I have been taking photos of birds , still or bif, for several years as an amateur photographer. Because of relocation and aging, I haven’t been able to find a jobs that pays decent for a while. Photography has been a hobby in the past, and now I am going to have to use it to cover some living cost. The information of stock photography you put here is very informative and helpful. Thank you!

@wollertz

21 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment! Best of luck and remember this takes a bit of time and dedication, but it is totally worth it in my opinion!

"One link at a time". Great video once again! Great explanations and examples. I get so much out of your videos every time. Hope you keep going.

@wollertz

10 күн бұрын

One week at a time 😅. On going on 4 years and hope to keep going for as long as I can 😁 Thanks for the comment!

Wow awesome brother ! You are very encouraging for us amateurs !!! Keep um coming bro ! Blessings to you and your family !

@wollertz

8 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! 🙌

You are amazing! Thank you for sharing your experience ! And the chain is awesome 👏

@wollertz

13 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

Again great Video! I learn and learn more from your advices! Motivates me to do more and invest more time and effort in it! By the way I love this wooden chain! Take photos of this and I guess they will also sell!👍😉

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Stock can be fun, and yes when I finish the chain I will take some pics 😁

Great video Charles. Your videos are always interesting and educational but seeing real comparisons is even better.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much. This was the 3rd video I watched on this subject. Your video was extremely helpful.

@wollertz

Ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the comment!

Love it. It's amazing what sales and what doesn't. Upload everything, as long as it a quality image.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

100% we just never know, If the image is clear upload it 🤷‍♂

Your videos are getting extremely interesting to watch, pretty cool how you have so many things happening at once, and leading a game play at the same time. Your images look so simple and easy to take but the most difficult part for me is to come up with something creative as you. Really appreciate all your knowledge, time you put in to share and make it interesting for the viewer. Following for more to come. Thank you

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment! It is very motivating 😅. I keep trying to keep it fresh, short and to the point so comments like this are amazing, I did what I set out to do on this one 😁. Thanks again!

Thank you so much. This video was great confirmation that I can shoot what I enjoy and someone somewhere will find use for it. The lifestyle nuances zapped the excitement out of it for me.

@wollertz

Ай бұрын

100% Different levels to this stock thing, no need to loose interest, focus on what you like and be great at it!

Great photographs and an interesting wooden chain, Thanks Charlie!!

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

That’s for the comment! It’s fun to revisit photos and sales, I haven’t Been paying attention, these videos make me look at the details 😅

That wooden chain was amazing! You're very talented! Great video!

@wollertz

14 күн бұрын

Thanks so much! 😁

It's very kind of you to share your tipics, especially given the viewers could become your competitors! Also nice to see you know your way around a chainsaw!

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that! Theres a large enough market for all of us 😁

I really like and enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing!

@wollertz

15 күн бұрын

You are welcome. Thanks so much for the comment!

Excellent advice and so well presented. Liked and subscribed. Thanks!

@wollertz

14 күн бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thank you for this. I got them all right! I was feeling a bit disheartened that my camera (and skills) are not good enough so it was great you said that about the cameras. I'm going to get going anyway now and see what I can do! You really honoured that tree with the chain. Amazing. I like how you left it on the trunk.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! In the past I’ve made a big deal about the gear, the reality is better gear makes it easier to get better pictures but it is not a requirement, learn about your gear and use it where it’s best, and avoid its limitations, it’s it’s bad in low light, avoid those situations, if your lens distorts the corners at wider apertures, try not using those apertures you will avoid frustration and save time! Best of luck!!

@OrigamiCalm

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertz Thank you! My camera isn't terrible.. 24MP Nikon D5300 and I have some nice lenses. Ok, I know to avoid the bad light and will now check for the distortion. I appreciate your reply. I hope to upgrade very soon. .am researching at the moment. Thank you for all your videos!

Chain looks greet Charlie and video also great as always.Thank you for sharing.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! I had fun on this one! 😁

Love your chain. Great advice demonstrated in a fabulous way. I need to get started properly, I have around 82 photos in Shutterstock from 2 years ago, I only sent them in because I wanted to know if I could take good enough photos but now I’ve started checking out videos with a view to actually attempting to make a little money, I found that 3 of my 82 sold for 42 cents 😅 when I logged on about 14 months ago. Hopefully if I take the good advice people like yourself have been passing on I might actually receive a cheque one day 😊

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I had fun making this video 😁. It will take more photos, and it definitely takes consistency, the algorithm will favor you if you upload on a weekly schedule.

Tnx, another inspirational video for me. It reminds me of uploading more photo's of the same shoot because of the numbers game. I'm always worried that they are not good enough, but guess what, they almost always get accepted. I have a portfolio of only just about 130 images on adobe ( just started out) and made my first 100 bucks, yay! That's at least encouraging enough to get on with it. :D

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thats Awesome!! Congratulations. Its a "rule" that to make $100 you need 1000 images! you are doing amazing!!

Hi, thanks for the video! Please tell us which stock sell better? Can you spot differences in styles per stocks? Which stock works for you best?

Thanks for showing how really normal things can drive sales! ❤

@wollertz

20 күн бұрын

You are welcome! yes, anything can sell, but it takes time and numbers, lots of photos to get noticed. 😁

Thanks for the video. That's a great chain :)

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Love the content and the idea. It is test our sense as photographer and understanding client/buyer's need. Never see photo comparison content before. I wanna ask something out of topic. Should we opt out the data licensing program?

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! As far as the data licensing, that is personal, these are images that otherwise would be rejected and now they have the potencial of generating income. I received $12 today from data licenses, not a lot but I also don't have that many photos in this category 🤷‍♂️

Interesting video showing what you sold more of. The internet has been both a blessing and a curse for photographers however. Yes, it makes getting your work out there much easier than it used to be but as far as making serious money on sales, stock agencies have killed it for us. It used to be photographers would get paid hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a single photo now the game has changed and the advantage is for the stock agencies. They make the big bucks for our hard work and pay us pennies so it requires hundreds of downloads of a photo for us to make pennies on the dollar. I was contacted by a magazine that wanted to purchase some of my photos but rather than writing up a contract to me directly, the art director wanted me to upload the photos to the stock agency the magazine worked with so it would be easier for her. I wound up telling her thanks but no thanks. She would have wound up paying the agency close to what I wanted to make on the photos but again, the agency would have made the lions share of the money for my hard work and paid me the scraps. I suppose stock is ok for residual income but it takes a long time to get any traction and the requirements of so many of the agencies and the low payment percentages make it very disheartening. But a couple hundred dollars here and there comes in handy for a nights hotel stay or some piece of inexpensive gear every now and then.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment! I know the industry has changed a lot, and it is a rat race and a numbers game today, and thats not even getting into what AI is going to do to the industry in general. But don't let the small numbers fool you, On average I sill make around $15000 a year form this. and I figured out I probably average about 10 hours a week that Ive dedicated to Stock Photography for the last 14 years.

Just the best mate thanks 👍

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

I appreciate it, thanks for the comment!

Great tips! I just got started on Shutterstock last October, and I have a little under 50 photos in my portfolio. I’m still relatively new and was worrying how long it will take, or until how many pictures do you think it will take till some pictures start selling? Could you also explain what it means when photos are used for data licensing? Thanks so much, love your videos!

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

That is awesome! It takes a few months to make sales and to make a steady income you will need a few thousand images, data licensing means the photo is going to be used to train AI and not be placed for sale, It is an image that would have been rejected for any reason, but instead they are going to use it as training and compensate you via the contributor fund if it is used.

@nookshorts1659

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertz sounds good, thank you for the info!

I only got one right. Ouch! Good lesson.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Aweosme! Thanks for sharing! I keep trying to find more difficult choices 😁

The chain is super cool!

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@SquirrelTheBaby

21 күн бұрын

Totally

Thanks Charles for sharing what sells and, as you say, some images keep selling in spite of being very ordinary. Lots of ideas there in your video. When you give your sales/downloads figures, over what period are we talking about? Which are your top selling agencies? The rpd from SS is so small now, exceptions apart.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! To get to the hundreds in sales in my experience takes a few years, 3 to 5 with a few exceptions, but then you do a photoshoot each week, for 5 years, think of the sales… and reoccurring sales… as far as best sellin agencies definately SS, followed by Adobe and then Getty

the chain just sort of adds another skill apart from photography.. lol very informative video.. could you tell me please what site you upload to for stock photography? or should i say which companies works out better in our favour?

@wollertz

9 күн бұрын

Thanks so much. I have links to the agencies in the video description. Lately the best ones have been Adobe, shutterstock and Getty. Best of luck! 😁

My best seller in terms of numbers so far is a flooded road with a road closed sign and barrier.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

It’s a perfect stock photo! We forget and try to do pretty images for stock, what sells is lifestyle and everyday things 🤷‍♂️

That is why you upload both versions.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

upload as much as you can!

Nice video sir! On which stock sites you work?

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Check the links in the video description!

Amazing information 👏👏👏👏👏

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

@WondersofHimalayas

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertz most welcome 🙌

Thanks!

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

🙏

Hi charlie what platform do you use when you sell a photos ?

@wollertz

Ай бұрын

I have links to the agencies I use in the description, but the best ones are Adobe, Shutterstock and getty. That could change, but right now they are my best performers

Hi Charles, when uploading pictures of city landmarks or other known locations/attractions, do you think I should include their proper names or should I just use more generic terms? For example, instead of using the name 'Golden Gate Bridge' should I describe it simply as 'bridge'? Or when I have a photo of a city skyline, should I refer to it as "Toronto skyline" or simply "City skyline"? Great content out there, I'm starting with stock photography and I find your videos really helpful, thanks!

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

I had to go back and look at some of mine, It is a good Idea to use the names of places specially if they are the focus of the photo. I have sold many images of the golden gate as RF now, when I went to Las Vegas and did a whole series of photos of the buildings, they were all rejected for lack of property release, So I had to upload the city images as editorial and they continue to sell a few years later. The city of London and smaller towns in Scotland I just went ahead and uploaded them as editorial. Anytime you can recognize private property you will need a release for RF, bur editorial license is totally different and you can still make good sales this way. Hope this helps, Best of luck!

@Damian-lu8sx

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertz This is really helpful, I really appreciate the detailed response. Thank you so much! :)

I missed the Seaweed 😮

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

It’s good to have options!

Thank you for the video. Wow. I couldn’t even imagine that even white balance could be so important. How do those who buy photos understand where white balance is good? They are usually not professional photographers. It's a mystery😶

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

The photo has to look good to fit their project, if it looks to yellow or to green they will pass and look for a different one. 🤷‍♂️

@user-sl2po1xg3i

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertz My facial expression🙈 when I realize what my white balance was wrong before this video. Thanks again🙂

Impressive carving skills 😳. Is it for bigfoot?

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

It Is, Bambi wanted to offer is to her friend BF as a birthday present. They go way back aparently

@therealRunningwithPaul

3 ай бұрын

@wollertz Wow! Bambi gets what Bambi wants, I guees.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

I didn't know there was an option 🤔@@therealRunningwithPaul

@therealRunningwithPaul

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertz 🤣

I didn't watch past the intro, where somehow 131 sales of a shot with a happy and confident looking dog managed to only make a few quid more than 128 less sales of an unwelcoming and depressed looking dog in a badly composed snapshot...

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Its all about usage and not quality

Please use an eye shield protector.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! The glasses y was using are certified protective eyewear 😁

@larryglatt2548

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertzAs a person who has worked with dangerous materials & jobs those glasses aren't large enough to protect the entire face enough.

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

not the face, just the eyes, Thanks again, I will look for a bit more, I never thought of my face 😅

@larryglatt2548

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertzYou bet, save that pretty face buddy

@larryglatt2548

3 ай бұрын

@@wollertz Thanks for all your help

131 download within 1 month?

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

Not usually, it depends on the subject and what’s happening in the world. These are for the lifetime of the photo, some have been up for 10 years and some for 2 years

👍🏻

@wollertz

3 ай бұрын

🙌🏼