Laflor – stock photographer

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Yuri Arcurs: “This system is part of my daily workflow. It works flawlessly and should be a standard tool for all microstock photographers. I would pay a lot of money for it, if I had to!”
WHAT CAN THE SYSTEM DO?
Sometimes our images are slightly out of focus, forcing us to downsize until they appear sharp [...]

My arms are barely down from the excitement of having a Free Image of the Week on iStockphoto.com, and now I get the honor of Image of the Week… That means almost four weeks of consecutive exposure on the front page (if you include the continual exposure of the free image). This is [...]

I was pleasantly surprised to find one of my images (don’t worry, I submitted it myself) on the front page of istockphoto.com. As a contributing artist on istock.com this is amazing. Istock has millions of buyers from around the world and being front page is best case scenario. Kudos to iStock
Analyzing the gain [...]

Just read the post by kktompson on iStock called “The year in review and a look at the future”. This look really, really good for exclusive contributors. The following stands out:
1. Exclusive members can expect a massive income bump with the new prices for photos

We are looking at:
Xsmall 100% increase
Small – 66% increase
Medium – 66% [...]

There is a certain science to doing great stock images, and I want to share a few thoughts on something I have realized. Coming from a background of meditation and the journey of self discovery I am used to concentrating my attention internally. And trying to apply this to all situations in life naturally I [...]

After about 3 weeks of stock silence (also known as vacation) it is once again time to wake up sell tiny bits of frozen time (photos). Thought I would just share a few of today’s develops from a shoot I did with two of my favorite models Anton and Martez from Durbanville in South Africa. [...]

Just had a spontaneous shoot with a pregnant model that simply couldn’t wait anymore… you could almost hear the kid shouting “10, 9, 8, 7, 6… Sometimes you gotta strike while the iron is hot …
This is a very “classic” stock image, but somehow I like the composition and the concept enough to share it [...]

Right now I’m developing a medical shoot I did a while ago. It is so important to have credible styling. My stylist and I always try to reserve plenty of time for thorough research on the theme we shoot. What are the “real life” people doing, and how are they doing it. What props will [...]

… well not that I shoot anything else but stock!
Note thyselves that these images have not been through retouch yet.
They are just meant as a preview for you ever hungry designers out there.

Planning the good shot
From my experience creating good stock images is a fine balance between the creative control of the photographer and/or the art director and the creative impulse of the talent. As photogs we always need to know where we are going, what we want next. Otherwise you will be wasting sooo much time [...]