Stock photography is nothing new, it’s been part and parcel of the content creation game since the dawn of media. Graphic designers, bloggers, journalists, video editors, marketing professionals and many other entrepreneurs use stock photography to supplement their work. Many people also rely on stock photography as a means to earn a creative passive income either part or full time. However, the current stock photography market does not come without it’s problems. For photographers and videographers, the process of uploading and tagging content is highly labour intensive for what is usually a small reward. For stock content buyers, the search for the perfect image can be laborious. After what seems like hours of sifting through the same old cliches, some stock photography just doesn’t seem to cut it.
With the increasing quality of output from amateur content creators and the increased ease at which professionals can capture, edit and share content, it’s only natural that stock photography platforms adapt too. And it is here that we proudly introduce the newest KITSCH.inc client, Lobster Media, who we are supporting as Freelance Copywriters, across a variety of content types. Lobster has access to over 30 billion photos and videos, connected via various social media and online storage galleries and curated by AI designed to make your search and transaction super simple.
If you want to start selling stock photography or video via Lobster, all you need is a social media channel, Flickr, Dropbox or Google Drive filled with images. The clever tech of Lobster automatically pulls from any platform you grant it access to to populate your Portfolio. Once loaded, you can then turn sale of each image on or off at the click of a button. Creatives can enjoy a low-effort passive income, earning a huge 75% of any sales alongside support and promotion within the rapidly growing Lobster community and social media.
For those who want to buy content, Lobster have optimised AI powered search functions and curated collections to help you find the perfect image as quickly as possible. Filter search results by size, dominant colour, orientation, price, location, number of faces, positions of faces, age of people, ethnicity, emotion and loads more. And if you can’t find what you’re looking for you can search Lobster Pool, which scans social media for possible matches. Once you find an image you like in the Pool, the Lobster team will do the legwork for you, obtaining the price and license so you don’t have to.
We’ll keep you updated on our work with Lobster and share our portfolio once it’s all set up, but if it sounds like something you’d like to know more about, you can visit their website and find them on Twitter, Facebook, VK, LinkedIn, Instagram and on a number of Facebook Groups too.
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