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Subject: [Leica] Fireworks Stands, Rearranged NOW: Stock Shots
From: images at comporium.net (Tina Manley)
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 19:32:15 -0400
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Absolutely.  Some of my best sellers are grocery store shelves ;-)  Not
exactly fine art!

Tina


On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Robert Baron <robertbaron1 at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Wow.  I'm not sure I have 1000 photos I like.  But then I guess that's not
> the test, is it.......it just requires an attitude adjustment and, as you
> say (and do), lots and lots of work,
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Bob
>
>
> ==On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net>
> wrote:
>
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
>
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-- 
Tina Manley
http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com


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