More portraits were added this morning to the hollakmedia stock library.

For example, this image is ready for print and / or digital use.

It is rights-managed, model released and can be licensed here.

After a long day of shooting assignments it was good to end on a laugh.

It was my last assignment of the day and as I walked back to my truck I noticed the sign that was pointing towards the parking stall opposite my truck.

No, I’m not parked in the stall the sign is labeling, but it did make for a funny moment at the end of my long day out in the Fresno summer heat.

It’s probably not that funny, but I tell you the 100+ degree heat can really mess with your sense of humor.

Shooting a few assignments in Fresno’s Tower District.

I think it will hit 101 here today.

Even with the heat where it is, I can’t seem to focus on shooting.

Not having anything to do with the heat actually. Something a little more depressing.

McClatchy just laid off 1,400 employees today and there are rumors of more, including shutting the entire paper down in the next town over (Clovis Independent).

Two McClatchy photogs were axed here today (from the south valley bureau of the Fresno Bee).

Maybe tomorrow will be a better day. Only supposed to hit 100.

I walk away from some assignments knowing that I have met someone extraordinary that has a true passion for their job.

It’s one of the biggest perks to the job and today was one of those assignments.

Alan “Al” Perry, CEO of Fresno’s VA Hospital loves the work his staff does and it shows.

As we walked the halls on our way to different sections of the hospital, Al said hello to every single employee we came in contact with. And not just a topical hello either. He knew absolutely every employee by their first name and that was usually followed by a question regarding something personal in that employee’s life that only someone who cares about you would know to ask.

Above the main entrance to the hopital is a sign that reads, “The Price of Freedom is Visable here,” so too is the sign of compassionate leadership.

Ag / farming stock imagery is a large sub-category of the stock photo business. So much so, you might want to consider adding pieces to the library of images that you offer up to photo buyers.

Ag and farming imagery speaks on a lot of different levels. It’s technology heavy now, it’s big business, it’s Americana, it’s rural, it’s family, it can be green and organic (which is all the rage right now) and it can be profitable for the stock photographer.

If you’re looking for a few agencies to move images through, try these:

• ag stock usa
• farm stock photo
• county, farm & garden stock

Now I choose to continue to host my images on PhotoShelter, so I don’t use or endorse the above agencies but I do know that they get photo buyer traffic and might be an outlet for your ag / farm imagery — do your own due diligence and you should be fine.

Spent the past two nights on assignment in Central Cali shooting roller derby chicks.

And, in case you’re wondering, roller derby is all the rage right now across the country.

And no, roller derby is nothing like pro-wrestling. These chicks throw down — nothin’ fake about dropping your competition to their ass while flying around the oval rink on good ol’ fashion roller skates.