It's fair to say photographer Seth Casteel now understands the power of the social web.
On Thursday night, the Los Angeles-based photographer received a couple of emails informing him that photos he had taken of dogs underwater had been posted to Reddit and Google+.SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOS .Then, Friday morning."I woke up to a bunch of money in my bank account," the photographer told The Huffington Post in a telephone interview, saying that he had received so many orders for prints that his newly established online store was experiencing stability issues.
Only months ago, Casteel struggled to pay his bills after he splurged on a waterproof camera case, making it possible for him to take these pictures. Now, it seems like the purchase has paid off. An album of photographs from his underwater dogs series that were posted to Facebook have garnered nearly 30,000 "likes" and have been shared almost 22,000 times.His website, which is typically handles around 200 visitors a day, is now overloaded with more than 100,000 daily visitors. In addition to orders for prints, Casteel said he's received nearly a thousand inquiries for private client shoots from all over the world. ... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/underwater-dog-photos-seth-casteel_n_1277404.html