If anyone could make stock glamorous it was you! Great video as always!
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much Brenda 😅 It is fun and keeps me creative, not su sure about the glamorous part 😂
@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle4 ай бұрын
I tried to niche down, and it went terrible 😂. Im sticking to just having fun. People either find it fun or not. We are the artist, this is our artistic expression. Do what you want and nothing else matters.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
100% thats what Bambi said!
@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle4 ай бұрын
@wollertz of course, she said it first. She's the Yoda of dogs
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
She's the Yoda of the Yodas...
@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle4 ай бұрын
@@wollertz 😳
@artursandwich19744 ай бұрын
Here's what to approach I am going to try: I am going to try and spread my wings but not do photography that I don't feel comfortable with or don't have good enough equipment for (like car racing), once - or if - I start selling, I'm going to let the market niche me down for earning purposes, and keep doing photography I like for my hobby, and hope it'll sell too.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Perfect! Great way to approach the subject. Best of luck!
@michaelhayward60974 ай бұрын
For me stock photography is about the challenge and growing my skill and finding my unfair advantage :-) having said that I think creating collections is the way to go if one happens to do a load of shots like you did on the your drinks campaign which in my opinion was brilliant
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Yes absolutely, when something sells, do more 😁. Thanks so much!
@GregKelton4 ай бұрын
Awesome video, I had a niche, actually 2, I did Amish lifestyles and Steam Trains. For Stock it, it was bad. Out of 3500 images in stock 72%, were in Trains and Amish. My images were in a lot of, calendars, but not a lot of money. Since starting to watch your channel, I have added still life's, landscapes, wildlife and more. Now 6,000+ images in stock and seeing many sales everyday. Thank You, keep it up.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much Greg! I’m so glad that you are making this work! Congratulations!
@ItsWillLee4 ай бұрын
Fair warning, I'm gonna rant, lol😂 Peter Lik is the Equivalent of Milli Vannili. He got called out and passed the blame. Peter McKinnon's niche is marketing, he's a great speaker, can sell salt to a slug & he's a "magician" lol. A "Jack-of-all-trades, Master-of-none" Personally, I feel McKinnon is average at best when it comes to photography. I know of his work and to me it's "basic". His photo on the coin - basic - there was nothing that made it "special from the rest"..imo lol. Oh remember when he put a mountain in a desert, and thought it was "cool" ..🤦♂️🤣 ya, good one Pete👍.. As a Canadian, he doesn't appeal to me, I don't "fanboy" lol. I see Peter McKinnon as a great marketer, companies (can) use him to sell their product, (Canadian commemorative coin - Mint use him to sell a product) young people know him from social media, not because he produces great/niche images. /rant over 😂 I knew what I wanted to be only after I grew up, I was around 44 years young when I figured it all out. 😂 Cheers,
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
😅 Thanks for the rant 🤣 I will say marketing is one of the most important aspects of business, and both of these guys are incredible marketers. If I can learn anything from them I would prioritize this, I can have the best photo of the world but if I don't know how to sell it, then it just sits on my hard drive 🤷♂ Thanks so much for the comment!
@kennypringle45804 ай бұрын
I personally don’t believe a photographer has to have a neiche. Maybe some need to, or want to, but not all of us need to, or want to. I personally don’t.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
I totally agree! Thanks for the comment. 🙌🏼
@OrigamiCalm4 ай бұрын
Great video, thank you! I'm way too ADHD to be able to stick to a niche 😅, though that does seem a good idea for those that can. I rotate through about 3: food photos for my blog, beaches & close up flowers.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Awesome! thanks so much for sharing! I am all over the place 😅. Food for different restaurants, portraits for side money and everything else for peace of mind 😁
@donnabollenbach19224 ай бұрын
My niche is photographing native North American plants. That being said, I also photograph landscapes and wildlife. During my recent visit to Houston, Texas, I captured some great city skyline images from various observation points in the city's beautiful green spaces. It is all connected to nature.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Awesome! so great you can do what you like and fit anything else you are interested in there as well. opportunities are everywhere if we know where to look 😁. Thanks so much for the comment!
@philliphickox40234 ай бұрын
My plan for stock was somewhere to park my photo's, and it also served the purpose of being my teacher/critic. It challenges to get better and stretches the imagination, having written all that I am now looking to change direction a little bit.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
I totally agree, Thats how I've always treated stock, I find that I am doing more and more for the channel, but it has always been the "extra" for me. I wish you the best in which ever direction you decide to go.
@philliphickox40234 ай бұрын
@@wollertz I am currently scanning so 40 year old transparencies of some models and looking back now, I realise my skills even that long ago were very reasonable.
@luzr66134 ай бұрын
I think there's a lot to be said for going deep with... something, and it doesn't matter what it is. The point of mastering something is not just the subject itself, it's the understanding of what true expertise entails - and that understanding is generalizable. Obviously, this is not simply about photography - the point is to understand the demands for creating quality performance. But if you're interested in Life, then staying wide matters too - don't be a specialist inhabiting a silo: be a generalist who has developed the skills and knowledge of a specialist and try to apply those broadly. A 'niche' can seem like a safe place to be, but niches collapse as the world keeps moving. Just my thoughts... good video - made me laugh - in a past life i was a bartender too. All the best from New Zealand.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Great points you made there. By the way, I haven’t flipped bottles in 10 years 😂 it looked much better in my head than it did in the video lol🤣😅
@pyappon4 ай бұрын
Video editor going hardcore when Peter McKinnon's coming, damn.
@pauldarville38434 ай бұрын
Great advice, thanks very much Charlie!!!
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
I'm glad you think so! Thanks so much for the comments!
@mirovrlik4 ай бұрын
Great video Charlie, so far no niche here :) I do it because I love it, have great day on West side
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much Miro! I don't think we need a niche, doing what we love is more than enough 😁
@mirovrlik4 ай бұрын
@@wollertz Btw Charllie, we have a niche, we do it with love :)
@sharvo64 ай бұрын
I don't know about the purple gel. I can't really watch Peter McKinnon ... I think he's in the self-absorbed niche.
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much for the comment. I noticed how bright the purple was when I was editing. 🤷♂️ maybe next time 😁
@WondersofHimalayas4 ай бұрын
Amazing work, my niche is nature, wildlife, travell 🙌🌎🌄
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! Enjoy your travels and I wish you the best!
@WondersofHimalayas4 ай бұрын
@@wollertz Nature and wildlife is my passion also, thank you so much 🌎♻️🙌🌄☘️
@macherstudio4 ай бұрын
OT: I don't remember, but in one of the photo banks, when viewing them, a message was shown whether the photo was popular, whether it had already been purchased or not... do you know which bank it was, or maybe something changed in the settings?
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
Do you mean when viewing your own portafolio or just browsing thru random photos?
@macherstudio4 ай бұрын
Random
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
I know you can filter popular, new or whatever category, but I haven’t seen amount of sales, I’ll have to take a look
@arslanbashir75134 ай бұрын
Can you make a video on adobe stock and show how much you have earned in how many years dont show your inages just show us how many assets you have and how much time it took from you to aceive this amount of portfolio
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
That would be a violation of the terms of conditions and I have already received a warning from a couple of agencies, so No, I can't make a video like that.I started seeing a real income (rent payment) when I reached 10000 images, It took about 3 years.
@susielarsen10684 ай бұрын
Peter McKinnon- adrenaline photography?
@wollertz4 ай бұрын
For this eclipse photo yes, but he was just over Lake Como with his analog film camera 🤷♂️