Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley OFFERED: Subject: [Leica] Shutterbug > The current (February) issue of Shutterbug has an article by Maria Piscopo > on the state of stock photography today. I'm one of the seven > photographers she interviewed and they feature three of my photos of > children in the article. I think she did a pretty good job with the > interviews, but the future of stock looks pretty bleak through the eyes of > all of the photographers! > > I've only seen the digital version but you do have to have a subscription > to view it.<<<< Hi Tina, Without reading her article and being the first photographer to join "MASTERFILE STOCK AGENCY" even before it was called Masterfile. I can tell you some of the top stock photogs who only shot stock for years, not assignments as I have. They were making $250,000. to $500,000.oo a year with not a thought it would ever end. Today are receiving monthly sales cheques of a two or three dollars. :-( :-( Technology with the magic of Photoshop and various other things of this modern age has created the death knell of earning any sustainable life as a "Stock photographer!" Sometimes we gain huge benefits in the advancements of technology. By the same token it kills some parts completely! I suppose if someone learns how to move rapidly with the technology, they survive. Other wise? :-( cheers, Dr. ted