Traditional photographers contemplating trying microstock may benefit from a new tool: a free online income calculator released by German stock photographer Robert Kneschke. Available via Kneschke’s blog, the title of which translates as “Daily Life of a Picture Producer,” the calculator projects future income based on user-submitted information.
The calculator asks photographers to supply details such as previous downloads, earnings and portfolio size per agency. I then accounts for portfolio growth over time and allows currency adjustments.
The tool also offers additional statistics, such as return per image, return per download, downloads per image and other annualized data. It is available in English, French and German, with English and German-language help features.