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Here's the latest from Gregory:

Well I made it—last week I passed the 6th month point of my aortic dissection event and emergency surgery. (I’ve written about my medical condition in my previous Facebook postings, so I won’t bore you with the details here.)

There were many days and weeks when I was not sure that I would make it to this date. Most days during the last 2 months I’ve felt great. I still have issues (kidney impairment and some numbness in my right shoulder and upper leg) but overall it feels minor compared to the struggles I had for almost 4 months. Again, thank you for all your prayers, thoughts, well-wishes, e-mails, cards, notes, visits, etc. Elena and I could not have made it through without you.

So, you might be asking yourself, what have I done with my six-month time, besides healing and feeling significantly better?

(photo: Gregory Case)

Three things have occupied my time:

1) We of course have been photographing a lot of quilts--keep them coming!

2) I’ve also been busy creating a new web site (www.gregorycase.com) which is now far more tablet and smart phone friendly. We added a lot of new images and new categories. I look forward to your comments about the site.

3) From the beginning of my professional photography career (starting 2002) I’ve been photographing travel-related images. And in the past, Elena and I have had the privilege of teaching travel classes on international cruises, guilds, and most recently a week-long class at Alegre Retreat. Thus, I’m pleased that most recently, I have been accepted as an Adobe Stock photography contributor. That means that I am now selling many of my travel photos through the website, Adobe Stock. As an Adobe Stock contributor, my travel photos can be used for online and offline advertisements, product packaging, publications, software, or digital design or for resale merchandise. Currently I have over 200 approved images for sale through Adobe Stock.

I am working my way through my travel photo archives starting with the year 2004 and have added images thus far from the years of 2004 - 2007, and some from 2015 The digital cameras I used from 2002 – 2003 were not of the quality needed for stock.

I am currently working on the years 2008 – 2014 and adding new photos regularly. Last week I added 49 new images for Adobe Stock’s review/approval.

Additionally, I have just started uploading and selling different stock photos to Dreamstime.

The interesting thing about most stock photography sites is their selection process. For stock, they want images that are clean, well-exposed, low “ISO” (no digital noise), low color saturation, and deep focus, front to back. They are less interested in “artsy” shots or “your personal vision” or those with high contrast, selective focus, etc. They want only a couple of variations on a theme before others are rejected for being similar to what you have already submitted. They seek great “every day” images that others can use to sell in advertising or for resale. It’s been an interesting learning process to understand what they are looking for with these travel images.

Perhaps what is most satisfying to me is to revisit the photos I took in the past and rescue them from my archive hard drives. Now, I can post them for others to appreciate and perhaps even buy for their own uses. I am sure many of you have had this same experience, in that you take lots of great photos, then save them to your computer, or keep in your smartphone/tablet, never to be seen again. Now, for me, not anymore!

Finally, rumor has it that some sleep labs have had great results with people viewing these stock travel images and then quickly falling deeply and soundly asleep so consider yourself advised. That said, it you can stay awake long enough, I look forward to any comments you might have of my travel portfolio at Adobe Stock and/or on my Web site.

Here is my Adobe Stock travel photography portfolio:
https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/206530091/gregory

And on my Web site here are a selection of Adobe, Dreamstime, and some non-stock travel images:
http://www.gregorycase.com/?page_id=194

The 10th annual Quilt Alliance Auction is underway. Please help multiply the generosity of their donating artists by bidding on your favorite quilts. This year, they are using Benefit Bidding and the opening bid is $75 for each quilt. The quilts will be auctioned in two groups and auction dates and times are:

Group 1 starts today, November 14, at 9:00 AM EST ends November 21 at 9:00 PM EST
Group 2 starts November 28 at 9:00 AM EST ends December 5 at 9:00 PM EST

Preview and Bid on the 2017 Auction Quilts Now! http://www.benefitbidding.com/quiltalliance.