Image Brief

Too many photos sitting idle on your hard drive?  It's not easy finding the right stock agency to market your images, this is where ImageBrief can come in handy. Image Brief allows you to connect with ad agencies and brands looking for specific photos that you may have on hand.

Image Brief 

Check out their what's selling section for further photo ideas.

Stock sales

As photographers, most of us dream of waking up in the morning, spending our day shooting photos, ship our best shots to a photo agency and then living off our royalty payments from our chosen agency. But reality is a very different situation.

Stock sales with  agencies aren't what they used to be. For example, I have photos placed with Corbis. In the mid-2000s  their gross revenue was around $225 million, today they have a gross revenue in the $100 million. Unlike their collections of images, that continue to grow, sales are on a downward spiral. Their situation isn't very different from any other stock agency. 

Don't expect to make a full time living by  submitting your images to an agency. Corbis does get my photos in front of buyers that I would not normally have access to, and for me in this business, every sale counts.

New to stock photography

"Hy, I'm new to stock photography, can you tell me how to go about the business?"  I hear that phrase quite often, my best advice is to buy "Sell & Re-Sell your photos" by Rohn Engh. You can see by the photo I have used this book often, it was invaluable for me when I decided to start selling my stock photos. Below is the link to order yourself a copy from amazon.

Sell & Re-Sell Your Photos

Sell and Re-sell your photos

A great book for anyone interested in selling their photos, I have the old 1991 edition, newer editions are available.