Getting Into Stock Photography

My photography hobby is really starting to take off and I’m spending part of each week taking photographs for a variety of projects. As I was working on one of these projects I thought wow wouldn’t it be great if I could make some extra money on the pictures I’m not going to be using for this project. I mean they are pretty good and it seems like a waste to just delete them or put them in perpetual storage, right? Right.

Then I started thinking about all of the websites out there that sell photographs for writers like me and I started wondering how hard it would be to get into the stock photography business. Well the answer is easy and hard. It’s pretty easy to sign up for an account with almost any of the agencies. Some have tests they want you to take first others just need a valid email address. The hard part is that you have to pick the photographs you want to submit and then wait to see if they are acceptable to the editors for that site. My first try didn’t go so well, but it did teach me what they are looking for. I’ll give you more info on the companies out there and keep you updated through this exciting new phase of my career.

Do you sell stock photography? How do you like it?

Photo Credit: Aussie Gall

August 12th, 2009 by birdievogel | Posted in Uncategorized | (0)