With roughly 10 days into our cliché competition, its about time for a short update on how we’re doing. The task we set ourselves: Despite the general consensus that shooting cliches for microstock (more info after the read more...
We supply too many images to (micro)stock agencies, and there are too many photographers to base a sustainable business model on for most of us. The suppliers market seems to be over-saturated. On the other hand, microstock is rapidly...
Shooting clichés is considered to be out of bounds. Numerous blogs, forums and other websites providing tips for stock photographers, discuss this taboo on clichés. The evidence is out there – the stock sites, a PicNiche article, on Mystockphoto...
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...
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,...
