Comments on: Stock Photography Agencies for Amateur Photographers

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:14:09 +0000

Interesting article. I think for and amateur photographer that does want to make a little money with photos, then your best choice from this list would be CutCaster. I would never consider a site like FotoLibra where you have to pay to upload your images. Agencies should make their money from selling images, and not from there contributors. Here is a list of microsotck agencies http://stock.hlehnerer.com/SA.html For a more deatailed list (I am still working on this list) go to http://microstockagencies.blogspot.com/

By: Vitezslav Valka

Vitezslav Valka — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:23:02 +0000

Interesting read Dean. It is actually nice to so see the colors of the microstock market. We at Pixmac tend to focus on buyers and by that we hopefully satisfy photographers like Yuri Arcurs or Dolgachov.

So far it is working. And so Pixmac is currently one of those successful startups that grows pretty well...

By: Duane Stevens

Duane Stevens — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:14:27 +0000

I received an email from FarmBoy Arts in early 2010 that said they were not accepting new photographers.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:33:22 +0000

Great article... there are so many options out there now, but to me the trend really is moving to more of these smaller 'boutique' agencies that focus on a specific topic (like photoresearchers) or self-representation and self-marketing to a client group. In the long run, I think the "upload and forget about it" agencies will disappear or are devolving into crowd-sourced content. Professional or aspiring professional photographers are looking for other options like what's presented here... great!

I'm personally giving Photoshelter a shot:

http://www.stock.mattjacques.com

By: film earth

film earth — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:29:00 +0000

Our new site filmearth.com posts lists of buildings and landmarks that we will pay $25.00-$100.00 each.

All our users have to do is register for free, reserve an object from our specific list, photograph 360 degrees around the building/object, upload to our FTP or by using a web-upload site and we pay quickly via paypal/ western union/check, etc. very quickly and have a payment confirmation que so you can check on your payment status.

We post our new locations up on our by country twitter accounts (also always up on our home page once logged in) for our users to reserve, right now we have hundreds of active users who are happy with our payment turnaround and compensation.

*this does not require a professional photographer or pro equipment, just point and shoot 4 MP or greater!

By: Becky Parker

Becky Parker — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:18:32 +0000

A new site to add to the list: http://www.focalpop.com.

Similiar to stock or mictostock except that the buyer describes their photo needs and price and then photographers can browse buyers' requests and submit photos that fit the bill.

By: J-F Maion

J-F Maion — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:33:34 +0000

Re your own stock website, affordably:

PhotoDeck (http://www.photodeck.com) will surprise you

By: Rahul Pathak

Rahul Pathak — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:46:23 +0000

Nice post, Dean. I had written a post on our blog about direct licensing which might be helpful to your readers.

http://blog.lookstat.com/2009/09/29/licensing-your-stock-images-directly-what-really-matters/

By: Louis Cayle

Louis Cayle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:54:16 +0000

well this is not the most complete list but it was useful

http://www.profotos.com/education/referencedesk/stockagencies/index.shtml

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:29:13 +0000

Thanks for this post; it's very helpful. This is something that I wanted to get involved in this year.

Thanks again.

By: Bla Bla

Bla Bla — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:44:16 +0000

Great article! Thanks. Would also be nice if there was a summary table of most of the stock sites for comparison. But this is good information nevertheless