Not all the images in a typical person's portfolio would necessarily be stock suitable. At least a few hundred would be a good start but then if you're productive so would the minimum the site requires to get in.
I've got probably 50,000 shots from cameras that would never have passed any stock requirements. As soon as I got my DSLR (Rebel XT), I started submitting stuff to the micros.
I would say on average I come up with about 200 shots a week that I'm happy with, and about 10-50 that qualify as stock. I'm anxiously awaiting Alamy's upload function to go live, since I have virtually no motivation to do the whole disk submission thing.
Not all the images in a typical person's portfolio would necessarily be stock suitable. At least a few hundred would be a good start but then if you're productive so would the minimum the site requires to get in.
Not all the images in a typical person's portfolio would necessarily be stock suitable. At least a few hundred would be a good start but then if you're productive so would the minimum the site requires to get in.
If you want to be a stock shooter, you need to learn to think "stock". While you are shooting everyday images if you are thinking in the back of your head "can I get a model release, are there logos in the frame, etc" you will have a better chance of collecting more suitable images in a shorter period of time. I collect ~300 shots per 3 month period and upload 4 times per year.
Having a few sale-able shots is a start, but you will not find you need dozens or hundreds before you begin to see a steady income. Remember every buyer is looking for ONE shot, and they have many many to choose from so your shots need to be really special to get regular sales.
