15 Years Selling Stock Footage - What I Learned & Earned

Selling the clips sitting on your hard drive has never been easier than now. You don't even need to write your own titles and keywords if you don't want to. Other people enjoy that part. After doing it myself for almost a decade and a half, would I recommend it as a form of passive income? It's never too late to start your own passive income stream. But is Ai going to destroy the stock video industry? What are the pros and cons? What do I love about it? What do I not like? Contents of the video: 0:00 - Intro 0:21 - Why I love making stock video 1:01 - Subjects I filmed when I first started 1:39 - Diversifying the subjects that I was filming 2:08 - What I don't like about making stock video 3:03 - Everything I love about stock footage 3:58 - Collaboration 5:16 - Conclusion 5:35 - Is Ai gonna destroy the stock footage industry? 6:08 - Outro There will be plenty more videos about stock video coming up. I’ll also be making a video about the beautiful seamless integration between stock video and Youtube content creation. There will also be an upcoming behind the scenes of this video, along with every other video I make. FOREVER. I am living the dream. My dream. This Youtube channel ties everything together in my filmmaking universe. It’s perfect. So stoked and motivated. I have a tonne of video ideas waiting in the wings, videos to help and inspire other filmmakers and content creators. This was filmed entirely on the Sony Fx30. My new tiny love. Music: Tune used in this video from Audiio: Yellen: Get Loose (instrumental) Music used in this video is from Audiio. I purchased their Lifetime Music subscription when I started this channel 4 months ago and I love it- still seems too good to be true! Use my link: https://audiio.com/woodyjamesfilm and code SAVE300 to get $300 off their Lifetime Music subscription making it ONLY $199! This is a one-off payment - no subscriptions, no renewals. Unlimited music for LIFE. FOR REAL. Or you can use my same link and code SAVE70 for 70% off your first year of Audiio Pro (inc SFX) If you don't need music but still wanna support the channel, I'm always grateful to be bought a coffee! https://buymeacoffee.com/woodyjamesfilm (I'm skipping being an Amazon affiliate) LUT used was the SLOG3 to Rec709 Base Cool v1 from Evan Schneider    / @evanschneider   If you're looking for filmmaking inspiration, DIY camera rig ideas, or just want to level up your skills with tips to dramatically increase the production value of your videos then this channel's for you. Here’s a quick edit with 62 stock footage clips:    • Woody’s Film School Visual Trailer   Here’s another little film:    • Tiny Fridge, Cinema Camera — How do you Fi...   Don’t forget to subscribe and join me on this creative adventure! If interested, there's some more of my stock footage here: https://woodyjamesfilm.com Email me: [email protected] #stockvideo #filmmakingtips #passiveincome #cinematicvideo #stockfootage