Digital stock photography : how to shoot and sell

Digital Stock Photography equips photographers with everything they need to know to create digital stock photos that sell in today’s marketplace.

From organizing a shoot to raking in the profits as the pictures sell and sell and sell again, all the steps are here: Capturing digital images, working with scans, digital delivery of images, evaluating equipment, organizing digital files, building an archive, and more.

Thirty assignments, designed to reflect the latest trends in photography, provide readers with a blueprint for building a stock collection.

Special sections explain how to market, negotiate and quote prices, and manage a business, plus obtaining model releases and protecting copyright. Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art.

Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more.

While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive.

We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.