Travel photography is probably one of the most misunderstood fields of commercial photography. For most photographers, the only requirement for shooting travel images is for them to be somewhere new, but the reality is quite different. The good news is, this mass misconception means there's great opportunity for the photographers who do get it right. Travel photography is as commercial as it gets. Travel photography buyers desire images that actively sell the destination or

If you talk to a lot of photographers about where to sell photography the standard suggestion is probably going to be that you sign on with one of the Microstock libraries. However, if you're serious about selling photographs online, you'll usually find the best returns are made when you stop following the crowd and think outside the box. The demand for stock photography has increased dramatically in over the last 20 years, starting with the advent of desktop publishing and more recently with

Selling photographs online has become big business in recent years: digital SLRs keep getting cheaper and the images they produce keep getting better. It seems everyone on the planet must own a camera by now. Given the recurring financial crises of the last few years, it's no surprise that more and more camera owners are looking to sell photography online for some extra money. For professional photographers trying to make a living s

Sometimes too much choice could be a bad thing and stock photography is a prime example.  For years many of the household-name stock image agencies would promote themselves as being the biggest and having the largest collections.  If you have been paying attention though, you might have spotted that is not such a major selling proposition any more and lots of the larger libraries are now desperately attempting to find alternative options to brand themselves in an increasingly marketplace. T

Anyone who's been around GlobalEye-OzImages for any length of time will have heard me go on about 'backlinks'. After your basic on-page SEO it is the most important factor in getting good listings in the various search engines.  So for a photographer with a presence on a photographer portal site such as GlobalEye, where you have limited control over the on-page SEO factors, building backlinks is a simple and effective way  to increase your exposure right across the web. We spend a lot of ti

On average I look at about 25 new photographer applications every month and I've been doing that for almost 10 years now ...  that's about 3000 photographers and 36,000+ photos. I also spend a lot of time each month watching the new images being added to both our stock libraries. Again this amounts to thousands of images each and every year. I can tell you, in amongst all those images there have been tens of thousands of photos that could have been great stock photos with re

I've had a few questions lately about filesizes and camera specs, and what's the minimum required for stock, so I thought I'd run through it briefly for everyone. First up I'll make the disclaimer that I'm dealing with hundreds of photographers, each with different makes and models of camera, so I don't make any attempt to keep up with the latest specifications for any specific model. Life's far too short to even try! It's also worth noting, 'megapixels' is a marketing term and means very

How to Make Sure You’re Paid What Your Photos Are Really Worth

A lot of photographers feel they’re ‘ready’ to dive into stock photography — they’re up to speed on quality & content, they’ve got a good starting volume and they’ve got the time to work on it – it should be all systems go, but one thing holds them back. They just don’t know what to charge for their photos? They are worried that they’re either going to ask for too much and lose a