The transition from one year to the next is for many a rare time when we pause for thought, taking some time to reflect on what has passed and looking forward to the coming year. In most endeavours consciously stopping to reflect and plan can be a valuable activity in improving performance and achieving better [...]
November 24, 2009
Bandwagons keep on rolling long after there is really any room left to jump aboard. I’m really quite surprised to find there are still new microstock agencies popping up. Sure it is relatively cheap and easy to throw a site up. However, it takes a lot more effort to build a worthwhile collection of images [...]
November 9, 2009
I don’t envy the picture editors at Getty. The news that they are opening up the Getty Flickr collection for anyone to submit a test batch of ten images to is like opening the flickrgates holding back a deluge of literally millions of images. Already the call for artists pool is overflowing with images, many [...]
October 20, 2009
Following on from my previous post on the current opportunities to make money selling photos through microstock agencies here are a couple of observations that I think are worth both new and exisitng contributors pondering. A few years ago early adopters of the microstock model could pretty much throw their shovel in the air, dig [...]
October 14, 2009
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 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. [...]
December 30, 2009