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Microstock Photography Forum - General => General Stock Discussion => Topic started by: leaf on October 23, 2012, 01:42
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John Lund just put out a short blog post with a nice little list for reaching success in stock.
I won't quote it all in respect for content rights, but here's the first two
1. Get your head out of the clouds and understand what images the market needs.
2. Forget waiting for inspiration and get to work making inspiring images.
http://blog.johnlund.com/2012/10/five-rules-for-success-in-stock.html (http://blog.johnlund.com/2012/10/five-rules-for-success-in-stock.html)
If you're not following him already, he's a good blog to read for stock photographers.
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Good one. My personal favourite is Rule #3;
"Quit looking at what others are doing and create the images that only you can create."
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Good one. My personal favourite is Rule #3;
"Quit looking at what others are doing and create the images that only you can create."
Mine too.
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Rule #1 and Rule #5 seem to be mutually exclusive, for me anyway!
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#4 is my favorite. Most of the ports where i have sale are quite smalll. I can get better and hopefully more sales will come.
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When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you can head off your foes with a balanced attack! :)
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I agree he often has useful blog posts, but this doesn't seem to me to be one of them. Five rules - three steps - seven no-nos - all sounds a bit like the covers of women's magazines. Can't argue with any of it, but doesn't seem to offer much beyond the obvious.
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I agree he often has useful blog posts, but this doesn't seem to me to be one of them. Five rules - three steps - seven no-nos - all sounds a bit like the covers of women's magazines. Can't argue with any of it, but doesn't seem to offer much beyond the obvious.
+1
New diet: How to lose 5 lb in 5 days...* ::)
*(and gain it back after returning back to your current lifestyle - duh)
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Rule Six, spend less time blogging or on forums and more time shooting. ::)
For me, after you take the photos, why not edit, keyword and upload some, now and then, instead of just saving them on the hard drives? Now I have files going back to 2009 that I need to "get to someday".