Microstock Photography: How to Make Money from Your Digital...

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 224 pages
• Published by: Focal Press April 4, 2008
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0240808967
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0240808963
• Book Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.1 x 0.6 inches
• Weighs: 13.6 ounces

Book Description
One-stop guide to making money from microstocks, the world's fastest growing imaging phenomenon.

Product Description
Be a part of one of the worlds fastest growing imaging phenomenons: microstock photography. Microstock photography provides both professional and amateur photographers an opportunity to diversify their income and expand their artistic visibility by turning day trip photographs or photography portfolios into viable business investments.

Douglas Freer has written a comprehensive book that details the technical and commercial processes of the microstock industry. A must read for entrants into the microstock photography field, Microstock Photography shows you how to:

Choose the right microstock agency
Shoot work that will sell
Navigate the strict technical requirements
Understand the likely financial returns
Review licensing models
Understand copyright issues

Over sixty illustrations and photographs help you improve your skills, learn new techniques specific to shooting stock photography and better understand what the microstock market demands. Anyone can shoot digital stock photography, but in order to make money and be successful, you need the practical advice that can only be found in this book.

*Learn how to start earning money fast from your personal photographs or professional portfolio
*Contains invaluable information on the crucial technical and commercial requirements you'll need to meet to be successful in the microstock industry
*Over sixty full color images show you what sells and what doesn't

Reader Reviews
As a stock photographer myself, I've wanted to find more about microstock photography, but there is little information online and I had never seen a book on the subject before this one. Consequently I read Douglas Freer's book with excitement and enthusuasm. I was not disappointed. This book is a gem. It is written in an easy read but informative style and is lavishly but relevantly illustrated. It's a grandiose claim to say that you will find all the information you need to become a successful microstock photographer within its pages, yet I can honestly say that I don't see what else could have been added. The book covers everything from equipment and subject matter to the microstocks themselves and how to submit your images in a way that gives you the best chances of acceptance. Thank you Douglas for such a well written, fun and enlightening read.