In micro stock photography, access and proximity makes you money. Having the image everybody wants, now or in future will pay off. But first you have to put yourself in a position to get the shots nobody else has. Get roving and put yourself in new venues to get new shots. Plot your micro stock trajectory along new paths.
Get critiques and feedback online and get the skinny on what kind of photography “survey says” you are best at. Concentrate on those market and promotion sources for revenue. Bring on the marketing plan and schedule long and short term goals. A short term goal might be one style and beauty image sold, and a long term goals might be a monetary figure for overall sales total in cash.
The online tools most easy to use can reap a lot of value for very little hands on investment. The Kodak Gallery is one I can’t do without. The Kodak Easyshare software comes with a Kodak camera but also should be downloadable online. The felxibility in marketing the Kodak Gallery portion of the application allows uploading and instant login to your Gallery albums from the computer resident program.
Not sure to believe all the hype about D-SLRs? Want to go old school on a travel walkabout grabbing shots with a long focus or extreme wide angle lens? Or maybe you have your eye on some local exterior locations that cry out for a special lens and more light control and aperture mechanism customized settings than your smart camera will allow?
The Challenges at www.dpchallenge.com make it amusing to dive through your image portfolio and come up with submissions.there is a challenge for cliche images, one for perspective images from the ground up, and “Free Study” challenge options. These challenges also make quick freelance assignments for your photo walkabouts. If you happen not to have a viable community or peers for your personal photography mission, check into www.dpchallenge.com for some serious “me” time as a photography professional. Each blurb window shows how many people have submitted an image to that Challenge