What Gear do you need to be successful in STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY. 🤔

[@TheZGALa]

I admire your honesty and the way you challenge yourself. I definitely am working with limitations in equipment, but I will use that to challenge myself to get better. I just got an SL3, which is slightly better than my T6, but, still...a challenge. Thanks for the tips!

[@wollertz]

Thanks for the comment and support! I really appreciate it! Best of luck and keep the challenge alive! It’s the only was to get better!

[@grapixo7469]

Love your videos! Thanks and keep it up!

[@wollertz]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@bsims4993]

Wollertz, Thank you so much for this video. You promised you would do this particular video and you were on point with all the information I needed. Very informative and greatly appreciated.

[@wollertz]

you are welcome, Im glad it helped. Thanks for watching!

[@takskr]

Genuine information being shared in a very simple and nice manner, thanks

[@wollertz]

I appreciate that! You’re welcome!

[@charlieross-BRM]

Sobering advice for anyone yet to dabble in stock photography. BTW, @4:45 - Has anyone else noticed that squirrels always run around like it's their first day as a squirrel? :)

[@wollertz]

😂 yes they do! And thank you, I do recommend stock, but it’s not as easy as many make it sound

[@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle]

Love it! This was a great video. Nice run down of gear and why. Great reason to get out in nature. Cool way to spend an afternoon. That backpack looks awesome!

[@wollertz]

Love the backpack, you should look into them Teton sports or something like that, really good stuff

[@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle]

@@wollertz I'll have to check them out, nice!

[@wollertz]

@@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle there’s a link in the description

[@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle]

@@wollertz Whats a description?

[@wollertz]

@@ChooseAdventureCaliforniaStyle good question. de·scrip·tion /dəˈskripSH(ə)n/ Learn to pronounce 1.a spoken or written representation or account of a person, object, or event. 2.a sort, kind, or class of people or things in this case is all the words I type (copy and paste) at bottom of my videos, theres all kinds of information there for you to read and help support my channel. also links to help you find the right gear like the Teton Backpacks

[@rrosen1]

I just started using the Galaxy 22 Ulra . I am taking raw photos delivering 4000 X 3000 at 12MP. I also use a Canon 80D

[@wollertz]

MP isn’t everything, well lit, sharp images with good processing is all it takes!

[@andrewapsley7259]

A stock website stopped a few of my photographs as they said they were AI generated, which I interpreted as them saying an AI system had created them which was incorrect (I had used topaz to sharpen a bit and reduce noise), when I questioned them about it they said it actually meant if AI had been used at any part of the workflow process it is classed as AI generated, for me a lesson learned.

[@wollertz]

🤔 thanks for sharing, I didn’t know Topaz was AI, maybe I just have an old version 🤷‍♂️

[@andrewapsley7259]

@@wollertz topaz I think has always utilised AI. It's just when you mentioned topaz I thought I should let you know what a stock website said to me about using it.

[@LeoVirgo2.0]

Very informative. Have lots of images I wanted to post for sale. Would you recommend the same ones for other types of photography images? I currently shoot with Nikon D850. Also why Topaz vs. Lightroom? Thanks you.

[@wollertz]

Thanks! Any image as long as it’s clear and well exposed has potential, in my case with the cell phone pics, I used Lightroom first and they all got denied, I used topaz to bring out details that Lightroom couldn’t

[@LeoVirgo2.0]

@@wollertz Interesting. Thanks for the info. I will look up info on Using Topaz.

[@wollertz]

@@LeoVirgo2.0 it’s a great AI tool, I don’t use it that much, only when images get rejected, I know that I can get more detail, it’s more time consuming and I haven’t figured out how to do batches of images, (not sure if that’s even possible) when I upload to stock I usually try to do 50 to 100 images, so to do this process to each image it repulsive take a long time, that’s why I only use it occasionally