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Reading time: 2 – 2 minutes This’ll be my last post on 36clicks on stock. 36clicks will cease to be on stock, and I am moving my stock photography activities to Corepics. The series of articles I’ve written have already been moved to their new location on corepics, and future thoughts on the photography business will [...] 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 With a minimum effort – basically the result of trying out new lighting schemes on myself – I ended up with about a 50 different images of myself. Combining them into different conceptual groupings, all related to business methodologies, a vast series, quadrupling the number of shots needed, erected. This series [...] 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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