How We Had Success At Stock Photography / Video That Paid Big

[@MrGearoid65]

Hi,you two! Brilliant story. Fantastically inspiring. Bravo!!!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for watching great to hear from you 🍷 🇮🇪 🇨🇦🍻🙂

[@MrGearoid65]

​@@ThisIsOurRetirementI LOVE watching your stories and following your adventures!!!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you 🍻🙂

[@pattyk8594]

I loved seeing your 1980's picture of you two together! Good looking couple! :o)

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Patty Cheers 🍷📷🌺🙂

[@Luigi13]

This is a great video with a great story that I perfectly understand. I am a stock photographer myself and I remember the days when Shutterstock paid reasonably well and to day has gone to the bottom unfortunately, Shutterstock sells the membership and they do well because they have an extensive library of stock so does Alamy, but Alamy rewards the photographer for each sell they make no comparison to Shutterstock. Today Adobe has taken that seat and they sell well and pay reasonably. Stock photography is a passive income for me, I enjoy taking pictures in my travels it motivates me to have a reason to travel. Your story is fascinating because you came in it at the right time and you both worked as a team and persevered and became creative with it. Thanks for sharing and all the best, cheers.

[@krazytrainguy]

That's a great story, especially how it helped you through having a health setback with cancer and the money from something that you love to do.

[@Jocantral]

You two never cease to amaze me. Kudos to you for making money in any way you can. You deserve all that you have achieved. I am going to tell hubby to look at selling some of his photos. :🙂 Thank goodness for your cancer recovery.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

It has been a hard journey Jo especially when we didn’t know if it was going to be a happy outcome for us especially Norm , but we have worked through it 🌺

[@barbaragullap3789]

Thank you T &N it just shows what can be done when one remains positive, when most people get a cancer diagnosis they are devastated, but you took your lemons and made lemonade, congrats keep up the good work,and bless you Norm for giving much praise to your lovely wife I am sure she has earned it,but to have you ask acknowledged it must make her happy,bless you both.❤

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Barbara at times it definitely hasn’t been easy but we have supported each other 🙂🌺

[@chicletlux]

This was an unexpected topic, but very interesting.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for watching we appreciate it ❤️🤗

[@johnrmeyer1674]

Great job Tina and Norm! I never knew! I'm amateur photographer (mainly landscape and cityscape). I looked into stock photography but the days of making decent money I guess are gone. I retired about 2 years ago, then last year I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Luckily, it was caught early, had surgery in February, and I'm now cancer free. Not what I expected after just retiring, but doing great now. I love my Canon R6 mirrorless camera and hope to start selling some prints soon now that I'm back in good health. Take care.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you are now back in good health John 🍻🙂

[@debbiemckendry6666]

Thanks for sharing your intriguing history N&T! Sounds like the timing was perfect for that to be a lucrative venture just when you needed it. And you hit the KZbin curve too! Well done! 👏🏻👏🏻You continue to inspire us. Love seeing the pics of you both back in the day too. 😊

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 🍷🌺

[@star4141]

Been following you for a long time. This video is great context for your story 😄😄

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Awesome! Thank you! we appreciate your support 🙂

[@stevevrzic4684]

Great video It’s great to see another facet of your lives Keep it coming Keep enjoying retirement

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you! Will do Steve 🍻🙂

[@ceparksromanceharps]

Well done, Norm and Tina! Very inspiring story of your photography business. You made a serious amount of money from a business that started out as a hobby. Glad you survived cancer. will have to look at your portfolio. Carry on!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Awesome comment thank you 🙂📷

[@ceparksromanceharps]

@@ThisIsOurRetirement I checked out your portfolio on Alamy. Amazing! high quality photos. I especially liked the train photos. Stiff upper lip and carry on!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks so much 🚂🙂

[@judit1783]

Your pictures are fab!! They are all great, but I am soft on the one with all the bikes with wicker baskets that have fallen over. Artistic and makes me smile. 😊

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That was on our last transatlantic cruise 🚢🙂

[@adaashton]

Thanks for the info. I always wondered how people get into it. Keep the interesting topics coming.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it Cheers 🙂

[@jfk5402]

OMG that young picture!!! You looked fantastic couple! Tina so pretty!!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it 🙂

[@paulhunter6652]

Hi Norm and Tina: Very cool and inspiring story. Lots of hard work and perseverance. Great video! Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Paul glad you enjoyed it 🍻🙂

[@Impostertot]

Thank you so much Tina and Norm for this much requested presentation! It was very interesting to hear how you developed this side hustle into a nice bit of retirement income.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Our pleasure!glad you enjoyed it 🙂🌺📷

[@iniabellepaz445]

Hi Tina and Norm, as always very interesting subject.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it Cheers 🍷📷🍻

[@pintsizestories196]

Very interesting. My husband's uncle and aunt did real estate photography in Florida. Originally he took photos for catalogues. They made a good living with their photography.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That is awesome! thanks for sharing 🍷 📷 🙂

[@IamaDutch-Kiwi]

Aaah, the story finally. I did catch on to the Stock Photography quite a long time ago but you were very quiet on the subject..and I repsect that totally. It is great now to hear your personal story. Fabulous. Well deserved reward for hard work which was fuelled by your passion: Photography. Hoping you continue your dreams in good health together with Tina and the family. 👏🥰🇳🇱🙋🏼‍♀️🥝

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Have a great weekend Anita 🇳🇱🌺🇨🇦🙂

[@4sjoerd]

A very interesting aspect of your life .Thanks for sharing.

[@paul_domici]

Aren't we blessed to have amazing cameras on our iPhones today? I also love photography!!! Great video guys!!! More 80s pics please : )

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Paul for watching glad you enjoyed it Cheers 🍷📷🍻

[@suebee1540]

That was a great video, so very interesting. Thank you for sharing your story. What a fine looking young couple.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Our pleasure! thanks for watching 🌺🍷

[@terihandrick2333]

Very interesting video today. I always wondered how did that all work, so thank you for taking the time to share with us.

[@sammie44]

Happy you’re well, Norm! 🤗 Glad you found something that you enjoyed doing, and made you happy. On top of it, you managed to earn quite a sum of money. If we can all manage to have a job that we enjoy, then it truly is a wonderful world! 🤩 Thanks for sharing your story and how it lead up to your retirement. Have a wonderful holiday long weekend, Tina and Norm. 🍦 ☀️ 😊 Keep safe! Sam snd Pedro 🌻

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Sam and Pedro on the last visit to the trailer Tina had a Strawberry Icecream 🍦from the new owners at the store it was delicious 😋 hope you both have a great Civic holiday too🍷🌞🤗

[@sammie44]

@@ThisIsOurRetirement you can’t beat the Hollyrood mercantile! 😆 🍦

[@JenShea]

Hi Teen & Norm 👋🏻 Thank you for sharing!! Love this video! I always say I was born with a camera in my hands… cheeky, of course! But, I was about 5 when my Mum gave me my first film camera hh for kids)…back in the late 60’s. It was a crappy little thing but I loved it! Of course back then you had to be very selective when shooting, so as not to waste film. My first really good 35mm was a Konica, given to me by my Mum… it had been hers and she passed it down to me when she upgraded. Mum was a photographer’s apprentice, back in England, during the war. She did the colourizing, back in the 40’s. She came to Canada in 1949. My Mum had a life-long passion for capturing special moments and we benefited because there are thousands of photos of us and our family, starting from infancy. Her floral photos were magnificent as were the rest of her still life photos but she was incredible at capturing people. My sister never got into it but I did and I never go far without my Canon. I love photography people and scenery as well. I’ve often thought of doing stock photography…

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Great story Jen thanks for sharing 🍷🌺🙂

[@JenShea]

Thank you. I enjoyed yours, very much!!

[@hemacdonald400]

Thanks so much for sharing this very interesting video on your love of photography, me too! I think you did a really smart thing getting in to stock photography and at the right time in your life. Obviously your talent was recognized and all the downloads prove that. Your hard work paid off and certainly bulked up your travel fund. Sounds like it was a really interesting time in your lives. Congrats!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks so much! 😊glad you enjoyed it 📷🌺

[@AhJodie]

Wow! Bravo! I never knew you had a cancer diagnosis and had no idea about the photography either. It sounds like you both had a lot of fun too! This was really touching and great to hear, thank you for sharing! I am glad you did well with something you loved! And I am glad you work together well, or this all probably would not have turned out so good for you both! I hope you stay healthy, and happy and keep earning lots of money! Thank you again!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Your welcome thanks for watching Jodie 🍷🌺📷

[@willowgirl2635]

Very interesting thanks for sharing. Sorry to hear about your cancer battle but relieved you able to overcome it. I think many of us of a certain age have been through treatment.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Agree and unfortunately Cancer effects all ages and is horrible and totally destroys lives 🌺

[@doodleacademy]

Thank you for sharing...I really like this topic. It's interesting to hear about the different ways people can make extra money during the retirement years⭐

[@brians7419]

Thanks for sharing your story! I’m impressed by innovative you two are. Further, hearing you describe things, it’s apparent to me how hard you both worked at this. You two are quite the team! Cheers! 👍

[@sudburydrone466]

👍👍✌️ Thanks for that story. Interesting.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it have a great Civic Day weekend Cheers 🍻🙂🇨🇦

[@debwlv]

Uh, glad you mentioned subscribing…..I have been a loyal follower and subscriber for YEARS but glanced over at the button when you said that and was surprised to see it showing me needing to subscribe!!! I have heard KZbin content creators asking followers to check on their subscriber status as it was possible to be unsubscribed but it never happened to me before! No worries, I fixed it immediately but, thank goodness you remind us from time to time!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@caroleanne8529]

Very interesting - thank you for sharing.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it Carole thanks for watching 🍷🌺🙂

[@lindathompson3109]

Very interesting! A great video

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it!🌺🙂

[@denischeevers9429]

Great story. love following your stories and also a great deal of information which really helped us on our first trip to Portugal.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Our pleasure! have a great Civic Day weekend 🍷🙂🍻🇨🇦

[@gardenlevel7385]

So enterprising! Thanks for the inspiration.

[@jandmvideos9051]

This was very interesting. I love your content.

[@betsyr4724]

PF. Best rock band ever. Great story.

[@GLOBALSTRIDE]

Hi Tina and Norm. This Is Tony from the US. I really enjoyed your video. I now create long and short faceless videos in the travel niche. I have no way of knowing but I guess some of your photos were picked up by pictory aí and invideo ai when I created the contents on YT. Keep on trucking my YT friends. You are the best... ❤

[@Savannah-ed4rv]

Thank you for telling us about your photography! I've been very curious about it. I personally can't do Photoshop but my 89 year old mother knows how! She had to sit quite a long time years ago to figure it out but she's quite an expert now😂 Tina, you looked wonderful in those photographs and videos! Really really pretty. ❤

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

You are so welcome! have a great weekend 🇺🇸🍷🇨🇦🙂

[@EmteeTeee]

Hi Tina and Norm :) Your fan Mary from Toronto, ON... I haven't said hello in a couple of weeks. This being on vacation all summer is the BOMB LOL! I always watch your videos for a few moments and stop because I always want to quickly say hello. Norm, I am very glad that you are OK. Thank you for sharing your life experiences with us! Have a great long weekend EVERYONE! Happy Civic Day to us CANADIANS :) Mary

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Hi Mary Happy Civic Day to you too 🍷🇨🇦🤗

[@brianrose2487]

Very cool you two! I enjoy wildlife and landscape photography but never tried product. My biggest slump is post, have enjoyed photography since I was child also a great release. Great channel and take care. (Great shirt :)

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Awesome! Thank you Brian photography is a great outlet for every day life and we love ❤️ it 🙂🍻

[@energyzar5072]

Very nice small businesses. Thank you for sharing.

[@kathysarmiento4652]

Great video- thank you for sharing your personal story. And the comment about photoshop is so funny!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

The Photoshop was a thing 😂😂

[@patdennis2586]

Thanks!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Pat, have a great weekend!

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Very interesting backstory.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@pauldarville3843]

Great story, thanks for sharing!!

[@jimbertrand2499]

Interesting topic; enjoy the summer!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks, you too! 🍻🙂

[@PaulO-mv6ku]

What a great story!

[@AnnMitt]

Wow! That was super interesting!!!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Ann glad you enjoyed it 🌺🍷

[@basilboris]

Thank you for the excellent video. We're doing the same as you but arrived at the microstock party very late. We started two years ago and have a portfolio of about 3300 images and about 50 videos. Although the money is much less now, but we still love it and take our cameras almost everywhere we go. Thanks again for a great video and keep doing what you love 📸📸

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks so much for watching, indeed the glory days are over but it’s still enjoyable.

[@bluetocop]

your best vid ever

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you 🙂

[@judit1783]

Oh and the Floridian colored building in Portugal with the 1/2 moon decks and different shape windows - triangle, round, etc. I love buildings.

[@marykovalovich5914]

Very interesting video.

[@seanwilliams8833]

Great story! Hope you are doing well

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks!

[@annajane9435]

Found your channel just now. 1st video was on staying in Europe for 6 months, wonder if Brits can do this, we don't need a visa. Then this video just watched, I love photography. have to learn more about video thoug. Thank you for sharing x

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Wonderful welcome to our channel we can stay for 90 days without a visa we think it’s the same for the UK 🇬🇧 Cheers 🌺🙂🇬🇧🇨🇦

[@dkib2006]

Nice video!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it 🌺🙂

[@RetiredLovingIt]

Loved hearing this story! Isn’t it remarkable how cameras & photography has changed over the years?

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks so much!

[@cathyjohnston240]

Fun and interesting video! Thanks!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks Cathy 🌺🍷📷

[@me-lg1yw]

I was hoping that you would make a video about this topic because you’ve mentioned it several times over the years. People have suggested that I try it out but I don’t want it to start feeling like a job 😂 I prefer taking nature and travel photos.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Norm made it a job as he wanted to get out of selling as a career , and it improved his photography skills which then led to us being able to retire early 🍷📷🍻

[@me-lg1yw]

@@ThisIsOurRetirement One of these winters I may bump into you in Portugal. I’ve been thinking about it for a few years. I love the Algarve!

[@bluetocop]

a bigger life story with pics of you both thru time would make interesting vid

[@esthernoel3793]

Thank you for sharing. Fascinating!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@WattTheTech]

Very interesting. I’m also on Alamy from about 2006. Make a sale now and then. I also use a 5D2 and that’s my main camera to this day. I’m a few years younger than you and hope to retire early in a years or two. Funny our story is very similar. I left UK in 2008 and move to Canada. Keep up the good work Perhaps I should try an additional stock site I only stuck with the one.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That’s awesome best thing we did as well was to move to Canada 🇨🇦 it’s a great place to be retired in Cheers 🇬🇧🍻🇨🇦📷

[@chiparooo]

Great story of perseverance and hard work! Those were the good old days. I too switched from Nikon to Canon. Sold my old FM2 and never looked back. It’s a shame Nikon did not keep up. I really liked their equipment. Thanks for sharing!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Awesome! Thank you for watching 🙂🍻

[@bobsmithers]

Freeze Frame!!)

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for watching 🙂

[@williamjsmith9877]

In 70 i emegrated to SA, needed to trade in my Practica, was sold on the just released Canon FTb, thousands of slides later, still useing it untill very recently.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Nice story William glad you were still taking slides. Norm still has his Nikon FM from 1977

[@Teresa-o3i]

Your back in the day photo, you look so much like Tony Dow, Beav's brother on Leave it to Beaver.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for watching 🍻🙂

[@629990]

It interesting that you chose to work with zooms. I'm a bit of a prime guy because I just find, I can't beat the fast aperture and tack sharp results I get from my prime lenses and not having to correct for pincushion and barrel distortion inherent in zooms.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for watching 🍻📷🙂

[@romanhollow2985]

There are millions of great photographers, struggling to make pennies from stock. It is not easy.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Yes there are , it’s not what it was a few years ago 🙂

[@billbeard9588]

This is truly inspiring! Among my retirement goals, I would like to become the world’s first person who is both over 65 and a PAID underwear model. Any advice about how to get started?

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Go for it we wish you well Bill 🍻🙂

[@mckenna8663]

I think a difference between you and I is that I see it as a hobby, an interest, a fleeting fad in my life... and you say, "Where can this take me?" Good for YOU! I've had people from all over suggest to me side hustles that I would be good at simply because they're an interest of mine. I think it also comes down to confidence in yourself; having insight, and keeping with it In order to see it through. Again, good for you! I salute your entrepreneurial spirit.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you 🍻📷🙂

[@cedarforest4621]

Fantastically interesting video.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@deborahcaldwell9775]

Oh Interesting!! my son reviewed my life today on the telephone as he was driving five hours toward one of his jobs and reassured me that my life has been a real addition to the general life of all. .. by iterating or listing lots and lots of things that I have accomplished and done and helped people with. my answer was “but I wanted to be a veterinarian“ and he said ha ha you were a lot better than that

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Isn’t that an interesting conversation you had with your son , when Norm was young he wanted to be a Chef 👨‍🍳 his mum said he would never meet anyone and would work bad hours ( but my plus is he’s a great cook 😂) Have a great weekend Deborah 🍷🌺🙂

[@danhoward1416]

My wife took a picture of me at 55 years old and submitted it to National Geographic- we didn’t make a cent - people that saw it , could not stop dry heaving for days afterwards

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Maybe she should take another one Dan 🍻🙂

[@EllenDuke-y3d]

😃

[@Trevlead]

I was a Minolta guy unto I married my wife and fell in love with her Canon F1 and lenses!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

The Minolta SRT 101 was a great camera…..now a Sony 😂😂

[@helenbeynon1769]

I would love to see some of your work could you please share a link to your photographs Xx🌷

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks there are links to the sites in the description Cheers 🙂☕️

[@journeygirl5918]

Fascinating story. The two of you have an enterprising spirit!

[@barfed64]

Norm, hope you are doing well after your cancer scare! I had it in 2008, and it transformed my life, views, and changed the priorities. I'm sure you know what I mean.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Absolutely we do Cancer changes your life forever, we are happy you are well now too 🌺❤️🤗

[@barfed64]

@@ThisIsOurRetirement Hopefully will see you in Albufeira in February! We are all set for our trip! Scored cheap flights from Albany to Lisbon :)

[@LynetteMueller]

Your annual income was approximately 18k? (300,000 / 19 years)

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Norm was working too, also the income 19 years ago started at $0 and then snowballed over the 19 years gaining momentum.

[@sandray7609]

Do you still generate any money? We tried uploading stock photos, but there is an algorithm that boosts the photos (or not). I never figured out the videos and the requirements. I think I made 29 cents selling one photo after a LOT of work, so I gave up 😂 Amazing story by the way. A money generating side gig that worked for the times. I think it has evolved and is saturated, and the emphasis is on DEI models now too

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

It is very much a long game, yes we still generate income but it is less than it was. Video clips are doing better.

[@vicgill1980]

What an assault on the earth with all the film, canisters, and waste associated with the film era. At the same time, many will never know the solitude offers by a dark room

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

True about the darkroom, but what about the chemicals making camera sensors

[@TheAngela2C]

I just saw an episod of "final affliction" whith the title : This Man Was RIPPED APART By Tiger Shark In Front of His Wife!. And video started showing Tina and Norm walking down the beach, which scared the hell out of me... I hoe you are fine guys adn this channel just used random videos, but I think you should complain about that

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thank you for letting us know , we had no idea very alarming !!🙂

[@TheKelly1925]

I have photographed professionally for 40 years and still do during the school year Photographing high school athletes I traveled to Europe for a couple of months during the summer time and over Christmas and fall break And I'm a 22-year cancer survivor

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

That’s wonderful William we are so happy for you 🙂

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Thanks for watching William we are so happy for you 🙂

[@vicgill1980]

Give me a shout back…early supporter!!

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

Yes!

[@BF2021-kf8xz]

when you consider the time you put into this hobby/passion that $300,000 probably works out to $5 per hour. LOL!

[@fng303]

So it is not simply selling the house and one can retire.

[@ThisIsOurRetirement]

No its isn’t because you have to have cash 💰 flow till you get Government pensions and this helped us to do that 🙂