So I tried it again with a better camera and lens a couple of years later. The original file was shot during the night with a very bad camera and conditions. There’s even a shake on the end I forgot to cut. It’s one of those files I was almost giving up on. Also one of my first files (Canon 60D, I guess). This is a public university in my city that for some reason sells a lot. No sales on other agencies, but $230 on Shutterstock. Lesson: Commercial value can be found much closer than you think. $357 earned. 40% came from Pond5, and 30% from Shutterstock and iStock each. These were my first approved files and were actually nothing but a test I made with my dog. Lesson: Make good use of your travelings. This may affect your lighting in a negative way, so just play around with the settings and choose the. To reduce the noise in future photos, try selecting a lower ISO on your camera. Which I believe is enough to cover the trip costs I had. Finally, if you view a photo at full resolution and find noticeable pixels or graininess, you may want to use the Blur tool in Photoshop to smoothen those areas. If I combine the other images I made on this trip to the Amazon, the total would easily go over $1000. Click the Sign up button in the top right corner, which will redirect you to the account creation page. This one is strong on Pond5 (80%), while Shutterstock had 13% and Storyblocks had 7%. You can click here for a redirect to the contributor signup page. With this shot alone I was able to sell $602. Next, we have this aerial shot of the Amazon forest. This works well if you live in a city that’s not so mainstream. Maybe I don’t get to sell the famous Rio de Janeiro landscapes, but I can definitely build some authority on my city’s icons. Lesson to learn? Explore unique subjects close to you. Many other clips of local touristic points also sell well. So these ones might work very well for documentaries. Storyblocks brought 20%, while Pond5 and Shutterstock represented 40% each.Īpparently, the city where I live in, Curitiba, is a historical reference in public transportation. In third place comes this editorial pack of my city’s public transportation. I also submitted other soccer related files in that year that made good sales. So learn to identify this kind of opportunity that happens close to you. It was shot in 2014, a few months before the World Cup in my country. So there’s a second lesson: start with what you got. It was shot on a Canon 60D and is not even in Full HD. This file alone made me $914 (approximately, 90% from Shutterstock). On second place I have this slow-motion shot of the Brazilian flag. This is a precious lesson for me: leave no file behind. It’s quite a nice effect, but I never expected they would do so well and I’m so happy I did submit them. They were originally made for a church service opener that later I adapted to sell. These are actually the only files I got that were entirely made on After Effects (and makes me want to that again). On a partial eclipse the Earths shadow covers only part of the Moon. You can start selling your photos and videos today with this link: Blood Moon - This is a photo of the Moon during the Lunar Eclipse on November 19, 2021.
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