Category: stock

  • Here’s why it’s about Time you took your own Stock Photos.

    I Know, you’re happy using other people’s stock photos – And that’s fine. However, your business is unique and it deserves unique content to grow and scale. I’m not saying that you need great photos to be successful, you may have other advantages or skills that can offset that. But we are an image driven…

  • How to use your Travel Photos as Stock

    We often spend too much time searching for things that we have under our noses. Let’s take Stock photos for your marketing as an example. We’ll either jump on the net and spend hours searching for images that will fit the bill or set up our own temporary photo studio and take something ourselves that…

  • 10 Vital Facts about Camera Shutter Speed

    In 10 Vital Facts about Camera Aperture I wrote that “The aperture of a camera is the centre of the photographic universe – well maybe – the other centre, as some would argue, is the shutter.”  Let’s go to the other centre of the photographic universe, the Shutter and specifically Shutter Speed. In all honesty,…

  • The 10 things you need to know about photographic copyright

    In my article Why stock images are bad for business! I mentioned Photographic Copyright and that I would expand on it at a later date. Well it’s taken me a while but here it is: Copyright is very misunderstood and complicated. But it doesn’t have to be. Let’s see if I can make it simpler…

  • Eight Industries that need Excellent Stock Photography

    Stock Photography and/or Visual content can be many things, like photos or images, infographics, videos, *Memes, screenshots and presentations. There are others of course but these are the main ones.   *BTW don’t know what a Meme is then check out this site Memes.com   In this article, I will concentrate on what stock Photography…

  • How to show involvement in your stock photos

    In a recent post, Looking for stock photos? Here’s how to take your own, I listed the Four Basic Elements of Stock photography: 1 Background 2 People (Model/S) 3 Subject 4 Involvement   I covered Background in How to create the right stock photo background, People in How to put People in your Stock Photos and…

  • How to make the subject in your stock photos stand out

    In a recent post, Looking for stock photos? Here’s how to take your own, I listed the Four Basic Elements of Stock photography: 1 Background 2 People (Model/S) 3 Subject 4 Involvement I covered Background in How to create the right stock photo background I also covered people in How to put People in your…

  • How to put People in your Stock Photos

    In a recent post, Looking for stock photos? Here’s how to take your own, I listed the Four Basic Elements of Stock photography:   1 Background   2 People (Model/S)   3 Subject   4 Involvement   I covered Background in How to create the right stock photo background.   Now this where you will…

  • A Basic Stock Photography Equipment List

    Introduction   So, you’ve had enough. You’ve spent hours trolling stock photography sites, looking around the web for any royalty free or creative commons images that will fit your business and your message.   Finally, you’ve said, stuff it! Let’s create our own, after all how hard can it be.   It’s a brave decision…

  • Looking for stock photos? Here’s how to take your own.

    Ever wondered how there are so many good stock photos out there? And how they got taken?   Have you also downloaded one and had to settle “for almost but not quite right”?   Maybe you’ve got fed up looking for the right one and just settled for something free and second rate.   Well,…

  • Why good photography is a great investment for any small business.

    Why good photography is a great investment for any small business. *“Don’t let nobody take care of your business better than you” In the game of marketing the big brands are winning hands down. They hire large marketing companies and/or specialist photographers to make their brands stand out in an increasingly crowded market. So does…

  • Why stock images are bad for business!

    Why stock images are bad for business! We all use stock images but are they really good for business? In fact stock images are bad for business! Imagine You are driving down the road and you see this big billboard with a terrific image on it. You think to yourself that’s a great image and…