Tracking Microstock Sales with Shutterstock’s Catalog Manager
Which photos are earning you the most? Which types of shoots have been most productive for you. If you don’t have a good way to track your earnings from microstock, it can be a nightmare trying to stay on top of it.
One microstock site helps you by providing an excellent tracking tool.
Be First to Get Instagram for Android
Would you like to be among the very first to get for Instagram on Android? We’re not sure just when it’s coming but you can register now and be among the first to download Instagram when it arrives.
Instagram is a free photo sharing app that allows photographers to snap digital photos with their phone, apply digital filters to transform the look and feel, and then share them across a variety of social networking services.
How to Shoot Underwater Photography
Underwater photography is one of the more spectacular areas of photography. Dive into the ocean and it is like entering another world. Once you dip beneath the water surface there is a completely different and beautiful world to capture.
So why not combining your love of photography with swimming and diving? Not only will you be able to take some breathtaking underwater photos – no pun intended – but you’ll also be keeping up for your fitness at the same time!
Shooting in the Dark – Some Night Photography Tips
Night photography can be spectacular and dazzling. Urban landscapes which were boring during the day undergo a magical transformation and really come alive at night. But how do you take the best possible night photography?
Best Twitter Hashtags for Photographers
If you are using social networks to connect with your customers, fans and other photographers then you should already be familiar with Twitter. As you may know one of the cool features of Twitter is “hashtags”. This article looks at the most useful hashtags for photographers.
For those not so familiar, Twitter it is a social networking web site that enables you allows you to keep your followers up-to-date with short 140 character messages or “tweets”. As well as informing YOUR followers, you can use Twitter to follow other people, such as famous photographers that you admire. Chances are they are already on Twitter.
Which brings us to Twitter Hashtags for photography.
Getting Started in Portrait Photography
Portrait photography is one of the most popular types of service or assignment undertaken by photographers. The great thing is you can get started in portrait photography even if you don’t have your own professional studio.
What Is A Portrait?
A photographic portrait is an image that captures not only the physical likeness of a person, but also some (typically positive) aspect of the person’s character or personality. A good portrait tells us something about the subject.
Stock Photography – How Much Can You Earn?
How much you can earn from stock photography will depend upon a number of factors including…
- how many photos you submit and to how many stock photography sites.
- how well you do your research into the types of photographs that are selling, and
- your ability to take high-quality photographs that match those buying patterns.
As a rough indication stock photos typically sell at microstock photography sites for between $0.25 to $2.00 and some of the better portfolios experience 30,000 to 40,000 downloads per year.
