Is it too late to join stock photography?
What to expect getting into stock photography in 2020? I wanted to give a background on why I decided to try stock photography. Every youtube video I watched about passive income included some form of stock sales. To be honest, stock photography is a passive income that has significant overhead in terms of time (It doesn’t require much in terms of monetary cost since most cell phones today can take photos with enough resolution)
I created a video explaining my experience of making money on Shutterstock contributor and adobe stock (Fotolia). It is a comparison of Shutterstock contributor and adobe stock (fotolia) based on my experience of getting started in stock photography in 2020. I started uploading a few photos in Shutterstock last year and decided to upload a lot more this year starting in Jan. I decided to upload to both adobe stock and Shutterstock because both have non-exclusive uploads which means I can upload photos to both. I have about 111 photos on Shutterstock and 130 on adobe stock (more photos got accepted into adobe stock). Here are things that are good to know before getting into stock photography in 2020 and what to expect. So many YouTubers mention stock photography as a passive income so I wanted to provide more information on my experiences in the last year and how much I have earned on both platforms. This is based on taking photos I had on my previous trips sitting on hard drives (which I thought had a chance of selling on stock sites) and a couple of shoot days with common objects around the house (like notebooks, cup of tea, computers, poker chips, playing cards, chess pieces and random hipster house decorations). Both sites have a monthly shot lists that is suppose to sell well but usually, they require models and model release forms. In my case, I haven’t gone this route and most of my picture are commercial (with no recognizable logos and people in it).
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Here is what I cover in this video
-Average earning per download on each platform and total earnings in 2020 comparison.
-highest earning per photo and lowest earning per photo -acceptance and review process
-mobile app/ email notifications
-editorials vs commercial submissions
-keywording tools
-shutterstock download royalty levels -and my most downloaded images.
-My tips and what I've learned
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