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TOP 1000 Stock Photo Buyer’s Searches – THE List
[Translate] I’m finally getting a decent dataset together to answer the burning question: What are stock photo buyers searching for? Here are THE top 1000 searches made by stock photography buyers over the last 6 months to 2 years. This data, and whatever else I can gleam from the various datasets I have (around half [...]
Posted in Featured, Microstock, Research, Tips | Also tagged analysis, buyers, ideas, image search, image searchers, images, increased sales, info, information, keywords, microstock, microstock buyers, opportunity, research, search photos, searches, searching photography, sell photos, selling images, selling microstock, selling photos, stock imagery, stock photography, topics, what image-buyers want | 32 Comments
Improvements, changes and good things on picWorkflow
[Translate] Rather than focus on the recent big changes and additions to picWorkflow microstock photographer’s tools such as the image keywording service (which is becoming very popular), it’s api-based interface, the microstock export lightroom plugin, or the portfolio promotion tools… just a quick post today to highlight some of the recent smaller improvements to make [...]
Posted in Microstock, News, Tips | Also tagged additions, benefits, changes, features, help, images, improvements, info, keywording, lightroom, metadata, microstock, microstock workflow, news, picworkflow, preparation, process, selling images, selling microstock, stock photography, stock photos, submission process, submissions, tools, workflow | 2 Comments
Great Subjects to Increase Microstock Sales
[Translate] This is the report of some of the best niches revealed from searches on the picNiche stock photo analysis-engine during the last month (October 2010). I also have entries below for the high picNiche rated searches among people using The Ultimate Free Stock Photo Search addon for Firefox and for Chrome. These results are [...]
Posted in Microstock, Research | Also tagged concepts, ideas, improve, increase, info, information, niche, ratings, sales, searches, statistics, stock, stock photography, subjects, suggestions, topics, what to shoot, what to shoot for stock | Leave a comment
The Big Guide to Improve Microstock Workflow
[Translate] A few times a week I receive questions from microstock photographers who have discovered the picNiche toolbar, wondering about how they can make the whole microstock process better. As an experienced computer user (and coder) there are a lot of things I often take for granted about ‘the microstock workflow’, which others sometimes miss [...]
Posted in Featured, Microstock, Tips | Also tagged agencies, analysis, contributor, ideas, information, market, microstock, photography, photos, picNiche, planning, process, production, sales, statistics, stats, stock, topics, workflow, working | 10 Comments
What to Shoot for Stock – Double-Whammy!
[Translate] This is the report of some of the best niches revealed from searches on the picNiche stock photo analysis-engine during the last month (September 2010). I also have a new special addition to the niche list this month of most popular searches among people using The Ultimate Free Stock Photo Search addon for Firefox [...]
Posted in Microstock, Research | Also tagged concepts, ideas, info, information, niche, ratings, searches, statistics, stock, stock photography, subjects, suggestions, topics, what to shoot, what to shoot for stock | 3 Comments
Shafted by latest iStock changes? What Now?
[Translate] The latest round of changes at iStock represent a loss for most contributors there. Both for Exclusive and Non-Exclusive contributors. The new royalty figures for next year show a clear bias in favour of those contributors who are making the most money for iStock, with cuts for people with smaller or non-exclusive portfolios. These [...]
Posted in Microstock, Tips | Also tagged advice, agencies, change, changes, earnings, easy, exclusive, info, istock, istockphoto, keywording tips, many, multiple, non-exclusive, policy, shafted, tips, workflow | 10 Comments
Science Themed Stock Photo Ideas To Shoot
[Translate] I saw this great post on Photopreneur about Science topics being an untapped Niche in Stock Photography. There are some excellent suggestions on what to shoot for microstock and traditional stock photography, but I wondered what else might be highly relevant, and would give a good RPI (return-per-image) for the photographs or illustrations created. [...]
Posted in Microstock, Research | Also tagged analysis, concepts, great, ideas, images, information, microstock, photography, photos, picNiche, profitable, saleable, science, scientific, shoot, stock, stock photo ideas, topics | 1 Comment
202 Challenging Subjects when Shooting for Stock
[Translate] When shooting stock photography, particularly for microstock, the perception often is that there exists an endless choice of subjects just waiting to be captured, and sold, Yes, for real money! “But wait…” I hear anybody who has been selling stock for a while scream, “you can’t just shoot anything and expect to rake in [...]
Posted in Microstock, Research | Also tagged analysis, avoid, data, ideas, images, info, information, market, microstock, photo, photography, picNiche, planning, production, shoot, shooting, statistics, stats, stock, working | 19 Comments
Top 2000 Image-Buyer’s Searches vs Keyword Popularity