Wednesday, 19 August 2009

Stock Photography and a trip to Birmingham

In the last 12 months I've shot a total of 20 different types of photograph. Weddings, charity balls, commercial, studio work, schools, nurseries, the list goes on. Another area in which I'm involved is "Stock Libraries." When a magazine editor (for example) needs a photograph to illustrate an article, he may not have the time or money to commission a photographer to go and take the shot. So he goes to a Stock Library, a library full of photographs rather than books. These libraries rely on photographers such as myself to keep their photographs up to date and to continually increase the range and content.
So at least once a week I set aside time to take photographs to submit to stock libraries (there are hundreds of them.) Anybody looking to buy photographs can join these libraries, and when they buy a shot, I get a percentage of the sale, the remainder going to the library.

Yesterday it was Birmingham City Centre, as I haven't shot their in a while, and you'd be amazed at how quickly things change...



1 comment:

  1. I LOVED looking through those pictures. And the little tidbits that go along with them. Thanks so much for posting them.
    stock Photos

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