Felisa Rosalba asked: You don’t have to be an experienced photographer, or someone who knows how to sell stuff online, to make money from your photographs. But you do need time and motivation to learn new things.Is stock photography the best option for someone who wants to make money with photography? Most photographers say yes. [...]

John M. Lund asked: I firmly believe that now is the most exciting time ever to be a photographer, and to be shooting stock.  There are more tools and more opportunities than ever before. The playing field has been leveled.  The demand for images, and consequently stock photography, is exploding. Of course, there is more competition [...]

Murray Edwards asked: Stock Photography – Part 2In an earlier article, Stock Photography – Part 1, I discussed the basics in getting started in business of stock photography. Deciding what topics or areas in which you what to specialize, and the requirements around performing commercial or editorial photography.Here in Stock Photography – Part 2, I [...]

Abhishek Agarwal asked: Stock photography refers to photographs taken by groups of people that are licensed and grouped for selling. Every time a need for a photograph arises, instead of taking a new one, people resort to stock photography. People working for magazines, in advertising agencies, and as graphic artists often use public pictures in [...]

Murray Edwards asked: What is stock photography? Simply put, it’s taking a group of images, placing them in a library in hopes that at sometime in the future, the image or many others will be purchased or licensed by someone. Here is your challenge as a photographer, what subject matter? Who knows? I’ve licensed images [...]

John M. Lund asked: Jack Hollingsworth is one of the most well known names in stock photography. An early and very successful pioneer in RF, Jack not only sells stock through Getty, Corbis and his own site, but was a founder of BLEND images as well as Red Chop Sticks and IndiaPhotos. Jack has been [...]