Selling Stock - Stock Photography News, Analysis and Opinion
This stock photography news site focuses on the business side of photography with a special emphasis on stock photography. Our goal is to help photographers maximize their earnings based on the quality of their work and the commitment they are prepared to make to the trade.
Future Of Stock Photography - Stock Photography News
Feb 18, 2021 · 1 – A huge and growing oversupply of images compared to demand. 2 – Prices for use of images began to plummet. 3 – An increasing number of part-timers and amateurs entering the market. 4 – Agencies and middlemen sellers of stock images began to reduce the support they supplied image creators.
Getty Retiring Thinkstock - Stock Photography News ... - Selling …
Apr 9, 2018 · Getty Retiring Thinkstock. Posted on 4/9/2018 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (0) Getty Images has announced that it will be retiring Thinkstock.com in mid-2019 and taking steps to transition Thinkstock customers over to Getty Images and iStock.
Shutterstock Launches Ireland Office - Stock Photography News, …
Jun 12, 2018 · Shutterstock has announced the launch of its Dublin office with the intent to initially hire 40 professionals including engineering roles, and to potentially grow the team further over the coming years. This project is supported by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland.
Dealing With Model Releases - Stock Photography News, Analysis …
May 14, 2021 · Here are links to recent stories that deal with three major issues for the stock photo industry – Revenue Growth Potential, Setting Bottom Line On Pricing and Future Production Sources. Read More Recent Stories – Summer 2016
Most Used Keywords In Image Search - Stock Photography News, …
Picnache.com has put together a list of the top 1000 keywords used by customers to search for stock photos in the last 6 months to 2 years. This dataset was compiled from about 500,000 searches and prioritized according to which words were used most frequently.
Stock Photography’s Historic Earnings Decline For Creators
Oct 19, 2020 · Many photographers who have entered the stock photo business in the last 5 to 10 years have trouble understanding why photographers who have been producing stock photos since the 1980s and 1990s are so unhappy with how the business had declined.
Alamy’s Novel Use - Stock Photography News, Analysis and Opinion.
Apr 12, 2012 · Back in 2008, in an effort to try to compete with microstock, Alamy introduced its Novel Use licensing model. This strategy allowed the company to license RM and traditional RF images for very limited small uses without risking loss of revenue when these same customers wanted to make larger uses of the images.
iStockphoto Reveals Contributor Earnings - Stock Photography …
Apr 2, 2008 · iStockphoto Reveals Contributor Earnings. After Getty Images disclosed iStockphoto revenues in a recent SEC filing, the founder of the leading microstock business offered additional information in a recent corporate blog post.
SnapVillage Grows to 125,000 Images - Stock Photography News, …
Nov 29, 2007 · SnapVillage, the microstock Web site launched by Corbis in June, has reached 125,000 images in its inventory. According to senior vice president Adam Brotman, this exceeds expectations. Though still in beta, SnapVillage reports receiving more than 10,000 images per …