Hi Jim! Fantastic! Glad you are enjoying the whole process. So good!

An ad agency needs an image to help tell a story. Doesn't have to be of the highest standard, technically good is probably enough.

I wouldn't call it a healthy adaptation, but good for you if you see it that way

Glad you liked it! I know many still have lots of questions and it’s useful to them. 👍

I have not yet tried to send my work to a stock photography agency so this is good information to me. I am a hobbyist photographer considering this as a side hustle as the young folks say. I know the companies need to make money and have employees but 25 cents or a dollar per image sounds a little depressing to me.

I’ve also found that Adobe’s average sales are higher.

The income is robbery as I have mentioned before. If money is a person’s main reason for doing stock, I’d never recommend it, sadly.

Rachel Lerch thanks for your hard work and honesty about this topic. So many KZfaq channels I follow make it sound like money raining down from the sky. I know from a personal standpoint I have to be honest with myself knowing my shortcoming is editing.

@@RachelLerch Yes I started just for fun and 'beer money.' The one area where income actually is pretty good, though, is video. $20 for a 3-second or 10-second clip of video that took me a few minutes to shoot is pretty nice.

So glad you liked it!

Aw thanks so much! Yes Victoria has some great insight doesn’t she?

My pleasure

I would love to visit!! Unfortunately I will be flying in for the Sony event and leaving right after. I’m going to have to book a more relaxed trip soon! Thank you for the invite though!!

Sounds good. Looking forward to your vlogs from the Sony event. Would be nice to hear your perspective on their new products like the A7R Mark 4 and the RX100 Mark 7. Thanks.

Thanks Jim!! 😊

You're welcome! Glad you liked it

I’m so glad it was helpful!

You’re so welcome! I’m glad you liked it!

😄 You’re welcome. It’s a tough call. I still don’t think I’ll go back.. too low commissions and I no longer have the time, BUT Victoria makes some great points. 👍

thank you

I wish working

Thanks Jim!! Can’t wait!

Oh wow thanks George! 😄 That’s so poetic. I don’t think I can do that justice!

Hi John! Thanks! Victoria has some great insight! 👍

Glad it was helpful!

I'm so glad! Thank you!!

Thanks Larry!

Thanks so much!!

You're welcome! Glad you liked it.

Aw thanks Anthony!!

I can only tell you that my per hour rate was very very low. Haha. Not sure I want to calculate it. Definitely not near minimum wage. I appreciate that not everyone’s experience may be like mine. It’s good to hear from Victoria’s point of view.

@@RachelLerch thanks for the response. Love your videos. Keep it up.

Thanks Steve!! Really appreciate that!

Mike Browne interviewed a stock photographer a few years ago, that would be worth finding. I think the return on your time would be vastly different if it were a byproduct of your regular photography. If you already have the images, the relevant cost to you is (probably a quick edit), uploading and keywording.

The answer to the question of how many photos you need to upload to make is not answered for various reasons. Stock photography is a highly competitive and fast paced industry. What may be a relevant amount of number today may no longer be relevant tomorrow. I work in a Stock Image company myself and I can tell that based on my experience, 1k contents used to earn a steady $50 income 4 years ago but it is no longer relevant now. Adding on, putting a mere number to the contents can also be misleading because mere quantity cannot guarantee any payout. Types of contents, demand, tagging and a few others come into factor as well. Victoria’s answer for the questions are pretty much accurate.

Thanks Wendy!! So glad you liked it!

Very cool to know

Thanks Jen!

Thanks Dave! Glad you liked it!

Thank you!!

Thanks Steve!!

Aw thanks!

Thanks Roger!!

I'm not sure what a quilombo is?

Thanks Mark!

Glad you liked it! No I don’t... wish I could help, sorry!

Hi... thank you very much!

You're welcome!

Thanks Jose! You’re welcome 😊

You’re welcome! Thanks for watching! 😊

Thanks Mario!

Yes you can! As long as you contribute as "non-exclusive".

Thanks Caroline!!

That’s cool Rod! Great to hear it’s going well!

Cheers Clara!

I would be very happy to give you advice on Venice. I am here in Venice now, however as Rachel mentioned I have not been living in Europe for some time. I was in the UK for a long time and in Malaysia for a few years and now I am moving to Central America. Nonetheless, Venice is an amazing city, a complex one, you hate it and love it at the same time hahaha. You should totally come, however, REMEMBER REMEMBER: don't make your pics too fake! Hahaha Cheers

@@victoriaschaal2933 Thanks! My wife brought me to Venice before I got my wide angle lens. I get it in four days. I too get my Nisi V6-filters later this autumn. We only had time to see top 10. Really want to go back a time when it's not so hot and some fever tourists. I love walking in Venice, can walk forever there:-) "At the international Walk21 conference this week in Vancouver, British Columbia, an eminent authority on streets boiled the walkability of cities down to the number of street intersections per square mile. Venice has 1,725 intersections per square mile. “It’s very complex, it’s very messy, and people walk,” said Allan Jacobs, urban design consultant, former San Francisco planning director, and author of Great Streets. Brasilia, near the opposite end of the spectrum, “has 92 intersections, and you don’t walk there,” The Vancouver Sun reported Jacobs as saying. “Irvine, California is the classic automobile city. It has just 15 intersections, the lowest I’ve ever counted.” Other places that are good for pedestrians, Jacobs said, include the Market Street area of San Francisco (300 intersections per square mile), Tokyo (988), Savannah, Georgia (538), Portland, Oregon (341), and Paris (281). The most complex and messy stret patterns provide the most walkable and enjoyable experiences for both visitors and residents, according to Jacobs.” - ‘Messy’ street patterns boost walking" Ps! My wife is Philippine and an old man from Venice was sure her husband was Italian, as my little girls look just like Italian girls:-) Have you been to Tolfa? So much cooperation between Tolfa and Norway now. Exhibitions, courses, conferences etc. Try to make my wife settle there for some time, but for some strange reason she only wants to live in Norway:-/

@@victoriaschaal2933 You said "small batches," but didn't say what a small batch is. What changes if a group of friends gets together? I'm thinking specifically of student photographers, people who should be grasping at every money-making opportunity. How does that change things?

@@oneeyedphotographer hi there! Excellent questions. So about the small batches, I didn't provide a precise figure because it depends on how serious and dedicated one is about stock photography. For example if you produce 100 pictures a month, then a small weekly batch could be of 25 images. If you produce only 20 pictures a month, then a regular batch could be of 5 only. If you like me are not as regular with your production of images (during some months I can make hundreds of pictures but during others in which I have a lot of clients and I am busy, I don't have as much time to produce stock) then I would advise at least 2 uploads per month of at least 5 to 10 images. Regarding the second question, yes getting together with other photographers is better to make money. Why? For three reasons. One is the usual algorithm: more photographers means more pictures, meaning more views and thus more chances of sales. The second is that the quantity in the portfolio will get bigger faster. Not only the algorithm will pick up on this but also the agency. Agencies prefer contributors with big and high quality portfolios and tend to show them more. Sometimes they even make deals with massive portfolio owners behind the scenes cause agencies only have to gain from a big and high quality collection of images.

@@victoriaschaal2933 Thank you Victoria.

I’ve not had this experience. Have you had agencies do this? Not good!

I still have images at Shutterstock, Bigstock, Adobe and Dreamstime, though I don’t upload any more. I pulled out of Getty images completely.

Rachel Lerch so you sell your own now?

Paul T I should Paul... but I’m just so busy with family and making videos that I haven’t really done so!

Rachel Lerch I hope you find the time someday.

Thanks Paul!

Thanks Peter!

So glad!! Thanks!