My first photo that was sold on shutterstock was made with a smartphone.

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Great! Yeah, phone photos can be very good! When I started, they were not accepting phone photos, but they lowered techincal requirements quite a lot from that time :)

@ydine1065

3 жыл бұрын

Can we make a fortune from that ?? Lol

@favouranthony3327

Жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzman I've tried uploading my photos but most websites won't accept it because the picture size is low How do I go about it

There’s so much info in the comments itself, bro replied to every single question in the comments and In detail. Keep up man!

@LukaAzman

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I try my best to answer every question, even a bit late sometimes :)

Very instructive video! Thank you! And, OMG, very fluent language! :) I know how hard it is to do that, so... respect!

@LukaAzman

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :) Yes, it is quite hard sometimes when you are not a native speaker, but I am getting better and better :)

Wow Luka, your video lighting looks amazing! I just subscribed, this channel looks awesome!

@LukaAzman

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I appreciate that! I am trying to deliver quality content, so I am glad you like it!

@jakeschannel1066

4 жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzman Your channel is going to grow so much in the next year, I know it! I just finished watching your 4 videos on stock photography and all of them are good quality and informative. Keep up the good work and thanks for the tips!

@LukaAzman

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much :)

Thanks for the useful info! Is it better to make horisontal pictures? Or vertical also acceptable? They are less "popular"?

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Both! I shoot almost everything horizontal, but yeah, some people also need vertical images. But if you have enough megapixels and you leave some space around your subject, horizontal images can be cropped into vertical images :) But yeah, I think best thing is to shoot both.

Thanks for the heads up.... Could you pls recomend an entry level / medium level cameras for landscaping photography...

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

I am glad you like it :) Well, that is really a tough question. Firstly because I am not really into entry level camera, secondly, I don't know your budgert, and thirdly, I think there is no bad cameras these days, especially for landscape photography, where you don't need crazy fast autofocus or similar. But I would go with something with 24MP or more, and focus more on lens then a camera. And of course in these times, I would go with mirrorless camera.

Sir which platform for selling contents support payeer or turst wallet as the payment?!

Great video Luka! You should show us what’s in your camera bag too! 😏

@LukaAzman

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! Thanks for the suggestion, I have that one on my list already :) I will do that one in next few weeks probably :)

@chrisjohnsson

4 жыл бұрын

Luka Ažman Nice! Looking forward to it.

Great videos! Can you make a video explaining your workflow with the footage? ;-)

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for suggestion! Yeah, I have that one on the list - both, for photos and videos, so, I will make it in the near future!

@olarozej9107

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzman thank you👍for the moment the post-production takes a lot of time for me so I would love to see how more experienced people do it😃👍

Thanks for your contents Luka.👍

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, I am glad that you find it useful 💪

Odličan video brate,pozdrav iz Srbije!

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Hvala Aleksandar! 💪

@aleksandarnikolic7453

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzman Nema na cemu brate, samo napred! 💪 Imam jedno malo pitanje, da li si mozda upucen da li i mi iz Srbije mozemo prodavati fotografije na ovaj nacin i da li stoga mozemo biti isplaceni bez ikakvih problema kada se proda fotografija?

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Izvini, nisam vidio ovaj reply! Da da, ima puno contributora iz Srbije, koji prodavaju fotke na iStocku, tako da nije uopšte problem!

@aleksandarnikolic7453

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzman Nema problema,hvala ti puno druže još jednom,fotografije i snimci koje praviš su odlični zaista perfektno!Sve pohvale,samo napred! 🙂

Hi Luka, I watched this video, thank you for content. I have a question about stock photography. I am experiencing the troubles you mentioned in your video. I cannot be very comfortable when taking photographs because the environment is disturbed by the camera with lenses from time to time. The machine I have is pretty good actually canon eos r but it feels difficult to transport and shoot. My only goal is to take stock photos, but I want to buy an iphone 12 pro max because it is comfortable and portable. Your opinion is very valuable to me. Because you are doing this job full time. my question is i think iphone 12 pro max would be enough for stock photography. It is advantageous as it can be carried around and ready to shoot at any time, but I wonder your opinion or suggestion about its technical competence. Thanks.

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Well, it really depends what you are shooting. But I would say NO to using iphone as your main camera for stock photography. Except if you are shooting with deep depth of field all the time and only at daytime. Let me give you few reasons: - Despite the fact that iphone has great cameras, images are still only 12MP big. - everything is sharp because of the small sensor (although the sensor on iphone 12 pro max is bigger), so you can't blur the background. Portrait mode on iphone is still not so good as on your eos r. I know that I rarely shoot higher than f2.8, because I love those blurry backgrounds. Specially if you are shooting a person in the city - if you are shooting with iphone, everything will be sharp, so you will also need model releases for all the recognizable people in the back. But if you shoot with your mirrorless camera, you can shoot at f1.8 for example, and the background will be blurred and people in back not recognizable. Also eos r is much much better in low light. So, yes, iphone can be great for places where you can't take your big camera, but I would not recommend to use it as your main camera.

Hi Luka, thank you for this helpful video! Is there a way to take iPhone photos in 300dpi, rather than the default 72dpi? I thought stock sites required all photos to be a minimum of 300dpi but can't find a way to take iPhone photos in this resolution.

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Actually it doesn't matter! 300 or 72dpi. Pixel number is still the same! That only matters if you want to print an image. If you want an image for a magazine, then you need 300 dpi, if you want to print a jumbo poster, then you need 72dpi. And you can set that in photoshop for exapmle. But for stock, no need to worry, resolution is still the same :)

@haiuong7246

Жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzman what's about ppi ?

Thank you for the info, can you tell us more about photos that we can see people faces?

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

I am not sure I know what you mean. Can you explain a little bit more? You mean about model and property releases?

Great video! What website would you recommend to sell the pictures on?

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Well I am selling images exclusively on iStock, but if you want to sell on multiple sites, I would suggest to start with iStock, Adobe Stock, Shutterstock.

Ljubljana

Thanks . very informative

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! 💪

Found this video very valuable

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, it is nice to hear that :)

Hi, Luka, thank you for the infos! Very helpful. Quick question, I'm using a samsung s21, in my case, do you think it would be better to stick to raw format and post process, or a jpeg with no post processing would be okay to send to a stock seller (e.g. shutterstock)??

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Well, it depends! Usually there are still things that you can improve in a photo, so I would never upload image directly from camera or smartphone.

Another reason...I don't have any money and my phone is all I have and it's not a great phone just an OPPO RENO 4Z which isn't great for detail. I don't even have enough money to live off and just want to know how to make money from my photos. I do nature photography but because I don't have transport or enough money to travel to different places I'm mostly limited to the area I live in.

@LukaAzman

Жыл бұрын

Well, your phone is a great way to start. It has 48mp camera, so that is more than enough. You can always shoot at home. Yourself, working from home, watching tv, gardening,... I do this all the time :) Of course, with a phone it is better to shoot outdoors, because image quality will be much better. Shoot your family, friends and just upload. You can also upload your nature photos, but there is so much really good photos already online, that it is very hard to compete with those.

I am thinking of starting stock photography with the iPhone xr. I know it cannot do as good as a camera. Can good work be done with xr as a new beginner?

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Well, if you don't have anything else, then do it, of course, you can also produce great images with iphone. But what I don't like about smartphones is that you can't blur the background like you would on dslr camera, so everything is sharp. And of course, in low light, the quality is very bad!

@TwoTwoThreeChris

3 жыл бұрын

@RG REJHO same exact boat

HI Luka, i watched the video MY qestion is where shall we sell our photography? if you let me know bw greatful. thanks

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Well, to start I would say istock, shutterstock and adobe stock. Later you can decide to join even more sites, or become exclusive on istock for example.

All off the top rated photos and videos filmed on mobile phone and other low quality camera: war, pursuit, robbery, murder, and so on.

Thank you

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome🙂

I love nature pic

2:36 what is the name of the website ?

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

That is StockPerformer - www.stockperformer.com/?ref=zskPfDalr It is not free, but I think it is the best way top analyze your sales!

I want to start uploading stock videos but i am scared of using FTP. how safe is it?

@LukaAzman

4 жыл бұрын

I am not using FTP, because I only upload to iStock and uploading through qHero or DeepMeta is very easy, so no need for FTP, but I was using it in the past. I used Filezilla, and I personally didn't have any bad experiences with it. I am not sure about safety, but a lot of people are using it, so I think it is fine.

@dinagalall

4 жыл бұрын

​@@LukaAzman Thank you! I appreciate your reply.

Amazing

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😀

@WakatobiMultimedia

3 жыл бұрын

Nice to meet you from wakatobi island

Nice

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

can u pass the webside where to sell those pic

@LukaAzman

9 ай бұрын

I sell my images on iStock.com

Thank you so much sir🙏🏼 👏👏👏🙂

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Most welcome

what app is this name?

@LukaAzman

Жыл бұрын

I am not sure which app are you referring to? I was using Filmic pro and Moment app for filming and Moment also for taking photos, and Lightroom for editing photos.

We stock the photos , after witch app we share this photos after make money? witch apps. are good choose?

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I don't understand your question 🙈

@leventkubilay

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzmanwith which apps and sites can we sell own photos?

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, ok, well, if you are just starting out, I would start with iStock, Adobe Stock and Shutterstock, but there are a lot of other sites, like Dreamstime, 123rf, Canstock,... Just type "microstock agencies" in google and you will get a lot of results :)

@leventkubilay

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukaAzman I am beginner this sites wants price or free everything

@LukaAzman

3 жыл бұрын

It is free to sell there, just sign up, upload sample images, and when you are accepted as a contributor, then you can upload and sell your images. All free, you don't have to pay anything.

Hi luka please can you help me?

2years later do you still think mobile phones can't match up to cameras these days luka? 😂

@LukaAzman

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I still think that. They are way better, and they have these amazing skills of computational photography and some other pretty cool stuff, but I recenty did some shoots with a phone, and still - dof, fast moving subjects, low light - you just can't get same results with a smartphone camera.

Who wants to be a part of the bro smp

This definitely wont work on Shutterstock...

@LukaAzman

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have heard they still have quite strict rules about noise and quality.