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  • The Importance of Keywording in Earnest

    One of the most useful resources offered by a microstock agency is Dreamstime’s “Buyer searched after” keyword information. It’s great to have good, marketable images, it’s even better if they are found. If your images are found through a keyword search…

  • Have you backed up your photos lately?

    Ok, now that the party is over, the headache has gone and the room has stopped spinning, it’s time to get back to work, Yuk! I mean Yay! If you’re like me and never enforce a New Year’s resolution for longer than the time it takes to think of one, then it’s better to choose [...]

  • 100 Dollars to Upload Ain’t Bad!

    Putting your images online and trying to sell them can be rewarding, frustrating, profitable, disappointing, thrilling, tedious etc. Often people have the misconceived idea that they will get instant results when starting out, however for most, microstock photography is a marathon not a hundred metre sprint. So it is great to find a site which [...]

  • I’ve been passive, but my income reaches new heights

    I was in the UK for most of October and due to various commitments I had no time for any microstock activities, apart from checking sales stats. However despite this, October turned out to be the best month by far, largely due to agencies that usually don’t have much activity.
    After being accepted as a submitter [...]

  • Shutterstock gets bigger

    In my last post I predicted that it was only a matter of time before BigStockPhoto introduces subscription packages to it’s site. Well, today the most successful subscription based microstock agency announced that it has purchased BigStockPhoto. However, before you contact me asking about how much I charge for clairvoyant sessions. I’m happy to tell [...]

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Well, at least the weather was nice!

Summer is a wonderful season, good weather always helps to put a smile on peoples faces. However, summer doesn’t tend to do wonders for microstock
Sep 12, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

And Remember, Don’t Send Us Your Shots Taken From a Plane

I’ve counted 17 countries that I’ve been to in all, which on the brag scale isn’t a massive amount. However, I’ve flown in a lot
Aug 18, 2009 | 3 comments | View Post

The Relationship Between Your Blog and Your Sales

Possibly way too early for a post like this, but what the heck, I’m currently devoid of any other ideas. I noticed when I posted
Jul 29, 2009 | 5 comments | View Post
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Keywords and Images to Avoid

The use of the following keywords will trigger off sirens at BSP Head Quarters and a cage will be dropped over the reviewer who is examining your image. The reviewer will not be released until..

Jan 14, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
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iSyndica – Life just got a little easier

I heard of iSyndica a couple of months ago. I had a brief look at their website, but later forgot about it. It seems that there are so many new companies in the microstock industry, that to look closely at all of them would require a lot of time. Also, to be honest I couldn’t [...]

Jul 06, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Seasonal Trends

Microstock photographers face a slowdown in sales during the Northern hemisphere’s summertime, or so I hear. I’m assuming the drop is due to a decrease in search and download time and an increase in beach and feet up time. For me, I seemed to have had a drop in the last quarter of last year, however [...]

Jun 10, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
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Interview with Microstock Photographer Tatiana Morozova

© Photographer: Friday | Agency: Dreamstime.com
My only communication with other photographers is online and most of them have been through microstock sites. I met Tana 8 months ago on Dreamstime. She informed me on how much she liked Bali, in her own words “I am in love with Bali”. I started to go through her [...]

May 17, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

April Showers

April is known for having frequent showers in the UK. However, I don’t think even 30 days of rain could get me down this month, as I had a lot of good news.

As you know from the last post, I had 4 images accepted for the “In the News” page on Dreamstime. I think the [...]

Apr 30, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post

In the News

© Photographer: Komar | Agency: Dreamstime.com
Another editorial post, but the last one for  a while. There has been a lot happening here recently and I’ve enjoyed getting out on the streets and taking spontaneous shots, and not having to worry about model releases.
I’m sure a lot of photographers have goals they wish to achieve. I [...]

Apr 18, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post
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