Three key features of selling art writing photography

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Three key features of all stock photos

  three main components, all of which must be correct to make a high sales

1) Choice of Subject, be it an appropriate model or props, an object sat in a context that creates some kind of concept, something quite abstract that only really gains a meaning when used in a matching context.

2) Execution, how well you took the photo, or how you used your photographic skills to express a mood or concept. Atmospheric lighting, high or low key, choice of focal point to add emphasis.

3) Keywording and Description, your choice further emphasizes the meaning of your photo and allows it to be found by buyers. (e.g. a street sign with diverging arrows, represents choice or decision, but only gains that meaning when paired with a title).

The rise of machines is in part to blame for growing income inequality

Paul Krugman: Rise Of Machines Partially To Blame For Income Inequality (VIDEO)

The rise of machines is in part to blame for growing income inequality, according to Paul Krugman.

The Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times columnist said in an interview with Business Insider that companies’ preference for investing in machines instead of workers is partially to blame for income inequality in the 21st century. That’s a shift from the last two decades of the 20th century when income inequality was mostly about the differences between high-skill and low-skill workers.

“Technology has shifted in a way that really favors capital over labor,” Krugman said. “That makes it possible to replace people with machines.”

Since 1960, income inequality has jumped in the U.S. by more than in any other Western country, according to a November analysis from economics professors.

Even while income inequality soars, workers aren’t catching any breaks. From the start of the economic recovery until June 2011, business spending on equipment and software increased 26 percent, while spending on labor grew by 2 percent, according to The New York Times. In developed countries around the world, millions of middle-class jobs have been lost to technology, the Associated Press reports.

And while companies are hiring fewer workers in favor of more machines, they’re squeezing more out of the workers that do get jobs.