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Question: What is a good way to sell stock photographs!?
I do photography on the side!. Mainly of my own kids and some nature and pet photography!. I have never been paid to do it, but I enjoy it!. I have taken classes and I am pretty good at it!. Does anyone know anything about selling stock photographs!. What websites are good, and what price per picture is reasonable!? Any imput would be great thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
I represent stock photographers and artists at http://www!.imageenvision!.com/ but I do require at minimum of 500 images!. The best way to start is to build a collection on flickr where a lot of photo procurement managers look for talent!. also, if you are taking pictures of people and pets, consider researching model releases:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Model_relea!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Smugsmug!.com
Imagekind!.com
iStockphoto!.com
Shutterstock!.com
Alamy!.com

As for prices, I would look at other peoples posts that are similar to yours and base according to those!. You don't want to under sell because it makes you look small-time and also makes other pro's look bad, and you don't want to over-charge because even with stock images, people bargain shop!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Fotolia !
http://us!.fotolia!.com/

1$ small
2$ medium
3$ large

I know of another one, but i can't remember!.!.!. I wll try to find it and post that one!Www@QuestionHome@Com

DevianArt is a pretty good place to start!. You can put your pictures up and sell prints!. Www@QuestionHome@Com