How to Become a Stock Photographer

Video Transcript

"My name is Anthony Maddaloni and I'm going to talk about how to become a stock photographer. Now there are different agencies that specialize in stock photography. And to become a stock photographer you would potentially want to get a portfolio together and approach these agencies or online agencies that you could essentially upload your images to and they would sell your photos and take a certain amount of money for each image that they sell from you. To do this, you obviously want to build a portfolio. One of the first things I tell everyone, is create a niche for yourself. Whether it's, it's children, whether it's model cars, you know the, as creative as you can get the more successful you're going to be. And now you're probably going to have to photograph quite a bit in the beginning. And potentially the whole time you're doing this to get your photos sold. And it's something that you just need to slow and steady to go at. And just continue to create your own stock photos. And that is essentially how I would begin to become a stock photographer."