Lately, I've been busy taking, editing and  uploading photographs to stock photography sites such as : Dreamstime, Fotolia and istockphoto. 

This post is not about my photographic journey but rather how Ubuntu helps me a lot with two great applications that are already provided in its repository i.e: Shotwell and Gimp. 

I use Shotwell to browse my collection, which I prefer than gThumb which is very slow at loading thumbnails.
For light editing I use Gimp. Stock photography usually only need just a tiny bit of Levels, Curves, Unsharpen and Saturation adjustment or in some cases object isolation (like wooden mortar and pestle picture below). Gimp is very capable and more than enough for stock photography.

I already sold my two pictures (1, 2) and to think that someone actually willing to pay to use my photographs feels so flattering and addicting, so much more than Facebook's Like.
Here are some photographs in my portfolio which is less than 40 pictures as of now. Hopefully or rather workinghardfully I can double my portfolio by the end of May.

   

© Photographer: Fotonusantara | Agency: Dreamstime.com