Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for this.... ? R. Clayton McKee PhotoJournalist from somewhere just south of somewhere else... >________________________________ > From: Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> >Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2013 6:17 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Fireworks Stands, Rearranged NOW: Stock Shots > > >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 >