There’s no shame in stock photography
A little over a year ago, I read an article on CNN about stock photography. As someone who considers my photography to be a bit more "artistic" than mere stock photography, I initially dismissed the idea that any of my pictures would be considered low enough for "stock" photography. This being said, my photos over on Fine Art America weren't selling, so I wasn't attracting the artistic crowd to my photographs. Sure, I know there's a particular art (har har) to metadata tagging and keywords. Also, considering the price for any of my artsy photographs was probably a little high, and my reasonably limited portfolio, I knew I wasn't going to make much money in the fine art market.
I finally decided to swallow my pride.
With my artistic photography not attracting any sales, I finally decided to swallow my pride in 2018 and dive into the world of stock photography. Fortunately, I already had a pretty extensive portfolio of photographs, so I...