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so before I start talking I just want to
unbox this because this is going to
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videos or so I hope
so let's see what's in the box pod nice
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future here future Nicole speaking after
I bought the podcast I realized there's
a lot of accessories missing so I
couldn't use it right away but now I've
got my setup down this is my first time
testing out this thing so let's see if
the audio is any better than on my
previous videos and if it's not then
I'll just use the audio from you know
the shotgun mic on my camera so today
we're going to talk about finding
newsworthy editorial photos for stock
basically how do you come up with ideas
ideas that are going to be searched for
on stock photography platforms and ideas
that could potentially sell so here are
a few ideas that may spark some
creativity or give you that light bulb
moment for something that you might want
to go out and shoot for stock
photography the first place that you can
gather ideas for stock photography is
actually the news
now lately I don't read the news too
much because there's just so much
negativity but when I do I am full of
ideas for things that might do well on
stock photography platforms right now in
the news for example you've got you know
hurricane durian which unfortunately has
led to a lot of destruction in Bahamas
really really sad and my heart goes out
to all of the victims you know and at
the same time in order for newspapers to
be able to cover the news about this
hurricane they're going to need photos
to accompany that news now don't get the
idea of going into the middle of a
hurricane that is not advisable
I would definitely discourage that but
if you find yourself in a safe place you
know not in the middle of a hurricane
but you know where you're maybe getting
a little bit of flooding and rain but
you're still safe then why not snap a
few photos of you know the weather and
you know the rains and a little bit of
flooding but please do not take this to
the extreme and go into the hurricane
don't do that but if you can capture
photos that could illustrate the
hurricane in a safe way then by all
means do that there are plenty of
publications out there that don't have
their own storm chasers and that don't
have their own reporters on site and
these places might be looking to stock
photography platforms to find photos
that illustrate the concept of a
hurricane
another big thing in the news is the
events that are unfolding in Hong Kong
you know if you live out there you might
want to take some photos that you know
illustrate all of the political events
happening but again do so from a safe
distance never endanger yourself for a
stock photo because you don't even know
if that stock photo is gonna sell so
definitely only take photos if you feel
safe taking them there's always
something happening I think there's
Catalonia's National Day coming up on
September 11th you know that's kind of
like a political issue as well basically
all you have to do is read a couple of
the headlines to see what's going on
what's happening near you and if you
happen to be in an area where there's a
lot of news going on right now you might
want to take some photos for stock the
second thing that you can do is study
trends trends could be anything from you
know virtual reality to renewable energy
you know robots innovation all that kind
of thing see what's going to be a hot
topic in future years or maybe what's
already a hot topic now and try to
create some concept photos that
illustrate those topics again you can
find trends simply by reading being up
to date with things that are happening
in the world next you can ask yourself
what is a political issue right now and
then try to create photos around those
issues maybe its climate change maybe
you can take some photos that illustrate
climate change
you know maybe someone's sitting outside
sweating looking at the weather forecast
another topic is you know immigration
you know and then you just have to put
your creativity to work and see how can
you illustrate these political issues
sometimes this might mean photographing
people in other cases you don't need to
photograph people it really just depends
how you choose to portray that issue
next ask yourself which businesses are
in the news right now if you saw one of
my previous videos I actually talked
about you know a time that I went out
and I took some random photos
a Massage Envy store sorry random photos
of a Massage Envy business not a store
they were really nothing special they
weren't even like very good photos but
basically Massage Envy was in the news
for a you know sexual assault scandal or
something like that and at the time that
this business was in the news all of my
photos from that Massage Envy were being
downloaded over and over again just
because you know I had the only photos
of Massage Envy on shutterstock at the
time and people were using that to
illustrate the story so look online is
there anything going on with some
restaurants you know sometimes
restaurants are in the news for one
reason or another are there any scandals
related to you know some businesses that
are located around you you know stores
that are folding stores that are going
out of business all that kind of stuff
which brings me to the next point check
to see if there are any new businesses
opening in your neighborhood sometimes
there's a new building that was just
constructed and like everybody in the
town is looking forward to the opening
day of this new building and that's big
news at least big in your town other
times it might be like this highly
anticipated new restaurant in the city
that you know people have been waiting
for forever and there's lines out the
door to get to this restaurant that
could happen as well so by photographing
like the newness happening around you
you can provide some photos on stock
photography platforms that are being
searched for that don't exist on the
platforms yet from my experience when I
cover these kinds of topics I often do
get downloads from covering such things
but these types of photos usually have
you know a life expectancy when that
newness wears off they might not be
super relevant anymore but it is
something that you can incorporate into
your portfolio even if it doesn't you
know have relevance for thirty years or
anything like that
check your local event calendar what
free events are happening around you
what sort of events can you go to and
cover you know if there's a local fair
where you live you might want to go and
photograph you know that local fair
especially if you have kids and you're
going already as an example I attended a
local Agricultural Fair in the area that
I live in and you know every year when
that Fair comes around again my photos
do get downloaded on Shutterstock and I
suspect this is probably the case with
you know different events around the
country these photos don't make me a
millionaire they're not making me
hundreds of dollars but they do bring in
a little bit of money every year when
that Fair rolls around
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next you can ask yourself what new
products have just been released what's
just coming out that people might be
searching for maybe that's you know a
new car that you know BMW just announced
a new car and people are excited about
it I mean I don't know anything about
cars but I'm sure there's people who are
excited about such things and perhaps
you know you see one parked on the side
of the road and you take a nice artistic
photo of that car and maybe your photo
will be the first photo of that specific
model on Shutterstock or other stock
platforms maybe there's a new item that
just came out and you know it's kind of
like a hot item maybe like this item
right here because this is pretty new
this was just released this summer
it's pod mic right here pretty happy
with it I mean don't steal my idea or
anything but apply this concept ask
yourself what is new what is newsworthy
what hasn't been covered before and
where can you be first when it comes to
taking photos if you ask yourself those
questions you will probably come up with
some ideas for something you can cover
even if you live in the middle of Kansas
where there's a lot of cornfields I mean
there's probably something that you can
cover and if not maybe it's time for a
road trip so let me know in the comments
how much of your photography is
newsworthy in one way or another and how
do you find your ideas where do you come
up with them I'm curious give this video
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