3. Why are keywords important in stock photography?
Without relevant keywords, your photo could “get lost” in the millions of photos stock photo agencies offer. Buyers write topical words and phrases in the search bar, based on which the system lists the appropriate photos.

4. Who buys stock images?
Designers and Producers are the main consumers of Stock Photography, but everyone could buy stock images.

5. What are the most search for images on stock websites?
Landscapes that were inaccessible before are now at the top of the stock photography trend. Images that have strong leading lines will continue to be in demand for stock photography. Photos that capture relaxing scenes like beaches, forest, snow-capped trees and fields of flowers will be the most popular.

6. What is the meaning of rights managed and royalty free?
Royalty Free - means that after the initial permission is secured, usually through money, additional uses can be made without payment.
Rights Managed, refers to a copyright license which, if purchased by a user, allows the one-time use of the photo as specified by the license.

7.How much money can a student make selling photography?
Stock images themselves don't sell for much, but if you publish enough photo, with a variety of images genres and used popular key words, you could get some pocket money.

8. Do stock website have Quality Control? If so what are they?
Some stock website have Quality Control - pairs optimizers and developers to ensure everything looks and works correctly on all relevant devices and browsers, for optimizers, quality assurance ensures the quality of a site.

The image of a duck has been manipulated with a bunch of bananas. The colour of the bananas matches the duck and the shape of the bananas gives the effect of a feather on the duck, this gives the image a slightly realistic result.

Stock Photography is the supply of photographs, which are licensed for specific uses such as magazine publishing or pamphlet-making.

Vecteezy, Freepik, Pixabay, Stockvault, Pexels

Without relevant keywords, your images will “get lost” in the millions of stock photos offered by agencies. 

The main consumers of stock photography are designers and producers, but anyone can buy images.

The most poplar stock photo trend in 2022 was “Work from Home” 

What is the meaning of rights managed and royalty free?

Rights managed refers to a license which allows the buyer to use a photo within the terms specified by the license.
Royalty free means that after the initial permission is secures, usually through money, additional uses can be made without payment

How much money can a student make selling stock photography?

On average, stock photographers male $0.02 per image per month with stock photos, while professionals make $0.05-$0.25 per image per month.

Do stock websites have quality control? If so what are they?

Some websites use computerised stock control which is relatively simple, however manual stock control systems sometimes use codes to track and trace batches.

Why are keywords important in stock photography?
Key words help others find your images, without them your images would get lost amongst everyone else's. By adding keywords you'll make your images more searchable.

Who buys stock images?
Mostly designers and producers buy stock photography, since they are the main buyers for stock. But anyone can buy them.

What are the most search for images on stock websites?
This year (2022):

What is the meaning of rights managed and royalty free?
Rights Managed:
More expensive and limited, but the quality is much higher. A licence would be purchased for the image, allowing only a one-time use of the photo. The image would be required to have a second licence if used for anything else other than the original licence.

Royalty Free:
Only one fixed cost and allows unlimited use of the photo. They can usually be used repeatedly for other things without another payment and can be used on various different mediums.

How much money can a student make selling stock photography?
Alamy:

Getty:

Shutterstock:

Do stock websites have Quality Control? If so what are they?
Yes they do, Quality Control Teams look at your images at 100% to see if there are any technical errors. They also check against the website's guidelines to see if your images are suitable.

 

Photographer  - Giuseppe Colarusso from Italy and i found his images on the daily mails article.

The key success is how the image cant physically happen but has a very important message. In the case Giuseppe has used a lit cigarette and a glass of water however the cigarette is still lit and gives the meaning more power, in my head I read it as quitting smoking isn’t as easy as it seems. I love the background as it looks like the cigarette itself with the brown and white. I also loe the very small shadow to the right of the glass as its an eyecatcher for me personally. I feel like the message isn’t really clear as other things could be conveyed with it 

 

Photographer – Giuseppe colarusso 

 

The key success of the image is to mix two things together that relate in some how and I feel like Giuseppe has done this one perfectly. I love the textures of everything the waver cone and the microphone top too. Even with the touch of having the on/off switch on the cone too is just perfectly placed. I feel like the lightening is perfect and gives a very nice shine to the correct places in the image. I love the shadow behind the cone and how it isn’t lying on the background. I feel like the background for me is just too plain, I feel like it should be more eyecatching,. I feel like the image itself is composed nicely however, it is the background that lets me down.

 

Photographer Giuseppe colarusso 

 

The key success of this image is two separate objects are together and it shouldn’t be together but it looks unusual however, it does look cool at the same time. I love the ice melting and how its flame on top is so perfectly straight up and you can see the layers of the flame too. The ice is a foggy crystal colour and I love that you can see the cracks in between them. The puddle under the ice is also perfect in the image and makes with look more realistic in addition to that the beautiful reflection that’s under the puddle also catches my eyes attention. The adore the black background and feel it is really appropriate for this image style and gives a sense of focussing on the main object and not the colours of the background. I feel the composition with these images was perfect and the message came across perfectly.

 

Photographer – Cebas1 

 

The key success of this image is how well the two objects collide together, it has given me so much inspirstion for my own shoot using similar fruits. I found this image on alamy and I love it. I feel the image is well composed with similar fruits / veg together in this image it’s a orange and tomato. The image is really sharp and you can see every fine detail even though the subject is a while away from the camera.  I feel like the lightening is very strong in some areas and could be a little softer by using a softbox. From what I see I think a beauty dish or a different light modifier. I think the idea of the orange and tomato went together as the colours are very contrasting. I feel the message was very well conveyed in this image 

 

Photographer – double mesh. Image found on pintrest.

 

The key success for this image is that the orange is a can pouring out it’s contents – the orange juice- I feel like the colours are just too basic for me and feel very plain as its your standart orange, a can lid which is a reflective silver and the white background. Maybe if the photographer changed the background too yellow / blue a more contrasrting colour it would be more eyecatching for the viewer of the image.the message of this image was the can pours what was inside the fruit and I feel it was conveyed perfectly.

What is the meaning of rights managed and royalty free?

The different between rights managed and royalty free is rights managed stock is usually more expensive swell as having higher quality images however there are less options to choose from.where as royalty free images there is a fixed price which allows unlimited use of the image

How much money can a student make selling stock photography? (research several
stock websites)

https://photutorial.com/shutterstock-contributors-review/
You earn between 15% and 40% commission when one of your images or videos is downloaded at Shutterstock. This means you get paid $0.10 to $5.80 for images, $10.20 to $39.80 for extended licenses, and $1.25 to $47.92 for each video.
https://improvephotography.com/1129/how-much-money-can-you-earn-in-stock-photography/
In general, stock photos earn approximately 25-45 cents per image, per month.  This obviously depends on many factors, including how many agencies you upload to, your skill in keywording, and the uniqueness of the images.

https://www.microstockguru.com/3200-dollars-month-selling-stock-images/
$200 a month, from a total of 100-200 images.

Do stock websites have Quality Control? If so what are they?
I couldn't find anything that answers this questions the only thing I found was copyright and how that means someone else owns them and if someone else wants to use them legally they would have to ask for there permission and that would give you a contact to use the photos 

 photographer unknown, source - Pinterest 

What are the key 

successes of creative manipulations in each image?

 I would say the image has a successful manipulation as it clearly shows what two objects they were using in their image. I think the image is interesting and unusual.

Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image.
It's a very one colour image, yellow. I think this makes the image stand out, its a really bright and eye-catching colour. I believe there was light coming from behind the banana as it has a shadow in front but there is lighting on the whole scene. Its an unusual concept in which no one would understand or pair them together.

What was the message being conveyed by compositing the two images together, and was it successful?
I would say these two objects work together as when a toothpaste tube is almost done it goes in the shape of a banana. I think it was successful in a way but is still unusual to pair.

 

 The main colour is the red strawberry this draws your attention to that mostly. I would say the lighting is definitely coming from the right of the image only creating some shadows at the top. I think the concept is obviously for jam but in an interesting way. I think this idea is really creative.

What was the message being conveyed by compositing the two images together, and was it successful?

 I think this was really successfully composed. They go really well together I like the idea of the jam jar being the strawberry and I think its a very interesting idea.

 

 

 Image by Lena source Pinterest 

What are the key successes of creative manipulations in each image?

I think the image was really well made and put together. They have manipulated the idea of the chilli being the lighter, its interesting how the top of the lighter flips open like how they've made the chilli.

Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image.

The light I would say is the full image just lighting everything. There is a shadow underneath the chilli however its most likely that it is photoshopped into it.

What was the message being conveyed by compositing the two images together, and was it successful?
I would say these two images go together well as chilli is obviously hot and spicy which creates a link to making it look like a lighter as well. I think this was success as the objects just really link together and its easy to understand that they do.

Martin Roller, source pinterest 

What are the key successes of creative manipulations in each image?
I believe the images are manipulated well together. I think it was a very creative idea that works well with each other.

Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image.

The brown and orange colours contrast really well together it also separates them so you can tell each object apart. I would say the lighting is coming from the left and right side as you can see the lights on the base of the stand for the globe.

What was the message being conveyed by compositing the two images together, and was it successful?
This was a successful image as the colours of both objects contrast really well. The objects work really well together and again the image makes since its not to complex for the viewer.

 

 

By Steve Mcmennamy, source Pinterest 

What are the key successes of creative manipulations in each image?

I would say these images successfully created the manipulation with how the paint flows to the stem of the flower. The way the paint pours out is really thin and creates a stem effect

Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image.

I would say the yellow and green compliment each other really well. The lighting appears to be coming from the front and also the right side of the flower. I think its a good idea for an image I like how they join together but I don't really see a link between the two objects.

What was the message being conveyed by compositing the two images together, and was it successful?

I think the image was successful in way however you can see the line splitting the image which I feel if it was edited a bit more could make the image a lot more interesting.

  - Adobe
  - Pexels
  - Shutterstock
  - PixaBay
  - Freepik

Why are keywords important in stock photography?
 - Without keywords, your images cannot be found by the buyers, and you'll never get any sales. By adding relevant keywords to your stock media assets, you'll make your images searchable. 

Who buys stock images?

  - Designers and Producers are the main consumers of Stock Photography although anyone can buy it.

What are the most search for images on stock websites?
 - Images such as Colorful Cityscapes, Creative Portrait Concepts, Digital Photo Collages, Fairytale Portrait Photography, Landscape Editing, Travel Photography and Urban Photograph.

What is the meaning of rights managed and royalty free?

  - Rights-managed stock is generally more expensive and while the quality is higher, overall there is a smaller selection to choose from. A significant pro when using royalty-free images is that there is only one, fixed cost, which allows unlimited use of the image.

How much money can a student make selling stock photography?
 - On average, stock photographers make $0.02 per image per month with stock photos, while professionals make $0.05–$0.25 per image per month. Royalty-free sales earn between $0.10 and $99.50, while extended licenses bring up to $500. Stock photo agencies pay $0.32 per sale of a royalty-free license on average. 

Do stock websites have Quality Control? If so what are they?
- Stock websites do have Quality Control. Good Quality Control will include stock and batch tracking in order to ensure the quality of each image.

 

 

 

This is basically if someone was wanting an image for something they could got to a stock agency and pay a small fee to the agency and photographer to use the image.

List five stock photography websites
Adobe Stock
iStock
Pixabay
Pexels
Freepik

Why are keywords important in stock photography?
Without keywords on your image people who want to buy your image might struggle to find it which means no sales, however if you were to add keywords that relate to your image it will be easily accessible for buyers.

Who buys stock images?

All different kinds of businesses buy them or publishers, bloggers, designers, producers. It can be used in advertisements, magazines, books.

What are the most search for images on stock websites?

Flowers
Minimalism
Authenticity
Aerial photography

What is the meaning of rights managed and royalty free?
Rights managed generally means you can only use the image one time for the price you've paid. Royalty free means you can use the image multiple times after purchased.

How much money can a student make selling stock photography?
You can earn just under around £1 a month per image

Do stock websites have Quality Control? If so what are they?
They do have quality control
Four main ones are process control, control charts, acceptance sampling, and product quality control

 

-        Vecteezy

-        Getty images 

-        Depositphotos

-        Alamy

-        Istock 

 

Primary key phrase (PKP) it generates more attention to your images from other searches so having a keyword that is most specific to the image will work best. 

 

Its usually stock agencies who buy stock images to use for their own graphic designs for their company.

 

 The most searched images on stock websites are landscapes,      images with strong leading lines and relaxing scenes.

 

Royalty free means it can give you almost complete freedom with the image. Rights managed has clearly defined boundaries and can be purchased by several users in conclusion you wouldn’t have exclusive rights to the image.

 

Stock photos sell between $0.10-$99.50 but can go up to $500 with extanded licenses. Stock photo agencies pay $0.32 per sale of a royalty free image. This is on average. Stocsky pays the highest with up too $200 on royalty free and $8,100 per extended license.

 

Quality control is a vital aspect of stock control mainly incase it affects the safety of customers or the quality of the finished product. Stock control should incorporate stock tracking and batch tracking.

 
Surrealism is a cultural movemeny that developed in europe after world war I. this is where artists release the potential of the unconsious mind.

Who are some of the most well-known surrealist artists?

 
Some of the most wel-know surrealist artists are
-Pablo Picasso
-Man Ray
-Salvador Dali

Stock photography is the supply of photographs which are often licensed for specific uses. The stock photo industry, which began to gain hold in the 1920s, has established models including traditional macrostock photography, midstock photography, and microstock photography. Conventional stock agencies charge from several hundred to several thousand US dollars per image, while microstock photography may sell for around US$25 cents. Professional stock photographers traditionally place their images with one or more stock agencies on a contractual basis, while stock agencies may accept the high-quality photos of amateur photographers through online submission. - Taken from Wikipedia

1. Shutterstock.

2. Vecteezy.

3. Freepik.

4. Burst by Shopify.

5. Flaticon.

 
Without keywords, your images cannot be found by the buyers, and you'll never get any sales. By adding relevant keywords into your stock media assets, you'll make your images searchable. It also helps with your websites SEO.

Who buys stock images?

Many people buy stock images, for example small businesses can buy them for their advertising (which saves on hiring a photographer), or massive companies can pay thousands on the images.  

 

 
Rights managed stock is generally more expensive and while the quality is higher, overall there is a smaller selection to choose from. A significant pro when using royalty free images is that there is only one, fixed cost, which allows unlimited use of the image.

How much money can a student make selling stock photographs? (research several stock websites)

'We recommend trying Alamy first to begin selling stock photos. Their student contributor scheme gives you 100% of the sales price of your images for two years – ideal! Your uni will need to be part of the scheme, but loads of UK institutions are already registered.

On average, images on Alamy typically sell for about £65 each, but photos could get anywhere from £15 – £360 depending on what your photos are used for.

If you're not a student or your uni isn't registered, the payout is still a fairly decent 50% for images that are exclusive to Alamy (you get slightly less for non-exclusive images).'


Shutterstock is one of the best-known stock image sites to sell to. The amount you will earn per photo depends on the licence or subscription type, as well as your lifetime earnings (the total amount you've earned on Shutterstock as a contributor).

It's worth noting that you'll only earn 15% per image sold when you start out as a Shutterstock contributor.

The more you sell within a year, the bigger the percentage you'll receive. But, at the beginning of each calendar year, this resets and you'll go back to earning 15% per image until you sell more again.

- from Save the Student

 
Another important aspect to consider is that, while you are not required to be a professional photographer (or graphic designer or illustrator) in order to sell photos online, if you want to be approved into the best stock photo sites, and to have real chances of selling and make the most money for your work, you need to produce professional-level images –this applies for videos as well–. This means you will need to invest both time and money into training, improving your skills, and getting the necessary tools –software and hardware– to make sure your pictures are on par with what agencies look for and buyers want to buy.

A very important factor to keep in mind when submitting photos to a stock photography website is thatyou must be the copyright owner for all the content you upload and include model releases and property releases for all images depicting recognizable people and/or private property. Agencies are very serious in their policing of legal matters, so this is critical to know and abide by. - from Stock Photo Secrets

 

Surrealism originated in the late 1910s and early '20s as a literary movement that experimented with a new mode of expression called automatic writing, or automatism, which sought to release the unbridled imagination of the subconscious.

Can you name photographers, past and present, whose work is firmly rooted in surrealism? {use illustrations, with dates etc.}

- Man Ray (seen below)
- Claude Cahun (seen below)
- Méret Oppenheim (see below)

 

In 1919, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud defined 'the uncanny' in his essay of the same name as a fear that exists when the familiar suddenly becomes strange and unfamiliar. His analytical model of the human mind with a conscious and subconscious layer forms the basis of surrealism.

 
 - Salvador Dalí
-  André Breton
-  Yves Tanguy
-  René Magritte
-  Joan Miró
-  Max Ernst
- Leonora Carrington.

 
- Javier Espada known for Bunuel (2021) , Generacion (2018) and following nazarin (2015)

 

 

- Stephen Sayadian 

known for Untamed cowgirls of the wild 1&2 (1993)
-party doll a go-go! (1991)
-nightdreams 3 (1991)

 

  -a 20th-century avant-garde movement in art and literature which sought to release the creative potential of the unconscious mind, for example by the irrational juxtaposition of images. It began in the 1920s. 

 

Who are some of the most well known surrealist artists?

 -Pablo Picasso (1881 – 1973)
- Max Ernst (1891 – 1976)
- Joan Miró (1893 – 1983)
- André Masson (1896 – 1987)
- René Magritte (1898 – 1967)
- Yves Tanguy (1900 – 1955)
- Salvador Dalí (1904 – 1989)
- Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954)

 

Can you name photographers, past and present, whose work is firmly rooted in surrealism? {use illustrations, with dates etc.}
- Kansuke Yamamoto, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Jean Arp, Max Ernst, André Masson, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Salvador Dalí, Pierre Roy, Paul Delvaux, and Joan Miró.

 

What is the uncanny and when did it begin?

-  concept in art associated with psychologist Sigmund Freud which describes a strange and anxious feeling sometimes created by familiar objects in unfamiliar contexts. It began in 1919.

 

Who are some of the most well known artists {including photographers & filmmakers working within this field? {use illustrations, with dates etc.}

 - Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Andre Breton, Brassai, Salvador Dali, Philippe Halsman, Andre Kertesz and Hans Bellmer.

    

                  

       

 

 

Dalí Atomicus, 1948

Themes for stock photos are diverse, although Megan Garber of The Atlantic wrote in 2012 that "one of the more wacky/wondrous elements of stock photos is the manner in which, as a genre, they've developed a unifying editorial sensibility. To see a stock image is... to know you're seeing a stock image."^[5] Historically notable traditional stock photo agencies have included RobertStock, the Bettman Archive in New York,^[1] and the Hulton Archive in the United Kingdom,^[6] among many others.^[7] In the 1990s companies such as Photodisc in Seattle, Washington, began selling CD ROMs with packs of images, pioneering the royalty-free licensing system at a time when Rights Managed licensing was the norm in the stock industry.^[7] There was a great amount of consolidation among stock photo agencies^[8][9] between 1990 and the mid-2000s, particularly through Corbis and Getty Images.^[1] The early microstock company iStockphoto was founded in May 2000,^[10] followed by companies such as Dreamstime,^[11] fotoLibra,^[12][13] Can Stock Photo,^[14] 123RF, Shutterstock, and Fotolia.

5 stock website getty images, adobe stock istock, pexels and shutter stock 

why are keywords important in stock photography ? Without keywords, your images cannot be found by the buyers, and you’ll never get any sales.

By adding relevant keywords into your stock media assets, you’ll make your images searchable.

When you take your time and go through the keywording process throughout, you increase your probability of getting sales.

who nuys stock images? advertiment companies, brands, insurance business
Who buys stock photos? The answer to this question can be both long and short depending on how you look at it. Designers and Producers are the main consumers of Stock Photography, and these images can be found across a plethora of today’s modern media! From the BBC’s use of Getty Images for their news articles to the home designer working on a personal project, the question shouldn’t be Who Buys Stock Photos, rather it should be: Who Doesn’t?

what is the meaning of rights rights manged and royalty free ? royality free means the images can used by anyone without the worry of copy right laws and legal action, rights manged means the brands or business is buying a licensee from the site in order to use the images as these are copy rights to the photographer and they sell the license to the business to use on behalf of the photographer using the site and they take a commions. 

how money can a student make from stock photography. 

the answer depends on the business and also the student would need to build a portfolio of work to be able to gain clients and ensure they also keep within the standards set out by the stock website. you can sell on many websites however some do ask you only post on to their platform as exclusive rights. 

quality control, yes all of the stock website have clear standards to make sure the quality of the photos can be used in a variety of adverisment and ensuring they business keeps and really good reputation of high quality and will get repeat business 

the word surrealism was first introduced in 1917 by a poet called Guillaume Apollinaire who used the term to describe Jean Cocteau's ballet and a play he wrote called "The Breasts of Tiresias". 

In 1924 a poet called Andre Breton published a surrealism manifesto

what is surrealism, surrealism  is making something that is impossible possible in other words dream like. 

➢ Who are some of the most well-known surrealist artists?

Some of the most well known surrealist 
artists would be people such as,
Salvador dali 
René Magritte 

Francesca Woodman
Max Ernst
Frida Kahlo

➢ Can you name photographers, past and present, whose work is firmly rooted in surrealism? {use illustrations, with dates etc.}

Francesca Woodman she was an amazing photographer and her surrealism was brilliant her photos really do speak for themselves (link below for pictures)

https://www.vogue.com/article/francesca-woodman-photographs

a more recent photographer for surrealism is Alice zilberberg you can see the difference of time and technology if you compare these two photographers work (link below for pictures)
https://alicezilberberg.com/tag/surreal-photography/

➢ What is the uncanny and when did it begin?
The uncanny is described by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in 1919 as "a fear that exists when the familiar suddenly becomes strange and unfamiliar" his analysis of the human mind having a consensus and subconscious layer create the foundation for surrealism.
https://www.kunsthal.nl/en/plan-your-visit/exhibitions/uncanny/

 

➢ Who are some of the most well known artists {including photographers &  filmmakers working within this field? {use illustrations, with dates etc.} 

Max Ernst who was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, and poet, is most famous peace of work is a painting called the "The Elephant Celebes" 1921 
https://www.maxernst.org/elephant-celebes/

Alfred Hitchcock is a British director that made "a series of Surrealist masterpieces inHollywood in the 1950s and 1960s"
ones of his most famous surrealism films is called Spellbound released in 1945 with the famous dream scene linked below 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hAkvphDLd4

 

This professional campaign titled 'Tomato, Artichoke, Tuna, Shrimp, Salmon' was published in Germany in January, 2014. It was created for the brand: Followfish, by ad agency: Leagas Delaney. This Print medium campaign is related to the Food industry and contains 5 media assets. It was submitted almost 9 years ago.

Credits

Advertising Agency: Leagas Delaney, Hamburg, Germany
Creative Directors: Stefan Zschaler, Ole Kleinhans, Michael Götz
Art Director: Enrico Hoppe
Graphic Designer / Illustrator: Vladimir Vascalup
Copywriters: Kolja Danquah, Manuel Kersting
Photographer: Christian Lohfink
Retouch: Alphadog


The idea behind editing the location pinpoint as a tomato is very clever considering that the company claims to have linked a tracking code to their products.

I think that the lighting consists of two softboxes placed on the sides of the tomato which was then edited in post-production. It must have been shoot on a plain background which was then edited.

Uncanny is the psychological experience of something that seems familiar but is creepy and unnatural, creating a sense of unease. The term 'uncanny' was first used in 1906 by a German Psychiatrist called Ernst Jentsch in his essay 'On the Psychology of the Uncanny'.

Who are some of the most well known artists {including photographers & filmmakers working within this field?

This professional campaign titled 'World Kidney Day - Broccoli' was published in India in May, 2017. It was created for the brand: Fortis, by ad agency: Grey. This Print medium campaign is related to the Health industry and contains 1 media asset. It was submitted over 5 years ago.

Credits

Advertising Agency: Grey Worldwide, India
Chief Creative Officer: Sandipan Bhattacharyya
VP / Branch Head: Vishal Ahluwalia
Creative Director: Gautam Bhasin
Art Director / Illustrator / Typographer: Vinay Saya
Art Director: Sandeep Kumar Y
Copywriters: Amit Anand, Loreto Basumatary
Photographer: Getty Images
Illustrator / Digital Artist: Geethachari SC
Account Manager: Tulika Singh Shekhar
Senior Account Executive: Monica Kaur

I found this image on Pinterest and I thought that the choice of shaping Broccoli as lungs was an interesting and effective way to sensibilize. Very creative. 

I think that the broccoli was photographed on a plain colour background that was then turned green. lighting was kept very simple, possibly one or two softboxes. 

Source: https://www.adsoftheworld.com/campaigns/world-kidney-day-broccoli

3. Why are keywords important in stock photography?
Keywords are important so the images get seen and found within the many photos available. The more specific the hashtag is, the better. Specific, literally and conceptually.

4. Who buys stock images?
Stock photos are usually purchased by creatives of all sorts. Mostly graphic designers.

5. What are the most searched images on stock websites?
Photos that capture relaxing scenes like beaches, snow-capped trees and fields of flowers will be the most popular. I also suppose that still-life pictures and studio still-life are great for visual manipulators.

6. What is the meaning of rights-managed and royalty-free?
Royalty-Free (RF) Images – An RF image license grants the user (the purchaser or End User) basic usage rights, royalty-free. Images with an RF license can typically be used repeatedly (up to the allowable total number of uses) and across various mediums, provided that the usage falls under the permitted uses.

Rights-managed stock is generally more expensive and while the quality is higher, overall there is a smaller selection to choose from. A significant pro when using royalty-free images is that there is only one, fixed cost, which allows unlimited use of the image.

7. How much money can a student make selling photography?

Stock photos don't sell for much but having a great range of photos available to purchase can exponentially increase earnings. Alamy gives students all of the money from any sales made through Alamy for two years; thereafter they pay contributors up to 50% commission. There’s no limit to how much money can be earned or how many sales can be made.

9. Do stock websites have Quality Control? If so, what are they?
Some stock websites have quality control-. These include making sure that the images are optimized for relevant devices, and browsers and that the quality is high enough. 

Alamy's Quality Control Team (QC) look at submitted images at 100% to see if there are any technical errors. 

10. Within the photography industry, how much money is generated each year through stock photography?
Each year the stock photography industry generates around 4 billion.

11. What is the average license price for an image on Alamy?
There is no set price you'll earn per image, the price will depend on the customer and the end use. The average license price on Alamy is $35.

12. Contractual agreements information:

This very interesting feature on Alamy's website shows you the themes that are currently trendy. 

Trends can be found at the following link:  https://www.alamy.com/blog/tag/picture-needs

Currently on trend on Alamy is the "french" theme as per the above link.

There is also another feature called "What I should shoot" which will give photographers a list of themes to work on based on public demand.

Based on the "what should I shoot" page on the Shutterstock website current trends are: Animals in the Wild, Plants, Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Specialized Assistance.

 My first attempt was realistically finding my feet and choosing what f stop I should use for my image. I decided on f11 was the best. From the top of the images to the bottom, the top images on shoot 1 was changing f stops shutter speeds etc, the second page was finding out how to do the light bulb and what to use to hold / balance it. I ended up using blue tack on the back of the bulb and the bottom on the shiny part to hold it up without the need for hands etc. the cone on the other hand was my biggest issue. I had to do this shoot 3 times before coming across my perfect image. I started shooting my second attempt after having some assistance from Iain and helpful prompts on how to get the ideal shoot. I then propped my cone up at first using a modifier behind the paper which I see caused a curve on the shadow giving it a very unrealistic look. I then after some playing around found the right way to set the cone up – I used a camera cap to slightly push the cone up that didn’t alter the shadow. My next issue was my images weren’t bright enough in same areas so I used the white side of a foam board to reflect some light back in to brighten up the left side of the cone. I then moved on to my second idea of using a globe and a watermelon as my second idea.

Contact sheets 

 My first attempt was realistically finding my feet and choosing what f stop I should use for my image. I decided on f11 was the best. From the top of the images to the bottom, the top images on shoot 1 was changing f stops shutter speeds etc, the second page was finding out how to do the light bulb and what to use to hold / balance it. I ended up using blue tack on the back of the bulb and the bottom on the shiny part to hold it up without the need for hands etc. the cone on the other hand was my biggest issue. I had to do this shoot 3 times before coming across my perfect image. I started shooting my second attempt after having some assistance from Iain and helpful prompts on how to get the ideal shoot. I then propped my cone up at first using a modifier behind the paper which I see caused a curve on the shadow giving it a very unrealistic look. I then after some playing around found the right way to set the cone up – I used a camera cap to slightly push the cone up that didn’t alter the shadow. My next issue was my images weren’t bright enough in same areas so I used the white side of a foam board to reflect some light back in to brighten up the left side of the cone. I then moved on to my second idea of using a globe and a watermelon as my second idea.

Surealism is an art and literature movement which Balances a rational vision of life with one that asserts the power of unconscious and dreams. Surrealism began in 1924 in Paris and was founded by poet Andre Breton.

2. Who are some of the most well-known surrealist artists?

in surrealism? {use illustrations, with dates etc.}

some well known surrealist artists includes 

3.Can you name photographers, past and present, whose work is firmly rooted in surrealism? {use illustrations, with dates etc.}

Present - Aydın Büyüktaş

Aydın Büyüktaş is a Turkish artist and photo manipulator. The image Junkyard,2017 continuing on his series “flatland”  illustrates an image created by digitally stitching together roughly around 20 aerial drone shots of a vehicle scrapyard. Büyüktaş manipulated the drone shots to look as thought the landscape has been warped to look like the landing is pointing up at the sky like how they do it in Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”

past - Dora Maar 
Dora maar was a surreal artists working with mediums such as photography, poetry and painter. Photograph Untitled (shell hand),1934 by Dora Maar illustrates a surreal scene with a shell and a hand coming out of the shell as though it was meant to be the snail. 

4. What is the uncanny and when did it begin?

The uncanny is the psychological experience of something as not simply mysterious, but creepy, often in a strangely familiar way. 

The term uncanny was first used in 1906 by a German phychiastrist  Ernst Jenstch  

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Surrealism is the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theatre by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations.

The poet Guilliame Apollinaire first coined the term “Surreal” in reference to the idea of an independent reality, existing “beneath” our conscious reality.

But the Surrealist movement initially surfaced in 1924 when French poet André Breton published his “Manifesto of Surrealism,” influenced by the theories and writings on the unconscious mind by psychologist Sigmund Freud, the groundbreaking studies of Carl Jung, and the early 20^th-century Dada movement.

2. Who are some of the most well-known surrealist artists?

Visual artists such as Giorgio de Chirico, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, and Marcel Duchamp embraced Surrealism and were recognized in Breton’s 1925 publication, “La Révolution Surréaliste.” 

Of course, also Salvador Dalì is considered to be one of the pioneers of surrealism followed by Joan Mirò and Marcel Duchamp. 

 3. Can you name photographers, past and present, whose work is firmly rooted in surrealism?

In the works of Man Ray and Maurice Tabard, the use of procedures such as double exposure, combination printing, montage, and solarization dramatically evoked the union of dream and reality. The combination of these techniques makes them surrealistic photographers.

As contemporary photographers, we can mention the work of Alex Stoddard. For more of his work, visit his Instagram.

4. What is "the uncanny" and when did it begin?

In 1919, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud defined 'the uncanny' in his essay of the same name as a fear that exists when the familiar suddenly becomes strange and unfamiliar. His analytical model of the human mind with a conscious and subconscious layer forms the basis of surrealism.

5. Who are some of the most well known artists working in this field? (including filmmakers and photographers)

•What are the key successes of 

painting with light in each image?

the key successes of painting with light in this image is that where he shines the light through makes it look like the mushroom is alive or from a alien planet   

•Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image. 

there is two ways the photographer could have done this they could have put the angle of the light under the mushroom shining up or through the mushroom from the top and for the colour of the light he has used is a warm light that almost matches the colour of the mushroom 

•You should investigate the technique and equipment that each photographer has employed to create their images.

I tried to investigate the techniques and equipment this photographer has used in this but I can't find anything so I'm going to guess that it would be some sort of led flash light so they can control the warmth of the light 

•What are the key successes of 

painting with light in each image?

the key successes of this image would be the sparkles/flashes of light and also the strip of light reflection on the gold vase I think that's what it is

•Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image.

the colours in this image really contrast with each other I feel, and to reverse engineer this image I think for the flash/ sparkle this could be done by maybe having a light reflected off a kind of reflector or maybe it could have been a some sort of a defuser on the actual light to make it like that 

•You should investigate the technique and equipment that each photographer has employed to create their images. 

thankfully there is a equipment list in the website I found so I will listed it below Required Equipment

https://www.swanngalleries.com/news/photographs-and-photobooks/2014/10/o-winston-link-turbulent-past/

•What are the key successes of painting with light in each image?

•Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image. 

The image is in black and white and the contrast from black and white is brilliant I mean look clouds coming from the steam train and how its fading away look at the shadows and the refection of each different car, and to reverse engineer this image the lighting is placed mostly all on the left u can see this by the shows on the cars  

•You should investigate the technique and equipment that each photographer has employed to create their images.

The equipment used for this is crazy if you click on the link you will see the size of the lights and all the equipment they needed to shoot images like this these lights were used to light whole streets, houses and even steam trains

the rest of the questions are answered below in week 1

- Yes, noise, noticeable retouching, out of focus, over manipulated, poor exposure, camera shake, colour cast, compression artefacts, soft, and many more.

5. What is the average license price for an image on Alamy?
- 35 is the average license price

The rest of the questions are answered below in week 1.

This image was taken by the photographer Ed Phillips and I came across his work after researching on Google and accessing his website. His technique consists in illuminating each element of the composition with a torchlight and then editing the different exposures together in photoshop to create then the final image. This allows him to really get creative with the lighting and achieve the desired result which is usually very dramatic and moody. In this specific image, I particularly like the separation he was able to create between the background and the big jug with the flowers.

Photo sourced on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/helmuthess/52287713168/

Within the photography industry, how much money is generated each year through stock photography?
$3 Billion

What is the average license price for an image on Alamy?
$35

For answers to the other questions see: Impossible objects

•What are the key successes of 

painting with light in each image?
The key successes in this is how much tecture from the wooden table to the gears and even the wee drop of oil that is about to drip you can see this because of how they use the light almost making it look like a realistic painting

•Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image. 
The colours of this image are all quite dark from the back drop to the almost burnt red leather cone but this makes the bright of the light real pop and to reverse engineer the lighting I would say most the  light is coming from the light hand side as you can see the shadows of the objects on the table point to the left 

•You should investigate the technique and equipment that each photographer has employed to create their images. I couldn't really find anything for this on this photographer put if I was to guess I would guess that he has used a hand held spotlight to and a larger light to Light it all evenly

• What are the key successes of painting with light in each image? 
The key successes of the painting with light in this photo I would say would be the effect of the shadows and reflection of light off the lemons and leaves 

•Comment on the colours, reverse engineer the lighting and the concept of the image.
the colours of this image are really chalk and cheese with the very dark background and the dark material that the lemons are on to really make the lemons and leaves pop out and to reverse engineer the lighting I would say that the photographer has used a flashlight to shine on each three or more lemons each time from the top right hand side to get the same reflections and shadows

•You should investigate the technique and equipment that each photographer has employed to create their images. I'm unsure of the equipment that was used but I'm sure that it is a controlled flash light that can Control how strong and wide the light is

 - There is no set price on what you'll earn per image, this will depend on what the customer wants and the end use of the image. The average license price is usually about £29.13 on Alamy. 

This is basically if someone was wanting an image for something they could got to a stock agency and pay a small fee to the agency and photographer to use the image.

List five stock photography websites

Adobe Stock

iStock

Pixabay

Pexels

Freepik

As a student contributor to Alamy, how much commission do you receive and over what period of time?
Alamy give you all of the money from any sales you make through for two year. After that they pay their contributors up to 50% commission.

Within the photography industry, how much money is generated each year through stock photography?
Market growth 2022-2026 - $ 1.34 billion

Why are keywords important in stock photography?

Without keywords on your image people who want to buy your image might struggle to find it which means no sales, however if you were to add keywords that relate to your image it will be easily accessible for buyers.

Who buys stock images?

All different kinds of businesses buy them or publishers, bloggers, designers, producers. It can be used in advertisements, magazines, books.

Research two current stock photography themes found on stock websites?
Flowers - average pricing £6 per image
Minimalism - average pricing £7 - £20 per image

What is the meaning of rights managed and royalty free?

Rights managed generally means you can only use the image one time for the price you've paid. Royalty free means you can use the image multiple times after purchased. 

Does Alamy have Quality Control? If so what are they?

They do have quality control

Four main ones are process control, control charts, acceptance sampling, and product quality control

What is the average license price for an image on Alamy?There is no set price you'll earn per image, the price will depend on the customer and the end use. The average license price on Alamy is $35. Q. How do I know if I've made a sale?