The Internet and digital technology have opened whole new vistas for the stock photographer in...
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How stock images can be taken
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How stock images can be processed
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How stock images can be delivered
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How a stock image business can be conducted
The use of 'image' or 'images' for photo or photographs and 'imaging' for photography are all reflections of some major changes in the industry and from my 35 year perspective on shooting and selling stock photos, it all looks extremely good.
Consider that applying today's digital technology:
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Beats developing film
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Beats turning out 8x10 glossies
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Beats breathing chemical fumes in a darkened room
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Beats souping your own Ektachrome for the sake of speed
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Beats costly FedExing of overnight packages
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Beats putting original transparencies at risk
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Beats having to produce costly promotional materials
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Beats the time-consuming pocess of preparig these for mailing
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Beats the added expense of mailing these promotional materials
Yes, life has gotten so much easier for the stock photographer, especially the stock photographer who markets his work himself.
But working with agencies has become easier, too.
And new photo agencies dealing with digital images only have come online, giving stock photographers new outlets for their work while their transparencies, if they have them, remain safely in their own possession.
If you're new to stock photography, you're at a perfect starting point. Much of the transitional confusion is clearing away and some of the solutions of the past couple of years appear to be taking hold.
If you're an old hand at stock photography, there are things you may need to relearn, and Stock Photography: GOING DIGITAL will show you what you need to do to sell your digital--or digitized--images online, today.
Stock Photography: GOING DIGITAL will also show you
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How To Get Started - What you need to do to begin--or continue--in stock photography, today.
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Choosing Your Markets - Where and how to find photo buyers the easy way. How to let them know about your stock photography services. How to get them to take a look at your work. How to cultivate their continued interest in what you do.
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How To Market Your Stock Images - The marketing process. Benefits in marketing your own work as well as why you might choose not to do it yourself and work through an agency, instead.
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Working With Agencies - What they expect. How they operate in a digital world. How you can work with them online. Information about the agencies I use to market my work.
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Your Stock Photography Website - Why you need one. What your site should and should not be. How to use your website in your marketing. Where and how you can get your own "agency" webspace if you don't want to create and maintain a website of your own.
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Digital Cameras - Why you may want to semi-retire your film camera and concentrate on shooting with a digital camera, instead. The criteria your next digital camera should meet for your work to be better accepted among photo buyers.
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Scans & Scanning - Why you need a film scanner if you have stock images on transparency film. How to clean up and improve your scans. Interpolation, file types, file sizes... how your scanned images should be handled to meet the needs of most markets.
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And much more...
This is not a fluff-filled tome that you'll lay aside in boredom, but a fact-filled practical guide that will quickly lay out the subject of how you can be part of expanding market for digital stock photography, today.
As I see it, if you're interested in stock photography and the direction it is taking there are three things you can do:
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You can scour the search engines and find little or nothing of use on the subject.
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You can waste countless hours in forums and discussion groups hoping to catch an occasional tidbit from someone.
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You can buy my guide, save your time, and get started tomorrow.
I think you know what the smart money would do!
So click on the order button and you can be reading the information you need within a few minutes.
Much success!
