Author Topic: Five Rules For Success In Stock Photography (Read 3857 times)

leaf · « **on:** October 23, 2012, 01:42 »

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

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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

If you're not following him already, he's a good blog to read for stock photographers.

gostwyck · « **Reply #1 on:** October 23, 2012, 01:59 »

Good one. My personal favourite is Rule #3;

"Quit looking at what others are doing and create the images that only you can create."

ClaridgeJ · « **Reply #2 on:** October 23, 2012, 02:14 »

Quote from: gostwyck on October 23, 2012, 01:59

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.

ShadySue · « **Reply #3 on:** October 23, 2012, 05:30 »

Rule #1 and Rule #5 seem to be mutually exclusive, for me anyway!

Dan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 23, 2012, 07:11 »

#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.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #5 on:** October 23, 2012, 08:58 »

When you can balance a tack hammer on your head, you can head off your foes with a balanced attack!

Jo Ann Snover · « **Reply #6 on:** October 23, 2012, 10:03 »

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.

click_click · « **Reply #7 on:** October 23, 2012, 12:18 »

Quote from: jsnover on October 23, 2012, 10:03

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

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RacePhoto · « **Reply #8 on:** October 24, 2012, 11:46 »

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".

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Author Topic: Five Rules For Success In Stock Photography (Read 3857 times)

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