Keep It Authentic: How To Take A Great Stock Photo
In today’s stock photography market, a key theme is “authentic.” What “authentic” means is that you are creating what appears to be an authentic moment. Essentially, you are framing your subject in a creative yet natural way that will draw the viewer in. Here’s a...
Try This For Better Stock Photo Success In 2017
Happy summer, and welcome to the half-way point of 2017! It’s the perfect time to look back at our goals, decide if they’re still what we want, and refocus. In January, I made some vague stock photo goals for 2017: Build a stock portfolio on Alamy Get published in a...
What’s Selling As Stock Photography?
One of the best parts about stock photography is that you can photograph whatever you want—there’s no one telling you what you have to shoot. And while it’s great to have that kind of creative freedom, sometimes it can be tough to know where to start. Rather than...
How Far Should You Go: Processing Portrait Photos In Lightroom
I love taking headshots, because I think people are fascinating and beautiful. Everyone is beautiful in the right light. But when a client pays you hundreds of dollars for a shot, they want to see an image of their best self – without any blemishes, wrinkles, yellow...
Transform Your Photos With Easy Processing In Lightroom
Who will buy this photo? No one, that’s who! It’s rare to see the Peruvian Andes (where I took this) on such a clear day... but the photo itself is dark, gray, dull, and boring. But how about this one: This is the exact same photo after a few minutes of processing in...