Microstock Photographer’s Guide

The Expanded Microstock Photographer’s Guide

This edition is 152 pages long and contains the original 16 chapters plus another 12 articles. The book is based on the contents of this blog and covers more information on niches, copyright and what it takes to make it into the microstock elite. Click the button below to purchase your copy (digital download, $8.50). Payment is handled by PayPal and the PDF is delivered via e-Junkie, both are safe and your personal information is never seen by me or anyone else.

Original Series

This guide is aimed at amateur and semi-pro photographers who want to get into stock photography, specifically microstock. I focus on iStockphoto.com in particular, where I sell my own images and have worked behind the scenes for a good handful of years. However, I do aim to give advice usable on any microstock site. Luckily, iStockphoto has the highest quality standards of all the agencies.

Each part of the series was published as I wrote them, making them appear in reverse order on the blog. This page lists the series in order, hopefully making the series more accessible to newcomers (welcome).

If you would like to get in touch with me about stock photography, this series or just because, feel free to send an e-mail to rasmus [at] theprintphotography [dot] com.

The Microstock Photographer’s Guide

Comments, suggestions and examples of work, inspired by these articles, are more than welcome.

If you prefer, you can download the original series in one print-friendly pdf-document for free — but if you want a little more, consider purchasing the Expanded edition, which holds 12 more chapters to help you succeed. See above for details.

I would like to thank everyone who have shown their support in one form or another, including my fellow iStockers, the admin and inspector team and all those who were kind enough to help out with comments and ideas along the way.