Steve Pigeon welcomed Ellen Boughn to Creastock, a wholly owned microstock subscidiary of Toronto-based Masterfile.
The Picture Licensing Universal System Coalition says the PLUS
Registry—a resource that promises to connect images, rights holders and
rights information—will launch this fall.
Jim Pickerell has released a new e-book.
Secrets To Building A Successful Photography Career
examines recent changes in the photography business environment, from
technological improvements to the introduction of microstock and the
availability of free images.
Fotolia has partnered with online artist community deviantART to launch a
stock offering within the deviantART network. The arrangement has
benefits on both sides: 15-million-member-strong deviantART represents
what the two partners say is the largest online aggregation of
microstock users. At the same time, Fotolia can help artist-members of
this community monetize their own work.
Everyday artists are being instructed by experts how to promote their
art business online, in social media and in all ways digitally. The
experts espouse these “must do’s and must have’s” on how an artist
should market themselves virally. Yes, digital marketing is extremely
important, but artists should not forget to market and promote
themselves offline as well. Marketing offline is another way to drive
traffic to an artist’s website and help to create new business
opportunities. Overall, offline marketing helps to make sales and to
brand the artist and their artwork.
Former president of the Stock Artists Alliance Shannon Fagan will chair
the newly established Stock Imaging License Committee of the American
Society of Media Photographers. Fagan will moderate the new ASMP stock-photo listserv community, write for the Strictly Business Blog and speak at the 2011 Strictly Business 3 conferences.
PicScout’s Image Tracker software has helped Glen Carner’s Hawaiian Art
Network dramatically grow revenue in less than a year by locating
infringements and assisting in the collection of appropriate fees for
unauthorized uses. Currently, revenue recovered from infringements
accounts for about 50% of Hawaiian Art Network’s income.
This is the second of five articles where Dan Bailey discusses what it takes to make the jump from amateur photographer to pro and work towards making a living with photography. This article focuses on the types of gear and professional expertise you'll need to gain as you make the transition. In future articles, he'll discuss, Marketing and Self-Promotion, The Business of Photography and how to put it all together and get started in a photography career.