7 ways to make money as a photographer in 2021

Wilmar wrote on Tuesday 16 February 2021 at 13:16  | reply

Do you want to make money with stock photos? Then have a read of this blog: https://www.photofacts.nl/fotografie/rubriek/stockfotografie/stockfotografie-voor-fotografen-dief-van-eigen-portemonnee.asp

Stock photography, Shutterstock scoured the internet and picked and stole all the free photos at the beginning without asking anything about who made this or the rights, and whose photo it was .. Disgusting practices, they also targeted my freely exhibited photos and put a price on them, without me having given permission for this - (just start proceedings, then you will be a lot of money out) disgraceful practices, money grabbers who make money at the expense of your artwork and then you can go and buy your own portraits back, surely ? no thank you warning to all photographers put a big copyright sign over your photo otherwise shutterstok shutterstock will steal all your photos and sell them this is a bunch of fraudsters

I don't know the other platforms very well but one thing I do know for sure , that I am now protecting my photos against these thieves and money grabbers If you join this , this is of course your business and presumably you get a handout for your own work ,that they are still reselling my stolen works and making money from them yes as You write terribly sad and unfortunate that there is no honest platform where real art is appreciated where your artworks are not stolen and resold by fraudulent scammers,who misuse Your and my artworks for their own gain .So I don't need a book , rather an honest platform where one can and may exhibit his or her artwork in a correct honest way , without others making a profit from it .

BlueCourt wrote on Wednesday 17 February 2021 at 10:46  | reply

Good morning,
I’m just reading all the comments about selling to stock photography companies. But I also hear the suggestions to do it yourself through your own stock photography agency, where the photographers receive a fair price for their photo.

There are an amazing number of good photographers in the Netherlands!! So why not start a Dutch stock photography agency, only for Dutch photographers!!!!
Can we, all together, still put Dutch photographers on the map.....

Wilmar wrote on Friday 19 February 2021 at 09:56  | reply

Dear Tromp Willem,
This blog is about making money as a photographer. For a (professional) photographer, it is very important to focus on things that actually generate money. Stock photography is not one of them, if you look even just a little at the hours you have to put into it. That is why I think it is important to properly inform photographers about what the actual income from stock photography is. If you see it 100% as a hobby, and have a good steady job outside photography, then it does not matter. But if you have even the slightest intention of actually making money with photography, then I think it is useful to be well informed. The fact that an agency like Shutterstock prohibits its photographers from sharing sales figures actually says enough already.