Description

Our students review regarding this course --

"Great course about stock photography. It gives details about the photos  buyers want (quality, size, ...). I have learnt how to take them, where  to submit them, and I still need to improve to have more clicks and get  more experiences. The instructor is very engaged and responsive. Enroll and earn money later by selling with your passion." -- Domoina Ratsizafy

"Success theory in stock photography with step by step guideline" -- Elias Katsaniotis

"Amazing course on stock photography. Tutor explained things thoroughly step by step." -- John Hanks

"Great course, in-depth explanation, and lots of applicable approaches and tactics." -- Stag

"Now I feel I can earn money from stock photography." -- Janetwastonjw

Contents of this course --

Success Theory of Stock Photography

Here success theory with practical examples shown. Along with several example successful people along with their suggestion for fellow photographer who wanna earn money from stock photography.

Market Analysis for being successful

For every business market analysis is quite important. Stock photography is not exceptional! Here, several tools with practical example shown how to analyze market of stock photography and which markets should you target to become successful. 

The whole contents of this course is broken down as below:

Section : 1 Analyze the Stock Photography Market

·       Success Theory of Stock Photography

·       Analyze the Market through useful tools

·       Learn what type of images buyer want 

Section: 2 Create better stock photos

·       Shoot images having both literal and conceptual meaning

·       Save some negative space

·       Expert yourself in a few domain

·       Prepare yourself before shooting

·       Shoot more and more

Section: 3 Model/Property Release: Save your time & money

·       Get model release early

·       Use universal model release form

Section: 4 Making more money from Stock Agencies

·       Submit to multiple stock agency sites

·       Brand Yourself / Your Agency

Section: 5 Keywording Properly

·       Invest time in proper metadata and keywording

·       Don't spam while keywording

Section: 6 Learn to use photography tools

·       Calibrate your monitor with a color calibration tool 

Section: 7 Mastering Image Rejection Issues

·       Don't submit too many photos at the same time

·       Inspect at full size or more        

·       Be aware of brand and logos 

·       Noise Issue: Use a very low ISO setting

·       Use cloning tools or brushes to get rid of dust and scratches        

·       Avoid JPEG compression artifacts 

·       Avoid chromatic aberration

Who this course is for:

• Photographer

Course content

• Analyze the Stock Photography Market
  • What you will learn from this course?
  • Why stock photography popular among photographers?
  • Success Theory in Stock Photography
  • Summary: Success theory in stock photography
  • Analyze the Market through useful tools
  • Assignment on market analysis
  • Summary : Analyze the Market through useful tools
  • Learn what type of images buyer want
  • Summary: Learn what type of images buyer want
  • Quiz: Analyze the Stock Photography Market
• Learn to create better stock photos
  • Shoot images having both literal and conceptual meaning
  • Summary: Try to shoot images, those have both literal and conceptual meaning
  • Summary: Save some negative space
  • Expert yourself in a few domain
  • Summary: Expert yourself in a few domain
  • 4 steps to create your own photography style
  • Your image should have commercial value
  • Prepare yourself before shooting
  • Summary: Prepare yourself before shooting
  • Shoot more and more
  • Summary: Shoot more and more
  • Quiz: Create better stock photos
• Save your time & money while having Model/Property Release
  • Submit to multiple stock sites + Get model release early
  • Summary: Submit to multiple stock agency sites
  • Summary: Get model release early
  • Summary: Use universal model release form
  • Quiz: Model/Property release: Save your time
• Making more money from Stock Agencies
  • Brand Yourself / Your Agency
  • Summary: Market yourself / Brand yourself
  • Quiz: Making more money from stock agencies
• Money talk: how much you will earn?
  • Market Size: Stock Photography
  • Better stock sites for solid earnings
  • Stock Agency Earning Statistics
  • Earning breakdown: Shutterstock
• Keywording Properly
  • Invest time in proper metadata and keywording
  • Summary: Invest your time in proper metadata & keywording your photos
  • Summary: Don't spam keywords & description
  • Quiz: Keywording properly
• Learn to calibrate your monitor
  • What is monitor calibration?
  • Monitor calibration with physical devices
• Working with Image Rejection Issues: So will agencies accept more images
  • Working with image rejection issues
  • Summary: Working with image rejection issues
  • Quiz: Mastering Image Rejection Issues
• Bonus Section # Adobe Lightroom : Mastering Photo Editing
  • Introduction to Lightroom
  • Import Photos
  • Collections
  • White Balance
  • Color Corrections
  • Lens Correction
  • Sport Healer
  • Graduated Filter
  • Radial Filter
  • Adjustment Brush
  • Exporting
  • Working with Presets