Backyard Silver.  Getting Started in Stock.

Article of the Week:  15 Stock Photography Tips I Learned from the Guy Who Wrote the Book

$2,000 per month with 7,000 images.  So 29 cents per image per month is fair?

You’re doing landscape.  Would this change if you were doing portraits?

4 times more with shutterstock than istock.  Why?

Shutterstock and iStock only? $220/month off 1,000 images.  Upload to 20 sites? $410 a month.

Photos need to be “stocky”?  Super bright and clean images of mixed race plasticy models shaking hands?

Why size down to 6 megapixels?

Lightroom can only keyword alphabetically.  Problem for Adobe Stock?

Useful keyboarding tool http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php

What about video?

Digital model releases?

How do you get ideas?

Midroll

Shutterstock

News Desk:

Lexar no longer making memory cards.  Selling.

Lensbaby Velvet 85

Hotline:

Questions from the audience for Steve

Barry Porter – “Do you need some kind of release if you upload building photos to stock sites?”

Brandon Hirt – “What colors are most prevalent in stock photos that sell?”

Stephen Smith – The industry has changed a lot, and in your book you’ve mentioned sales lagging. Still viable?

Laryssa about camera repair

Announcements

Submitting to Apple.  Could be days or weeks depending on how fickle they are.

Call in feedback to hotline: Stock photography

Doodads of the Week!

Jim: Amazon Basics microfiber thick cloth 

Steve: Seamlapse