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Welcome to 2012 – picNiche State of the Union
[Translate] Here we are heading into 2012, and with picNiche heading for 4 full years it’s looking like an exciting one to come To mark the new year, I figured it would be a good time to talk a bit about what makes up the entire suite of ‘picNiche’ now, to brag a bit about [...]
Posted in Featured, News Also tagged 2011, 2012, agencies, agency, benefits, change, coming soon, events, features, improvements, microstock, new, new year, news, photographers, photos, picNiche, picworkflow, services, stock, upcoming, workflow, year Leave a comment
Understanding Microstock in a Mature Industry
[Translate] Everyone lately seems to be talking about dropping RPIs and the increased efforts to be a successful microstock photographer. Well I recently put together this presentation for StockInRussia microstock conference (It was a fantastic event, if you weren’t there, you really missed out), so I thought I’d screencast it (ended up with a full [...]
Posted in Interviews, Research Also tagged charts, competition, conference, data, graphs, guide, help, image, industry, info, information, licensing, mature, microstock, microstock industry, presentation, research, sales, shape, stock photo, stockinrussia, tutorial, video, what to shoot 1 Comment
Where do Independent Microstockers Submit?
[Translate] Just a quick post today to take a look at some stats from picWorkflow on which Microstock agencies are commonly used (and in what proportion) by microstock photographers. (using Google Docs interactive charts so if the spaces below are blank, wait a few seconds and refresh) First up… the share of all picWorkflow accounts [...]
Posted in Research Also tagged agencies, agency, analysis, contributors, istock, microstock, microstockers, photography, proportion, research, share, statistics, stats, submission, submitters, transfers, upload 7 Comments
Technology & Stock Photos with Dreamstime’s Serban Enache
[Translate] I thought I’d posted this interview earlier, so aplogies to picNiche readers and to Serban for not posting this sooner. An interesting interview by Dreamstime’s Serban Enache on technology and developments in the stock photography industry from Dreamstime’s perspective: Hi Serban. Please introduce yourself for those readers who may not know who you are. [...]
Posted in Interviews Also tagged achilles, analysis, dreamstime, enache, future, interview, microstock, photography, predictions, serban, stock, tech, technology 2 Comments
TOP 10 Tips for New Microstock Photographers
[Translate] If you’re new to stock photography in general, or even if you’re a seasoned traditional-stock veteran and looking to move into selling your images through microstock photography agencies, there are a few simple tips your really should keep in mind as you start. There are many who will tell you you’re already too late [...]
Posted in Microstock, Tips Also tagged advice, beginner, beginners, microstock, microstock guide, newbie, newbies, noobs, photo, photography, photography tips, sell images, sell photos, stock photos, success, tips, tutorial, whiners, whining, workflow 4 Comments
The Future of Stock Photography with Veer’s Aaron Booth
[Translate] Veer is the microstock marketplace from Stock Photography giant Corbis. Their site is sleek, modern, community-focussed and offers a simple submission process with reliable and consistent reviews. Veer content is well managed and clearly a lot of the experience from traditional stock photo marketing and client-management is finding it’s way into the site. Answering [...]
Posted in Interviews Also tagged aaron booth, corbis, creative commons, creative director, developments, future, imagery, interview, licensing, microstock, photography, stock photos, tablet, veer, veer update 4 Comments
Filesize and Resolution of Images Distributed for Microstock