I kicked off this series earlier in the week to help me understand the potential market for my work. Today, I'll focus on Dreamstime and my stock photography options there.
I found the look and feel of the website to be a little strange (to me), honestly. It's not as user-friendly as the others. This is important because if it's difficult to navigate your way around, then it's probably not easy to buy the images you like, either.
However, my work might be a better fit here. While I would need to go out and shoot more content for submission to Bigstock, some of my existing work has a place here.
Examples:
Keyword "orchids" - while there were quite a few examples with pure black or pure white backgrounds (something I have explored in the past), there were some that did not. Some of my pictures are not crisp enough here, but overall, these pictures are more in line with what I do today.
Keyword "butterfly" - my best butterfly pictures are a good fit here, as well as some of my tier 2 - I think. The common element here is that the pictures are nice and crisp. There's a lot of leeway regarding the backgrounds.
The "abstract" category - there's potential in the "textures" category - I could submit my minerals and NYC building shots, as well as "colors" (since all of my work is quite colorful). Blur is an interesting one, but not a fit for me.
The "nature" category - also lots of options. Oceans, sunrises, sunsets, all a fit.
Finally, the "travel" category - my Syria pictures would look good here.
Naturally, seeing so much of my work as a fit here made me very suspicious. Did they pay any less than the other sites? There seems to be a wider range of earning options with Dreamstime. There's definitely more upside. Bigstock seems to have a model that is less complicated.
Anyway, some examples of pictures I would send here, in addition to yesterday's ideas:
... and others.
Tomorrow - iStockphoto.com and my thoughts.
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