Posted by Andrew on July 04th 2011
There’s little doubt that microstock is a contentious topic. On one hand, it gets the blame for placing downward pressure on the prices of stock photographs, to the detriment of photographers who make their living this way.
On the other hand, it receives credit for giving photographers, especially those new to the vocation, the opportunity to take some of their photos to the market and see if anyone is willing to pay for them (admittedly sometimes at ‘bargain basement’ prices). And it may lead to bigger things – there are photographers who started out at iStockPhoto who have been taken on by Getty, its parent company. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Andrew on June 07th 2011
The latest Craft & Vision eBook is something a little different from the others. The newest release – (Micro)stock: From Passion to Paycheck, written by Peachpit author and photographer Nicole S. Young – delves into the murky and controversial world of microstock; or more specifically (and more pertinently to most) how to make money from it.
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Posted by Andrew on January 29th 2011
Stuart Sipahigil made a big impact with the release of Close to Home – Finding Great Photos in your own Backyard on Craft & Vision. The theme of revitalising your photography by learning to make photos close to where you live, rather than thinking you have to go to exciting or exotic locations, seems to have resonated with photographers struggling with the issue of finding interesting subjects to photograph.
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Posted by Andrew on December 16th 2010
As a Craft & Vision author I look forward to new eBooks as much as anybody else. I like discovering the work and words of new (to me) photographers. Light and Land – the latest release – was a real surprise. I’d never heard of author Michael Frye before, but I was so impressed by what I read in Light and Land that I borrowed his book Digital Landscape Photography from my local library. I’m part way through reading it now and it’s one of the best photography books I’ve read.
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Posted by Andrew on November 25th 2010
Think of any photographer whose work you admire and the chances are that you are drawn to it because of the way they express their creative vision. There’s something about their images that draws you in and gives you a glimpse of something that’s deeper and wider than simply the sum of the compositional elements.
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