Wednesday, October 3, 2007

The future for Photographers looks bleak.
























The future for Photographers looks bleak.

I can't speak for everybody, but I have been working hard for over a year and a half as a photographer, and still good work is next to impossible to find. Unless you know somebody important, or have great connections, finding work on the Internet is a damn hard game. And what work I have found, for me anyway, it is very dull and uninspired. The job that least appeals to me is working as a wedding photographer, and there are a couple of those gigs kicking around. When people ask me to do a wedding, I quote them a standard, fair rate, and they still think it is too expensive!! Why is everybody so cheap. How do they expect a photographer to make a living.

Anyway, I would far rather work as a product, event, travel or fashion photographer. The number of people with good equipment doesn't help either. The cost keeps coming down and down. I would guess that in the future, Photography may become a basic skill like hand writing, or operating a computer.

Well, my search for decent work continues........Maybe I should become a writer, lol.

Monday, October 1, 2007

perezhilton.com? Genius or Criminal?

I am amazed at the success of Perezhilton, but I wonder if he will win his case. He is being sued for 7.5 million by a large photography agency. As a photographer myself, I understand how angry I would be if my photos were stolen, but on the other hand, without interesting photos, it is hard to have a popular blog. Not everybody has the time to be an expert blogger and photographer. Does anybody have any thoughts on the perezhilton situation?

shareapic.net? Make money with photos.

This new kid on the block has been gaining ground fast. They claim to pay 22 cents for every 1000 impressions. Nice idea, however I tried signing up, but I am still waiting to see if my photos are approved. I would be keen to hear if anybody has had any success with this website? I wonder if I should bother with them.

Bigstockphoto in Trouble?


I have noticed that bigstockphoto.com has been having trouble. Their Alexa rank has been shrinking. When I logged into my account, I noticed that they will be paying the photographers more. I think they said a dollar. If they don't get more photographers with better photos, surely they will loose the battle against the other agencies. Can they do it? Wait and see.

Monday, September 24, 2007

More stats on Shutterstock

Every month I make over $100 but well under $200. My best month ever, I made $190. Over time, if you don't add to you portfolio, the monthly earnings will slowly decrease. I haven't added photos in so long, soon I will slip under the $100 a month bracket. I guess I have become too addicted to blogging. I will have to start adding more photos soon.

Dreamstime now has blogs!

Dreamstime.com has now added blogs. It seems blogs have a place on every website these days.

Friday, September 7, 2007