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Archive for May 2010
There Are No Shortcuts to Success in Microstock
Tweet A Russian photographer recently asked me what subjects he should shoot for microstock in order to maximize his earnings. He said: “I’m thinking cosmetics, photos of girls putting on makeup, girls and guys on the beach, girls in business suits with laptops, glamour club shots of girls in glam clothes, sometimes near crystal disco [...]
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- Ask the Photo Business Coach: How Do I Close the Deal?
- The Joy of the Contact Sheet
- Don’t Give Up Hope Against Photography’s Dark Forces
- It’s Time to Set a Price Floor for Rights-Managed Photography
- Online Magazines Are Energizing Photojournalism
- Eye on Image-Making: Palmetto Portraits
- Survival Strategies for Photographers: Earn More with Printed Products
- Is the Un-Photographed Life Worth Living?
- Ask the Photo Business Coach: Should I Put Pricing on My Web Site?
- Photography Free-for-All in Bangkok
- Survival Strategies for Photographers: Using Facebook
- Do One-Dollar Stock Photos Really Exist?
- Notes from the VisCom Classroom: Reflections on the Semester
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