Digital Stock Photography: How to Shoot and Sell (Paperback)

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Digital Stock Photography equips photographers with everything they need to know to create digital stock photos that sell in today’s marketplace. From organizing a shoot to raking in the profits as the pictures sell and sell and sell again, all the steps are here: Capturing digital images, working with scans, digital delivery of images, evaluating equipment, organizing digital files, building an archive, and more. Thirty assignments, designed to reflect the latest trends in photography, provide readers with a blueprint for building a stock collection. Special sections explain how to market, negotiate and quote prices, and manage a business, plus obtaining model releases and protecting copyright.

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Michal Heron has been a successful freelance photographer for more than thirty years. Her books include How to Shoot Stock Photos That Sell (more than 35,000 copies sold), which Studio Photography called "one of the top publications on today’s hottest photographic area." She lives in New York City.

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Product Details Paperback: 256 pages Publisher: Allworth Press (September 18, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1581154844 ISBN-13: 978-1581154849 Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews) Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books) Popular in these categories: (What's this?) #18 in  Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Professional #45 in  Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Communication

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews 28 of 28 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars You can sell stock photography, too., January 23, 2008 By  FredM (New York) - See all my reviews Microstock, Google's "Image" search capabilities, and rampant stealing of images from Shutterfly, SmugMug, or PBase have made stock photography a lot less possible, and a great deal less profitable in recent years. However, if you're good with a camera and know how to produce large quantities of salable images, you can still make money in stock photography. Just don't expect big fees, and be happy with small payments that can pile up if your work is good. This book, published in September 2007, is up-to-date enough that it advises you how to optimize your stock photography sales in today's real world. Read it carefully, re-calibrate your expectations, and get to work. 12 of 12 people found the following review helpful: 5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable reference., February 6, 2008 By  Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews Michal Heron has been a successful freelance photographer for over thirty years, not only selling her products to photo agencies but running her own stock business and giving lectures at seminars and workshops around the country. Her DIGITAL STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY packs in the basics of capturing digital images, from working with scans and delivering acceptable product to evaluating equipment, creating releases, handling copyright options and much more. No aspiring professional photographer should be without it: it's an essential key to understanding the routines and demands of the stock photo business, and photography as well as general-interest lending libraries catering to photographers will find it an invaluable reference. Diane C. Donovan California Bookwatch 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars Not so fast, April 13, 2008 By  J Mack "Em's Dad" (Amory, MS United States) - See all my reviews This book was very informative and well written, but lets you know right off that getting started in stock photography will not be easy, and probably quite expensive. The equipment requirements may prove to be prohibitive for those on a tight budget. Nothing worthwhile in life is easy, and stock photography is no exception.		Ad feedback   Most Recent Customer Reviews 5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read - step by step information What a great little book. It is very informative and a awesome starting point to give an overview of stock photography from it's start to the current digital age. Read more Published 2 months ago by J. M. Sullivan 5.0 out of 5 stars My Take I have found this book very facinating. It has all the info I could ever hope for in one book. It seems to cover literally everything, including needed forms for releases, etc... Read more Published 5 months ago by KeyboardKeys 5.0 out of 5 stars You want answers! This book has everything. Answers questions I didn't even have. I enjoyed Michal's writing also, easy to follow and very informative. Thanks for a great book. Walt Published 6 months ago by Walter W. Paholak 3.0 out of 5 stars simplistic Book arrived as staterd. The back is broken but still readable. The book is geard for amatures of which I am not. Published 7 months ago by W. Michael Minor 5.0 out of 5 stars digital photography :how to shoot and sell This book is a must read for the first time microstocker.Its full of usefull infomation everything from how to select photos for your submission to how to run your stock company. Published 7 months ago by William Goodwin 5.0 out of 5 stars Better Info than Booklet That Came with My Camera! Digital Stock Photography: How to Shoot and Sell I originally bought this book to learn more about the business of stock photography, which I did. Read more Published 15 months ago by Yorkie Girl 4.0 out of 5 stars I haven't finish reading it yet.... ..so I can't really say whether this is a good book or not, but from looking at the table of content, it seems that it covers everything about shooting and selling stock... Read more Published 16 months ago by f4ding 4.0 out of 5 stars Full of useful information Looking for ways to market my photos I found this book full of useful comments. There is major difference between what one "likes" to shoot, and what "sells" in the marketplace... Read more Published 23 months ago by J. Varza Search Customer Reviews Only search this product's reviews

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Allworth Press (September 18, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581154844
• ISBN-13: 978-1581154849
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,716 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

  Popular in these categories: (What's this?)

  #18 in	Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Professional
  #45 in	Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Communication

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You can sell stock photography, too., January 23, 2008

By	FredM (New York) - See all my reviews

Microstock, Google's "Image" search capabilities, and rampant stealing of images from Shutterfly, SmugMug, or PBase have made stock photography a lot less possible, and a great deal less profitable in recent years. However, if you're good with a camera and know how to produce large quantities of salable images, you can still make money in stock photography. Just don't expect big fees, and be happy with small payments that can pile up if your work is good.

This book, published in September 2007, is up-to-date enough that it advises you how to optimize your stock photography sales in today's real world. Read it carefully, re-calibrate your expectations, and get to work.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An invaluable reference., February 6, 2008

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Michal Heron has been a successful freelance photographer for over thirty years, not only selling her products to photo agencies but running her own stock business and giving lectures at seminars and workshops around the country. Her DIGITAL STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY packs in the basics of capturing digital images, from working with scans and delivering acceptable product to evaluating equipment, creating releases, handling copyright options and much more. No aspiring professional photographer should be without it: it's an essential key to understanding the routines and demands of the stock photo business, and photography as well as general-interest lending libraries catering to photographers will find it an invaluable reference.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not so fast, April 13, 2008

By	J Mack "Em's Dad" (Amory, MS United States) - See all my reviews

This book was very informative and well written, but lets you know right off that getting started in stock photography will not be easy, and probably quite expensive. The equipment requirements may prove to be prohibitive for those on a tight budget. Nothing worthwhile in life is easy, and stock photography is no exception.