Category : Stock Buying Advice

More Royalty Free Stock Photos at 20% Off

Last week, I told you about a promotional discount code that you can use at the new Royalty Free Stock Photo agency, Stocksy – click here to read.  This week, to accompany that code, and to compliment it, I’m putting out a discount code for my personal stock collection, hosted at Photoshelter, which will you save you 20% off the current pricing! 

Stocksy – Try it Out for 20% Off

You’ve heard about the new royalty free stock agency Stocksy, right?  Been wanting to try it out, but your client is the thrifty type?  Which is too bad, since you want to WOW them with an awesome image to lead their campaign?  Well, here’s your chance to show them what they are missing.  How about 20% off your first purchase at Stocksy?

Now Licensing on Photoshelter

Several months ago, I had done some work on creating a site to showcase my work, which was based on an off-the-shelf stock agency software package.  I did this to offer buyers an additional way to search my stock content, and to get some valuable SEO that might head over to my image distributor (at the time).  I also thought building it on an platform like that would be good, because I could easily turn it into a selling platform […]

Getty Images Still Up to Old Tricks

At it’s base, licensing stock photography would seem to be simple, at least from the photographer’s point of view.  You shoot, you upload to an agency (or your own site), and an end-user licenses the work.  Unfortunately, as we have seen lately, industry behemoth, Getty Images, keeps coming up with new “initiatives” to try and squeeze every cent they can from their contributor’s work, even when the contributor clearly doesn’t want to be a part of such schemes.

Instagram’s Blunder

Surely you’ve heard of Instagram’s New Terms Of Service that will go into effect on January 16, 2013.  That’s probably what brought you here.  Let’s take a look at what it means. UPDATE: Backpedaling or clarification? http://blog.instagram.com/post/38252135408/thank-you-and-were-listening

Save Your Money!

Not an April Fool’s Day joke – the DT SR-EL.

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