I live in Paris and when the lockdown for COVID-19 was first announced on March 17, my heart sank. I wasn’t worried about staying home, but as a photographer living in Paris, it spelled disaster. I write a popular blog, Eye Prefer Paris, and photos are essential to my blog posts, which I write three […]
Once you get a few photos up for sale in stock agencies (get your start here), you can boost your income by photographing current trends. Like avocado toast. Which, if you’re not familiar with it, is toast with avocado spread on it. It’s a big trend among millennials. It also happened to be my breakfast this week! […]
First impressions matter. And recent studies prove it takes just a split second to form one. What’s crazy is that when it comes to sensing levels of confidence, leadership, charisma, friendliness, and more… our split-second impressions are eerily accurate. But here’s the great part: In photos, we can project the things we’d like people to […]
As a freelance photographer, I’ve been selling images directly to clients for 7 years now. Selling photos this way (also called direct licensing) essentially lets me be my own stock agency. I have much more control over my fees and how my photos are used. And I don’t have to query editors, or sit around […]
Commercial photography is everywhere in our lives. Every time you drive down the highway with its rows of billboards, leaf through the glossy pages of a magazine, or visit a website with banner advertisments, you’re seeing commercial stock photography. Years ago, when I first began to think about making money with stock photography, I realized […]
If you want to become a better photographer, one of the most important skills to learn is how to simplify. Black and white photography is really all about simplifying. By removing colors from your scene, you actually remove a lot of potential distractions. With color “out of the picture” so to speak, the image becomes […]
By Theresa St. John in Saratoga Springs, NY I grew up with four sisters in a small rural town in Massachusetts. Mom was a stay-at-home 1950s wife, and dad worked two jobs to pay the bills. They always found time for us, though. I remember spending hours in the kitchen with my mother, learning how […]
Selling photos as stock is fun, because you don’t have to do any selling or marketing. You upload your photos to agencies. They sell them for you. Then they cut you a check. I love it, because it allows me to go do other things while my photos are selling. Bonnie, here, again, coming to […]
When the table flips… what do you do? That was my predicament back in 2002. First, let me back up a second. I found my interest and love of photography back in high school. I went to a magnet school in San Diego for graphic arts (where I studied photography). That’s when working in the […]
When people start learning how to use a new program, they tend to stick with the basics. They want to figure out how things are done “properly” before getting stuck into shortcuts, tips, and tricks. Sure, we have to learn how to drive with our hands in the “ten-and-two” position before cruising around one-handed. But, […]
