Absolute Beginners Guide for stock photography, how to sell photo online, earn from your photos
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Created by Creative Online School
This course includes:
- 1.5 hours on-demand video
- 23 articles
- Full lifetime access
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of completion
What you’ll learn
- Will learn to make money from stock photography
- Will learn to accept images to stock sites pretty easily
- Will learn success theory in stock photography
- Will learn how to analyze market of stock photography
- How to make money online
- How to make passive income through Stock Photography
This course includes:
- 1.5 hours on-demand video
- 23 articles
- Full lifetime access
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of completion
Course content
10 sections • 48 lectures • 1h 25m total lengthCollapse all sections
Analyze the Stock Photography Market5 lectures • 2min
- What you will learn from this course?Preview00:04
- Success Theory in Stock PhotographyPreview00:47
- Summary: Success theory in stock photography00:22
- Learn what type of images buyer want00:40
- Summary: Learn what type of images buyer want00:18
Photography Basics3 lectures • 13min
- Understanding Shutter Speed04:26
- Understanding ISO04:40
- Understanding Aperture04:19
Learn to create better stock photos11 lectures • 9min
- Shoot images having both literal and conceptual meaning01:57
- Summary: Try to shoot images, those have both literal and conceptual meaning00:12
- Summary: Save some negative space01:07
- Expert yourself in a few domain02:22
- Summary: Expert yourself in a few domain00:09
- 4 steps to create your own photography style01:18
- Your image should have commercial value00:02
- Prepare yourself before shooting00:46
- Summary: Prepare yourself before shooting00:16
- Shoot more and more01:03
- Summary: Shoot more and more00:06
- Quiz: Create better stock photos2 questions
Save your time & money while having Model/Property Release4 lectures • 1min
- Submit to multiple stock sites + Get model release early00:40
- Summary: Submit to multiple stock agency sites00:13
- Summary: Get model release early00:16
- Summary: Use universal model release form00:14
- Quiz: Model/Property release: Save your time2 questions
Making more money from Stock Agencies2 lectures • 1min
- Brand Yourself / Your Agency00:34
- Summary: Market yourself / Brand yourself00:10
- Quiz: Making more money from stock agencies1 question
Money talk: how much you will earn?4 lectures • 1min
- Market Size: Stock Photography00:01
- Better stock sites for solid earnings00:07
- Stock Agency Earning Statistics00:08
- Earning breakdown: Shutterstock00:02
Keywording Properly3 lectures • 1min
- Invest time in proper metadata and keywording00:46
- Summary: Invest your time in proper metadata & keywording your photos00:15
- Summary: Don’t spam keywords & description00:10
- Quiz: Keywording properly1 question
Learn to calibrate your monitor2 lectures • 1min
- What is monitor calibration?00:33
- Monitor calibration with physical devices00:05
Working with Image Rejection Issues: So will agencies accept more images2 lectures • 5min
- Working with image rejection issues03:06
- Summary: Working with image rejection issues01:50
- Quiz: Mastering Image Rejection Issues2 questions
Bonus Section # Adobe Lightroom : Mastering Photo Editing12 lectures • 52min
- Introduction to LightroomPreview05:19
- Import PhotosPreview05:06
- CollectionsPreview04:40
- White Balance04:17
- Color Corrections03:43
- Lens Correction04:28
- Sport Healer03:27
- Graduated Filter03:36
- Radial Filter03:05
- Adjustment Brush04:34
- Exporting05:20
- Working with Presets04:05
Requirements
- No prior photography knowledge required – enthusiasm is all you need!
Description
Our students review regarding this course —
“Great course about stock photography. It gives details about the photos buyers want (quality, size, …). I have learnt how to take them, where to submit them, and I still need to improve to have more clicks and get more experiences. The instructor is very engaged and responsive. Enroll and earn money later by selling with your passion.” — Domoina Ratsizafy
“Success theory in stock photography with step by step guideline” — Elias Katsaniotis
“Amazing course on stock photography. Tutor explained things thoroughly step by step.” — John Hanks
“Great course, in-depth explanation, and lots of applicable approaches and tactics.” — Stag
“Now I feel I can earn money from stock photography.” — Janetwastonjw
Contents of this course —
Success Theory of Stock Photography
Here success theory with practical examples shown. Along with several examples successful people along with their suggestion for a fellow photographers who wanna earn money from stock photography.
Market Analysis for being successful
For every business market analysis is quite important. Stock photography is not exceptional! Here, several tools with practical examples shown how to analyze market of stock photography and which markets should you target to become successful.
The whole contents of this course are broken down as below:
Section: 1 Analyze the Stock Photography Market
· Success Theory of Stock Photography
· Analyze the Market through useful tools
· Learn what type of images buyer want
Section: 2 Create better stock photos
· Shoot images having both literal and conceptual meaning
· Save some negative space
· Expert yourself in a few domains
· Prepare yourself before shooting
· Shoot more and more
Section: 3 Model/Property Release: Save your time & money
· Get model release early
· Use universal model release form
Section: 4 Making more money from Stock Agencies
· Submit to multiple stock agency sites
· Brand Yourself / Your Agency
Section: 5 Keywording Properly
· Invest time in proper metadata and keywording
· Don’t spam while keywording
Section: 6 Learn to use photography tools
· Calibrate your monitor with a color calibration tool
Section: 7 Mastering Image Rejection Issues
· Don’t submit too many photos at the same time
· Inspect at full size or more
· Be aware of brand and logos
· Noise Issue: Use a very low ISO setting
· Use cloning tools or brushes to get rid of dust and scratches
· Avoid JPEG compression artifacts
· Avoid chromatic aberration
Who this course is for:
- Photographer
