Every year, the world’s experts on color at the Pantone Color Institute designate a “color of the year” which, believe it or not, drives loads of trends in design, décor, fashion, and more. This year’s official Pantone Color of the Year is called: Greenery … and it will be prevalent throughout the advertising world in […]
One thing that every stock photographer has in common is rejections. No matter how good of a photographer you are, sometimes submissions will get kicked back. It just goes with the territory when it comes to stock photography. Although the word ‘rejection’ sounds scary, it’s really no big deal. All it means is that, for […]
This week I want to highlight one of my personal favorite stock photo agencies – Shutterstock. This is my highest earning stock photo site and I consistently hear that it does well for other stock photographers, too. Here are a few photos that sold for me just yesterday on Shutterstock: In the past, I’ve shied […]
Do people make a full-time living with stock photography, anymore? In truth, it’s rare. And it really takes a lot of time. But you CAN still make a fun, passive side-income doing this. And this week, I want to share some Breakfast Stock Club readers’ best-selling stock photos so that we can see, first-hand, what […]
Perhaps the biggest challenge with stock photography is simply getting started. Which is why, for the past couple of weeks, we’ve been walking through the process, step by step. Breaking it down into 20-minute tasks you can do once a day, or even once a week. If you missed the first two issues, you can […]
Last week we looked at my top three picks for stock photography agencies that make it easy to get started selling your photos right away. (If you missed that issue, you can catch up here.) Now it’s time for the second step in our Getting Started series: Gathering your first photos to submit! Ideally, you […]
Getting started with stock photography might seem like a big, daunting project. But it doesn’t have to be! For the next three weeks, I’m going to walk you through it, breaking everything down into small, doable steps. Even if you can only devote 20 minutes to an hour each week, follow along with these steps […]
Dear Sarah, A big THANKS to everyone who filled out our Breakfast Stock Club reader survey for 2016. This is a great tool for all of us to share: Which agencies are working best… Where we’re succeeding… The most common struggles we’re having. The ONE biggest struggle I tend to hear is not that you […]
How do you smoke a Cuban cigar? Start with rum, of course! Bonnie, here, coming to you on Day Three of our Cuba photo expedition, where we’re learning how to enjoy and photograph true Cuban pleasures… coffee, rum, music, and cigars. Most of us don’t smoke anything, much less cigars. But when we tried it… […]
This month’s Breakfast Stock Club Premium Challenge is “Get Geometric,” and the idea is to spot and capture shapes in your photos. Even if you’re not a Premium member, you can still go out and photograph shapes for stock. Here are a few examples to get you started: Circles: Circles can make an image feel […]
