Photography and video are two different sides of the same coin, each with their own challenges as well as opportunities when it comes to earning money as stock. If you’re already an experienced stock photographer, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t already be dipping your toes in video. In this post I’ll be discussing 5 key reasons why you would be wise to be thinking about making the logical addition from stock photography to stock footage. Reason Number 5: Your gear can already shoot clips Making the logical transition is relatively easy since your DSLR most likely already records in…
Author: Alexandre Rotenberg
Alexandre Rotenberg
Alexandre Rotenberg is an eccentric guy on a quest to visit all corners of the world and capture stock images and increasingly footage. He's determined not to waste my life away as a corporate drone and he has devoted six years to 'making it' both as a travel photographer and photojournalist. He's based near Lisbon, Portugal and regularly travels around Europe and Brazil. In 2017, he published the Brutally Honest Guide to Microstock Photography which is available on his Brutally Honest Microstock Blog, as well as on Amazon Kindle (rated 4.6/5).
The Brutally Honest Guy is back, and this time I’ll be discussing using the awesome Google Trends to uncover potentially profitable trends to incorporate into your stock photography/footage business. This is a Part II blog post on the subject where I’ll be diving even deeper into the subject, with a particularly dystopian twist. For Part I, check out the post at the Brutally Honest Blog. Google Trends Recap Here’s a brief recap of how the Google Trends tool works: “Using Google Trends, you can research the popularity for a particular keyword and filter the results by location, time frame and category. As…
If you’re now considering jumping into the crowded and competitive stock photography industry with the intention to earn passive income you’ll need extraordinary determination to succeed! Before you can even contemplate earning anywhere close to $500 every month, you should be aware that it should take you least three years of hard, smart and consistent work. This is since you’ll need to build up a strong Microstock portfolio consisting of 1,000s of marketable images spread out over many Microstock Agencies, starting with your likeliest highest earner, Shutterstock. Many Contributors will Quit Within 6 Months The truth is that many new contributors…