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Reading time: 1 – 2 minutes money rain from Stock Photo Crestock just launched a new wordpress plugin, offering bloggers free images. The plugin allows bloggers to directly download blog-sized images (max 400 pixels), free of charge, into their wordpress blog. The plugin has full search functionality. The images will provide credits to the photographer, and a [...] With a supply chain, which is over-saturated, with an aggressive competition between agents, and a change in buyer demands, the business is about to change. The channels, through which images are sourced, have already begun adapting, but the majority of photographers is lagging behind. This makes sense, as the stock agents are for the most part rather large enterprises, compared to their suppliers – the photographers. The majority of photographers consist of hobbyists, or pro-photographers with a different core-business than shooting stock, and the few full time pros. Yet, we all need to change. Change is possible, and the changed situation also has a few positive side effects. The days of “business as usual” are over, and I believe that is a good thing, as “business as usual” is a creativity killer, and creativity is a bare necessity for any photographer. The market is professionalizing, and it is likely, that photographers, who refuse to adapt, will perish in this process, possibly bringing a bit of balance back to the supply and demand [...] Reading time: < 1 minute After only 5 months online as Wolf on Stock, a lot of things have happened, which resulted in a bit of downtime, to put it mildly. But, we’re back! 36clicks is now fully dedicated to stock photography, separating the name from my other businesses, and I’ve reserved this domain for stock related [...] Reading time: < 1 minute Following up on my previous post on finding your niche in (micro)stock, I’d like to draw your attention to a very useful tool in assessing if what you have in mind is a potential niche to be explored; picNiche Also, there is an interesting article for comparison on mystockphoto worth checking out [...] Reading time: 2 – 3 minutes It’s splattered all over the various forums of microstock agents: If you want to be successful in stock, build a large portfolio. Aim for a versatile collection of images, as that ensures a wide spread interest from buyers, designers, and such, and thus realises sales and generates revenues. All very [...] |
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