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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As many contributors know, downloads for specifically-themed images spike during certain times of the year. For example, Bigstock buyers are most likely going to be searching for summer-themed images during spring (or in some cases, even earlier). When to upload particular seasonal or other “timing” based images is a popular question, and while there’s no…
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A lot of Bigstock contributors, smartly, keep an eye on their monthly earnings and look for sales trends. But sometimes there’s an exceptionally good or disappointing month and it’s hard to figure out why. Based on our experience, here are some ways to keep your images selling consistently well. For obvious reasons, upload as many…
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With our new design, our goal was to make it simpler and faster for artists to contribute their images to Bigstock. For our contributors, we made significant enhancements to the Bigstock upload process. You can now make all your edits on a single screen. Our new interface features real-time metadata field validation and direct image…
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By Remy Levine, Bigstock contributor Before I get into the nitty gritty I need to mention that pixels are only part of the story when it comes to digital photographs. You also need to consider optical resolution, essentially the ability of your camera and lens to accurately direct the light onto the sensor and for…
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If you are in a creative field, then you have most likely at one time or another encountered that dreaded feeling: Creative block. Not only is it uncomfortable, but it can make you question the merit of every idea you’ve ever had. However, we can all take comfort in the fact that it strikes even…
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Photo: © Remy Levine/Bigstock By Remy Levine, Bigstock contributor Thousands of pages could be dedicated to just the basics of processing your digital pictures for use, I’m going to use two or three at most and cover just the core aspects related to stock photography.
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Photo: © Aaron R. Whitney/Bigstock By Aaron R. Whitney, Bigstock contributor Part 1. Preparations The story for most photographers begins this way: You’re good friend is getting married and wants you to shoot his/her wedding. For many this sends a chill down the spine. You know the friendship somewhat obligates you to this duty. But…
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Photo © Brian Kelly/Bigstock When Art Is Your Passion But Also Your Business As graphic designers, we often enter this creative field as a result of our hobbies and off-the-wall way of thinking, as opposed to the more Left Brain career fields like accounting or medicine. However, combining artistic sensibilities with the very real-world need…
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