Micro Silver Screen
A lot of people ask me how to work online and be self employed using the Internet. To quote an industry blurb on Gary Vaynerchuk, Using the Internet for employment without Facebook or Youtube is working in a state of denial. Yet so many people I meet who steadfastly maintain they have what it takes to do business online refuse to engage with these excellent Internet marketing tools.
Marketing is essential when working on the Internet. Absent lengthy phone conversations and video chats, a marketing Youtube of you discussing your services or a slideshow of you may work with audio enhancement can sell your services more successfully and more efficiently. Marketing is any communication that distributes information about the quality of the products or services you offer.
For photography, knowing when a shot or image communicates more than the two dimensional parsing of its subject is the key to making money online. Low cost legal imagery can be straightforward simple subject photography or provocative photo essays. Slide shows and portfolios of images can do the marketing you need to get vital first commissions and image taking assignments.
The Internet is not a slot machine, and using an online portal or micro stock vending site to earn money won’t happen overnight. Learning the ropes of each particular vending portal of low cost legal images is necessary. Using tutorials and reading Frequently Asked Questions for each micro stock site is essential.
Every submittal is liable for tax on earnings and proof of originality. Awareness of how much revenue comes from which types of photographs will guide the beginning micro stock phorographer to their niche.
Micro stock imagery is often a commentary on subject matter. The above image is a picture from a movie with Rock Hudson and Sandra Dee. Taken alone, the freeze frame is a simple image capture. Yet a revieww of the focal details yields interesting motifs. Rock Hudson is a famous gay man who sent his entire career closeted.
In this image, the Rock Hudson character is kissing Gina Lollobrigida, an Italian sex symbol. The pink hat is a curious comment on Hudson’s heterosexual sex appeal, and the comic daring of Hudson shows what an underrated talent he had. Working with Hollywood icons and imagery can be rewarding and very popular. But overtaking previous material is essential.
Finding shots like this can make a great lead in portfolio or banner of shots framed to let observers and visitors to a website see your talent.
