PantherMedia and NaturFoto Launch Photo Competition

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 57 Words | Posted 4/29/2009 | Comments

2008 Income Survey: Averages and Top Producers

By Jim Pickerell | 815 Words | Posted 4/29/2009 | Comments (1)
The average annual earnings of photographers responding to the 2008 Selling Stock self-employed photographer income survey are $110,409, leaving out the top five producers whose earnings are uncharacteristically large. Of this, the average annual stock income was $65,475, which means that 41% of photographers' freelance revenues come from something other than the licensing of rights to stock images.

Vaughan Shortlisted for Entrepreneurship Award

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 132 Words | Posted 4/28/2009 | Comments
Image Source founder Christina Vaughan has been shortlisted for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The honor is part of the Asian Women of Achievement awards, which identify Asian women making a significant contribution to British life.

THP Signs Members from Italy, South Africa

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 53 Words | Posted 4/28/2009 | Comments

Fotolia Launches Video

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 56 Words | Posted 4/28/2009 | Comments

Micro Supplier LookStat Raises $500K in Funding

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 185 Words | Posted 4/27/2009 | Comments
LookStat, an online startup serving microstock photographers, has announced it has closed a round of financing with $500 in venture capital. The Seattle technology company offers a Web-based service that allows microstock contributors to track their sales by image at multiple sites.

Readymade Images Exclusive at Plainpicture

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 32 Words | Posted 4/27/2009 | Comments

Picturehouse Chicago Sold Out for Fourth Year

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 75 Words | Posted 4/27/2009 | Comments

2008 Income Survey Results

By Jim Pickerell | 3437 Words | Posted 4/27/2009 | Comments
The results of Selling Stock’s 2008 self-employed photographer income survey compared to the 2007 results are disappointing on several fronts. First, we only had 136 responses this year compared with 238 in 2007. Many factors could have contributed to this, but the 2008 data must be viewed as having less validity. Nevertheless, as we parse the data there are some interesting nuggets of information.

Gulfimages Invites Contributions

By Julia Dudnik Stern | 93 Words | Posted 4/24/2009 | Comments
Dubai-based Arabic stock library Gulfimages has launched Upload, a portal that will accept contributions from professional, semi-professional and hobbyist photographers.

About Michael Masterson

Michael Masterson has a broad range of experience in marketing, business development, strategic planning, contact negotiations and recruiting in the photography, graphic design and publishing industries. In addition to his long experience at the Workbook and Workbookstock, Masterson owned and was creative director of his own graphic design firm for several years.

Masterson has been a speaker or panelist at industry events such as Seybold, PhotoPlus Expo, Visual Connections and the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) national conference. He is currently the national president of the American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP). He also serves on the board of the Silver Lake Neighborhood Council in his Los Angeles community. He chaired the marketing committee for the Los Angeles Conservancy, a historic preservation advocacy group, for many years.

He currently heads Masterson Consulting, working on projects ranging from business development for creative companies and sourcing talent for them to promoting and marketing industry events as well as providing resume and professional profile services for job-seekers. He can be reached at zvpunryqznfgrefba@tznvy.pbz.