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A hand holds up a Nikon D750 DSLR in front of a bright, leafy window. The rear LCD shows the review screen for a strawberry still life, with the histogram and full capture settings visible: Manual mode, 1/160, f8, ISO 500, white balance 6250K, shot as a fine JPEG. A finished frame straight out of the camera.
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Stop Shooting in RAW: The Case Against RAW for Stock

When a download pays a dime, spending hours per image in RAW is a losing trade. Here's the case for nailing it in camera and shooting JPEG.

MetaPhotoAIJune 21, 20266 min read
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A tight, head-on point-of-view shot looking through an optometry phoropter at a man's face mid eye exam. The instrument's twin dialed lenses and printed scales frame his eyes, filling most of the frame. A clinical, instantly-recognizable medical-device image of the kind almost no one has in their portfolio.
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Niche Industries: Where Stock Photos Still Sell

Search 'phoropter' on Shutterstock and you get under 5,000 results. That's the whole game: shoot what the public can't reach, and stand out by default.

June 23, 2026 · 7 min read