Collecting A List of Creative Marketing Agencies Using Stock Footage Media

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Creative marketing agencies are an important part of stock footage industry. If there were no creative agencies working with stock media for their clients it would be a big problem for contributors.  There are millions of video promotions worldwide made from stock

Sony FS700 with Shogun Inferno Is Top Choice 4K 60fps/120fps Video Camera

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Video production equipment is constantly improving. With every new series of cameras, the quality and functionality improve. You can see it with Canon line, Sony line or Panasonic line. But even if newer cameras get slightly better, they’ll carry a

Pond5 Removing The Referral Program Is Disappointing

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There are few reasons why we resent Pond5 for removing the referral program. It is useless to point out that the biggest markets (Amazon, bhphoto, aliexpress etc..)  in the world are working on referral programs to attract more customers, while

First 5 Steps As New Contributor of Stock Footage

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We’ve met many videographers and photographers that would like to contribute to stock media libraries. Some even have a lot of experience making great visual media, but all of them have one thing in common. The whole workflow kills the

July 2017 favorite video stock footage files sold via all stock agencies

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July is like a bright light at the end of the tunnel showing there is still hope (after terrible June 2017 ). Finally, a good month to praise. Not the best this year (that was April 2017), but much better

How To Shoot Stock Footage With Canon 5D Mark III cDNG RAW

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One of the most overlooked and underrated video camera on the market is definitely Canon 5D Mark III. Even if it shoots only FullHD, nobody can deny it is still a valuable piece of equipment. It can also shoot 4K,

5 Themes You Should NOT Shoot For Stock Footage Agencies

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Almost every stock video contributor usually starts shooting themes that are easiest to find. Unless you already have a big database of video material from paid video production projects. Even better if model or property releases are already acquired. Being

Contributor Stock Video Sales Are Regulated To Keep All Happy

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Anything in this world can be regulated through rules, lobbying or software. Even stock video agencies are regulating how much sales their contributors get. This might offend some people, but we have been watching and analyzing our sales for about four

July 2017 NEW Stock Footage That Did Not Succeed

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After a series of articles about favorite video stock footage that sold in past months, we came up with an idea to write about new stock footage which is great but was missed by buyers. There are so many great