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How to Break into Stock Photography

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-06-23T08:20:18Z in Photography Articles, with these tags: editing, guides, metadata, model releases, passive income, photoshop, stock photography, 3 Comments. 3,197 words.

The five chapters in your adventure:

1. an introduction to stock photography
2. taking the photos
3. nitty-gritty editing
4. how to pitch a model release
5. building effective keywords

— 1: an introduction to stock photography —

Stock photography is not art photography. If you’re looking to express your creative spirit while making a comfortable living, this is not the place for you. You can do the latter with work, but not the former, because stock images are boring as salt.

Curiously, the best stock photos are interesting. Crafting a photo that is not boring yet appeals to advertisers is …