Is the stock photography bubble about to burst in 2008?

photo credit: Jeff Kubina Doom mongers and naysayers have been predicting the collapse of the stock photography industry almost as long as Nostradamus has been predicting the end of the world. So who is right?

Alamy Measures primer: The individual Pseudonym and CTR % screen

photo credit: lumaxart Delving deeper into the meat and bones of the rather handy Alamy Measures tool PP explains the individual Pseudonym screen, what the columns on this screen mean and how to read them.

Alamy Measures primer: Understanding Views, Zoom and CTR

photo credit: lumaxart Those of you contributing to the Alamy stock library may have started exploring the Alamy Measures screens and may be confused by all the talk on forums about CTR and what it means. This mini-tutorial is for you.

Five types of Professional Photographer – which one are you?

photo credit: William Hook As we wend our way gleefuly into the abyss (only kidding folks!) that is the ever growing, ever increasing pool of “professional photographers” (cough splutter) chasing less and less work, I took a look around an identified five types of photographers working in my area today. Which one are you? Which [...]

Assignment Photography: How to charge and price up assignments – part four

photo credit: Lili Vieira de Carvalho Welcome to the next part of the tutorial on pricing up assignment photography. This part is going to show you how to apply your base usage rate (BUR) to assign a license in a real world example.