www.GillisPhotos.com now has over 1000 images available!

I’ve always loved photography and had purchased a digital camera a few years back. An author purchased two shots I’d taken of the Foxboro Founders Day parade for a forthcoming book about parades across America, and I realized that I had a lot of pictures I wanted to share with people and possibly sell. As I browsed through my collection, I decided that I had many interesting images, and my scans across the web revealed there is a huge market for I learned were called “stock images” or “royalty free photography.”

In January 2005, I created a new website, www.gillisphotos.com, which occupied much (read: all) of my free time that year. Although I have created many other web sites, this was the first I’d created for myself, to market my work, and there were many new considerations I’d never faced before to create a commercial web site -- pricing, competition, style, layout, advertising, and so much more.

I’ve learned a lot and have come to really enjoy presenting my work for viewing and sale. I think the pictures on the site are some of my best and judging by initial response, there are some folks out there who agree -- at least enough to buy some pictures. Lately I’ve been taking more and more pictures, updating the site, and finding new ways to promote it. The experience has been very rewarding and has created a great sense of accomplishment.

Please check out my photography at www.GillisPhotos.com

Galleries:

Season-Autumn, Summer, Winter / Snow, Ice Sculptures

Holiday-Christmas, Halloween, Parades, July 4 / US Flags, Easter, Pumpkins, The Nativity, Still Life

Nature-Clouds, Sunsets, Animals / Birds, Lilacs, Blue Skies, On the farm, Flowers

Sea-Beach images, Ships / Sailing, Images, Beachgoers, Nautical Buoys, Boating / Ocean Life, Lighthouses

Fire-Dancing (Poi), Fire-Images, Fireworks Displays, Bonfire, Sparklers

Boston-Landmarks, Parks, Big Dig, Custom House, Skyline, Cheers, Copley Sq, Sneakers / Statues, At night, At Christmas, Ice Sculptures, Beacon Hill, Statues, Quest Eternal, John Hancock Bldg, Wachusett / Sudbury, Salem Mass

Niagara Falls-Horseshoe Falls,, American Falls, At Night, Great Gorge, Midway, Misc, Rainbows, Maid of the Mist, Top of Canadian Falls

New Hampshire-Crawford Notch State Park, Intervale Mountains, Cathedral Ledge, Conway Scenic Railroad, Three Rocks Waterfall, Jackson Covered Bridge, North Conway, Bartlett, North Conway Landmarks, Bartlett in Winter

Maine-Lobsters / Traps,, Bass Harbor, Nubble Lighthouse, Seawall Road, Bass Harbor Sunrise, Cadillac Mountain, Bubbles at Jordan Pond, Bass Harbor Lighthouse, Sand Beach, Ogunquit, Schoodic Point

Rhode Island-WaterFire - Providence, Jamestown, Beavertail Lighthouse, Newport

DC-Washington

Italy-Pisa, Venice (Venezia), Other

France-Paris

Other-Food / Drink, Light / Lighting, Balloons