How To Shoot Photos That Sell
SELL YOUR PHOTOS ONLINE
If you’re interested in selling your photos online, this is the right course for you. We’ll cover EVERYTHING you need to know to successfully upload and sell your photos online. In this course you’ll learn how to plan, shoot, retouch, keyword and upload your photos and sell them online.
I’ll share with you all my knowledge and secrets acquired through 10 years of uploading more than 40,000 photos and selling more than 1,000,000 photo licenses worldwide!
This course is for you whether you’re just looking to make some extra bucks with photos you have lying around in a hard drive or if you’re an experienced photographer looking to become a full-time photographer and make a living out of it.
What’s so great about being a stock photographer you ask?
1. Be your own boss – You decide what to shoot, who to shoot, when to shoot. Just make sure you DO shoot and work, this is not an easy money scheme. More on that below!
2. Manage your time – Work whenever you can, at your own pace. If you have another job, you’re a student or anything else and you just have a few hours a day or weekends free, that’s fine, that’s enough to get you started. That’s how I started anyway, and now I’m a full-time stock photographer. I work when I want, I have spare time to spend with my family, friends, I decide when to work and what to work on.
3. Do what you love – If you love to travel, you love food, love pets, love people, anything’s fine. You can shoot what you love and still make some money from it. No dealing with clients or bosses, just follow your passion.
You won’t get rich overnight
Don’t get me wrong, getting paid for your photos feels great. Finding some of your photos being used across the world is also really great. However, like all good things in life, you have to put some work in it. Stock photography is NOT about taking photos of things you have lying around your house, it’s about finding your passion and giving it value by creating a photograph. And sometimes, if you get lucky, you may get that one photo or shoot that becomes viral and gets sold thousands of times!
Becoming a successful stock photographer takes time and a lot of work, but you’re already ahead of so many people just by taking this course. I’ll give you a head start, I’ll share with you everything I’ve learned over the years.
Licenses, Agencies, Commissions
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How to Begin, How I startedMy story in becoming a full-time stock photographer. From the very beginning to my current work.
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Stock Industry Foreword
Clear expectations: A warning about what the stock industry is and what it isn't.
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What to shoot, what sells the most
Find out which are the best types of photography that sell the most and find one that you'd like to shoot.
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Minimum and Recommended Gear
I'll share with you the type of gear I started with, what I currently use and what I recommend.
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Recommended Software
I'll show you which software I use, what are the costs and we'll also explore a few free options as well.
Prepare to shoot
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Licensing your photos
We'll learn the basics of photo licensing and what happens to the ownership of a photo.
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Types of Licenses
I'll talk about the different types of licenses available and the different types of RF photos.
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Types of commissions for RF licenses
There are different types of commissions you can earn depending on how your photos are sold. Here we cover the most common of them.
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Exclusivity, Pros and Cons
What is exclusivity in stock sites, some advantages and disadvantages and my opinion on whether or not it is worth becoming exclusive.
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Best Stock Agencies
The best selling stock agencies, and some other good agencies to submit your photos to.
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Become a contributor
Every agency has their own process. In this tutorial, we'll go over the main agencies and what you need to start submitting photos to them.
Shooting High-Quality Stock Photos
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Find inspiration, get creative
How to find inspiration and some tips on how to get in a creative mood.
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Define your style
What is your shooting style and the benefits of focusing on developing one.
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Shoot plans and Moodboards
Having a shoot plan for your photos is VERY IMPORTANT. We cover all the basics on how to plan your next shoot.
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Collaborate with professionals
Why is important and beneficial to collaborate with other professionals and how to do it.
Selection and Development
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Model and Property Releases
All you need to know about when and how to use Model and Property Releases.
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Styling and direction
Learn why Styling and Direction in a shoot are important and how to use them to create great photos.
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Start Shooting
We go over the most important things to consider when shooting high-quality photos for stock and minimize rejections
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5 tips to get perfect focus
Perfect focus is so important in stock photos. I'll share with you some advice on how to nail focus every time.
Retouching for stock
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Photo selection
Learn how to select your photos for stock using Adobe Bridge
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Developing your photos
Develop your photos for stock. Learn how to process your RAW files in Camera RAW
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Color balance
We cover a few methods on how to see color casts and correct white balance in a photo.
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Fix distortion
A quick tutorial on how to correct perspective distortion using the transform tool in Camera RAW
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Exporting your photos for retouching
When your photos are developed, it's time to export them to JPEG to begin retouching. Here's how to export those files easily.
Submitting Stock Photos
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Photoshop Workspace and Actions
Before we begin using Photoshop for retouching, we cover the basics on its workspace and loading and using actions
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Cleaning up an image
We'll learn how to remove dust, blemishes and trademarks in our photos in order to get them ready to sell them as stock
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Selective Sharpening
When focus is not perfect but is nearly there, we can add some selective sharpening to fix them. This is a quick tutorial on how to do that.
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Purple Fringing
We'll learn what purple fringing is and how to remove it using Photoshop
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Full retouching of a stock photo
Just to wrap everything up, I'll show you an uncut video of how I retouch a stock photo from beginning to end using all the tools we covered in this section.
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Retouch a photo for stock
Conclusion
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Titles, descriptions and keywords
Learn everything about metadata for stock and add the best titles, descriptions and keywords in order to maximize your sales
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Uploading via FTP
Use an FTP client such as Filezilla to upload your photos in many agencies at once.
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Submitting your photos
After uploading, we'll submit our photos to the most important stock agencies.
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Uploading and Submitting to iStock
iStock has a unique process to upload and submit photos. I'll show you how to do it using DeepMeta software
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Add metadata to a few photos
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