IP Roundtable (EP-232)

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Backyard Silver.  Getting Started in Stock.

Article of the Week:  15 Stock Photography Tips I Learned from the Guy Who Wrote the Book

• $2,000 per month with 7,000 images.  So 29 cents per image per month is fair?
• You’re doing landscape.  Would this change if you were doing portraits?
• 4 times more with shutterstock than istock.  Why?
• Shutterstock and iStock only? $220/month off 1,000 images.  Upload to 20 sites? $410 a month.
• Photos need to be “stocky”?  Super bright and clean images of mixed race plasticy models shaking hands?
• Why size down to 6 megapixels?
• Lightroom can only keyword alphabetically.  Problem for Adobe Stock?
• Useful keyboarding tool http://microstockgroup.com/tools/keyword.php
• What about video?
• Digital model releases?
• How do you get ideas?

Midroll

• Shutterstock

News Desk:

• Lexar no longer making memory cards.  Selling.
• Lensbaby Velvet 85

Hotline:

• Questions from the audience for Steve
  • Barry Porter – “Do you need some kind of release if you upload building photos to stock sites?”
  • Brandon Hirt – “What colors are most prevalent in stock photos that sell?”
  • Stephen Smith – The industry has changed a lot, and in your book you’ve mentioned sales lagging. Still viable?
• Laryssa about camera repair

Announcements

• Submitting to Apple.  Could be days or weeks depending on how fickle they are.
• Call in feedback to hotline: Stock photography

Doodads of the Week!

• Jim: Amazon Basics microfiber thick cloth 
• Steve: Seamlapse  

 

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