Start stock photography: take your first picture through to submission
Follow a cup-and-notebook photograph from shooting and a finished JPEG to a title, review, and the difference between earnings and money received.
THE FIELD GUIDES / PRODUCTION NOTES
Start & sustain
Understand licensing, choose equipment, and keep producing.
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FIELD GUIDE / 01
Start & sustain
Understand licensing, choose equipment, and keep producing.
Before choosing a camera and lens, test one scene with what you have
Separate a framing or blur problem from a reason to buy, then try a body and lens together.
Test equipment on arrival: shoot, finish and reopen your files
Try the actual lens, cards, power and existing computer through one photograph and one clip.
Keep creating: review one shoot’s money, time and next step
Separate the money and time spent on a recent shoot; if you have sales records, compare the same period to choose one thing to try next.