This is the last post of the Introduction to Microstock Photography series. I hope that this series has been helpful. In this post, I will go through the final set of examples.
This is a panorama of the Jerusalem city walls at night. The taking of the shot has an interesting story itself. I took this [...]
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In this post, we will continue with the examples we started earlier. We will start with what most people want from microstock photography…
This image was rejected for poor lighting. It is a complete isolation that took me some time to accomplish. I took this picture explicitly for stock. The result… I wasted my time. This [...]
Continue reading about Introduction to Microstock Photography - Continuing with Examples
In this post we will continue the examples that we started yesterday.
Remember, the questions to consider for each image are
Was it accepted?
If accepted, was it accepted on all sites?
Did it sell?
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It is now time to go over some example microstock photos. For each photo, try to guess the following.
Was it accepted?
If accepted, did all sites accept it?
Did it sell?
Continue reading about Introduction to Microstock Photography - Time for Some Examples
I hope this series has been useful for you. In the next two blogs I will go over some examples, but before then I would like to discuss my philosophy on microstock. If you’re read other series on microstock, you’re probably familiar with different methods of tracking you make per picture and how you can [...]
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In this post I’ll mention a hodgepodge of strategies that I have found useful for microstock photography. Keywords are extremely important. I typically spend more time getting the keywords right than I do post processing the image. Always make sure you get these right - because they’ll strongly affect whether the picture sells.
Often the best [...]
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In general, I expect most of you already know how to use a camera. However, there are some aspects of shooting a photo that I believe you must pay specific attention to when shooting photographs that potentially will be sold as microstock. First, RAW is your best friend. When I first started I shot only [...]
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Keywording is immensely important if you want your images to sell. Once in awhile I receive e-mails from photographers mentioning that their pictures do not sell. When I take a look at their portfolios, I see beautiful pictures with horrible keywords. Put simply, keywording is more important than workflow. Many photographers spend hours editing a [...]
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In this post I will finish with the main reasons a photograph will be rejected. I will start off with the Not Stockworthy category and its very similar category - Too Many on Site. There are certain subjects that microstock sites have far too many of and don’t sell that well in the first place. [...]
Continue reading about Introduction to Microstock Photography - Other Rejection Reasons
In this post I will continue discussing the main reasons photographs are rejected from the microstock sites today. I have already discussed copyrights, noise, and focus. In this post I will discuss framing and bad lighting.
Framing
In simple terms, your picture must not look like a snapshot. A snapshot is typically defined as those millions of [...]
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