Author Topic: What are 10 things which stock Photographer MUST DO in 2008 (Read 14930 times)

photojay · « **Reply #25 on:** January 25, 2008, 10:12 »

Quote from: Carla on January 25, 2008, 09:52

My list:
1. Cling to my regular (non photografic) job
2. Try to see this Photo stuff more as a nice experiment
3. Take all rejections smiling
4. Experiment a bit more with my camera
5. Take my camera with me, ALWAYS !
6. Use my imagination
7. Try out some crazy ideas for concepts
8. Use hideous photos for some fun photoshop experiments
9. Buy an icecream and a coffee from my total photo earnings
10. Be terribly proud of my achivements

Carla, you sound like me when I first started Stock. Don't worry, if you stick to #3, and keep asking questions, it won't be long before your earn enough for a burger and fries once a week!

techno · « **Reply #26 on:** June 03, 2008, 18:10 »

Subscription sales at Fotolia

What you think if some buyer can buy your images in 10 Subscription sites for 0.25$ ,that same buyer is idiot and pay you 20 $ for one photo .

Think about this .lol

All microstock sites now offer images in full resolution for 0.25-0.30$ .

Good luck for all of you.

snoozle · « **Reply #27 on:** June 03, 2008, 18:28 »

Quote from: Beckyabell on January 17, 2008, 18:31

Quote from: techno on January 15, 2008, 18:13

7.Stop upload photos from family , girlfriends , neighbourhoods and colleagues .

There goes @ 90% of my portfolio....... I don't get this one.

Then again.... I have hot friends and a beautiful family.

Can I borrow some of your friends and family. My only family is my 76 year old dad who lives over 300 miles away. I'm still working on trying to get some hot friends

Alatriste · « **Reply #28 on:** June 03, 2008, 19:02 »

1. buy the new canon 5d mk2

4seasons · « **Reply #29 on:** June 03, 2008, 19:48 »

Quote from: techno on January 15, 2008, 18:13

1. go exclusive at istockphoto.com

This is the #1 thing NOT to do.
To go exclusive to IS you must be Lisa Gagne.

rinderart · « **Reply #30 on:** June 04, 2008, 23:51 »

Truly, One of the Dumb posts In History.My god. Wake up and smell the coffee My friend.

fotografer · « **Reply #31 on:** June 05, 2008, 01:14 »

Some people have no idea how much money is getting made by what they consider hobbyists and housewives with cameras using family and friends as models and very little outlay anywhere. Why would anybody pay a model if they have extremely well selling family and friends. Different markets require different types of images.

stokfoto · « **Reply #32 on:** June 05, 2008, 02:10 »

Quote from: Trebuchet on June 03, 2008, 19:02

1. buy the new canon 5d mk2

exactly!

louoates · « **Reply #33 on:** June 05, 2008, 11:20 »

1. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
2. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
3. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
4. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
etc.

fotografer · « **Reply #34 on:** June 05, 2008, 12:03 »

That's a great bit of advice. I made the mistake once, it won't happen again.

Quote from: louoates on June 05, 2008, 11:20

1. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
2. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
3. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
4. Not waste any more time with newbie microstock sites.
etc.

helix7 · « **Reply #35 on:** June 05, 2008, 13:36 »

Wonder if techno went exclusive at IS yet.

Adeptris · « **Reply #36 on:** June 05, 2008, 15:19 »

Only one thing really, live long enough to answer this question in 2009 etc:

melastmohican · « **Reply #37 on:** June 05, 2008, 15:24 »

The beauty of my situation is that I DO NOT HAVE to do anything. I CAN do something if want and nothing happens if I don't. Photography for me is all as good as it gets :-)

fotoKmyst · « **Reply #38 on:** June 05, 2008, 15:34 »

with the persistent sour noises (bad pun) from all the ranting i read on this forum (which i think is great and very informative albeit the bad news),
i guess my 10 things i should do in microstock is:
1-10- keep my dayjob

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Author Topic: What are 10 things which stock Photographer MUST DO in 2008 (Read 14930 times)

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4seasons

rinderart

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louoates

fotografer

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Adeptris

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