How to Take Detail Shots That Sell as Stock
Learn tips on how to detail images that will sell as stock photo, plus see examples from the recent stock workshop in Maui.
Get 3 Fun Ways to Get Paid to Travel
Bonnie is the Creative Director for Great Escape Publishing, a regular contributor to The Right Way to Travel, and creator of the Breakfast Stock Club, which helps folks to get up-and-running selling their photos in online stock photo agencies. She got her first travel articles and photos published after attending the Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop six summers ago in her hometown of Portland, Oregon. Before joining Great Escape Publishing, she taught English in the South of France and vagabonded through South America and South East Asia, dutifully testing all of the local foods and massage techniques.
Favorite travel tip:
Don't book a hotel room when you can rent an apartment! It tends to be cheaper, offers more room, and lets you live like a local, with a kitchen and living area. Recently, some friends and I found a cute apartment right in the middle of Paris with a balcony for half the price we would have paid for a hotel room in the city. I like to use Airbnb.com or Vrbo.com to book.
How to Reduce Flare with a Lens Hood
Quick photo tips on how you can reduce flare by using a lens hood, plus see photo examples from the recent Maui workshop
No Rejections at this Stock Photo Agency
Bonnie shares a no-rejection stock free agency that up-and-coming photographers can use to practice their stock photography skills.
Three Reasons Photos Get Rejected from Stock Agencies
Bonnie Caton illustrates some of the reasons photos get rejected by stock agencies beyond poor focus or exposure.
Four Things these People Photos Do Right
In this gallery of Breakfast Stock Club photo challenge submissions, you get a chance to see what makes people photos pop.
How to Think like a Stock Photographer
Learn how to start thinking like a stock photographer with these three top tips for capturing photos that are ready for stock.
Get-Started Tip #2: Know What Stock Photo Agencies Want
Bonnie Caton shares insights about how to learn what stock photo buyers are currently buying and what kinds of images are growing in popularity.
iStock Editorial: Sell More Travel Photos as Stock
Exciting news if you want to sell your travel photos as stock… iStock is soon to accept “editorial use only” submissions… which means you’ll be able to submit photos with no model release and very little editing — a very good thing if you take photos while you travel. Just think — those photos that […]
How to Boost Stock Photo Sales
The best way to keep making money from your stock photos…… is to keep uploading.Hooray! — Last week I made $21.08 from my photo sales on iStock and Shutterstock… which means that I hit our $20 per week goal. And I expect to collect my first $75 check from Shutterstock at the end of the […]
Stock Photo Income: iStock vs. Shutterstock
Last issue, I said I’d show you how to upload to multiple agencies using free software called ProStockMaster. But before we go and upload a bunch of photos, I thought it would be a good idea to pause for two reasons: If you’re not yet accepted as a contributor to stock agencies, take this week […]