Comments on: Professional Photographers Turn to Microstock

By: Steve Debenport

Steve Debenport — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:57:51 +0000

Good article. It's hard to tell what the stock world will look like in a few years, but I do think RM will not go away. It may be reduced more, but I think there will always be a need for exclusive photo licenses. By the way, I could see an future article entitled "Microstock Photographers turn Professional." ( word-play on this title )

By: microstockphoto

microstockphoto — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:55:07 +0000

Nice article. Glad to see that professional photographers are ready to experiment with new ways of selling pictures: professionalism is in making photos - and no doubt yours are great - regardless of how they are being sold.

By: Cherry

Cherry — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:22:40 +0000

Thanks for this post, it made me rethink some strategies. I suppose the combination of micro stock and traditional stock could be the best bet these days.

By: lolo

lolo — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:13:59 +0000

Interesting article. Moving of photographers the other way also exist i.e microstock photographers who as they develop their skills and porfolio start sending their pictures to RM agencies.
You are mentioning Shutterstock’s 144,000 contributors but I bet they are a lot less than that if you consider the ones who gave up on submitting and the ones who never get accepted as contributors but who are registered initially....
L