December 30, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Stock photography and me in 2017
In the last few days, I published a list of my best selling images in 2016, and a very detailed look back at how the year went for me. Now let’s take a look forward to what I plan to … Continue reading
October 25, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The new iStock royalty scheme for 2017 is out. For non-exclusives.
Getty has sent out an announcement today with details about the long awaited change in their royalty system. The new system is to replace the Redeemed Credit (RC) system which was introduced five years ago to reduce the growing percentage … Continue reading
August 19, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on From Zero to $100 a month with microstock in 2016
It’s been more than two years since I wrote How to make $200 from Shutterstock, iStockphoto or Fotolia?, my most read post up to date. A lot of little changes happened in those two years that add up. The libraries in … Continue reading
April 7, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Status report – Q1 2015
It’s been a while. It’s been pretty long actually. I haven’t found time to update this blog for almost three months. There have been plenty of news which I typically would have used to write an article. But as mentioned … Continue reading
November 5, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on How many files do you have in your portfolio?
The end of the year is getting closer and that would be a natural time to check “what did you achieve this year”. As a stock photographer part of that would be to put down the number of images you … Continue reading