Stock photos that SELL: How to find newsworthy editorial images that make money
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- How can you find newsworthy editorial stock photo ideas that are trending and will actually make you money? In this video, I talk about a few different ways that I search for trending news topics worth shooting. By doing this, you can increase your earnings on Shutterstock and any other stock photography platform that accepts editorial images. #stockphotography #passiveincome #photojournalism
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I know I still have a lot of learning to do when it comes to audio, but I hope you were able to listen without any issues!
This video was about EDITORIAL photos, which require no release forms. If you're confused, watch this video: th-cam.com/video/WyWvDNDB3pg/w-d-xo.html
Have a lovely day!
I am not a fan of your new sound. I unsubscribed from Gillian Perkins because of her harsh sound.
What do the professionals use on US TV? In Australia, on the ABC they use lav microphones. To my mind, the closer your microphone is to your mouth, the less ambient (and echos) you will record and the better control you have over the final sound.. On The Drub, and ABC programs, when they crew went outside to record, they had head-mounted microphones right next to their mouths, it completely eliminated street noise. I think they should have added some back in,
@@oneeyedphotographer Yeah, I still have a lot to learn when it comes to audio. Making videos is a totally different thing than photography...
@@NicoleGlass take your time! At least you are trying amd learning AND making free videos for all of us. I will not unsubscribe b/c of sound, I mean can we allow others to have a learning curve! Your content is so great and I have always been able to hear you. Again Thank you for putting in the work to make your channel the best it can be!
Nicole, as a rough estimate. What is the % of editorial to commercial photo's you have on shutterstock? Oh, and the new sound was a bit tinny - try playing with the equalizer and get a bit more base. However, another great video.
I clicked on the bell. That's the first time I have ever clicked the notification bell. Reason why: You never waste my time! Thank you for all the informative videos, so thoughtfully presented. Best wishes to you in all your endeavours.
Aww thanks so much Steve! I do my best to give something valuable in each video. :)
Am I the only one who was far too excited to see what was in the box? The sound quality is amazing and you look so professional with all the equipment. You have come so far, well done you deserve it :)
Haha, I'm glad you were as excited as I was!! Now I just have to get better at using it.
Actual helpful ideas, great! I am definitely going to look into what's buzzing around my area.
Glad you enjoy them!
The sound is very good with the new microphone. Your voice sounds very good. But, I think the volume could be a little louder, maybe 20% more.
For Getty we would often have monthly meetings where the suits would tell us which images were in high demand that month and get a shotlist of upcoming events that companies were interested in : ) Btw awesome mic
Excellent video Nicole. A few of my images would be newsworthy especially the ones covering the UK government. Congratulations on your new equipment. Sound is better. Does you Himaayan salt lamp work lol.
Thank you! The Himalayan Salt Lamp brings positive vibes to my apartment ;) At least, I'd link to think that!
I don't like the new mic
I'm listening on a sound bar attached to my TV. Your knew Mike sounds tinnier to me. Sorry. : (
But the info is helpful as always.
Thanks Tana. First video with that mic was more of a learning experience than anything. Have a lot to work on.
Try to equalize your vocals track. It sounds too sharp, and there is a hiss sound whenever at the hard consonants in your speech. I think the mic is ok, but the vocal track should be edited more. Do you connect the mic to a preamp, or is it directly connected to your camera? It's a good idea to use a preamp and wear a headset while speaking into the mic.
Thanks for the tips! I know I still have to learn how to use this setup properly
Cool video! But I had to laugh (really, I laughed out loud :) ) . It struck me as funny for some reason when I saw you doing a "box opening" video! Don't get me wrong, it was very cool, well done, etc (actually I paused it to type this, so I haven't finished it yet LOL) - it just seemed so different from what I normally expect from you! And yes, that's a good thing ;-)
p.s. - I guess really the reason I laughed is...here's a quick story - I have a friend that has a TH-cam channel, she only does box opening videos, like fashion stuff, whatever...and they are (cheesy) interesting to say the least...and of course all the others on YT doing box opening videos...I told my friends "Don't worry, I won't be doing box opening videos. I want to do tutorials and other interesting things - like Nicole Glass does!" (this was just yesterday haha) THEN I saw your video just now. The irony struck me as funny. Please don't take this as criticism in any way. It just made me laugh!! Thanks!
p.p.s. I was in Siena, Italy, 2 weeks ago, got "caught" in the middle of a huge global warming student protest. Took lots of pics, video, thought of Nicole Glass! Will be uploading these. Yay!
Lol I occasionally open boxes but it's very rare. I don't have the budget to be ordering tons of gear haha. I may be opening another box soon though... we'll see ;)
Glad you came across an interesting protest worth photographing!
Thank you for the great tips. Where ever you live grab your camera & take a walk around your neighborhood. Not much in your neighborhood like mine, you may be surprised. I took a photo of a flowering vine, so far it has sold 29 times on SS. Switch up your lenses, today walk with a macro, tomorrow a zoom, then a prime. You’ll capture something that will sell!
I'm sorry to say this, but I thought the sound was better with the old microphone. Perhaps it helps if you turn the volume up and do som other smal adjustments? Thats said the sound was not bad. Beside that the video was very interesting as usual :)
Appreciate your input. I think I need to do a little more research to use the new setup.
I finally sold my first two stock photos on Shutterstock!!! I was beginning to think I would never sell one. Yes, I believe it was helped along by Nicole's video tutorials, and the search for usable photography material.
Woohoo, congratulations! :)
All of the audio police are coming out of the woodwork giving their unprofessional opinions about your mike. Compared to previous videos it's a 100% improvement! There is much less echo now.
Oh, on another note...
My evil master plan for more sales on Shutterstock:
Take many pictures of stores, then rob each and every one of them. They're bound to be in the news then! (Maybe me too if I'm unlucky). Hmm.... maybe I can earn enough from them to post bail?
Hahaha if you end up going through with your evil master plan, give me a call so I can follow you around and make a vlog of it.
And yes... when it comes to my audio, about 70% of the commenters did not like it. I know there's still a lot I need to work on, but that was my first time using it. I'm glad that not everyone hates it :)
I've snapped loads of local and national business, you never know when they will be in the news.
My editorial stuff gets the most downloads on my profile.
Richard Oldroyd just curious, how much income you can make doing this?
@@texasmarshalls not a lot. On average each image sells for $0.25 so your not getting rich from it but each image can sell multiple times and once it's on the site it's there, no more work to do other than take and uploaded more.
I liked the audio in previous videos. New audio has is thin, faint, doesn't represent your voice well. That said, you have inspired me to never try to perform on TH-cam or submit photos to Shutterstock, although I love your dedication to it all. You gotta do it for love, as there doesn't seem to be money in it for a very long time. If you are making $4k annually now on TH-cam, you'll be doing okay when you hit 100,000 subs. That's coming!
Love your very informative videos! I have a question for you, and perhaps you have already addressed this in previous video; How do you keep the thousands of photos and videos you have gathered and uploaded to various sites, organized? I'm just getting started and have thousands of photos to sort through and organizing these is driving me NUTS!
I have soo many hard drives and on each hard drive I have folders - year - month - category. After editing my photos in Lightroom I export them to a giant folder called “stock”. I have many stock folders at this point from many years and honestly they’re a bit of a mess. But if I wanted to find the original photos I can always go back to the month of the year and find them that way. Organization is a never ending work in progress.
Thanks!@@NicoleGlass
Question if you take a picture of a new product don't you have to submit it as editorial? Like a new coffee maker, or slow cooker etc.
Sound is definitely better. Although softer? Not sure. Quality is AMAZING!
Thank you! It still needs work. I'll take some time to learn it better. :)
WooHoo Comment #1 :) Another great video Nicole. The audio sounds richer with the new mics by the way. Well, it does to me anyway :D
Thanks so much! I know I still have a lot of things I need to improve with the audio, but I appreciate it
Recently, there was a well known Alamy photographer who was found dead by a beach. He was very much into photographing wild weather. Some reckon that is what led to his death.
I have a question on Model Release. I sent a question to a stock photo agency. In a photo taken near a river or a tourist place, there are many people visible in the photo. I got response from stock photo agencies that a Model Release is required for each and every person.
How is it possible to take a model release of so many people? How you sell such photos?
Have you watched this? th-cam.com/video/WyWvDNDB3pg/w-d-xo.html
Do you think that events that happen in a town of Sicily could sell as much to pay the work to do it? I live in Catania (Sicily, Italy). The only editorial pics I sells are from the Saint Agatha religious fest in February, but very little considering the time to exit, shoot, edit and keyword the pictures. I try to make mainstream pictures because I suppose that editorial could not sell if you’re not living in a big American city or you does not have big events such as international or olimpic games. However in the months before the Saint Agatha fest I sell few pictures about the city, culinary speciality and monuments. Nothing that makes me rich, but I hope this will happen in the next years so it could have a sense.
Sounded good! Lots of good ideas as usual. Whats that console in front of you?
Thanks! The audio still needs work. I am using the Rode RODECaster Pro Integrated Podcast Production Studio.
@@NicoleGlass Ok thanks.....you inspired me to start uploading to stock agencies. I got my first handful of photos accepted by Shutterstock and Adobe stock this last week. And a few rejections too, by which I have been learning to look at my own work a little differently. Thanks!!!
I guess you can tweak that audio a little bit. I suggest getting help from someone who knows; I'm sure there's something you can do to improve that. It does sound unnatural and over compressed. Your words now sound very clear, to be fair; that's definitely an upgrade.
Thank you for your video! They are always insightful and it's pleasent to listen to you and your tips! I have a question, I'm trying to create my Shutterstock portfolio around nature and wildlife so I didn't want to expand too much so that I actually improve on this field which I am more interested in. However, I haven't had any downloads yet. Should I cover more subjects or stick to my nature photos for now? Or many add people on my stock photos?
I would definitely cover other subjects. Products, people, towns/cities. Nature and wildlife are my lowest-performing categories. Really hard to make money with those.
Thanks! I'll work on it! You are an inspiration!
The majority of my photography is editorial or media oriented. Cultural and travel photography too.
Does creative description matters or hash tags matters only? Photos could be used for publications. How do they use videos?
Looks like radio Nicole and it sounds like that :)
:)
Definitely a step up in audio, although the shotgun has more of a natural sound. Thanks for the pointers. 🐼👍🏽✌️
Thanks David! I probably just need to learn how to properly use this.
I like the sound the new mic puts out!
thanks William!
Thanks for your great channel! Sorry, the sound from your new mic is not good ((
Hi,nicole i am from indonesia..i really like your english..i can understand very well
glad to hear that!
Sounds great. That should help you on your way to 1 million subs!
Thank you Lawrence, I appreciate it :)
Please share your Shutterstock profile.
Thanks
Definitely the sound is worse with the new microphone. Sorry, but I find I can understand you clearer and better W your camera+ microphone
A lot of my stuff is editorial , of those I've sold nearly 12 photos and made less than $8 . There is talk of the decline of Shutterstock . I may look at other sites .
It's definitely good to spread yourself across many platforms.
The new mic is much worse. Sounds over compressed and mid frequencies are squashed. Low end roll off too. Get an Audio Technica 8024
Nicole I showed me listen to you on TH-cam. Basically I said I have morning ritual. Listening to you is one ritual. You are on for 3 - 4 seconds. If you don't like I will re-edit. ADAtrips Aloha
Just watched your video. Really made me smile :) I miss Hawaii!
Sorry, but for me I prefer the old sound : D
👍👍😍
Your content are awesome and informative
I appreciate that, thank you :)
Nice sounding microphone. However, it picks vibrations from your hand and arm contact with the table. A shock mount for the microphone or putting it on an "arm" would eliminate that. Also, you may still need to use that pop filter. There's still some sibiliance with your voice.
Your ideas are really great mam...But the new mic is bad I think...
Really great ideas as always! I put your idea into practice about newsworthy events and took some shots of the reopening of the USS Arizona Memorial-people in line, of the memorial itself, the sign, etc. I should have remembered about the approval process. I uploaded images on Monday Sept 2 (day after) and didn’t get approval till just now (Thursday). I guess we can only do our best to be timely. Thank you for your helpful advice!
Does that board in front of you go with the mic? That's an intense setup!
Yeah it’s kind of big... still need to learn how to better use it
The Mic you added to your gear is super. Much better sound quality! Thanks for the great hints for stock photog ! !
Thank you! I still have to work on learning more about the audio settings, but I wanted to test it out right away haha.
Ten years ago I was traveling in Israel and shot some street photography in Jerusalem of people. This spring I uploaded the shots to SS as editorial. Those photos are constantly downloaded in Tel Aviv. I live in the USA. Same with my recent trip to Montréal.
Hi Nicole, first thank you for your amazing channel and content, it is very usefull. I have opened a portfolio in SS recently. As I live in Tunisia, I take picture of what is around me, but I wonder if tunisian sites/media/journalists/news websites... are using stock images agencies? which agencies? is there a way to know that?
have a great day, and thank you again!
Lucie
in fact, I'm doubting! who could be interested in my photos? I guess we'll see ...
I tried to upload photos of a leading UK politician speaking at a public rally to Shutterstock. The quality was good, I used the correct keywords, I put it in the editorial category - but it was rejected because they said they no longer accepted this kind of image. I asked Support to explain but they just kept giving me links to their guidelines and NOWHERE does it explain why they no longer accept certain subjects. I don't know if anyone outside the UK is aware, but we're going through the most turbulent political period for centuries at the moment and there are lots of news items about this politician. There are also about a dozen other similar photos available of him speaking at a rally. I'm just so puzzled why mine was rejected.
What should be the category
1:27, voice of this mic is pretty low. Are you sure it's a rode mic??
Just started but last week I went strawberry picking so I took the camera and now I have every thing from the fields to putting it in the pot as strawberry jam to put up as stock picks just taking the opportunity. Hard to find protests/news worthy stuff in Western Australia pretty sleepy in Perth but lots of markets so it’s now just going to take time and dedication. 56 of 70 accepted so far thanks for the guidance 👍
There's Araluen flowering nicely just now, and lots of orchids - those could be useful reporting about land clearing, there's some friction in Bunbury just now about storing mine tailings. I have encountered protesting Kurds, a Muslim wake just after the Sydney Siege. There's often something happening in Yagan Square.
Too much Shhhh Shhhh Shhhh noise with this new mic ,you must set properly
Yes, I still have a lot to learn...
Hi Nicole, hope you are well.
I have a question I hope you know the answer.
I can see on Shutterstock pictures with money, but my pictures weren't accepted because 'They no longer accept this type of content in editorial or commercial , or this type of content is not accepted at all' . I am confused, why? Is there a way to upload them differently?
And some pictures of a protest got rejected for the same reason.
Thank you in advance.
PS: keep up the good content :)
Hi, it's probably something that's on their restricted list. For example, Shutterstock will not accept any images from Disney Theme Parks of the 911 Memorial in NY. No exceptions. So just check their restrictions list to see if your subject is on there. I talked about this in my Q&A video.
@@NicoleGlass thank you for feedback!
Just an idea, maybe a video on having a crack at shooting something in a saturated category of stock images. A lot of your followers would be hobby shooters as opposed to professionals and as much as saturated categories are no good for making money, if you can crack sales in a saturated market it is a good key indication that your skills have been lifted to a point that stock photography is actually a viable way of making money. 🙂
The last time anything happened around here was 100 years ago, we just had the anniversary!
Where are you based?
@@NicoleGlass In a village near Stratford upon Avon, England. In 1919 there was a big rally of 2000 farmworkers outside the local pub and the BBC filmed a re-enactment for which a dozen locals raided the dressing-up box and my pal, a retired preacher, did a great job as the main speaker. I got exclusive access to photo the film crew at work, my sideshow on TH-cam th-cam.com/video/Sa2P9OQeo28/w-d-xo.html had 569 views but don't feel too bad. Let's see Washington compete with that sort of action!
@@robertlavers1121 Wow, that's awesome that you were there for the re-enactment!
Much better sound. Useful content too
How you keyword and descript editorials? Still with a date and place? Also when you would take a picture of a car? Thksfor all the good videos and knd regads from switzerland 🙋🏽♀️
Claudine Weber-Hilty When you click the “editorial” button, Shutterstock tells you exactly the format you must use: city, state, country, date. But. Be careful to use that exact format and punctuation that Shutterstock tells you to use.
Keywords are essential, so use your 50 keywords. I tend to think Big Picture (categories) first, then details, then somewhere in that, I include location, then smaller details..
Keywording editorial and commercial stock are the same. If you upload an illustrative editorial image, you must include the keyword, “illustrative editorial.” See Nicole’s video on illustrative editorial images.
I stay away uploading pics of cars. If they’re on a street and my picture is of a building, it’s ok. But I don’t want license plates showing.
Nicole was talking about newly released cars.
Interesting video. My thoughts on your new sound from the mike is that it is a bit too deadened if that makes sense. Like you are in a very small room with padding on all the walls and ceiling.
Thanks for your input. I will work on improving it ... and I won’t use this setup for every video
8:05 ....Fried Dough. In South Africa we call it "Vetkoek".
Cool! We also call it "funnel cake". Definitely not healthy haha
Cool looking mic. Dialing it in will really help maximize its quality. Life is one big learning curve :)
Thanks Ian! This is definitely a learning curve for me.
The sound is fuller with the new mic, your voice is sexier ;)
Thanks! :)
Do you need property releases for photos such as your Massage Envy photo? Or do you just list them as Editorial?
This video is about taking editorial photos, not commercial photos
Yes, just upload as editorial
We do have running water in Kansas....I am from Kansas! You have a great channel!
Haha, I'm glad you do! I'm sure there's other great things in Kansas too... I was obviously just playing into the stereotype :)
@@NicoleGlass I thought it was cute!
Thanks you Nicole for your great vids. they really give me ideas how to sell :)
Awesome, I'm glad you find them helpful!
@@NicoleGlass YESSS, very!
btw, I just asked you a Q on your instagram , will u answer that or I just put it here?
@@rezaVfx Please ask them here... my Instagram gets so much spam, and it's much easier for me to type on a computer instead of a phone.