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This is inspired by a post on Black Star Rising, about two recent job-posting for photographers. The short version: one job offered no compensation other than credit (this posted by a PR-firm on behalf of a “high-profile” client). After having written three paragraphs for a comment, I decided instead to post my thoughts here.
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Want to sell fewer images? Want your work to look like everyone else’s? Here are some subjects that might help. I typically see these from dabblers or newcomers to the microstock scene, and people who fail to realize that stock photography is commercial photography. Meaning that the photos are used to market and sell other [...]

One of the most inspiring things to me, is to connect to other creative people. It doesn’t matter which kind of creativity, really. It’s about the need to make things, tell stories and doing what you love. Another Passion is my latest ongoing project. It’s a collection of mostly interviews with diversely talented people who [...]

I am a man of many projects. As discussed before, I fully plan for most of my projects to either fizzle out or downright fail. One in ten is my personal success ratio, but instead of talking about the projects I have let go or failed on, I want to talk about what is going [...]

Microstock lures people in with the promise of easy money, but the exact amount you will be making very much depends on your approach. One of the greatest things about microstock photography, is that it is open to everyone with a camera. With minimal work, even your grandmother could get a portfolio started. However, there [...]

I recently asked you, my readers, to tell me what you want to see on the blog. Partly to get some inspiration, partly to get a feel for who my readers are. A total of 39 people took the time to rate 13 different post types. In retrospect, I should have included a 14th [...]