Others license the use of their photographs through stock photo agencies. Occupational Outlook Handbook 2000-2001 edition published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics . A stylish ceramic woman in bright Kelly green watches silently from across the room as Bob Foran adjusts the light illuminating the still life he's about to shoot. Her soft green profile is in sharp contrast to the whitewashed walls and the black and white checked floor of Bob's Ann Arbor studio. Color changes it.
Light is everything in photography.
It's the creative control over lighting that really makes a photographer. Bob is a commercial and advertising photographer who specializes in studio still life. Six years ago he made the decision before most in his field to change from conventional film-based to digital photography. It's a decision he's never regretted. Special effects or light adjustments that we used to make with colored filters can now be done more precisely with imaging equipment.