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
January 4, 2017
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Tax Forms W-8BEN at Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, Fotolia or Dreamstime
Every contributor faces this at the start, and many will have received a new message to renew it these days: The tax forms at the big US based microstock agencies. So let’s have a quick look at how to fill … Continue reading
October 19, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Adobe Stock and Yuri Arcurs’ review
As you might have seen, Yuri Arcurs has written a review on Adobe Stock. Yuri certainly was one of the microstock super stars for a couple of years. When he decided to remove his images from most microstock sites and … Continue reading
October 7, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The state of the microstock world and me in it
Dear readers, you haven’t been forgotten. I have been dreaming about updating my blog more regularly again but there are two reasons I haven’t been more active: For one, while a lot of things are changing, nothing seems really to … Continue reading