You've shot a huge pile of photos, and now you want them to be seen by as amany as possible. This tip seems obvious, but a lot of people are still surprised when they hear about it: Sit on your photos and let them trickle out.

Microstock pioneer, iStockphoto, launches a new service today: Subscriptions. Previously, buying images were strictly on a pay-as-you-go basis, but now users can have a fixed daily limit of download credits at a lower price. These credits are spent, depending on the resolution of the image you are downloading. On a small plan, you have 10 credits a day, which is enough to buy either 10 web-size photos, 1 large or a combination of medium, small etc.

Here is a real life example, showing why photography is still (in spite of the digital revolution) an expensive business. The case in point: My wife, the ultratalented food-photographer Kelly Cline, needed a better way to do overhead shots. You know the kind. Straight down onto a plate of food, so it almost seems like you're sitting at the table, looking at your meal.

I'm doing the 5D dance right now, and it ain't pretty. Partly because I am a terrible dancer (I prefer to be on stage instead, providing the music), but mostly because of all the rumors. See, I am on the verge of upgrading my current camera, the Canon 20D, to a full frame DSLR. Obviously, I am going to stick with Canon because they are the best. And maybe also a little bit because of all the lenses and stuff I've got.

I am not a photo purist. I am all for adding a personal touch to your pictures, giving them a unique look and some snap using post processing. In fact, that's half the fun of digital photography. But there is such a thing as taking it too far, and one of the most common "effects" I see, and one which I hate almost beyond description, is fake water ripples.

This post is entirely inspired by spring weather, and all those inspired by it. I won't lie to you. I am really not a big fan of flower photography. In fact, it ranks as some of the least interesting on my personal list. However, many others feel differently, and among those are thousands of microstock photographers. I know, because I see several flower shots come through the queue at iStockphoto, whenever I inspect images there.

I've talked about giving myself little challenges and pushing myself, and now the time has come to stop talking and start doing. It's about time, I take on something bigger than your average photostroll. Therefore, I have decided to start planning a photobook.

Everything photography came to a standstill for me a few days ago. Okay, I still carried my point and shoot around with me, taking snapshots, but leaving them on the memory card. I also talked to a few models about setting up shoots, making sure to plan them far enough into the future, that I could recover from the problem, that has been keeping me from uploading anything new to either Flickr or iStockphoto. The problem?

I thought, I would share three of the most inspiring photobooks from my own bookshelf. These are not photography how-to books, but tomes of pictures I can look at again and again, and every time, I find new inspiration.