[Leica] Fireworks Stands, Rearranged NOW: Stock Shots

[robertbaron1 at gmail.com (Robert Baron)]

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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