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Hey, i've been a trainee photographer for nearly two years now, i am currently in the second year of a diploma in it, and i really really want to start putting my images on a stock library and earning some money from my them. But i use a nikon f90- is this a good enough camera? i'm hoping to get a nikon d80 for christmas but im not sure if it will produce images at a big enough size for the libraries. Until then im using slide- do i have to get them processed at somewhere more professional than jessops? im not sure where to start and if its a big money earner. Is this a good way to start a career in freelance photography? or am i going the wrong way about it? thanks for any help, as you can tell im a little confused!
 
Libraries (most of the major ones) insist on a minimum of 50Mb TIFF files for Library use (though smaller libraries will vary on this). OK if you're scanning negs on a high-end digital film scanner, but not so good if you're shooting on a 'budget' DSLR.

There's nothing wrong with the F90 as long as your lenses are good and you process your film properly (applying the sensitometric procedures you should have been taught by now).
Try for the D200 for Xmas instead - if they really love you, they'll buy it... If they don't well...
 
Have a look here http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=9733
You will not become rich over night by submitting to stock agencies, I look at it as my pension!! You will have to upload a lot of images to start seeing any regular income from it, avoid micro stock agencies like the plague, Contact some local model agencies and offer time for prints to there models, if you don't have studio facilities do location stuff, after a while you can then start charging the models for shoots.
 
Gary what do you mean by 'micro stock agencies'?

Which do you prefer? (Besides Alamy)
 
Marcel said:
Gary what do you mean by 'micro stock agencies'?

Which do you prefer? (Besides Alamy)
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I mean those that pay you a few pence for royalty free image use. If your pics are on one of those sites then a proper agency will not touch your pics.
Another agency I use is photographers direct, they email out picture requests from buyers on a frequent basis and only take 20%. You upload small images to the library and if somebody wants to us it the client contacts you direct.
 
Ahh I gotcha now. Makes perfect sense.

I really do need to get round to sorting out my initial Alamy submissions.
 
its well worth doing. ive sold 3 poor images for 354 dollars after they took their share. you will be suprised what sells :)

(i know its not mega bucks but its certainly enough to go towards some new gear or something)
 
Before getting some little money for your photos selling them to stock images sites. What kind of photography do you like to make? You like people, portraits? Weddings? Landscapes? Art? Advertising? Fashion?

now, you're starting and you want to make some money for your photos that's ok, everybody wants that.

But what kind of photo or photo studio you want in the future?

Go for it.

Or you want to work for a photographic agency? journalism?

Go for it.



Think in the future, not only in a few pounds for some pictures in stock. I think if this is a hobbie, and you can sell some pictures in stock, thats ok, they get you more gear, a new lens, a weekend trip.

But if you are studing to be a photographer, think very well what kind of photos you want to make. And don't loose that track. If you sell some stock ones, make them just for getting more gear, more learning, but don't stuck in stock photos.

Hope this helps. Only my opinion.
 
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