5 Essential Tips for Beginners as a Shutterstock Contributor

In 2020, from January to June, I spent most of my free time working on building a stock photography portfolio. The driving force behind this decision was the hope of developing a new source of passive income while doing something I love. Having no prior experience, I made a lot of mistakes early on and most of my assumptions were completely wrong. So that's what this video is about. The five things beginners should know before getting started. In this video, I will cover everything from understanding the differences between commercial and editorial images, to how to deal with rejections and my strategy that helped me to produce my best selling images.

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Camera
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Connect with me
► Subscribe to my channel: https://bit.ly/35f8sES​​
► Visit my website: https://www.chriscurry.co.uk/​​
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00:00​ - Intro
00:48​ - What you need to know
01:22​ - Commercial vs Editorial
02:25​ - Why Keywords are important
03:19​ - Rejection
04:25​ - Strategy
05:33 - End

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