Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted is right! If you have special niche in photography, you could be the specialist! I know of one specialist in military photos and another in agriculture photography who have all but captured the market in their particular niche photos. You could do the same with with super cute dogs! Go for it! Tina On Tuesday, July 2, 2013, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Bob, > Along Tina's direction. > > You have shown us many million dollar puppy photos! Loved them all! :-) Some people drool all over the screen at their cutness! :-) > > And you have an absolute captured and new arrivals as I understand all the time? I don't doubt there are other folks who supply "PRETTY PUPPY PHOTOS!" To Stock Agencies! > > But I bet if you loaded the agency with great and new puppy photos you may well make some interesting dollars as you become " THE GUY TO GO FOR NEAT PUPPY PHOTOS!!" ?? And sometimes as simple a subject as that can turn into some "very interesting dollars!" > > However as easy as this sounds, it's the folks who are prepared to put in the kind of many many hours and hours of computer time that Tina does to make it pay off. Sending in a few photos, then sitting on your ass waiting for the dollars to come rolling in without sending in another 1000 frames of cutness, doesn't cut it! It's keeping a constant inflo of images requested by the agencies looking for images "their clients are looking for??" Many many times months and months a head of the date they'll actually be used and published! > > If you have a run at "STOCK PHOTOS" I wish you well. Just remember one thing........... "IT'S A HUGE PILE OF UNCOMPLAINING OUT OF POCKET MONEY UP FRONT!!!! Not to forget hours and hours of un-paying time. > Good luck! > cheers, > Dr. ted > > My STOCK EXPERIENCE???????? "MASTERFILE" in Canada since about 1970? :-) Best sale of one stock image? My amount????? $13,900.oo!!!!!! Yep sometimes it pays off quite nicely!!!!! :-) > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 4:17 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 >> >> >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com