Kelby TV
I just recently started using Kelby Training, an online video training service, that I subscribed to when I renewed my subscription to NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). So far my experience has been mostly positive – I will be posting more on that soon. But as a result I found KelbyTV. Now Scott Kelby is one of these guys that does EVERYTHING - He is a photographer, blogger, video podcaster, President of NAPP, founder of Kelby Training, writer, etc. As I have been working my way through Kelby’s web of offerings I recently found KelbyTV (www.kelbytv.com) – This web sites offers a ton of photography oriented video shows in the form of video podcast, these show range from talk show format with a guest photographer to training type videos. So far the offerings seem to target the range of beginning to starting pro photographer. Kelby has put together a good group of photographers and trainers to make these videos and for the most part they seem to be pretty informative. And the best part – It they are FREE! I would recommend you check it out – let me know what you think.
Taking Stock by Rob Sylvan
Title: Taking Stock – Making Money in Microstock Creating Photos that Sell
by Rob Sylvan
Publisher – Peachpit Press
Copyright 2011
Taking Stock Web Site
Microstock has been one of the fasting growing segments of stock photography; it has also been a segment that has received a lot criticism. Many photographers blame it for destroying the lucrative stock industry. But, love it or hate it, it is here to stay and some people are successful at it.
If you need a bit of an education on microstock photography you can look at Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microstock_photography
I personally have been intrigued by Microstock for some time and have dabbled in it, posting images up on iStockPhoto and Dreamstime. I have only placed a handful of images and only considered it a marginal success in that I have made a bit less than $1000 over the last few years and came away with the understanding that it takes work to produce really successful microstock images. With this in mind I have an interest and have been eyeing the information and books that have been published with the goal of someday increasing the revenue I make on microstock.
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I know at times it is almost overwhelming all the information out there. I can recall when looking for digital photography information found you only a handful of books sometimes in the computer section of the books store – Now there are shelves of digital photography books, that with the thousands of blogs, magazines, web sites, and pod-casts can leave you a bit bewildered when trying to figure out what to spend your time on. I can’t honestly say I will solve that problem, but I can point you to some places I have found good information in the past.
One thing to keep in mind is everyone is at a different level or place when it comes to photography. I am going to try to give some ideas for the advanced and beginner alike. I will try to point out if the source is more for one of the other.
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