A few reasons why Creative Commons for pictures is a bad idea
Here’s a question I just had from a friend when I told him that by using Creative commons he is loosing too much control of his images: “You say I shouldn’t use Creative Commons, but what do you suggest I do instead?” The first thing to think of is: “Why would you want to use […]
Interview with National Geographic’s Photo Editor
Listening to your customer: how National Geographic buys photography with Elizabeth Krist and Allen Murabayashi Listening to your customers is important. For stock photography it is not always obvious since you are not necessarily in direct contact with your end customer. Especially if you work with stock agencies who are usually not very keen on […]
BKWine Photography at the Four Seasons Hotel
Not quite in the hotel (I would like that though!) but on the Four Season Magazine’s web site. They have run a feature of great day trips from Lisbon and used one of our photos as illustration. The photograph is from a winery an hour’s drive away from Lisbon. Here’s the picture on their site: […]
Two essential tools of the trade (Domaine le Nouveau Monde, Languedoc)
Domaine du Nouveau Monde, Languedoc, France, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Domaine du Nouveau Monde is a small, family run winery in Languedoc in the south of France. It is run by the young and talented winemaker […]
The focus / lens shifter for DSLR video focus: brilliant Kickstarter project
If you are using a DSLR to do video, and many people are these days, then you have realised that focusing on a moving object or shifting the focus from one place to another is really, really hard. Unless you buy a pretty expensive piece of equipment that is bot heavy, bulky and sets you […]
Don’t mess with my wine! (Domaine de la Garance, Languedoc)
Domaine de la Garance, Languedoc, France, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Domaine de la Garance is a wine estate not far from Caux in the Languedoc in the south of France. The owner is Pierre Quinonero, a […]
A tank and 3*cork (Domaine Alain Chabanon, Languedoc)
Domaine Alain Chabanon, Languedoc, France, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Domaine Alain Chabanon is a wine estate near the village Lagamas in the Languedoc in the south of France. Alain started making wine at his own winery […]
Across the road from the Cave Coop (Embres et Castelmaure Cave Cooperative, Languedoc)
Embres et Castelmaure Cave Cooperative co-operative. Les Corbieres. Languedoc. A door. Window. France. Europe. – Cave Cooperative d’Embres et Castelmaure, Corbieres, Languedoc, France, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine – This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos – Cave Castelmaure, or Castelmaure SCV, or even Cave Cooperative […]
How old is old?
The world’s oldest living organisms in pictures How old do you think the world’s oldest living thing is? … … … No, it’s older. Rachel Sussman has made a photo project on photographing the world’s oldest living organisms. She has taken pictures of parsley, strangulating fungi, old trees, brain coral. Her starting point was that […]
A cane for the old (Chateau Saint Martin de la Garrigue, Languedoc)
Chateau St Martin de la Garrigue. Languedoc. Vines trained in Guyot cane pruning. Old, gnarled and twisting vine. France. Europe. Vineyard. – Chateau Saint Martin de la Garrigue, Languedoc, France, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Chateau Saint […]
The new Getty Images watermark
A trivial protection tool turned brilliantly into a marketing tool! Getty Images has taken a simple overlay image, the watermark, and turned it into a something that not only protects your image but also is a brilliantly engineered marketing and sales tool. To have or not to have: watermarks? Watermarks are a nuisance according to […]
A perfect finish to a perfect lunch? (Wine Art Estate, Greece)
Glass of tsipouro. Cup of coffee. Wine Art Estate Winery, Microchori, Drama, Macedonia, Greece – Wine Art Estate Microchori, Macedonia, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — The winery with the odd name Wine Art is located in […]
Assyrtiko, another Greek vine variety (Tsantalis, Greece)
Soil detail. Stony. Vineyard. Assyrtiko. Tsantali Vineyards & Winery, Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. – Tsantali Winery, Macedonia, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — The Tsantali Agios Pavlos winery is located in northern Greece, in Macedonia, not far from […]
Mount Athos and vineyards (Tsantalis, Greece)
Vineyard with Mount Athos top in the background. Mount Athos. Tsantali Vineyards & Winery, Halkidiki, Macedonia, Greece. Metoxi Chromitsa of St Panteleimon monastery. – Mount Athos vineyard by Tsantali, Macedonia, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Mount […]
There is a lot of Drama in this picture (Ktima Pavlidis, Greece)
Vineyard. Ktima Pavlidis Winery, Drama, Macedonia, Greece – Ktima Pavlidis Winery, Macedonia, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Ktima Pavlidis Winery (Ktima meaning ‘estate’) is located in northern Greece in Macedonia, near the city with the tantalising […]
Thessaloniki well in the background (Domaine Gerovassiliou, Greece)
Vineyard. Domaine Gerovassiliou, Epanomi, Macedonia, Greece. – Domaine Gerovassiliou, Macedonia, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Ktima Domaine Gerovassiliou in Epanomi, Greece, is located not far from Thessaloniki in Macedonia. It was founded by the oenologist Evangelos Gerovassiliou. […]
Have you heard of malagousia? (Biblia Chora, Greece)
Vines. Malagouzia vine variety. Biblia Chora Winery, Kokkinohori, Kavala, Macedonia, Greece – Biblia Chora Winery, Pangeon, Macedonia, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Ktima Biblia Chora Winery was founded by Evangelos Gerovassiliou and Vassilis Tsaktsarlis. It is located […]
In the Macedonian mountains (Alpha Estate, Greece)
Vineyard. Winery building. Alpha Estate Winery, Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece – Alpha Estate Winery, Amyndeon, Macedonia, Greece, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Alpha Estate Winery (Ktima Alpha) is located in the village Agios Panteleimon, Amyndeon, north western Greece, […]
Transfering assets (Sandeman, Portugal)
pumping over barrels with aging port sandeman port lodge vila nova de gaia porto portugal – Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia, House of Sandeman port lodge, Porto, Douro Valley, Portugal, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Sandeman is […]
US Copyright Registration with the Library of Congress, fee goes up
There is a peculiarity with US copyright legislation that is called “registering your photos with the Library of Congress”. There is no requirement to “register” your images. The copyright is yours for your pictures if you don’t as well as if you do. It is not the “ownership” of the copyright that is at issue. […]
Port wine in wood (Ferreira, Portugal)
wooden vats ferreira port lodge vila nova de gaia porto portugal – Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia, Ferreira Port Lodge, Portugal, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Ferreira is one of the classic port wine brands in the […]
Two types of blue in Pinhao in the Douro Valley
vintage house hotel pinhao douro portugal azulejos at train station pinhao douro portugal – Douro River Valley, Pinhao Town, Portugal, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Pinhao (or Pinhão) is one of the main towns in the upper […]
Reflections of years in the wine cellar (Quinta do Vallado, Portugal)
glass of tawny quinta do vallado douro portugal – Quinta do Vallado, Regua, Corgo, Douro, Portugal, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Quinta do Vallado is a family owned winery near Regua in the Douro Valley. It is […]
Nice view from the tasting room (Quinta do Cotto, Portugal)
view over the valley quinta do cotto douro portugal – Quinta do Cotto, Mesao Frio, Douro, Portugal, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Quita do Cotto is a port wine and red table wine winery in Mesao Frio […]
Making waves in the mountains (Quinta da Gaivosa, Portugal)
vineyards quinta da gaivosa douro portugal – Quinta da Gaivosa, Alves de Sousa, Douro, Portugal, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Alves de Sousa at Quinta da Gaivosa is a port wine producer in the Douro Valley in […]
Can we stop aging? (corks)
natural corks of different ages and lengths – Cork, bottle stoppers, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Cork, that we can call “natural cork”, comes from the bark of the cork oak tree. The biggest producer of cork […]
Have you ever experienced the Tunnel Effect in Champagne? (François Secondé)
The underground wine cellar, thousands of bottles aging either in pupitres (racks) upside down waiting to be disgorged or lying on their side for the secondary fermentation Champagne Francois Seconde, Sillery Grand Cru, Montagne de Reims, Champagne, Marne, Ardennes, France – Champagne small independent growers, France, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This […]
A 500+ years (?) old wooden fermentation vat (Vallformosa, Penedes)
Fermentation tanks. Ancient medieval vats. Vallformosa, Vilobi, Penedes, Catalonia, Spain – Vallformosa winery, Catalonia, Penedes, Spain, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Vallformosa is a family owned winery in Vilobí del Penedès, in the DO Penedes, in Catalonia […]
It is 20 years since the start of the war in Bosnia
I find it very difficult to comprehend that the war in the Balkans could and did happen. It is now twenty years since the war started in Bosnia. When the troubles started in the Balkans and when they ended depends, I guess, a bit on how you want to count. In 2006 we had the […]
Dial 6222 for wine (Torres, Catalonia)
Winery tubing with a dial-like switch to pump wine from one tank to another. Torres Penedes Catalonia Spain – Torres winery, Penedes, Catalonia, Spain, stock photography samples, by Per Karlsson, BKWine — This is only a selection of samples. Use Image SEARCH to find more photos — Torres is one of the precursors of Spanish […]