My most common question, which I have received several thousand times, is "how can I upload photos of people, properties and brands without a release form?" Before asking this question, please watch my video on commercial vs. editorial images! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jd-Hqad_qaiXoJs.html 🙂

Love your perspective, experience, knowledge, and the examples you share! Thank you Nicole! Blessings 😊

So, just think outside the box. Thanks for advice.

I'm happy I got all of them right. Thanks for these videos, they are insanely helpful!

well done again great info . spent last weekend sorting over 10000 pics i have taken over the years into folders etc for possible use later when I'm ready to try stock . love the information its helping me learn heaps cheers scotty australia

Thanks for sharing such valuable information Nicole! I saw the lantern in another video that you posted, but I still felt like a winner when you asked which image sold the best :-) Be well & stay encouraged!

I'm new at Stock Photography. I REALLY appreciate all your videos and this series is such an eye opener. Thanks for all your hard work! Fantastic content.

This video was a great help. Taking pictures of toll booths or office buildings never occurred to me. I was always thinking landscapes and street photography. I am excited now to start shooting some niche type photos. I have lots of ideas now, thanks for the kick in the pants. I appreciate these types of mentoring videos, you opened my eyes, thanks!

I've noticed several drone photos that you've sold. How difficult did you find getting your drone pilots license and has it been worth the cost?

I'm just getting into stock photography now. love your videos and your way of presenting information. Thanks for the tips ... keep up the good work!

Just started uploading things to shutterstock and have seen some of your videos. Really good inspiration. thnx

hi Nicole thanks for sharing this valuable info with us beginners. appreciate it a lot !! liked and subscribed.

Very good tips from you Nicole and all the best from Iceland

Your capturing ideas and sharing knowledge superb. Thanks

Great, great tips Nicole. Thank you!!!!!

Thank you so much Nicole !! I gest wrong must of the time !! :b Now i got it, thank to you. You should sell your own selfy cause you are unique 😍

Thank you!! I’m learning so much from your videos. 😊 Keep it up 👍

However useful all these 'Shutterstock videos' are, they're also making me slightly worried that (to some extent at least), the whole stock photography market is a biiiit geared towards USA... or at the very least, capitol cities - but the only way to find out if it works from the countryside of a small country, is to try I guess =)

THank you very much for your help! I am starting on this, already uploaded 10 images, let's see how it goes :)

Wonderful video and very helpful. I love your channel!

I love this kind of videos! Thank you (:

Very useful information, thanks! It would be great if you talk about rejected pics and how to avoid it.

Just found your channel,love it I’m watching everything x

thanks for your help from Bordeaux France :)

More sound advice. I have sold a couple on Dreamstime. Next purchase a drone lol.

Check out my interview with a Shutterstock CUSTOMER to see which photos he likes to buy - and what he wishes more photographers would upload: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8d-gq2j27jUd4U.html

another valuable video thanks Nicole!

have you ever deal with model or property release? can you share your experience? Maybe even made a video when you ask your model or property owner to sign the release.

Beautiful images as usual. This may sound odd at first but I'm surprised you got away with that photo which features "The Washington Post" text filling the frame. I did read on one of the stock agencies a few years ago (can't remember which one) that for editorial images, you can't have logos or brand names etc filling up a significant portion of the frame / can't have them appearing too large. So Ive always avoided that in my editorial photos.

Thank you so much for the tips 👍👍

Nicole, if Washington Post wants that photo for commercial use what would have to happen? Do they need to grant you a property release and then you can list it as commercial? I've been thinking about it in the context of new power tools being put to good use and selling shots like that to brand owners.

Great vid Nicole, very helpful indeed, thank you. :)

Kindly mention the category from which the photo belongs meaning that either its commercial or editorial. Thanks

Great Job !!!!

Excellent advice, as usual.

Thank you so much for your work! You`re really great!

Thank you again, nicole!, keep at it!

Your videos help me a lot thank you so much and i just have one more question if i take photos from another camera by share and upload it on shutterstock then will it work???

I love your content and your channel. Great job! I have a couple of questions which might be video suggestions. First how did you get the rights to shoot the Washington Post logo inside the The Washington Post building? Maybe you could do a video on how to get signed releases or how to approach the right people for releases? Second could you do another video on the other sites you sell stock images to, and rank them according to how you like interacting with them and your return on investment? Do you ever pay to upload photos for sale? Thanks again for all of your hard work producing shooting and editing.

I love your videos! Thank you

Thank you.

Hiya Nicole ..!!! I have to invest in new equipment and had two pieces of hardware in mind ...but can only affore one ...what you think in your expereince sells more , Aerial- drone photo and video , as to get a MAVIC OR ...you sell more TIMELAPSES ?? as to get OSMO for motion timelapses. ??? Many thanks..!!! liked ...subed....!!!

Thank you very much that is some very helpfull information!

Awesome as always! Can you go into detail about setting up an FTP client for video uploads? Which FTP works best? Cheers

Thank you..

Mais alguém do Brasil aqui que acha ela uma linda?

Nicole, at what point would you say a subject is too saturated to upload an image? TIA

your video are very valuable content, thank you nicole

Nice one. Do you need a product release for the wine glass or for the woman's suit jacket as they are recognisable products, correct?

Fabulous!!! Thank you so much.

Shutterstock has proven to be a pain lately. They rejected a picture because they said it showed a trademark, which they did not explain. They arbitrarily reject, and have become too hard to post with.

thanks for sharing advice that will increase competition for you. have you ever been asked to send in your press credential for editorial photos?....i just did.

I've been testing out taking rectilinear shots of store fronts and buildings at night. I'll let you know how it does.

Another really useful video Nicole. How do you upload? Do you use a service or manually upload one by one to each library?

Great job Nicole! What's the secret for a photo to appear on the first page of search result?

01:46 good information. but how did the buyer's of shutterstock known you uploaded that photo with that name? I mean to say is there any unique option to find out the unique photos or name to the buyers? If i need a photo of a wine glass so why i should type a business women holding a wine glass? or if i need a photo of a business women holding a wine glass so why should i type only a wine glass? its very confusing? How did i know my photo is unique? Help!!!

Thank you for sharing^^

Good night Nicole, I need some help, I do not know how to do it, the photos I sell, I can not find it, how can I do it so I can see where my pictures I sell on EyeEm go, and hi I got it right in all but one, was the Washington post, I chose the wrapped Washington post newspaper .. From Portugal Thanks a lot, great video this one.

Excellent video as usual.

Do you need releases for Lanscape of National Parks,

Another great video! Could you make video about your monthly income (from stock photography and video)?

Very helpful!

Nice info...thanks for your video

Another great video Nicole, was wondering since I am a newbie to stock photography. The photo of the lady with the wine glass, do you need a model release for a photo like that since you can't see a face and make out who she or even he is. And do find you sell more Editorial photos Vs other kinds?

What is the ratio of your images, commercial vs editorial?

Hi, Thank you for sharing your experience, very inspiring stuff. I just started contributing to few stock photography sites. I'm interested to know which of the photos you present in your videos are commercial licenced and which are editorial licenced. Some are obvious but some are not so much for me at least. For example the straw photo.

Do you edit your photos before posting them on shutterstock

Good stuff as always. I was wondering what percentage would you say you upload out of what you shoot.

Success. Last week I sold my first image on Shutterstock. A beautiful dragonfly. I'm wondering if there is any way to find out where it is being used. Keep up the good work. I love your videos.

I have been looking your shutterstock videos a lot lately coz I am going to start in shutterstock. But in youtube, I found a video which tells you how to free download shutterstock images without the watermark. It works. So, is shutterstock really worth it if that's the case? You cannot download them in HD however.

Good video... again :) It would be interesting to know if you are planning what to photograph, or if you just photograph "everything" you see? I know you have to do some planning, but how do you do the planning? Do you get an idea and then search Shutterstock to see if your idea are oversaturated? Hope I gave you an idea for a forthcoming video :) By the way... it's fun to see that your channel are growing quite fast :)

What is your thought on sites like pexels? Lots of free high quality images. Could this ruin the hard work that stockphotographers are putting into it?

please make a video about uploading illustrations

Hi Nicole...When an image is competing with 5,000,000 others of same keyword search, such as ghost town, are search results returned in order of most recent to oldest? If so, is it possible to resubmit what is essentially the same photo but tweaked in edit, such as a slight color grading change? This could keep the same personal library current. I don't see this as 'cheating', as this is a business, and the consumer may not have time to go through 5,000,000 photos for my best image taken 3 years ago buried on page 83 of the returned search results. Please reply

This is going to be kind of an abstract question... I have a program that allows me to use 3d assets from a game. I can use 3d models and effects to create an environment. (I take screen shots from those environments and edit them to make them look realistic). Would it still be possible to post those on Shutterstock or not?

Why did Shutterstock accepted a photo of a ghost tour where you must get a ticket?

Hi Nicole! Great and very informative videos. :) Only 1 quick question at the moment. If you upload a photo to Shutterstock as an "editorial" piece, am I correct to assume that the photo will only show up under the "Editorial" category as opposed to "all images" on the first screen.

Do youtubers get paid when we skip ads..... if so I’ll be sure to watch the ads for all your videos

Hi Nicole! For your ghost tour photo in St Augustine, since the ghost tour was ticketed, did that matter? Or were you still able to post as an editorial photo?

i love you Nicole ☺😌❤

thanks!

ok answered my question

I learned lot from you.

I usually upload JPEG about 10 to 14 MB in size, is that fine or should I reduce the size of images?

On the topic of other Stock Photography platforms... I've looked around and some seem to have an exclusivity clause for images you upload. That is you can only list a particular stock photo on their site, no cross posting. I've looked at Shutterstock and can't recall but thought it might be a useful question for others. Does Shutterstock have this sort of policy?

Do you investigate search results before shooting? So you can find those nishes?

hallo from Greece Nicole! i have 2 questions... i just make my shutterstock acount and i have allready upload 6 videos,no photo.. i use to upload at blackbox but ill try to shutterstock too from today.. But at contributor screen i still have this masage ''Please provide us your payout details so that we can pay you once you accrue earnings.'' i allready take care about that , i mean i change it ,to paypal and Minimum payout at 35 and click save settings, all other platform is full and correct informed.. why i still have this masage?? it disapears after 1 of April when changes informed?? and 2 question is ,they dont ask me pasport or driving license, is my email enough for them??

I create artistic images for use as backgrounds and textures, and have noticed that the image sizes uploaded by similar artists are larger, 5000 x 3333 pix as opposed to the lower resolution that my 12.2 MP camera can create. Do you think I need a camera with more MP to be able to complete?

Can you add or change keywords after you submit the photo?

How do you manage your storage? Do you shoot RAW or JPEG ?

Have you made money with photos of famous people ?

hi nicole, what drone ur using?

I am from India and I am a small stock photographer reply hi please

3:27 Wait a second ... Is that made from Harry Potter font? 🤔

So, I need to have at least 1000 photos on shutter stock

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I know flowers are really saturated. Do you think its a total waste of time to take photos of flowers to upload?

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Thank you.