Why Most People QUIT STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY?

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A lot of people quit stock photography too soon because they don't see the results right away. In this video, I will talk about why it is important to keep uploading.
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@darrylbrooks3361 4 ай бұрын

Good video. Fortunately, I started back in 2006, so I've been able to keep ahead of the curve purely on volume. I still upload every day and looking forward to another great year.

@LukaAzman 4 ай бұрын

That is great to hear! I wish I started back in 2006 and have the knowledge I have right now :) Probably I would be a millionaire, hehe :)

@vk4vsp 29 күн бұрын

John's doing okay making 40c a month, I only made 10c last month. 🤣 Seriously though, that image had only just been uploaded, so I have high hopes for it and I've made way more than that over the years. It's only just recently that I've gotten back into uploading images and getting more serious about it. I started back in 2007 and should have stuck at it over the years.

@nicoletaionescu887 5 ай бұрын

Great job explaining it, Luka!

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much :)

@anderstollestrup 5 ай бұрын

What a great video. I have been stuck in the valley of death for quite some years now, but my latest people lifestyle looking to pay off. Just need to get more of those shoots under the belt. You are a great inspiration, Luka, and I love your KZfaq videos - keep doing those, you're helping a lot of contributor ....

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! It is really good to hear that my videos are helpful :) And I wish you all the best with your upcoming shoots!

@TheBoomersofCOD 5 ай бұрын

Very helpful mate!! Thank you very much!!

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@utkusavas129 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. It is amazing

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

You are welcome!

@Luis-sj1mf 2 ай бұрын

Great video! Thanks!

@LukaAzman 2 ай бұрын

You are welcome

@mm3dgraphics 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video Luka, it is encouraging. I have only made approx £100 from stock in the last year, but I am finally starting to see a noticeable increase in the views and downloads my images are getting so I will keep at it. Amusingly, my most downloaded image by far is just a bunch of cardboard boxes in a pile.

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Yes, sometimes the dumbest images get most of the downloads. I have a few shoots where from all the lifestyle photos from that shoot, the most downloaded image is just close up of something, or an empty space :)

@michaelhayward6097 5 ай бұрын

Luka - great advice thank you - I do stock for fun and if I make some money that is a bonus

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, that is a great way to make some extra money if you like photography and videography!

@kigabuma 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video.

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

You are welcome :)

@GEOPAHAS 5 ай бұрын

Great advice!

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@fponceg 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your tips. greetings from Quito Ecuador

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Greetings back to you, and like always, you are welcome :)

@WondersofHimalayas 5 ай бұрын

Great work 👏

@LukaAzman 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@WondersofHimalayas 4 ай бұрын

@@LukaAzman most welcome 🙌

@StockFootageCollective 5 ай бұрын

Hi. Thanks for motivational video.

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

@24_meamu 3 ай бұрын

perfect explaination.! man .. well curently i am at scale.! so investing some of my earning in gears and stuff required for stock.!

@LukaAzman 3 ай бұрын

Thanks man! Awesome to hear! I am always happy when I am buying new lenses :)

@pauldarville3843 5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Welcome!

@janielrose_photo 5 ай бұрын

Oh, thank you so much!) I sell exactly 1 picture per day for about $0.33. I don't understand why there's only one. sometimes different pictures, but 1 a day.. and I assure my husband that this is not an empty exercise, that the drains should pay off over time. 😅 your video is very timely!

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Wow, that is interesting. I am not sure why this happens :)

@jiteshshine2537 4 ай бұрын

Awesome information, in photography speed light is good or pop flash with pop up diffuser is good ?

@LukaAzman 4 ай бұрын

Well, I would never use pop up flash, because it will just look fake in my opinion. You want the light to look natural. I use video lights, because I also shoot video, and also those are not so powerful as flash. And I usually bounce it of the wall, or use a softbox. If you use flash, you should also bounce it of the wall, so it spreads the light more (unless you want a specific look), or use a softbox. But depends on which flash you are using, a lot of those flash lights are too powerful, even at lowest setting, so it does not work well together with natural light. If you use better flash, where you can set the output to very low, that can work. But I prefer video lights :)

@jiteshshine2537 4 ай бұрын

@@LukaAzman thank you so much 🙏🙏

@I.C.Landscape 5 ай бұрын

I don't understand something, if they sell my pic. with 7 $, and they give me 15%, i should receive 1.05 $. So i sell 14 pic and i see that i have 7,43 $ in my account, so i miss something here

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Well, it depends on the license model. Maybe they bought subscription, maybe they bought a package of credits, where they got more credits for less money, maybe they have some agreement with a big company which is buying 1000s of images, and they will get images cheaper,... It is quite hard to understand. You can download your royalty statement as pdf and check there.

@AndyNguyen360 5 ай бұрын

According to you, How many footages in portfolio can make people earn about 500 usd a month? Thank!

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

That is really hard to say. You can have 20000 crappy photos or videos and still don't get to 500$ a mont, or you can have 1000 photos. It really depends. Also, if you have crappy keywords, but good images, nobody will find them. Also, if you upload 10000 images now, you won't sell much in first few months. So you really can't say how many images or videos should you have to reach that. But I would say with consistency you can reach that in a year or so.

@AndyNguyen360 5 ай бұрын

@@LukaAzman I have about 2000 photos and 800 footage on iStock and I earning 14 usd in November 2023. Thank you!

@hemantakakati1103 5 ай бұрын

Do you think sony a6400 is good enough for stock photography ?

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Yes, of course, it is a great camera, especially for video. My brother used to have a6000 in the past, and it is was totally fine. For my taste, having a bit more megapixels would be great (I have a7iv with 33mp), and also, low light performance is much better if you have full frame camera, but I also started with Nikon d90, which only had 12mp, and low light was terrible. And a6400 is just sooooo much better than that.

@jallythekid 5 ай бұрын

Zdrobil si mi vso upanje, ko si razkril, da z stock fotografijo lahko služiš le z modeli. Ne mram ljudi in še manj maram dealti z judmi. Imam zahojeno familijo, noben mi ne bo stal za model, če pa že pa ni šans, da mi bo podpisal model release. Mam lepe fotografije nečakov kako igrajo nogomet itd, ampak ni šans, da dobim model release, ker so vsi ljudje taki, da jih je strah zlorabe fotk itd...saj veš kaj mislim? Nimam prijatlov, dobesedno nimam niti enega prijatla, ker sem rajši sam, zarad tega kakšni so ljudje dan danes po srcu..ogabne pošasti. Sem totalno broke brez službe in po tem takem bom več denarja zaslužil, če vso opremo prodam kot pa z stock fotografijo. In kaj naj zdaj? Če sem iskren mi gre na jok in sem vedno bolj prepričan, da sem bom letos ubil. Vsi govorite kako služite z stock fotografijo, noben pa ne pove resnice, da že v samme štartu rabiš tisoče € za dobro opremo, modele, rekvizite itd....ne zdi se mi fer

@gainde1137 5 ай бұрын

Stock photography is doomed by AI generated images.

@LukaAzman 5 ай бұрын

Well, it will definitely change stock photography, but my opinion is it won't kill stock photography.

@AndyNguyen360 5 ай бұрын

AI photography not real, stock photo and video still alive

@seanaidan4577 4 ай бұрын

Sounds like you’ve given up!

@WilliamTrostelPhotography 3 ай бұрын

AI has in fact increased my earnings in comparison to before the AI boom.

@gainde1137 3 ай бұрын

@@WilliamTrostelPhotography interesting!

@AhiyeWohu 2 ай бұрын

stock photography is dead

@loizosloizou5800 Ай бұрын

Hi there! I am a new on that! I am an amateur photographer and I am interested in stock photography. Which site do you recommend for selling my photos? I made an account on shutterstock but I learned about some recent changes on the levels and made to rethink it. Is something else that I need to know?