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	Contech CatStop Ultrasonic Outdoor Cat Deterrent List Price: $59.00 Sale Price: Too low to display
	Keeps your cats and dogs out of your flowers garden, yard or anywhere you don't want them to be. Built in motion sensor detects the animal and emits a high pitched ultrasonic alarm, only heard by the pet...

	Nostalgia CCM505 Cotton Candy Maker List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $29.95
	Now you can enjoy the wonderful taste of Cotton Candy anytime in the convenience of your own home!

	The Last Samurai [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] List Price: $18.98 Sale Price: $7.13
	Whether Tom Cruise's portrayal of a 19th century American soldier cum samurai warrior will be remembered with the same pangs of pop-cultural bemusement that befell John Wayne playing Genghis Khan remains to be seen...

	David E. Talbert 3-Pack (The Fabric of a Man/ He Say, She Say, But What Does God Say?/ Love On Layaway) List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $19.18
	Playwright David Talbert has become well known for his inspirational Gospel-music infused dramas featuring primarily African-American casts. This collection gathers three of his popular stage productions...

	Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon List Price: $9.98 Sale Price: $3.99
	Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 07/29/2008 Rating: Nr

	Fuller Brush Man [VHS] List Price: $14.95 Sale Price: $30.00

	When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
	This highly sought-after 1979 film, adapted from the play of the same name by Mark Medoff, is regarded as one of the great lost films of the 70s. The year after its release, Medoff won the Tony Award for "Children of a Lesser God," and in 1970, the film's director, Milton Katselas, was nominated for the Tony for his direction of "Butterflies are Free...

	Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon [VHS] List Price: $12.98 Sale Price: $2.48

	Vornado V6 Flippi Personal Circulator List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $16.35
	Flippi, 2 Speed, Passion Red, Tabletop, Fan, Uses Vortex Action To Circulate All The Air Around You, The Head Pivots From Front To Back For Multi-Directional Air Comfort & When You Are Not Using The Unit It Flips Into Itself To Become Un-Obtrusive On Your Table Space, Perfect For The Small Personal Space You Wish To Cool, 3 Year Warranty.

	Leatherman 81030003K Squirt S4 Inferno Multitool with Small Scissors List Price: $39.00 Sale Price: $19.99
	2.25 in. in size. Tools of stainless steel and handle of red anodized aluminum. Includes scissors, straight knife, extra-small screwdriver, medium screwdriver, small flat Phillips screwdriver, nail file/cleaner, bottle opener, key ring attachment, tweezers and ruler.

	Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition) List Price: $12.98 Sale Price: $6.46
	Movie DVD

	Alice in Wonderland [TV 1985] List Price: $12.99 Sale Price: $6.87
	The king of 1970s disaster movies, producer Irwin Allen, brought together novelist Paul Zindel, songwriter Steve Allen, and a host of celebrities for a pair of 1985 TV movies paying homage to Lewis Carroll's Alice...

	Blue Velvet (Special Edition) List Price: $14.98 Sale Price: $6.36
	David Lynch peeks behind the picket fences of small-town America to reveal a corrupt shadow world of malevolence, sadism, and madness. From the opening shots Lynch turns the Technicolor picture postcard images of middle class homes and tree-lined lanes into a dreamy vision on the edge of nightmare...

	Doc Johnson Sophia's Petite Treats Red List Price: $25.95 Sale Price: $8.69
	he world's smallest and most powerful bullet can now be yours. Experience the ultimate in stimulation and escalation with Sophia's Petite Treats .The Petite Treats from Club Jenna promise big pleasure with a powerful micro-size bullet and multi-speed remote...

	Case Logic PHDC-1 Small EVA External Hard Drive Case (Red) List Price: $22.95 Sale Price: $9.45
	CASE LOGIC PHDC-1R SMALL HARD DRIVE CASE (RED)

	Genuine Dell 250W Power Supply PSU for SFF Small Form Factor Slim Inspiron 530s, 531s, Vostro 200s, 200 (slim only), 220s, Studio 540s Identical Dell Part Numbers XW605, YX301, XW604, XW784, XW783, YX299, YX303, 6423C, K423C, N038C, H856C, YX302, XW602 Compatible Model Numbers: TFX0250D5W, DPS-250AB-28 B, 04G185021200DE Sale Price: $59.99
	Genuine Dell 250w Power Supply for the select Inspiron, Vostro and Studio small form factor systems. Connectors: 1x 24-Pin ATX Connector; 3x SATA Power Connectors; 1x Floppy Power Connector; 1x 4-Pin ATX power Connector...

What are the small red spots that our cat leaves behind when she walks on the bathroom sink and toilet?

Our cat loves to drink water from the bathroom sink, and she often waits on top of the toilet for us to come into the bathroom to turn the water on. She leaves behind small red spots that look like blood on the porcelain surfaces. I have found the source of these spots to be tiny, black, curved things that, when gotten wet, dissolve and turn red. Does anyone have any idea what these black things are?

These are flea feces. Kitty has fleas, and she is tracking their droppings all over your home - on your floors/carpets, bedding - and anywhere else she sleeps, walks, or lies. The fleas live off of the blood of their host. Their droppings are digested blood - this is why they turn red when they come in contact with water.

Advantage works well - but other store bought flea products can work also.

Filling Small Business Needs With Stock Photos

Small business is anything but small in our economy.  Small businesses represent over 99 percent of firms with employees.  They generate almost half of the total private payroll in the United States and have generated sixty to eighty percent of all new jobs per year for the last ten years.  It is also interesting to note that fifty-three percent of small businesses in the U. S. are home based.

These businesses need photography, particularly in this age of the internet.  Even if a business does not yet have a web site, it soon will.  It is rapidly becoming, if it isn't already a stark necessity.  Over the next ten years it has been predicted that there will be over 15 billion more web sites.  That is a lot of photography!

Conceptual stock photos, or descriptive stock photos?

There are two basic different types of stock photos that will be needed, conceptual and descriptive.  Conceptual shots are useful for businesses that deal with such hard to illustrate themes such as financial services, insurance, banking and various non-product oriented businesses.  Realistically, most business can use both.  For example, if you run a dry cleaning business and you want to print out a flyer you might use a picture of a shirt on a hanger...or maybe something like a two people rolling out a red carpet...to indicate the service orientation of your business. 

If you shoot pictures of shirts on hangars to fulfill those needs you might license a lot of them to dry cleaners.  If you shoot people rolling out a red carpet your market suddenly becomes dry cleaners, bed and breakfast inns, even auto repair shops.  A picture of a red carpet representing superior service can work for large, medium and small businesses alike.  The market for your stock pictures becomes that much larger.  When the stock photo in question reads quickly as a small thumbnail, you dramatically enhance your chance of the image being chosen. 

You can shoot a shirt on a hangar for little cost.  To shoot two people rolling out a red carpet is probably going to cost more and take more time.  It will also be more difficult to shoot really well, and may need a lot more post.

Shoot the concept, shoot the story

A good way to approach this whole problem of what and how to shoot would be to shoot a shirt on a hangar (descriptive shot), a suit of clothes spread out on a bed (illustrating preparation), a model fixing his tie (again, preparation), similar shots with a woman model.  Perhaps even the two asleep in bed, waking up, turning off the alarm clock, getting ready in the morning, fixing breakfast, washing dishes, a close up of dirty dishes in the sink, and, eventually, rolling out the red carpet.  In other words, set up a shoot around a concept, and when appropriate, work through a story with your photographs.

Have a shot list, stick to it

To prepare for your photo shoot visualize each shot, each step.  What props will you need?  What wardrobe? How will you need to light it?  Allow plenty of time for each shot, for the transitions between shots, and for wardrobe changes.  Wardrobe changes can dramatically increase the number of selects you can get.  But such changes can slow you down too.  I always print out my shot list and check each one off as I complete it.  If there is a clothing change I stop and review my list.  I always have enough extra shots built in that if one shot just isn't working, I can move on to the next.

Get the shot, but don't over shoot

There is a fine line between moving on too soon, and not shooting enough.  The trick is to know when you have your shot and it is time to move on.  I have improved the efficiency of my shoots tremendously by slowing down and paying more attention to each shot rather than just firing away and then firing away some more because I haven't paid enough attention to really know if I gotten what I wanted.

Take time to check your work

At least two or three times during a shoot, if at all possible, I will stop what I am doing and check a few shots on my laptop to make sure that my photos are in focus and the details are looking right.  I'd rather find out problems during the shoot than after the models have gone home!

Slowing down yields more

Take the time to plan your shoot, create a comprehensive shot list, visualize the process of each shot, plan carefully for props and wardrobe, take your time, review your work, and reap the rewards. You will be glad you took the time and whether they know it or not, the small business that needs your work will be glad too.

About the Author

Stock Photos money, business, happy people, ethnic people, animals, funny photos etc.: Small Business Stock Photos Stock photos, Fine Art Prints, and printed gift merchandise.

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	Contech CatStop Ultrasonic Outdoor Cat Deterrent List Price: $59.00 Sale Price: Too low to display
	Keeps your cats and dogs out of your flowers garden, yard or anywhere you don't want them to be. Built in motion sensor detects the animal and emits a high pitched ultrasonic alarm, only heard by the pet...

	Nostalgia CCM505 Cotton Candy Maker List Price: $39.99 Sale Price: $29.95
	Now you can enjoy the wonderful taste of Cotton Candy anytime in the convenience of your own home!

	Fuller Brush Man [VHS] List Price: $14.95 Sale Price: $30.00

	When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?
	This highly sought-after 1979 film, adapted from the play of the same name by Mark Medoff, is regarded as one of the great lost films of the 70s. The year after its release, Medoff won the Tony Award for "Children of a Lesser God," and in 1970, the film's director, Milton Katselas, was nominated for the Tony for his direction of "Butterflies are Free...

	Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends - James and the Red Balloon [VHS] List Price: $12.98 Sale Price: $2.48

	Vornado V6 Flippi Personal Circulator List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $16.35
	Flippi, 2 Speed, Passion Red, Tabletop, Fan, Uses Vortex Action To Circulate All The Air Around You, The Head Pivots From Front To Back For Multi-Directional Air Comfort & When You Are Not Using The Unit It Flips Into Itself To Become Un-Obtrusive On Your Table Space, Perfect For The Small Personal Space You Wish To Cool, 3 Year Warranty.

	Leatherman 81030003K Squirt S4 Inferno Multitool with Small Scissors List Price: $39.00 Sale Price: $19.99
	The Squirt folds down to a tight, easy-to-transport 2-1/4 inches. Leatherman's Squirt S4: Small but Mighty When it comes to convenience, it's tough to beat the Squirt S4. This multitool is ultra-compact, super tough, and it weighs just two ounces -- making it the perfect tool to pop into that backpack or slip into those slacks...

Elbow performs "Red" live