Yes. there are thousands of photographers who do just that. they take pictures with themselves and their friends and family.

there are sometimes three generations of family members living only from stock photography income, especially if you live in a country with overall lower daily life costs.

that is why the agencies receive over 1.2 million images every single week. In 3 years that might be 5 million images a week.

that is why it is so difficult to find customers.

Oversupply of content.

But....the majority of content is not very well done. It takes years of experience to find an image style that sells well and also years to build up a following of loyal customers.

That is why I said if you are really interested in making a reliable income from stock photography you have years of hard work ahead of you.

there is no magic secret and there is no shortcut. the successful photographers all have their personal little secret of what content sells best where. they might send mostly food to Shutterstock, people to eyeem and travel images to getty.

or mostly food to getty, flowers to eyeem and cats to dreamstime.

And they also have content that sells well everywhere. So when you look at people�s portfolios you really cannot tell what works best.

It also depends on who you are. A gardener can create a beautiful portfolio of thousands of excellent images about how to grow a garden, knows when to plant what and what kind of flowers are currently the trend. If I upload garden or flower pictures, it will not sell, because i don�t understand the subject matter.

But the most important is to upload.

many people just get lost reading and thinking about stock, but never upload anything.

just upload 1500 files and let the customer decide the strategy for you. It�s all up to them in the end.

hard work and and years of patience. No magic. No shortcut.