Let me start by making it clear it has never been easy to make any significant money in microstock photography. The contributors making good money have worked hard to build successful collections over time that bring them the rewards for their efforts. However, a few years ago it was realistic for many “Mom and Pop” [...]
October 13, 2009
Is the blogosphere the next big battleground in stock photography? Newspapers and print media are like walking wounded staggering from the cruel sucker punch the global financial crisis has dealt them. Old media companies that survive will look a lot different in whatever guise they manage to make work and there will be far fewer [...]
October 12, 2009
If there is one thing that is tempting about exclusivity it is the simplicity it would introduce into my workflow if I only had one outlet for my images to consider. While I don’t personally think being exclusive to one agency is the right thing for me I can see it does work for some [...]
October 8, 2009
Despite the number of easy money and get rich quick type articles on microstock photography floating around the web I can tell you it isn’t an easy gig. Yes you can make money selling your photos on microstock sites but it does take a fair amount effort, in addition to photography skills, creativity and some [...]
September 11, 2009
I almost titled this post “extended licences and the microstock myth” just to fling a cat amongst some pigeons! After checking some stats across some of my stock photography outlets I’m again noting how microstock is becoming more and more important as part of my photography business. A couple of new sales really highlight this. [...]
September 10, 2009
I took this fairly mundane looking photo as an illustration of how stock images can end up being used. This is the side of the local hardware store, exhibiting some fairly bland stock photos. They’re so bland I doubt they even register with most passers by but you know what? Bland they may be, but [...]
August 14, 2009
I’ve been going through some old slides from the days of film. Remember those little metal canisters that you had to put inside your camera? I’m an aircooled volkswagen fan and have a collection of various veedubs I’ve photographed during my travels. This cool Fastback with a custom ragtop was parked up near Byron Bay. [...]
July 2, 2009
Lone car in empty car parkOriginally uploaded by alexhd57 It’s certainly not the most efficient way of shooting images for stock but I do enjoy a photo walkabout and you’ve got to keep it fun! With a few planned(ish) shots in mind I can feel reasonably productive whatever happens, and with luck I’ll stumble across [...]
April 9, 2009
The usually heated debate about the merits vs inherent evilness of micro stock photography is really tired and, frankly, academic by now. Like it or not micro pricing is a reality and the only real question for stock photographers is if and how they want to be active in this section of the market. It’s [...]
October 14, 2009