Now you can sell digital photos online and make great money by using sites on the Internet called micro stock photography sites. By offering your photos in a high resolution format and are considered 'good stock' photographs you will succeed.
First thing you must do is to learn how to take the shots that are good stock. These are photos or sometimes imagery that is available to be used for specific uses and can be licensed.
The buyers for these photos are usually professionals that don't want to hire a professional photographer for common images that they will use in their marketing brochures, websites and magazine ads. All they have to do now is to search online for photos that meet their needs, license the images and pay a commission to the photographer.
Each photo is based according to it's overall potential for salability and quality. The photos should be crisp, well lit, clear and with no digital noise that can be caused by underexposure, over processing, long exposures or high iso. If you think that the snapshots that you have taken or photos that look like a tourist took them will be winners you can think again. They should be in demand commercially and very usable for designers or art directors. Go look at some professional sites on photography and get some inspiration before you decide on shots to submit.
Never submit any photographs that come with logos, trademarks, third part images and brands to any micro stock photo agency. They will immediately reject these items. If any of your photos contain a person in them that is recognizable you will be required to submit a model release form along with the image. Most agencies have their own forms but there are also standard ones that will work just as well.
While you are deciding which agency to go with log on to some of the websites that will allow you to upload your images for sale. Compare your photos with some that are posted on the websites and see if your photos are as good quality and the type of styles that are displayed. You can check on the website to see how many times the photos you are looking at are viewed or even downloaded.
There should be a community forum available on the website that will allow you to talk to the other members about their selling history which will help you answer the question if you are likely to sell your photos on this site as well.
Listing your photos in as many categories as possible will insure that your photos are viewed by the right people and for the right uses. To sell digital photos online you will also have to assign keywords to your images which is another way buyers will locate your photos. Both of these items are very important and you will want to pick the very best ones to describe your photos for the maximum exposure.
First thing you must do is to learn how to take the shots that are good stock. These are photos or sometimes imagery that is available to be used for specific uses and can be licensed.
The buyers for these photos are usually professionals that don't want to hire a professional photographer for common images that they will use in their marketing brochures, websites and magazine ads. All they have to do now is to search online for photos that meet their needs, license the images and pay a commission to the photographer.
Each photo is based according to it's overall potential for salability and quality. The photos should be crisp, well lit, clear and with no digital noise that can be caused by underexposure, over processing, long exposures or high iso. If you think that the snapshots that you have taken or photos that look like a tourist took them will be winners you can think again. They should be in demand commercially and very usable for designers or art directors. Go look at some professional sites on photography and get some inspiration before you decide on shots to submit.
Never submit any photographs that come with logos, trademarks, third part images and brands to any micro stock photo agency. They will immediately reject these items. If any of your photos contain a person in them that is recognizable you will be required to submit a model release form along with the image. Most agencies have their own forms but there are also standard ones that will work just as well.
While you are deciding which agency to go with log on to some of the websites that will allow you to upload your images for sale. Compare your photos with some that are posted on the websites and see if your photos are as good quality and the type of styles that are displayed. You can check on the website to see how many times the photos you are looking at are viewed or even downloaded.
There should be a community forum available on the website that will allow you to talk to the other members about their selling history which will help you answer the question if you are likely to sell your photos on this site as well.
Listing your photos in as many categories as possible will insure that your photos are viewed by the right people and for the right uses. To sell digital photos online you will also have to assign keywords to your images which is another way buyers will locate your photos. Both of these items are very important and you will want to pick the very best ones to describe your photos for the maximum exposure.
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Learn more about how to sell digital photos from digital photographer Danny Haberg by checking out his website at www.makemoneysellingphotos.com. Sign up to his website and stay up to date on the many ways to make money selling digital photos.
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