LightSource Photography Podcast E012 - Bruce Livingstone

LightSource is our lighting and photography podcast that introduces photographers to studio lighting and digital photography techniques and equipment.

Hosts:
Bill Crawford, publisher of StudioLighting.net (Flickr)
Ed Hidden, exclusive IStockPhoto.com photographer and inspector (Flickr)

Special Guest:
Special Guest Bruce Livingstone, CEO of iStockphoto.com

On this BONUS episode of LightSource, hear from the founder of the world's fastest growing independent library of royalty-free images about how you can get paid for your photography and enjoy membership of the internet's premier photography community.

Bruce Livingstone, founder of iStockphoto.com, iStockPro.com, Evolvs Media Inc and Webcore Labs Inc, conceived the iStockphoto engine. Today its community operates the site, members upload and maintain the database of files. Teams of highly trained Inspectors (like Ed) research each file for quality, authenticity, copyright infringement, categorization and accuracy. iStockphoto.com receives over 14,000 new images each week.

LightSource Episode 12 (Bonus Show) [29:34 minutes]

Download the show: LightSource012.mp3 [13.6 Mb]

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Ed and Bill discuss:
Ed's trip to Photoshop World conference
Ed gets interogated by the FAA
Ed tries out his new Canon DSLR

Special Guest Bruce Livingstone, founder of iStockphoto.com discusses:
How iStockphoto.com began
Getting started as an iStockphoto.com contributor
What stock photos sell best
Camera tips for stock photographers
Making a living with iStockphoto.com
Advancing commission structure at iStockphoto.com
Higher commissions with the exclusivity program
Where to get an education at iStockphoto.com
An inside look at the iStockphoto community
What happens on an Istockalypse and iStockphoto mini-lypses
Bruce makes an exclusive special announcement

Email your lighting and photography questions to: studiolighting@ gmail.com or leave a voicemail with your SIP phone at (747) 600-3900 and we'll try to answer your question on the show.

Thanks for listening to LightSource!