Microstock for Dummies
Microstock for Dummies makes me laugh but the books are really very informative and provide a quick burning in for any task that involves technical processes for successful achievement and adroit execution. The basic equipment for any Microstock legal image sales career is a camera, a memory card and some film or batteries and a charge, and off you go.
The Dummies Series always informs and keeps the reader elevating their technical knowledge and conceptual understanding as well. Many ideas and elements of picture taking may be intuitive, but technical assistance can make some good photos great. Â If this blog was about Microstock for Dummies, this is how it would read. (Certainly no one here is claiming a Microstock photographer is dumb).
Get a Camera You Can Use.
The worst mistake a blooming microstock photographer can make is to buy too much camera and have it as their only working image grabber. Too much camera is any camera that requires more time spent using the manual than the camera. It’s just a time taxing component of the job to learn about camera equipment working instead of using the time to grab great shots.
After a while, the microstock photographer’s talent, knowledge expertise and interest will operate to check out more features, extended lenses, and shutter speeds and aperture details unique to certain camera brands and manufacturers. But trying to impress the world at large and getting bogged down with unneeded features makes a very unhappy Microstocker.
Upgrade Bit by Bit
Instead of blowing your credit card limit on a deluxe super camera capable of overtaking a small planet or conquering the world, review the camera and photography features you use most. Which types of pictures are you NOT getting? Why? Is the functionality of those features on your current camera not smooth? Â The goal is to get a camera you can utilize over many target market niches.
Supplement a great camera you use now with one that provides new features, more storage, better resolution, more optical and lens choices, and gives a different “finish†than your current camera. If you don’t have digital video, look for a camera with this element and accompanying software. If you have limited telephoto or landscape options currently, look at cameras that stitch together the images to make a panorama. Longer charge time or a better interface/screen will work too.
Use The Camera(or Return It)
Cameras make great gifts but they often get thrown into drawers(or even stay in the gift box) for much longer than nature intended. If your gift camera or splurge model does not see the light of day inside the first month you own it, you got the wrong camera. There may be nothing wrong with the camera, it just wasn’t designed with your optimum usability profile in mind.
Take it back to the store or online vendor for a credit toward a model you will use. Not every camera fits every photographer, witness the variety of types, styles, manufacturers, and combination of features. If you can’t find the receipt, swap it or sell it on Ebay and get the one that jumps in the car with you (or stays inside your back) every time you leave the house.
