December 24, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on 24 days of Christmas – day 24, the special one
Now as this is the final day of my free giveaways as part of my “24 days of Christmas” advent calendar, it will be a special one: I am giving away 4 hours of my time. Dedicated to YOU and … Continue reading
November 12, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on iStock uploads – thumbnails not showing… no problem
Okay, once again iStock is ignoring a problem because it’s not so important. It only affects contributors and wastes their time, so they don’t even want to have it discussed. Forum posts are being deleted, so it doesn’t appear to … Continue reading
March 13, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Analysis: How quick images sell for the first time?
I keep being asked questions by fellow stock photographers who are looking for information how many images are selling how quickly on different agencies. Many of these questions are coming from photographers curious how fast they might recover from the … Continue reading
July 30, 2013
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on In Retouching Hell
Right now I’m working myself through a batch of images we shot in April – it was a very spontaneous decision with members of the family (myself included) as models, going through a heck of portraits, emotions, gestures, concepts. And … Continue reading
March 5, 2013
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on How quickly can I get many images up on microstock agencies?
Today I have run a test how quickly I could upload a bunch of images to several agencies. It wasn’t planned, so I didn’t use a stop watch or anything but still I think the results might be interesting to … Continue reading