John M. Lund asked: Photography is getting easier.  A lot easier!  Being a stock photographer is getting easier too, perhaps even to a greater degree than getting “good” pictures.  The result is a tremendous pressure on “pros” that make a living at stock to be able to continue making that living.  So what’s a pro [...]

John M. Lund asked: Looking for a photo for your business?  Maybe you need an image for an important national campaign, maybe for a flyer or perhaps a photo to liven up your web site.  Whatever you might need a photograph for…there are millions of them out there waiting for you to choose.  In the [...]

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 [...]

Mister Sterile asked: The process of utilizing existing photographs for various commercial, advertising and media purposes is termed as Stock Photography. Especially for individuals in various creative industries like web designing, book publishing, advertising agencies, magazine editors, graphic artists, interior decorators and those working in various creative corporate groups, the availability of stock photographs in [...]

Kristin Gabriel asked: About 2.4 million couples get married in the U.S. each year, averaging $20,000 per wedding. It is a $70 billion business.New developments in technology over the last decade have enabled processes that now produce fast and inexpensive on-demand production and distribution for a variety of products and services. During the Digital Revolution [...]

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 [...]

Danny Haberg asked: Although there is quite tough competition in the photography industry, yet the fact is that it is still not that tough to make a mark in this field. You need to acquire a few technical skills and work hard to succeed in this area. Moreover, you should also know where to sell [...]

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 [...]