If you’re doing any kind of graphical design, be it for the web, print, or whatever, iStockPhoto.com is a great resource. For a long time now, I had been meaning to upload some pictures. I finally got around to it about a week ago, and my pictures finally made it through the review queue. If you’re interested, you can see some of my photos.
There’s nothing spectacular there, though I am fond of the Sunset Behind Winter Trees
picture, which I’ve made my desktop image at work. One of these days I’ll try to do something more along the lines of traditional stock photography (objects isolated on a plain background). We’ve got a curio cabinet in the house full of nify subjects….
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iStockPhoto? I don’t know. I still haven’t found a good stock site that wasn’t filled with a lot of crud
Do yourself and the industry a favor and stay far, far away from iStockphoto.com. They are getting rich off the backs of cheap labor. The folks who contribute get a whopping 20% of nearly nothing vs. industry norms of 50% or more of much, much larger payments. Don’t devalue yourself and the industry by giving your work away and lining these guys pockets. And please check out http://www.stockphoto.net for plenty of good information about legitimate stock agencies.
Many of the people who participate on iStockphoto are professional photographers who are well aware that they can get more money elsewhere. Nobody is being exploited. The purpose of iStock is to provide a low-cost alternative to other stock photography sources, and a way for amateur photographers to get exposure that they otherwise might not have access to.
No, you won’t get rich by contributing photos to iStock. But that’s not the real point of the site. The point is for photographers and designers to be able to share resources at extremely reasonable prices.
Istockphoto.com has a ton of traffic and attracts a lot bad photos.