Each month I report my earnings from online sales and licensing of my digital photos and videos and have been doing so for over 16 years now! A long time in this challenging industry, but a rewarding one. I just noticed that my total earnings since I started in 2008 are now $492,443. I guess a party is in order when I reach $500,000 which is probably going to be in August this year. Getting me closer to that target...

My process of using Lightroom as my master database of keywords and titles makes my use of AI a bit complex. In my new project to break into the B2B consultants market, I used ArtushVision AI as many stock photographers do – just keyword the JPEGs.

In my last post, I did a deep dive into how I am using ArtushVision AI to automate my Lightroom Classic keywording workflow for stock photography. It solved a massive headache by reading and writing directly to .XMP sidecar files—meaning my RAW files stay untouched and I don’t have to export a single JPEG just to generate keywords. It works just as well for those who just keyword the JPEGs for upload to the agencies. But as any photographer who...

The latest installment of my monthly reports on making money from the online sale and licensing of photography. March has been what I would call an Okay Month. Total earnings ended up at $2625 mainly due to a fall off in print sales in March. I’ll talk about that later in the report. But first, as they say on the news, the numbers! Growth in Total Earnings from Photography Although March was better than 2024, that is about all we...