What are Stock Photos?
Stock photos are images that are not purposely taken to represent specific products or companies. They are generic in the sense that anyone could use them in different contexts to represent whatever they are trying to communicate. The may be used a backgrounds, have products or branding applied to them, or put into montages for multiple scenarios.
If you’re talented with a camera in your hand, then why not share your work with the world. Or maybe you travel a lot and have a diverse selection of photographs. Either way, companies in the marketing industry are constantly buying photographs to in their online content from the well-known image outlets.
Who’s it For?
- Anyone passionate about photography
- Anyone with a good eye for taking photograph
- Anyone with an expensive camera that takes high-quality clichés
- Anyone with a hard-drive full of diverse images
Skills
- Creative photography
- Patience to capture valuable moments
- Good technical knowledge of camera will help
- Good artistic eye will help even more
Start Up
If you are experience with a camera or you already have a good stock of images, then you can start within hours.
If you’re new to the field then start learning, preferably with a course in photography. If you invest the time and effort, then you can learn pretty quickly.
How You Make Your Income
There are many websites you can register on to sell your photographs. The better known the website the higher the bar will against the competition. If you have a good mindset to work professionally and independently then creativity will do the rest.
To make a good income to may have to travel and be prepared to wait for the best opportunities for the perfect shots.
If you just happened to be in the right place at the right time (like when a celebrity falls down the stairs in a quite restaurant) you may get lucky with your mobile, but don’t count on it.
To create selling accounts start with:
Shutterstock.com
GettyImages.com
Dreamstime.com
…and then Google for more.
Happy Clicking, and don’t forget to smile!
