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.
One of the first things that you will want to do is to learn what a 'good stock' photo is and how to take them so they can be licensed for specific uses.
Make sure that your images are clear, crisp, and well lit. They should not contain any digital noise that you will find with high iso, long exposures, over processing or under exposure.
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.
Any photo that contains a third part image, a trademark or a logo that is submitted to a micro stock photo agency will be rejected right away. Most agencies will have their own forms and if you have a person that is recognizable in the photo you will have to submit the model release form when you submit the image. Some of the standard forms will work just as well with most agencies also.
Talking to people on the community forum will help you understand what some of the average selling volumes are and what they are doing to sell digital photos online. You will be able to decide if your photos are good enough to post and have available for sale just by viewing what is there now.
You will want to list your photo in as many categories as possible on the photography site so that when buyers are searching for images they will be more likely to see yours. Buyers will use categories to search as well as keywords. These keywords are also important and you will want to pick the best ones that you can to describe your photograph. There are places on the Internet that you can search and find keywording tools to get the highest quality keywords available.
One of the first things that you will want to do is to learn what a 'good stock' photo is and how to take them so they can be licensed for specific uses.
Make sure that your images are clear, crisp, and well lit. They should not contain any digital noise that you will find with high iso, long exposures, over processing or under exposure.
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.
Any photo that contains a third part image, a trademark or a logo that is submitted to a micro stock photo agency will be rejected right away. Most agencies will have their own forms and if you have a person that is recognizable in the photo you will have to submit the model release form when you submit the image. Some of the standard forms will work just as well with most agencies also.
Talking to people on the community forum will help you understand what some of the average selling volumes are and what they are doing to sell digital photos online. You will be able to decide if your photos are good enough to post and have available for sale just by viewing what is there now.
You will want to list your photo in as many categories as possible on the photography site so that when buyers are searching for images they will be more likely to see yours. Buyers will use categories to search as well as keywords. These keywords are also important and you will want to pick the best ones that you can to describe your photograph. There are places on the Internet that you can search and find keywording tools to get the highest quality keywords available.
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Learn more on how to sell digital photos from photographer Danny Haberg by checking out his blog 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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