A few weeks ago here on the blog, I detailed a little “behind the scenes” of the “watching television at home” stock photo session that I did in response to a buyer request at Stocksy United. Today, I wanted to feature a few of my favorites from that series, as the entire series is now online. That’s not to say that if a buyer needs an image in a different orientation, that it doesn’t exist (contact me directly to check). […]
I’m a member of a new photo agency, where image requests from clients are posted, and contributors who have the content in their library already can post what they have for the client to peruse. If you have the time, you can also create new content for the request, with the knowledge that there’s a chance it won’t be selected. So, it’s good to only do this on themes where there’s a sales possibility elsewhere for the content. This week […]
More Halloween images! Yep, I’m on an Autumn kick this year, and I’m pumping up my royalty free stock image portfolio at Stocksy with new holiday imagery. This week, I’m showcasing a family carving pumpkins for Halloween.
Over at iStock – the new name iStockphoto’s parent Getty Images has put upon it – each month contributors chime in to a thread to report how sales have been going. Years ago, the monthly thread was exciting. It was great to see the boats rising with the tide. We all reported “BME”s to each other (best month ever). It seemed buyers were happy buying and contributors were happy selling. However, the last few years, and even more so this […]
When you license imagery for design use, do you do an in-depth read of the license terms and restrictions? Did you realize most Royalty Free agreements restrict the buyer to keeping the content available at one location only? This is known as “single seat” licensing. The content can be moved from one designer to another, but it is not supposed to be on a network, or otherwise available to multiple people at the same time. The “Multi-Seat Extended License” solves […]
Disney fans may recognize that bit in the title of today’s post as a reference to the name of the Halloween themed parade they put on at the Magic Kingdom during “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party“. One of my favorite events they do in Orlando. That leads up to today’s portfolio update: “Halloween!” and a look at some of the images I have in my portfolio at Stocksy United, the artist owned co-op photo agency.
Last week, at Stocksy United, there was a buyer request to support for some images of people watching television or movies. I think it’s great that buyers and designers can get right in and talk with management to let them know what they are looking for in the collection. Back on topic, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to use my home theater set up as part of a shoot. Today, I’m actually going to discuss the electronics […]
Most of my new royalty free stock image work has been going to my portfolio at Stocksy United. One of the things Stocksy has been asking for is authentic people and locations. They also asked for sushi images. So, I recently put together a shoot combining all these requests, and have this new series available – “At the Sushi Restaurant”.
This summer has been great in St. Louis, where I live. Now, I’m a cool weather kind of guy. Normally, summers are high 90’s here, and last year we had 10 days in a row over 100 degrees! So, this year, where we’ve been hovering between 70 and 80 most of the time, has been great. For me, anyways. So, since I’m in a very good mood, not sweating the moment I step outside, let’s liven up August with a […]
Good Monday morning to you! Let’s talk licensing today. As I’ve discussed before, when you go to a stock photo agency and make a purchase, what you are really doing is buying a set of rights to use the image you’re interested in. The image data is part of the package, sure, but the rights you purchase are what let you use the content without getting into trouble with the copyright holder. So make sure you are purchasing the rights […]
