When it comes to selling photos, pursuing every possible avenue is a smart idea. Breakfast Stock Club member Amy Muschik recently found this out when she submitted a photo to a company called ImageBrief. ImageBrief is sort of a hybrid stock agency. Photo buyers can post “briefs” that describe exactly what photos they need for […]
It’s so cold here in the middle of Alaska, our martini glasses are made of ice! Bonnie, here, coming to you from our Northern Lights Photo Expedition at Chena Hot Springs in Alaska. Chena is home to the largest year-round ice structure… the Aurora Ice Museum, which serves appletinis in ice glasses. You can take […]
At 27 degrees below zero, there’s no shame in dressing your camera in a winter coat. Bonnie, here, coming to you from our first-ever Northern Lights Photo Expedition at Chena Hot Springs in the interior of Alaska. It’s so cold here that when you breathe in through your nose, it crackles. But then this happens… […]
Congratulations to the Breakfast Stock Club members who’ve recently signed up and been accepted to several stock photo agencies! It’s happening a LOT right now and I love it. Motivation is fleeting. If you need some quick tips to get you going, check out our three-part series, walking you through the process here, here, and […]
It’s April… and 2017 is 25% gone! If you set some goals for the year back in January, now’s a good time to pull them back out and have a look. How are you doing on them? What steps are you making towards them? My goals for 2017 are pretty simple: Build up a portfolio […]
This year, I’ve added a new stock photo agency to my list. I’ve become a contributor with Alamy! I want to share a little about the site and my experience submitting photos so far. Here’s a quick rundown of what Alamy offers: Agency size: 95 million stock images Pricing: Depending on the license, images sell […]
Last week, we talked about the importance of adding keywords to your stock photos… and how to come up with the best keywords to use. If you missed it, you can read it here. Keywording can be boring and tedious… especially if you’re submitting your photos to multiple stock sites and adding the same keywords […]
You can have the best photos in the world, but if stock photo buyers can’t find them, it won’t matter how good they are. Consider this: The primary way photo buyers find photos is through keywords they type into a search bar on a stock site. So how do stock photos get labeled with these […]
Bonnie, here, on the last day of our Cuba Photo Expedition, and I’m at a loss of words to describe everything we’ve seen and done… so I’ll let some of my favorite attendee photos speak for themselves: Valerie Wickland Valerie Wickland Mady Chaber Joe Swick Joe Swick John Sternbergh John Sternbergh Deborah Greenhut Linda Sobosan […]
Last week we talked about some small, but must-have pieces of photo gear to add to your holiday shopping list. If you missed that issue, you can catch it here. This week, let’s look at the BIG items — cameras and lenses. This is the season of great deals, but does that mean you should […]
