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Update on Stock Photography Earnings – January 2011

After a pretty disappointing December, my faith in Stock Photography has been reignited by roaring January Sales! Helped by some large value sales on Alamy, Veer and CanStockPhoto, I managed to break the $600 barrier for the first time ever. I’ll post some of the larger sales shortly, but for now, here is the graph of sales against each of the stock photography sites. As ever, if you choose to have a go at Stock Photography, don’t hesitate to ask...

Content-rich web sites / Small Business / Stock Photography

Selling on Zazzle

As I mentioned last year, I’ve been putting products on Zazzle – a print on demand on-line shopping site where you upload images and design products, but Zazzle does all the selling and product fulfillment. I’ve had some success with my award winning 2011 Kauai Calendar, but less success on the other products. I’ve decided to continue to work on it in 2011, and specialize in a few niches rather than try to spread my products about. At the moment,...

"How-to" articles / Small Business / Stock Photography

Christmas Sales on Zazzle – Kauai Calendar

I was really pleased to get a Best New Product Award for my 2011 calendar of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands back in February. What is even better is that the Christmas gift season is now upon us, and the calendars are flying off the shelves – well, I guess 2 sales almost counts as roaring sales! Still, it is better than nothing, and if you are looking for a gorgeous calendar to send to your friends for 2011, then...

Stock Photo Examples / Stock Photography

Popular Stock Images

I’ll start a section in the site analyzing popular stock images and trying to explain what I was trying to do with the image. One photo that is selling well at the moment on Shutterstock is this one of some white-water rafters. I took this image on the Youghiogheny river in Pennsylvania (Ohiopyle state park). I clambered down to the water’s edge and watched numerous kayakers, and some rafters coming over the rapids. The trick in stock photography where you...

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