Usually, there is catastrophically little time during shoots, so I try not to step on the same rake. I don’t want to repeat the typical mistakes of many photographers that once stole my time, which I could have spent more productively on better collaboration with stock agencies and improving my professional skills as a photographer.
Many novice microstockers often find it quite difficult to understand the specific jargon used by experienced stock photographers, which is filled with various slang terms and abbreviations.
For beginners, one of the challenging moments when uploading and attributing images on stock photo sites is the selection of keywords.
First, it’s difficult to determine which words will be key for a specific image; second, it’s challenging to choose the best-selling keywords from the entire list of possible words; and third, many simply don’t understand the purpose of keywords.
Typically, selecting keywords for an image is the final step in the process of uploading images to stock banks. Unfortunately, many microstock contributors tend to push keyword selection to the background.
What wish would a microstock photographer make for the upcoming Christmas? I suppose all one needs is a regular crystal ball of the fortune teller. After all, if we knew exactly what buyers
If you’ve been working with stock photo sites for a considerable time, you’re probably aware of the Free section available on these sites. In these sections, you can download a curated selection of high-quality photos and illustrations offered by stock photo sites free of charge.
