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Taking Pictures that Sell: People
by Kathy Burns-Millyard
Published on this site: August 11th, 2006 - See
more articles from this month
If you want to take pictures that sell very well - particularly in stock
photography portfolios - you need to be taking pictures with people in
them.
People add variety, interest, and unique perspectives to pictures. Even
if you take a picture of something others have taken pictures of millions
of times before, if yours has people in it, it will be unique.
Consider: How many ways can you take a picture of an apple? And
yes, apples can say a wide variety of things: Nutrition, healthy eating,
fruit, food, hunger... all sorts of things. But if you add a person to
that picture, you open a whole new world of possibilites. And by opening
those possibilities, you have a much better chance of selling your picture more often, to more people,
and possibly for more money.
If you're starting a stock photography portfolio, here are three ideas
that work very well with people in the photo.
- Business concepts
Creating business oriented stock photos can create excellent income
for you. And business concept photos sell best when people are involved.
You could simply have stock photos of people in business suits, or you
could have people in business situations too - at a desk, with a laptop, or
standing in front of an office building for instance.
- Health and Fitness concepts.
Stock photos of fitness equipment or fitness concepts sell well
by themselves, but they sell much better when people are involved. Create
stock photos with people on fitness machines for instance, or people
in exercise cloths. You could also create stock photos with people get
their blood pressure taken, using an insulin glucose meter, or simply
eating healthy foods.
- People doing things.
Yes this sounds generic, and that's actually a fantastic thing.
People doing almost anything will sell nicely in a stock photography
portfolio. You could have photos of people swimming, jumping, laughing,
hugging, crying,talking, eating, sleeping and more.
So there you have it. Three ways to start incorporating people photos
into your stock portfolio, and making much better money with your stock
photos.
For additional information on stock photography with people, please
see this followup article: "Stock Photography of People: Model Releases"
© 2006, Kathy Burns-Millyard. Visit the free Online Guide
to Stock Photography at http://www.Stocktography.com
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