I had about 10 or more vector images and still keeping up with the hopes for sales, I started adding more and had even more sales. Only recently did I start with Shutterstock. I am researching on stock image sites and just stumbled over this conversation 🙂 It took me a couple weeks to get a foggy morning to shoot this shot. As for me, my journey into stock photography was over before it ever started. Maybe you'll hit it big, but you will most likely be able to earn more money with photography by shooting weddings or advertising. My point in writing this article is actually somewhat of a warning to other photographers who are interested in starting out in stock photography. Older contributors to stock agencies such as istockphoto receive a larger percentage of the sale, and their photos rank higher in search rankings because of their downloads. There are many photographers who shoot exclusively stock and earn a decent living doing it however, I am beginning to doubt whether it could be a viable career for someone just starting out with stock photography. I am not saying that it is impossible to earn money with stock photography. I specifically took these pictures because I was told that food photography and sports photography were two hot areas for stock photography. I know what you're thinking… “Wow, your pictures must have been pretty bad!” I'll let you be the judge of that. Certainly not worth the effort to pursue any further. Guess how many sales I made? ONE! Yes, one lonely sale. I sold about 8-10 photos on many agencies for two or three months. However, times have changed.įor me, however, that was not the case. I thought that was pretty good, since it could bring in $1,000 per month if I uploaded a portfolio of 1,000 images. I became interested in stock photography in 2011 when I heard from an istock exclusive photographer that she was earning about $1 per month, per photo. The real question is how much money a photographer can earn by selling with istockphoto or another stock photo agency.
I was going to write a blogpost explaining which stock photo agency was best to sell with, but my experience changed the nature of the article. My Personal ExperienceĪ couple months ago, I tried to upload about 8 stock photos to all the different stock photo agencies: istockphoto, Adobe Stock, shutterstock, bigstock, canstock, etc.
This obviously depends on many factors, including how many agencies you upload to, your skill in keywording, and the uniqueness of the images. In general, stock photos earn approximately 25-45 cents per image, per month. But most photographers wonder how much you can really expect to earn from selling stock photography. I've submitted photos to stock only a few times since I began in 2011, but I've recently gained more interest and am about to do a huge upload of about 1,000 stock-worthy images. I have always been interested in stock photography.
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