Photoshop is Fair Play - When You're Selling Your Photos for Stock
Selling photos for editorial use is a are very different market compared to selling photos as stock. While it is industry standard that editorial photos remain unaltered, it is acceptable and sometimes required to edit photos for stock.
How Much Should You Pay If You Earn $1 An Image
Shelly Perry answers a reader's questions about model releases and model compensation.
Is the New York Times reading our e-letter?
Lori discusses a New York Times article about online stock agencies and outlines the details of the Photo Workshop-At-Home Online Package
Photo Tip: Commercial vs. Editorial: Which Involves Model Releases?
In most cases, photographers do not need a model release in order to sell their photos of people. The exception to this are photos that will be used and sold for commercial purposes (advertising) and images that will be submitted and sold in stock agencies (sites like iStockphoto.com).
Stock Photography Tip: Turning Goldfish into Gold
You too can sell your stock photos for cash. By placing your photos on stock photography agency sites, your pictures can start selling round the clock-- and the returns really can be significant.
Stock Photography Tip: Stock or Not
What do saleable stock photos look like? This article discusses the difference between saleable and non-saleable stock pet photos.
Removing Logos from Your Photos in Photoshop
In order to sell your photos as stock, any logos and trade-marked materials must be taken out of the picture. This article shows you how to remove these materials using Photoshop.
Think Clorox Bleach -- A Lesson in Photo Copyright Law
In order to sell your photos to stock agencies, they must be void of any logos, names, trademarks, and pretty much anything that identifies a product to a specific company. Photo copyright laws inform photographers which images are off-limits to stock.
Selling People Pictures without a Model Release
You don't need a model release to sell your people pictures as stock photography. Making people unidentifiable in your photos allows you to still make a profit off of them without the paperwork.
