Microstock Photography

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Microstock Photography How to Make Money from Your Digital Images Douglas Freer AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON NEW YOR ...

Acquisitions Editor: Cara Anderson Developmental Editor: Valerie Geary Publishing Services Manager: George Morrison Project Mana ...

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1 Understanding the Microstock Revolution Introduction xi About Stock Photography Shop until You Drop The Early Days Extinction ...

For my wonderful wife, Glynis, our three splendid sons, Alex, Edward, and William, and my late parents, Ken and Susan, who would ...

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My thanks to all those who, indirectly or directly, have helped me in the preparation of this book. These include my family, who ...

x Acknowledgments group in August 2005; thanks also to the many intelligent and talented microstock photographers, current and f ...

Making Money from Microstock Photography There is a revolution under way in how photographs are taken, sold, and used. It is a r ...

xii Introduction What images sell and what do not—and why How to meet strict technical requirements Easy tips to put you one st ...

ground, all you need (apart from that camera, computer, and Internet connection) are a little enthusiasm and an open mind. Inter ...

xiv Introduction to whom the microstocks were a new concept, not properly under- stood, creeping in below the radar. More recent ...

Understanding the Microstock Revolution About Stock Photography Don’t panic. This is not a lecture on the history of stock photo ...

2 Understanding the Microstock Revolution FIGURE 1.1 We live in a world with an insatiable appetite for images, as this good mic ...

FIGURE 1.2 “Happy Couple on a Beach.” This image was sourced in just 2 minutes from iStockphoto—no dry run or preparation. Gener ...

4 Understanding the Microstock Revolution would have been much higher. The images in Figures 1.2 and 1.3 cost around two dollars ...

mitting fi lm originals (normally transparencies) to the stock libraries. These originals were then indexed and stored. Transpar ...