Do you love photography and would like to make money from it?
Here is where you can find useful advice and a guide to start selling your images online.
In this eBook, you will find:
1. What do you need for begining
A list of the necessary know-how for a successful start.
2. The list of the most popular microstock photography agency websites
This eBook reveals the best stock photography sites like Shutterstock, Fotolia, iStockPhoto, 123rf, Dreamstime, Canstockphoto, Depositphotos, Alamy, and Pond5 and shows you entry requirements, commissions value and tax rates.
3. Basic terminology of stock photography
No microstock agency allows you to sell images of people without Model Release. This eBook explains Model Release and other basic terminology and legal aspects of stock photography - Property Release, Royalty Free, Rights Managed, TFP...
4. How to earn your first money online
How big is the first payment and when will I get paid? How many images I need to start making money with stock photography? Is Exclusivity the right solution for me?
This eBook has the answers.
5. What kind of photos sell
…and who is buying them? Bestsellers and their key traits. The most popular categories. Why some photos sell and other not?
Exposure of author's most successful stock photos with real numbers of money they earned.
6. How to build your portfolio
Practical tips how to find your own way. How to estimate new trends and be ready? How to find models and how much to pay them?
Many photos from author's portfolio with story behind them.
7. Post processing for microstock needs
How to adjust your pictures to get the best results in sales?
8. The most common mistakes
When you’re starting out, you’ll most likely get some of your photos rejected. To avoid this, you need to know what to do and what not.
9. Captions and keywords
What use are your fantastically shot photos that perfectly fit the clients’ needs when the clients can’t even find them?
That’s why you need to pay extra attention to this step.
10. Something about taxes
Guide to filling out the W-8BEN and SS4 forms (which prevent double taxation) for non-US residents earning money in the USA.
About the Author
Marian Pentek is a successful stock photographer having over 2,000 images on iStockphoto.com.
He has been working as a freelance photographer and photography lecturer since 2008.
Marian will show images that sell well and will help you build your own portfolio.
