Can you still make “passive income” from microstock photography?
Can you still make passive income in microstock in 2012? Statistics say you can still make money in microstock photography.
Dreamstime’s new copyright infringement reporting tool
I receive a lot of press releases in my email and don’t get a chance to reply to or post all of them but this is an interesting release if you care about your rights. What do you think of the new tool?
5 great microstock services
Five great microstock services including keywording, data tracking and analytics. Includes: Lookstat, Picniche, PicWorkflow, Lightburner and MS Charts.
DepositPhotos new search technology
DepositPhotos introduces changes in the image search engine. Search can now display the most popular inquiries with entered words and the number of results by each.
Making a living at photography
Our industry *clearly* has far, far too many photographers. That’s not a guess. Here’s where I see the industry headed…
Warmpicture – a new agency to buy (and sell) royalty free stock photography
As I know a healthy portion of my readers are microstock and rf photo buyers, I thought I’d take a post to introduce a new agency I’m contributing my images to: WarmPicture.com
Agencies dishing out punishment in March
It seems we can’t catch a break as microstock photographers. iStock took back many sales, Shutterstock is rejecting everything and Dreamstime slashed upload limits for contributors…
Shutterstock Partners with AIGA
Exclusive alliance between the world’s largest subscription-based stock image agency and the largest professional association for designers
AIGA, the professional association for design, announced an exclusive partnership with Shutterstock, the world’s largest subscription-based provider of royalty-free stock photography, illustrations, and stock footage. Shutterstock will serve as the “Official AIGA Sponsor for Creative Inspiration.”
As AIGA’s first exclusive national partnership with a stock agency, the alliance underscores the growing importance of stock libraries in providing building blocks for creative work.
“Stock image agencies are already part of …
Everything changes
Fotolia is changing commissions and search engine placement.
Istock just changed royalties, as we all knew was coming.
GraphicLeftovers are accepting some people photos, not accepting sample text and trying to make the leap from mini-micro to player.
Dreamstime and Fotolia are no longer Pixmac partners (and Dreamstime is talking lawsuit?)
Shutterstock is rolling out the Bridge to Bigstock for high end contributors.
Me, I just keep plugging along. I’m adding new images, increasing sales and trying to make a living at this. GraphicLeftovers is already at BME, Shutterstock and DT are back on the …
Bridge to Bigstock Program Q&A
I don’t normally go in search of news but when I heard about Bigstock and Shutterstock’s new “Bridge to Bigstock” initiative, I took some of my own and went and found answers to the questions I’m wondering (and hoped you would be wondering them too!)
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