Day in the life of a stock photographer

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

08/30/2007 04:52:34 PM · #1

Are there people on this forum who make most or even all of their income from stock photography? If so, I'm curious to hear what a typical day for you entails. How much time do you spend setting up the shoots and planning what to photograph? How many shoots do you do in a week or month? I'm considering putting more effort into stock and am curious what a day in the life of a stock photographer looks like. I know every day will be different, but a general breakdown of where you put your efforts would be helpful. Thanks!

klkitchens

Pentax K-1

Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF

08/30/2007 05:15:45 PM · #2

Count me curious as well!

FotoMunki

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

08/30/2007 05:22:16 PM · #3

Check out the profile/interview of Yuri Arcurs - supposedly the #1 microstock photographer in the world.

pineapple

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

08/30/2007 05:25:24 PM · #4

Yuri lags behind Lise Gagne. Answer to your question - it's a full time occupation from dawn to dusk. Ambition in this job as in any other knows no bounds.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

08/30/2007 05:32:16 PM · #5

Yeah, Lise is my hero and Yuri is an amazing stock photographer as well. I considered writing to them both directly or posting a thread over there as well, but wanted to put out a general question on these forums first.

I know stock photography is a full-time occupation if you want to do it successfully, but I'm curious what percentage of time is spent on which tasks, in general.

Apple iPhone 5

08/30/2007 05:33:08 PM · #6

Sit there clicking the refresh button all day

klkitchens

Pentax K-1

Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4 AF

08/30/2007 05:35:52 PM · #7

Originally posted by jhonan:

Sit there clicking the refresh button all day

As opposed to clicking the UPDATE button here all day? :)

08/30/2007 07:13:18 PM · #8

Originally posted by HawkeyeLonewolf:

Originally posted by jhonan:
Sit there clicking the refresh button all day

As opposed to clicking the UPDATE button here all day? :)

The best part about refreshing my stock page is that the number never goes down. ;-)

Canon EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM

08/30/2007 08:58:10 PM · #9

Did I mention that DPC stock photographers are both brilliant and sexy? That sounded better than "bump," didn't it? :-)

Perrush

Canon EOS-5D

09/01/2007 05:57:33 PM · #10

Originally posted by pineapple:

Yuri lags behind Lise Gagne

Lise sells only on IS, Yuri on 16 .... I think he sells more images on a daily base than Lise

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