One of the largest markets for selling is your work has to be the stock photography websites. They are a plenty and they generally involve quite a number of hoops to jump through before your photos end up live in the market place. This week we asked about your success with Microstock sites and the results were particularly interesting. 76% of readers have either no interest … [Read more...]
Weekly Poll: Canon Wins (Just)
In last week's poll we asked what type of camera you own. From the first hour it was impossible to separate Canon and Nikon and in many ways it was a two horse race. This wasn't an attempt to settle the whole Nikon / Canon debate, but a way of showing just how close the leaders are in the market. I thought the other manufactures would have scored higher in the popularity … [Read more...]
Poll : Are you a PC or a Mac ?
This week we asked if you were a PC or a Mac and even allowed you to select both if you are have two systems in your photography work flow. I genuinely didn't know how his poll would go so the results are particularly interesting. Out in front with the Apple Mac with 56% of the votes with PC scoring 32%. 12% of visitors said they used both a Mac and PC in their … [Read more...]
Poll : What is your favourite photo subject ?
This week we asked about your favourite photographic subject. It was really interesting to watch how Landscape photography and People photography battled throughout the week for first place. The results are actually really interesting, in some ways they are an opportunity to diversify and develop your niche. I did expect the results to be a little more evenly spread and … [Read more...]
Poll : Do you Shoot Raw ?
Last week we asked you what image format you mostly used on your digital SLR camera. It was interesting to see that most visitors have made the transition to taking their photos in RAW format rather than compressed JPG files. 7% of users didn't know what the RAW format is and 11% stated they never took photos in the RAW format. RAW images are basically exactly what the … [Read more...]