I hope that you’re taking and uploading a ton of new shots during our Breakfast Stock Club Summer Sprints stock photo challenges! If you’re scared to submit them… or you’re getting some photos rejected, remember… it happens to everyone. Here’s a note I wrote about rejections back in 2015 that still rings true today… =========== […]
The key to stock photo success? The truth is, there is no magic formula or silver bullet out there. It’s really about plugging away, little-by-little, learning and improving as you go. Which is actually great if you’re busy, because you really just need a few minutes a day to do it. Breakfast Stock Club reader […]
Our first round of Breakfast Stock Club’s Summer Sprints Photography Challenge has finished up. Get ready – Round 2 starts this week! I really enjoyed seeing the images that were submitted for the group photo review! Several of them really captured some interesting and powerful moments. This month’s Challenge theme is “Active Lifestyle,” so it’s […]
This month’s Breakfast Stock Club Summer Sprints Challenge is all about capturing fun, healthy activities. Whether it’s going for a jog, working in the garden, or exploring a nearby park, summer is the perfect time to create some great “active lifestyle” images to add to your stock photo portfolio. Got plans this weekend? If so, […]
Every week, I hear from Breakfast Stock Club members who are making their first stock photography sales… finding their photos on websites and in print all over the world… watching their skills and income grow… A few even tell me about paying the mortgage with stock photo income… buying a new Harley Davidson… making their first $10,000 in stock photo royalties… And basically […]
Argentine tango dancers are part athlete, part actor… and all the way obsessed. To watch them at work is awe-inspiring. Their sleek bodies. Their muscular calves. The way they effortlessly bend and twirl… and that look of pure passion on their faces. This January in Buenos Aires, I was transfixed. In the mid-summer heat, I […]
Breakfast Stock Club reader, Rachel Lambert is on a roll. One day she decided to give stock photography a try, and two weeks later, she had almost 300 photos accepted! That’s amazing! But what strikes me the most about her story is that she made it very doable. She created a solid game plan and stuck to it. With confidence and […]
Stock photo buyers look for iconic images. That means places, things, and events that are immediately recognizable — like the cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. But what about the crowds of people who are attracted to the same things? You can’t get a model release for all of them… so you need to use a […]
Spring has fully sprung, and along with it one of the most popular subjects in stock photography: flowers! Now conventional wisdom would say that there are already so many flower images in stock photo libraries, that it’s pointless to photograph this subject because there’s way too much competition. Some stock photo agencies even specifically say that they already have enough flower […]
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about Alamy’s stock photo file size requirements, lately. It’s not surprising… they’re confusing! Let me simplify it for you… If you’re submitting to Alamy and your photo is larger than 6 megapixels, you should be ok. But… what the heck does that mean? When it comes to image size and resolution […]
