- 1 Understanding the Microstock Revolution Introduction xi
- About Stock Photography
- Shop until You Drop
- The Early Days
- Extinction of the Dinosaurs
- Microstock Is Born
- The Opposition
- Comparison with Traditional Libraries
- 2 How to Make Dollars from Cents
- No Pain, No Gain
- Sales Models: The Choices
- Royalties and Licenses, or “Where Is the Cash?”
- Submission Strategies
- 3 What Sells and What Does Not
- Business and Lifestyle Images
- Fashion
- Seasonal and Festive Images
- Food
- Landscapes and Travel
- Architecture
- Cityscapes
- Objects
- Flowers
- Concept Shots
- Vectors
- 4 How to Make Sure Your Pictures Win
- Composition
- The “Rule of Thirds”
- Crop Tightly
- Use Bold and Complementary Colors
- Use the Best Aperture and Shutter Speed Combination
- Get down Low—or up High
- Use Unusual Focal Lengths
- The Winning Formula
- before They Kill Your Pictures 5 Technical Issues: Killing the Gremlins
- The Microstock Inspection Process
- Read the Rules!
- Kit
- The Raw Deal
- 16-bit Manipulation
- Shoot at Low ISO
- The 100% Rule
- Noise
- Artifacts
- Chromatic Aberrations
- Moiré and Color Noise
- Dust Blobs
- Removing Copyright Symbols and Logos
- Sharpening Your Images
- 6 Equipment
- Film or Digital?
- The Best Digital Camera for You
- The Big Guns: Medium-Format Digital
- Scanning Backs
- Scanning Film
- Summary
- 7 Setting up a Home Studio
- Table and Window Setup (Available Light)
- Macro Lenses
- Simple Studio Setup
- People Shots
- Business Shots
- More about Isolated Images
- Clipping Paths
- Software Shortcuts
- Advanced Lighting Techniques
- Slave Relay
- Color Balance
- Final Note
- on Microstocks 8 Twenty Tips and Tricks to Winning
- Tip 1: Buy the Best Equipment You Can Afford
- Tip 2: Decide if Artist Exclusivity Is for You
- Tip 3: Buy Decent FTP Upload Software
- Tip 4: Buy and Use Adobe Photoshop
- Tip 5: Buy a Macro Lens if You Own a dSLR
- Tip 6: Buy a Tripod to Go with That New Macro Lens
- Tip 7: Join the Forums
- Independent Forums Tip 8: Get an Independent View by Joining
- Tip 9: Set up Referral Links
- Tip 10: Check What Is Selling—and What Is Not
- Tip 11: Enlist Friends and Colleagues
- Tip 12: Upload New Work Regularly but in Small Batches
- Tip 13: Set Key Words Accurately
- Tip 14: Use Selective Focus
- Tip 15: Challenge Your Creativity
- Tip 16: Use sRGB Color Space for Submission
- Tip 17: Read the Manual!
- Tip 18: Don’t Crop Too Tightly
- Tip 19: Shoot the Light
- Tip 20: Get Networking!
- 9 Mixing It with Rights-Managed Stock
- Specialized Libraries
- Cultural Differences
- What to Do
- 10 Case Studies
- Stephen
- Jo Ann
- Carsten
- Colin and Linda
- Marianne
- Wrap Up
- 11 Copyright, Trademarks, and Model Releases
- Copyright
- Registration
- Infringing Others’ Rights
- Privacy
- Trademarks
- The Practicalities
- Property Releases
- Model Releases
- 12 The Future of Microstock Photography
- The Gap
- The Wolf Eats the Lamb
- Consolidation
- Diversifi cation
- Predictions
- Appendix 1 Microstock Library Links
- Appendix 2 Model and Property Releases
- Appendix 3 Useful Links
- Traditional Stock Photo Libraries
- FTP Software
- Noise-Reduction or Modifi cation Software
- Color Artifact Removal
- Third-Party Raw File Decoding Software
- Copyright Resources
- Photo Equipment Review and Discussion
- General Photo Sites of Interest
- Stock-Related Discussion Groups
- Lighting Tips
- Index
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