Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I started with Rohn Engh's PhotoSource International workshops in 1980, but that was a long time ago and there are better, more convenient sources now. Michal Heron's book "Digital Stock Photograph, How to Shoot and Sell" is pretty good. Other than that, I would just go to some of the stock sites like Alamy or Getty. Look at what is offered and what sells. A site like Alamy, if you sign in as a contributor, will tell you exactly what is being searched and what has sold: http://www.alamy.com/Customersearch/Customersearchhistory.aspx That is invaluable for knowing what to post and how to keyword it. For an agency like Alamy, quantity is almost more important than quality, although your photos do have to meet the 100% examination test. The more your photos are searched and zoomed, the higher your photos will be in the search engine, the more photos you will sell. You will need at least 1000 photos on Alamy before you get significant sales. You can also set up your own sites on PhotoShelter or SmugMug or ZenFolio and recruit publishers yourself. That takes much longer and requires that you are always available to fill requests. You can subscribe to stock request sites such as Photographer's Direct and Image Brief. Those list stock requests daily and, if you have what is requested, you negotiate directly with the publishers. Lots of ways to sell stock! None of them easy. All requiring lots of work. But all can help pay for your addiction to photographic equipment ;-) Good luck! Tina On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> wrote: > ==On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> > wrote: > > And the 4th of July comes around every year, needing > > lots of photos to illustrate it. Just be sure to have the photos in by > > December when most publishers will be choosing their photos for 4th of > > July! ;-) > > > > > > > And I guess if I start next week I may make it by December. :-} > > I know this has been discussed before, but as of right now is there one > book, article or website you recommend to beginning stock shooters? > > Thanks again, > > --Bob > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com