Nicholas Normandy asked: The best tool a freelance digital photographer has, besides a digital camera, is photoshop. Mainly, because it can increase stock photo sales and generate more profit. It can work just as well if your more into just editing digital photos, or graphic design. You are still going to need a digital camera, [...]

Nicholas Normandy asked: So you want to make a living from your freelance digital photography. A way to earn extra income that has been showing a lot of promise is selling your freelance photos to stock photography sites like Fotolia. Say you love shooting pictures with your digital camera but never considered making a good [...]

Mike Singh asked: When the already obtainable photographs are accredited for definite usage, then they are called Stock photography. These are also known as ’stock photos’, ‘photo archive’ or ‘image banks’ in USA. Outside the United States, the term ‘picture library’ is generally used to refer to these stock photos. Stock photographs generally consist of [...]

Nicholas Normandy asked: Stock photography can be a much overlooked sect of digital photography. Although, portraits, nature, abstracts and so on are more known through out the photography community, that isn’t to say that stock photography isn’t as important. What makes taking stock photos so different to all other types of photography is the applicable [...]