Just how much can you earn from photography these days? Sometimes when I look at the earnings from the smaller stock photo agencies I shudder to think just how far they have fallen, and yet, when I add up the totals, it still adds up to a meaningful amount. June is usually on the of the highlights of the year as Adobe Stock make their “free image” license purchases. Big error of judgement for me this time – I only...
Each month I report my earnings from online sales and licensing of my digital photos and videos and have been doing so for over 16 years now! A long time in this challenging industry, but a rewarding one. I just noticed that my total earnings since I started in 2008 are now $492,443. I guess a party is in order when I reach $500,000 which is probably going to be in August this year. Getting me closer to that target...
Can AI build a complex photography portfolio for you? I spent the last week trying to find out. While the AI was a superstar at metadata, it was a hallucinating mess when it came to WordPress plugins like WP Grid Builder and NextGen Pro.
Today, I’m taking a quick diversion from stock photography to share the technical “post-mortem” of my B2B portal build. I’m breaking down the 24 errors the AI made, the plugins I eventually settled on (Filebird, MLA, and more), and why you need to be much more demanding of your AI “consultant” than you think.
My process of using Lightroom as my master database of keywords and titles makes my use of AI a bit complex. In my new project to break into the B2B consultants market, I used ArtushVision AI as many stock photographers do – just keyword the JPEGs.
In my last post, I did a deep dive into how I am using ArtushVision AI to automate my Lightroom Classic keywording workflow for stock photography. It solved a massive headache by reading and writing directly to .XMP sidecar files—meaning my RAW files stay untouched and I don’t have to export a single JPEG just to generate keywords. It works just as well for those who just keyword the JPEGs for upload to the agencies. But as any photographer who...
Finally, an AI keywording system for stock photos, videos and Print on demand images that really works for me. Read my full comprehensive review.
The latest installment of my monthly reports on making money from the online sale and licensing of photography. March has been what I would call an Okay Month. Total earnings ended up at $2625 mainly due to a fall off in print sales in March. I’ll talk about that later in the report. But first, as they say on the news, the numbers! Growth in Total Earnings from Photography Although March was better than 2024, that is about all we...
After 18 years in the stock photography industry, I look back at my spreadsheets to find the best earnings stock agencies in 2025 and 2026.
15 years of stock photography has given me much experience with equipment choices. What fills my camera backpack for travel imagery now?
A quick test of a new AI keywording tool called Autokeyworder that works as a Chrome extension to add keywords during the upload process
