© Thomas Perkins/Bigstock What season do you find most photogenic? The beauty is, there’s no wrong answer! To celebrate our passage from summer into fall, here’s a gallery of some of our favorite autumn images, available for download any time at Bigstock. Enjoy!
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There’s realism, and then there are wrinkles. When we edit a portrait, we aim to make the subject look vibrant and authentic. We are not trying to smooth the model’s skin to make it as smooth as a newborn. In this demonstration of Adobe Photoshop’s Clone Stamp tool, we will work on separate layers as…
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We know stock photographers are hungry for information about how to shoot good pictures and achieve the most success in licensing them. As the industry grows, there are an increasing number of books on the subject. We recently came across one that does a great job of explaining our sometimes-esoteric business. Microstock Money Shots is…
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© CBurkhardt/Bigstock By Lawrence Wee HDR, or high dynamic range, images are created in a two-step process: the capturing of multiple images of a singular scene in the camera, and then off-camera processing. This article will address the first step, how you should take photos for HDR creation. To make a good HDR image, the…
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Come visit Bigstock at booth 242 at Photoshop World in Las Vegas, NV! We’ll be joining hundreds of our friends from September 1-3, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. As Photoshop enthusiasts enjoy seminars by the world’s leading Photoshop experts, we’ll be there to talk about the ways that photographers and illustrators can…
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One of the questions we get asked the most from submitters is “What do the buyers want?” The answer is not so simple. We have customers from different parts of the world, all searching for different images, and different types of projects. The most important thing to remember is that variety is key. Try different…
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At Bigstock, we encourage photographers to submit images with model releases and, if appropriate, property releases, so buyers have the flexibility to use the images in advertisements. Sometimes, however, it makes more sense to submit an image as an editorial image—like the celebrity red carpet photo seen here. This post will help explain what those…
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When you upload your images to Bigstock, make keywording an important part of your workflow. Your images will sell better if you put a little extra effort to writing accurate keywords, and lots of them. Here are a few tips to help you master the art and science of keywording. 1. Think like an image…
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By Karl Rosencrants This blog post was updated by Cristin Burton on June 29, 2015. One of the more popular design elements these days isn‘t actually an element at all – it’s really just destroying the elements you already have in your design! Simply put, grunge. We have all seen tutorials on creating grunge elements…
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If you sell stock images, you know how important—and rewarding—it can be to track your sales. Bigstock thinks our contributors deserve the best reporting tools, so we’ve just introduced some upgrades to help you track your sales. Here’s what’s new: The Commissions Hover. When you’re logged in to Bigstock, just hover your mouse over the…
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