April 2, 2018
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on What are concepts in stock photography and how to use them for success?
While in recent years, “authentic” seems to be the preferred buzz word in stock photography, there is another one that always sounds important but is kind of hard to grasp: Concept! It can mean so much or so little, depending … Continue reading
June 2, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on What are Model Releases you need for selling stock images
When starting to upload your images for licensing, be it on Shutterstock, EyeEm or Adobe Stock, lots of people will soon get feedback that they are required to upload model releases for certain images. This seems to be a widely … Continue reading
March 24, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Shutterstock shows sudden knee-jerk reaction on similar content
For some time now, and especially last year, there was a series of complaints brought forward by contributors about others pushing their serial images into searches and such blocking existing and other new content coming in. There certainly has been … Continue reading
February 2, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Shutterstock “testing” new price plans
In a forum post, Shutterstock has announced they are “testing” (a rather common way of saying “introducing”) new price plans for some of their customers. The new packages come in between the customers who are only occasionally shopping for images and … Continue reading
January 8, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Sales List at Shutterstock with Locations
In a few groups I saw people posting screen shots of their latest sales at Shutterstock, listing them with locations. As this looked cool, I looked for how to do that. Two contributors have taken the effort to write Greasemonkey … Continue reading