Our members are seeing real results from their stock photos. Check out the stories behind some of their recent best-selling stock photos:
From Theresa St John: “I had no idea this photo would sell so well between all the stock sites. Truthfully, I believe the old wood background helped.”
Royalties and fine art sales have totaled nearly $600 from this photo so far.
From Amy Muschik: “This is one of my best selling stock photos at this time of year. I took it early on when I was first starting. My husband was slightly annoyed that I wanted him to pause in his work so that I could get the shot. When I uploaded it, he laughed and shook his head at me, because he could see no reason anyone would want a picture of that. He has changed his tune now, since I have sold it over a hundred times and recently saw it on Bob Vila’s website.”
And here’s one more from Amy. This photo was taken at a Great Escape Publishing pet photography workshop. So far, it’s made $800 in royalties.
From Lisa Top: “I was just running around the house taking pictures of oddities (gopher mounds, termite droppings, dry rot) anything pesty on the house. I figured insurance and pest control companies like stuff like that.
“Next thing I know, this photo I took of termite droppings is my best-seller on iStock:
“The next time the termite guy came to the house I followed him with my camera and he pointed out a bunch of places in the roof and basement where the termites were. He even found a bee hive. I’ll upload the photo I took of that soon, too.
“I made a joke to the termite guy… ‘This house’s demise will be my paycheck.’”
From Valerie Haas: “Because I haven’t seen many images of Cornhole boards on stock sites, I had a feeling this would sell. Little did I know it would sell seven times in the first couple of weeks! This one is definitely my bestseller in 2015, and it has only been up since August!”
From Kim Nelson: “This has been my best-seller so far. I took it as part of my homework for a photo composition class. I had no idea it would sell so well.”
From Stri Der: “I took a few quick photos one day at a local coffee shop by setting my camera on the counter as I enjoyed my drink. I figured this one might get some sales, and I think it sold the first day it went online. This has become one of my best sellers.”
These readers are all making sales from photos that were simply taken during their day-to-day life. There’s no reason why you can’t do the same.
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