16 posts tagged “istockphoto”
Through iStockphoto, I have been drafted as a blogger over on the magnificent site, zoom-in. They asked me to blog about the life of a photographer, and I agreed. This is extremely exciting, and I hope everyone will join me on this journey.
Check out my intro-post and the rest of zoom-in.
"Shooting stock comes with its own set of rules, and while rules are indeed meant to be broken, it requires that you know what you’re doing, or you might end up getting your images turned down by inspectors such as myself and my colleagues on iStockphoto. In the following, I will list 10 of the most common mistakes made by new photographers..."
I can taste it, the diamond canister. With its shiny bling and all those good extra royalties about to come my way. The final financial tier inside the iStockphoto system is less than 100 downloads away, and let me tell you, it's been a long time coming.
Granted, over the last six months or so, I have been more focused on writing about stock photography than actually shooting it. And there have been other projects, getting in the way as well. Like the novel I am writing, the music I am composing, World of Warcrack (stealing way too many hours) and so on.
But that doesn't mean, I am not super excited! I want it now, dammit!
"Lighting is one of the most important aspects of photography, whether
it’s for stock or not. Mastering light can take a lifetime and though
many excellent books have been written on the subject, there really is
no substitute for hands-on practice. In this part of my stock-series, I
will take a look at the most common types of lighting and what kind of
pictures they are good for..."
Read the entire post at rasmusrasmussen.com
Personally, I think you should hop over to iStockphoto right now (before Monday) and vote for this one image of Kelly's for the Punctum Awards. She so totally deserves it and the shot I am linking to, is one of her personal favorites (even though it's not a food shot - w00t). Am I biased? Hell yeah. Would I get smoochies and goodness if she were to win? Probably. But seriously, if her shots have ever made you hungry, now is the time to react.
That was a shameless pimp post, brought to you by a haughty Dane.
"A lot of the questions I hear from people who are new to stock photography, are in regards to how the images are used. Photographers want to know if the idea they had when they were doing a shoot, corresponds with what the designer saw. And of course, there is a certain amount of satisfaction, in seeing your work being put to use, and so another common question is about finding and seeing the work in action..."
"If you’re thinking about going into stock photography, you probably have a lot of questions. Am I good enough? What does it take to sell my photos? Will I be able to compete with the thousands of other photographers out there? The good news is that with microstock, there is room for you to learn as you go..."
"As I write these words, I am getting close to getting my ”diamond canister” on iStockphoto. That is exciting news. It means that I have reached the ultimate goal there, which also happens to include the highest royalty pay-out, and sold more than 25.000 photographs..."
It's been great. It's been fun. It's been exhausting and expensive. And though I haven't had time to work on my own photos, my novel or my music, I don't regret it at all. In fact, I am happy to report that my alcohol tolerance has gone up and I am proud of it.
Though I have met way too many great people to mention, I have particularly enjoyed giving hugs to my fellow teammates on the inspections- and admin side of iStock. These are guys I have been talking to on at least a weekly basis for years, and finally seeing them in person has seriously rocked my world. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to get back to work. I promise, I will put a new Danish Lesson up when I have recovered a little more.
The first time there were five of us, but this time the group totalled 11 iStockers from the completely new to veteran diamond-cannister members, all sharing stories, tips and ideas. It was a great experience.
This time, we even had visitors from down in Portland, Nathan and Kevin (also known as ntmw and pattersonminx), who drove up just to hang out with us.
The picture shown here is Jen Wheeler, brand new to iStock, munching snacks with Kevin, as they try their best to ignore me shooting them. There are more pictures, including ones from previous events in Seattle as well as other places in the Microlypse flickr-group.
If you want more information about setting up a Microlypse, check out the site or drop me a note.
