I have been doing a little bit of Microstock here and there for a few years but never really applied any analytics to it. Four months ago, I set out with the goal of tracking my progress and quadrupling my Microstock income purely by spending four hours a week in the first month, two hours [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Microstock’
The Microstock Challenge – Which sites make you money and which ones don’t
Posted: 31st January 2012 by Svenler in Stock PhotographyTags: 123rf, Analytics, Dreamstime, Earnings, iStockphoto, Microstock, Money, Photography, ShutterStock, Statistics
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Embarrassing: USPS and the Microstock Mix-Up
Posted: 16th April 2011 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Microstock, Stamps, Statue of Liberty, United States Postal Service, USPS
While Microstock sites such as iStockphoto or Dreamstime are a great way for small bloggers to procure their images, companies should think twice before trying to save a few bucks by downloading an image from a Microstock site. There have been numerous cases where two companies in the same market have used the same stock [...]
How to create proper Separation / Isolation Lighting
Posted: 7th December 2010 by Svenler in Education, Lighting, Photography, Stock PhotographyTags: isolation, lighting, Macrostock, Microstock, Photography, separation, technique
Some call it separation lighting, others prefer the term isolation lighting, but both mean the proper lighting technique to separate your subject from the background. While this technique is applied just about everywhere in photography where a subject is the main focus, this technique is a particular for Stock Photography, where the proper separation technique [...]
How to prepare your pictures for Stock Photography
Posted: 1st May 2010 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Dreamstime, iStock, Keywords, Macrostock, Make Money, Microstock, Photography, Photoshop
A little while ago, I wrote an article about the best Microstock websites for people to earn easy money with their photographs (here). I received a few responses from people asking me how to prepare their photographs for approval and how to use keywords, so I decided to write an article on this topic as [...]
How and Where to make money with Microstock Photography
Posted: 30th March 2010 by Svenler in PhotographyTags: Comparison, iStock, Make Money, Microstock, Photography
Several fellow photographers have been asking me about Stock Photography and Microstock Photography, so I found it time to write a little compendium. While I understand that there are several Macrostock photographers out there who dismiss the Microstock model, I feel like it has a not insignificant earnings potential. While you need to upload at [...]