Promoting Microstock photography
The main reason to SELL photos on microstock sites is the same as selling in general – to make money. If stock photography ends up being your full-time job, you can make microstock a significant portion of your income. If going pro is not your goal and you just want to earn a little extra [...]
Before defining microstock photography, let’s start by defining stock photography. Stock photography is the photography of things that can be used for commercial design purposes. Book publishers, specialty publishers, magazines, advertising agencies, film makers, web designers, graphic artists, interior decor firms, corporate creative teams, and other groups utilize stock photography to fulfill their photograph needs. [...]
Getting started with microstock is not difficult, but it can seem overwhelming if you don’t know where to start. The following are 10 tips for becoming a microstock photographer. Good pictures sell.; bad ones don’t Most photographers can be better. Take time to improve your skills. Read books. Try new things. Think like a designer [...]
If you are trying to decide if microstock photography is for you, maybe the following can help: Can you take well composed, clear, and clean photos? You do not need to be a professional or one of the best, but a blurry snapshot of your dog or a shot of the family will not do. [...]