"You can't just sell pictures for dirt cheap with almost no copyright restrictions! That's madness!"
Stock image sites bumming you out with prices higher than the kids who smoked weed behind you in high school? Yeah. Figures. We’re all tired of that game.
Luckily, there’s a solution: Introducing...... ME!
My name's Ethan, and I’m a mechanic apprentice in upstate New York making some extra money on the side who just so happened to take photography classes while in tech school for automotive technology. Completely unrelated to the trade I was there to learn, but you don’t get a degree without feeding the Gen-Ed machine.
Turns out, the camera stuck.
What I sell here is straight-up photography. What does that mean for you? No subscriptions, hidden licensing gymnastics, or fine print explaining how you’re allowed to use something you already paid your hard-earned money for.
My policy? Buy it once, keep it forever, use for whatever. Website? Sure. Book cover? Go for it. Calendar you’re selling? Have at it. Just make sure February doesn’t grow an extra day. Yes, that has happened to me.
My business strategy is simple: You give me money. I give you picture. Bada-bing, bada-boom. What you do with that picture is your business. What I do with the money is mine. Fair deal.
***Credit is not required, but very much appreciated***
What you see below are a few watermarked samples of my work. The full-resolution files and print options are available in the storefront. Click the "Shop Now" link above to make one yours.
Like what you see? Head to my samples page to see all of the categories I've already got stock in!
Sunset in Barneveld
White Flowers
A Very Photogenic Pig
The Lost Statues of Greenville
Fire and a Log
Closeup of a Lightbulb
A Random Stop Sign in Rural NY
Closeup of a Waterfall
I don't play games with customers. I understand that your time and money is valuable, and to waste either with long-winded restrictions of use and royalty contracts is detrimental to everyone involved. The customer loses because acquiring imagery becomes a headspin of legal bullcrap, and the seller loses because said legal bullcrap killed their chances of successfully conducting business.
I know all the tricks that people in sales will use to drain your wallet like the super-efficient money-sucking parasites they are. hidden fees, package charges, additional money-grabs and several hours of trying to get you to pay the highest possible price for the simplest things. Not here, though.
I choose to live my life in a way that, when it's all over, I don't find myself shamefully explaining my shady business tactics to St. Peter at the pearly gates. The way I see it: A noble nickel is worth a million times more in the eyes of God than a dishonest dollar.
Also, get this: Everything I upload is 100% human. No AI-generated slop. Filters? Sometimes. Post-Processing? Maybe. DALLE? Hell no.
All photos are the same price. Yep, every one of them. How much? See my Pricing Page for the "full picture".
Rules are right there and they don't take three business days to read. Make sure to read them, now.
And he's a guy you can count on, if I do say so myself. Learn about him here.