I realize those of you who have been visiting this site are not interested in microstock but as I set this site up to promote my images I must do the occasional photography post. Bear with me please..
I’m not one of the big time players at microstock. These guys and gals don’t need to do this type of thing to promote themselves. The best cameras, studios, models…they have it all and reap the rewards.
The rest of us with our 300D and the like shooting mostly nature and a few object shots from time to time have tons of competition making it very hard to sell our wares. But, it’s not impossible.
I got into this business in 2005 and have managed to finally see enough of a profit to get a check from at least 2 of my sites each month. This is no small feat believe me especially when you shoot flowers, and landscapes.
But, due to the rise in photographers and the major sites having over 1 million images available things are getting tougher. When I started it was easy to get images approved, easy to build a portfolio. If I were starting now it would be much harder.
I say all this not to put anyone off but to prepare you for what can be a big letdown especially if you think your images are beautiful (don’t we all) and the stock sites will gobble them up. Unless you are a professional photographer with superb skills already under your belt it will be very difficult on certain sites to get accepted no matter how pretty your images are.
If after reading this you would still like to try earning a bit from those images that are just sitting on your hd doing nothing let me know. I will be glad to help in whatever way I can. All I ask is that you use me as a referral when joining one of the sites.
Feel free to ask questions.
No comments:
Post a Comment