...]

Note: Website issues resolved.

Unsharpmasked as well as nealeyphoto.com was having some technical issues over the past several days. It looks like I have been able to fix any problems. If you were trying to look at my portfolios (nealeyphoto.com) you would have noticed they were missing. Everything is back in its place. if anyone notices any other issues [...]

Photographers, Art directors unemployment twice the rate of others.

According to a  research report titled Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008 done by the National Endowment for the Arts, during the recent economic slowdown artists were unemployed at twice the rate of professional workers. Included among artists are performing artists, fine artists, art directors, and animators, writers and authors, [...]

Beware the Photoshop Guru, or Photoshopper or whatever you call them.

So recently I’ve been going through a “professional existential crisis”. Well sort of… recently I have been returning to my roots so to speak. even though I’ve always wanted to be a photographer (actually I also wanted to be a designer or cartoonist), my “real” career in this business started as a retoucher or you [...]

Rumor: 2009 Overall Stock Photo Sales Down 40 Percent

So far 2009 Stock Photo sales figures are making many stock photo companies and stock photographers cry. Industry insiders are saying overall sales are down by as much as forty percent.

Inspiration from the NBA

So far on this blog I have pretty much stayed focused on photography, Photoshop, digital imaging and their respective business aspects. Recently I read an article in the New York Times about Shane Battier “The No-Stats All Star” who gave me a little inspiration. No, he has nothing to do with photography or Photoshop. Throughout [...]