I am so excited to announce this new category on the website!  For years I've had people asking me if they could buy my "straight from the camera" photos to use in their digital art creations or to use as reference photos for traditional paintings and digital paintings.  

Due to popular demand, I am tapping into my library of over 1 million photos I've taken over the last 4 years, and I am offering you specific collections created from these photos for YOU to now use in YOUR art!  You'll be thrilled to know these fall under the same commercial use ok license as the textures, so you are free to sell and/or license your art made with these photos.

The photos are SOOC {straight out of the camera}.  This means, they are not cropped, denoised, sharpened, or edited in any way.  Which gives you the freedom to make the image into exactly what YOU want.

The photos vary in size, due to the different cameras I've used over the years.  Photo sizes range from 3000 to 6000 pixels at the largest edge, depending on which camera was used to produce the photos.  These collections cover a 4+ year photographic journey, and several cameras {all Nikon} have been used over those years.  Lenses used range from 18mm-600mm in a wide variety of brands, including Nikon, Sigma, Tamron and Tokina.

For animals and birds, I have provided a variety of shots, from full body and distance shots to close ups and in varying light conditions to create different moods for your art.  I have provided different looks, poses and viewpoints, so you can create many different art pieces using the subjects.

The first collection released is the Wild Cats Collection.  I have a sampler package available with 40 photos which have been randomly selected from the other collections.  If you have a special affinity for a certain type of cat, I have a variety of cat-specific collections available, ranging from 20-25 photos in each collection.  If you've signed up for the mailing list, you already have access to the coupon codes available only to list members -- these codes will also apply to your purchases of these collections when you choose to create your own bundles.

I hope you enjoy these wild cat stock photos, and the other stock photo collections to come!  

Happy Creating,
​Jai

And so it begins, the first of several OCEAN AND SEA Textured Background Collections!  I know many of you are just as excited about this one as I am...it's been a long time coming, but the first collection is finally live and ready for you to use with your favorite subjects.

I used to think if I wanted to get "ocean pics", I had to travel to the ocean.  Travelling isn't something I can easily do right now, except for day trips.  Unfortunately the ocean is just too far away for me to accomplish that type of trip in one day.  Of course, we have lakes here, ponds, and the beautiful Tennessee River, but it's just not the same.  Now, thanks to this texture collection, I can take my favorite subjects -- whether they were photographed at a pond, lake, river or even in my own backyard -- and I can place them into beautiful, glowing oceanic scenes!

Some of these are calm and subtle, and some have some aggressive wave and splash action -- perfect to give that sense of excitement and movement to your subjects.  They can also be used as layers on top of any image to change color tones and give your original photos some sea tint.

Above is a sampling of all of the textured backgrounds included in the set.  You can see before and after photo examples, as well as purchase the new Daily Texture Ocean and Sea Collection 1 here.