Why does STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY feel LIKE A 4 LETTER WORD around photographers? STOCK REPORT March 2024
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- ✨ Month 3 of being a new stock photography contributor - changing some strategies (already!); my stock photography income; more issues with Adobe Stock; and today's coffee and chat section is discussing why mentioning stock photography around photographers feels like saying a 4 letter word around polite company.
⏰ TIMESTAMPS⏰
00:32 Welcome
01:51 Why does Stock Photography feel like a 4 letter word?
05:32 Adobe Stock is Weird - part 2 - Adobe's Editorial issues
06:33 March's goals
07:33 Aprils targets and strategy changes
10:36 Sales + Income for Stock Photography
📕 TRAINING I RECOMMEND 📕
- Udemy Course on Stock Photography: www.udemy.com/...
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🔗 LINKS 🔗
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My CF card: geni.us/9iCHkC3
The "next big purchase when I save up enough": geni.us/tRIw
THE books that helped me settle my brain and finally take the leap: geni.us/KMRn2AA and geni.us/4UON9f
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🤪 ABOUT ME + THE CHANNEL 🤪
If you've read this far down, I'm guessing you're looking for some more info...
So - Hi! I'm Tracy, I have a love for photography that I'm currently working to create into a business. I'm a 43 year old homeschooling Mum of 3, that's trying to fit in all sorts of photography endeavors primarily from home to work around my family, including starting this RUclips channel!
As much as I love the big photography RUclipsrs (I BINGED Peter McKinnon when I first got into photography + have to give credit to him for teaching me SOOO much!), I found that there weren't a lot of us on here over 40, that wanted to START photography - it's either people who have been doing it for years, or young guys that are inspiring - but impractical at my stage of life. So that's why I started this channel - how to fit your photography in around the life that you have, especially if you love it but want to do it from home - either because of your circumstances or because you're just starting out and want to get some more experience before taking on bigger clients. So - I hope you enjoy, and feel free to reach out if there's anything you want me to talk about! :)
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Congratulations on your first sales. RUclips have also helped me make more sales and create more photo ideas.
Thanks! :) RUclips is so great for learning, and it's awesome to see everyone at different stages of their journey's too.
Looking forward to your future content and glad you are joining us stock photographers on youtube! subscribed.
Thanks! So much to learn on the journey, and definitely loving sharing it too!
Really enjoying your videos! I'm in Otago and have been dabbling in stock photography for a couple of years, but decided to get serious over the last month or so. I clearly remember being way over-excited about my first 10c sale 😂 so can totally relate haha. Looking forward to seeing how your stock journey unfolds.
I'm up at the base of the Coromandel, but it's so nice to connect with other NZ photographers! I'm still crazy excited over any sale - I'll take 10c over a thumbs up like on facebook any day. 🤣🤣🤣 One day I'm just hoping there'll be like 100 sales in a day, rather than like 3 a month. But I'll get there eventually. :)
@@redandthewolfphotography yes it was nice to hear a kiwi accent :) I'm at 10-20 a month, slow and steady is all good. Haha good point - 10c is definitely worth more than a like!
Stock photography introverts unite! LOL. We can't worry about how other photographers feel/think about stock photography. I've actually been hired by new clients from my stock images. The clients came looking for me online after using some of my stock portfolio. Congratulations on your first Adobe sale.
So true! But I just thought - if I think it, others might too... and it would be a shame if that put them off. Great to hear that you got hired through some of your stock work! That's something I hadn't really thought of! So you use multiple agencies?
@@redandthewolfphotography - yes, I currently upload to 4 different agencies (adobe, shutterstock, Alamy and dreamtime) but am thinking of stopping dreamtime - not quit, just stop wasting time uploading to them.
Congrats mate! Hey if you want a fellow stock shooter buddy in Japan to chat with hit me up. Cheers and keep up the great work!
Hey! Thanks! :) My cousins actually a photographer and lives over in NZ too. :) One day I'd love to get over there. Maybe when my stock takes off. ;)
Adobe doesn't like editorial photo with people, but you can upload photos with logos and trademarks as editorial (photo of iphone etc)
That's really interesting! At the moment I've got no ability to upload editorial to Adobe - but I'm still fairly new - perhaps as I upload more that will unlock for me. Adobe has some unusual rules for new contributors!
Stock photography is hard work and you have to know your game.
Yea, I'm learning that! But it's a lot of fun to challenge yourself with your craft. And I think, unlike other area's of photography where you can get locked in a specific genre - you can do everything with stock if you want to. Always growing and learning.
That was not a criticism , I have been doing stock photography for a long time and I love it and I admire you for starting on your journey, keep at it and all the best from the U.K.@@redandthewolfphotography
Ive been a photographer for YEARS and never thought of stock 🤦♀️
I even had a stone jewelries…. Maybe I can find a few pictures in the last years !
Thanks for your insight and congrats on your sales ! 🎉
Can’t wait for your April report !
I thought of it a few years ago - but just didn't have the time to put into it properly. But I bet you'll have a lot of images in your archives! :)
@@redandthewolfphotography question for you ! Do you know if I need a model release for hands ?
@@Alexandraostiguy Releases are generally required if things are identifiable. So if someone has a unique birthmark, or custom made jewelry or tattoo's that are recognisable - it's probably better to. But generally speaking, no.
@@redandthewolfphotography perfect ! Thanks for your reply, really appreciate it 🙌
Great video and very interesting. Thank you for the upload 😊. One constructive criticism, could you speak slightly slower please, and the tightly cut edits add to the fast feel, which would be better if slowed down just a bit please. But then again, I'm just old 🙄😅.
Hey! I'm so sorry I haven't replied to your message! It's been a crazy past few months, and I'm behind on EVERYTHING. lol. I tried to speak a little slower this time, but I also cut my video a lot because I'm not good at recording and so I write a script and then basically just speak one line at a time - so I often have to mush it together so it doesn't sound quite so akward. lol. And I know the feeling about being old - I just can't be bothered with some that go too fast... still trying to find the right pacing. :)
Yes images sell for 10 cents but that inage could sell time and time again.
That's my theory too. Just need enough to keep making those little sales gather some traction. :)
Firstly your audio echos so it makes it hard to listen to you. Now congratulations on your stock journey it is a big learning curve. The first aspect is learning to deal with rejection of your images, one person who submits regularly and is on RUclips said it took him 6 months of submitting images before he started being accepted.
Each Stock agency has a contributor portal where you can discuss ideas, ask questions, but one unspoken rule is when on one agencies forum, you cannot not talk about another agency.
Distinguishing between creative and what is editorial can be awkward, as to Adobe in order to be able to submit editorial images you need to have had 100 images downloaded by customer. There are certain rules that if broken can get you banned from submitting to that agency.
Thanks for the extra tips. It's definitely a learning curve when it comes to editorial - and each site has their own rules. Most of what I submit won't be editorial I think moving forward, but it's definitely something you don't want to get in trouble for! And thanks for the tip for Adobe - I haven't had the time to go hunting for answers for things like that yet - so it's good to know. :)
Tracey I looked at the stock site portfolios and I like your style, with a tinge of jealousy. One thing I learnt is that having the same image across a number of agencies, buyers may chose the cheapest agency to use that image. Another hint is to allow dead space in your image, dead space is where the buyer can add text or perhaps another image. Filling the frame restricts the ability for them to do that.
Hey! Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, the past few months have not been the easiest! Thanks for the compliment. 😊 I had wondered if people would agency hop to find cheaper pricing - but I think a lot of people also have their favourite agency or agencies they use repeatedly, so I haven't really got enough experience to judge either way yet. Hopefully one day I will have lots of sales and I'll actually be able to weigh in on that properly! lol. Most of my photo's so far were simply old ones off my hard drive - so yea, moving forward, there will definitely be a change in my style to reflect space for text, and also for use for headings and things. I know for myself, I've tried to use stock images for clients to create facebook headers - and they're beautiful images, but I just can't fit them right for a header image. I'm super looking forward to getting back behind the lens!!
@@redandthewolfphotography I've been submitting to stock for little over a year and plan to change direction a little bit.
Hi! Will you do an update for April and May ? :)
Hey! I've literally just put it up! It's been a pretty hectic past few months, and this is the first chance I've had to catch up! It's not quite my normal upload, but I hope you like it.
@@redandthewolfphotography excited to watch it!
Every one of the 1000 images I have on Shutterstock were taken on a smartphone and I make good money considering.
None of my smart phone cameras have ever been good enough for that, but I've seen a lot of people online talking about the same thing.
What is a good and cheap starter. Camera and lens combo for stock photography
Hey Christian, I've been thinking about your question for a few days. The hardest part about stock photography, is that it's so open. If you were doing products at home in a controlled setting and had a good lighting setup (either natural light or lighting), you could easily get away with entry level camera's of any brand. Anything with changable lenses pretty much. A lot of people are now taking photo's on their iphones and submitting them too. But if you were wanting to do anything and everything - I'd have to recommend a bigger more expensive camera that can deal with all lighting situations. My suggestion would be to look on a second hand website (I'm not sure where you live, so here in NZ that's TradeMe, but for you it might be Ebay or Craigslist?) and find a mid-range camera. Something along the lines of a Canon 80D. That was my mid-range camera. And the stock 18-55 lens I had on it was great too. You can also grab a 50mm 1.8 prime lens second hand for pretty cheap - they're fairly inexpensive brand new too. My first camera was a Canon 600D, also known as a Rebel T3i in other parts of the world. And I did get some good shots on that. But if the lighting wasn't great, the images were "noisy". It's probably a good idea for a video to make actually, because it's quite a big question - "cheap" for one isn't specifically cheap for someone else. I hope this is helpful though. And if you want to go with a different brand other than canon, just google "what's the Sony equivalent of the Canon 80D" or something like that, and you'll find camera's with similar specifications.
@@redandthewolfphotography I will start looking on ebay for the Canon 80D plus the lenses you mentioned. I am flattered that you write such a long response to my question, it’s just what I needed, and I know many others out there have asked the same thing…good video idea 💡! Thank you!
@@ChristianGutierrez You're so welcome! I had so many questions myself at the beginning! :) (And still do. lol). I love my 80D and still use it to do all my filming for youtube. I love the flip out screen and the fact that it's HEAPS lighter than my big 5D. I mainly upgraded to the 5D because I knew that moving forward I wanted to do more client work, and it has a double card slot - so if one corrupts for any reason, you still have the backup. But the 80D did me super well. Also I wanted to keep it as a back up camera in case anything happened to my 5D and I had client work to do. So the 80 should be good moving forward for you too. :)