Rasmus Rasmussen dot com

Okay, so this is the official re-launch of rasmusrasmussen.com, even though I’m not technically re-launching anything. Taking the blog out of hiatus, is what I’m doing. Here is the post, where I explain why it died down in the first place, and what you can expect from the future.

First up, I have been posting regularly over on zoom-in.com, which has been great (and still is). As much fun as that is though, some of the photography related posts that might have ended up here, have been posted there. And while this was all still very new, I was also in the process finishing up a novel in Danish. Needless to say, that’s a lot of work.

I am not going to bore you too much with the distractions of my life. Except to say, that a recent roadtrip from Seattle to Jacksonville and back (image above), has served to revitalize and inspire. And that is something I will be bringing here.

The Microstock Photographer’s Guide has two more articles to go, before the planned series is complete, and I am very open to questions and suggestions (hint) that go beyond these articles. I have some ideas on how to flesh it out and tie it together, to better fit the book form, I eventually want is to take. Adding a few how-to examples and using other sources and material is part of that. But for now, the final two articles are waiting for be posted here and will be, within the next few weeks.

Don’t expect a daily posts here, though. One or two a week is more my style. Also, I may drift away from the topic of photography from time to time. There have been several occasions, where I’ve been wanting to post about other things, though most other topics are still related in some way, at least to creativity, productivity and culture.

I am excited to be back, and hope new readers will consider subscribing to the RSS feed or drop back in some time.

Since June I have been posting weekly articles about stock photography right here on the blog. Each post has had a different theme and focus, and I have been telling friends and co-workers about my ultimate plan for this project since the beginning: To write a book about stock photography, using this place to publish the first draft as I finish itr, in a series of articles.

Do I have a publisher connected to the project? No, and I haven’t done anything to find one either. My priority has been to produce the articles on a somewhat regular basis. If you’re a publisher who likes my stuff, go ahead and send me an offer I can’t refuse. Actually, I won’t rule out some kind of self-publishing, if that’s what ends up looking like the best option. The important thing is to get it off my chest and out to those who might find use for it.

So, why am I doing this? Obviously, I am doing this because I think there is a market for it, but money is not my motivation here. So far, I have only made a few cents off of visitors clicking on my Google ads, hardly making up for the hours spent writing. I am writing this because there are thousands of people wanting to get into microstock photography, and most of them have the same questions and doubts, and they tend to make the same mistakes over and over. It’s my hope, that I can help these people get a good head start.

My years of inspecting other people’s images behind the scenes at iStockphoto has taught me many things, which I am only too happy to share. There are things I can’t reveal about the actual inspection process, but I promise that with the tips and pointers in these articles, you will have an easier time getting your images approved. Because of my background with iStock, that is also the agency I am focusing on in my writing.

The book does not have a title yet, not even a working one, but I can reveal that all the chapters were outlined even before I published the first post. Also, the individual posts will be edited to fit book-form, once I reach that point. Any ideas and suggestions are welcome along the way.

At this moment, I would like to thank all those who have helped spread the word, linked to the posts and the blog, clicked the ads and offered feedback. It’s great to see that my work is appreciated.