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Chad Stembridge
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Jan 23

Stock footage tip: consistency is key

The chart pictured above shows my stock footage selling journey. You can see where I started getting serious about it in 2016. From 2016–2018 I produced the majority of the stock footage I have for sale online — and the revenue followed. In 2019, I removed a portion of clips…

Stock Video

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Stock footage tip: consistency is key
Stock footage tip: consistency is key
Stock Video

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Jan 20

iStock’s 2023 Download Rate Cards

If you’re an iStock contributor, you likely got an email from Getty on recently headlined “2023 iStock Exclusive Download Targets and Rate Card” — here’s what it’s all about. In a nutshell, iStock pays different royalty percentages based on the number of downloads you’ve reached during the calendar year.. if…

Stock Video

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iStock’s 2023 Download Rate Cards
iStock’s 2023 Download Rate Cards
Stock Video

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·Jan 18

Stock footage trends to watch in 2023

When people ask me what trends to get on with selling stock video, my usual answer is that if you’re shooting for a trend, you’ve already missed it. I’ll go into that more some other time, but for now, here are some things I think will continue trending relevant in…

Stock Video

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Stock footage trends to watch in 2023
Stock footage trends to watch in 2023
Stock Video

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Oct 11, 2022

Why Traditional Production Companies Will Not Survive
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Mike Johnston

Wow. I just came back and read this again, 5 years after reading it for the first time.

Wow. I just came back and read this again, 5 years after reading it for the first time. If this article was relevant then, it's 1000x more applicable now. Great reminders of the changing roles of production creatives.

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Dec 30, 2019

The thing that scares me most about being in my 30s…

… is getting stuck in a rut of being the same person for the next 30 years of my life.

Inspiration

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Inspiration

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Feb 22, 2018

Creative winter

Creativity flows cyclically, like all of life. Spring and summer, bursting with energy and growth and variety. Autumn, which brings maturity and a contemplative sense of depth. And winter, where it is cold and brown and frozen. Then, all over again, comes spring.

Creativity

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Creativity

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Oct 11, 2015

The Cannibals

I woke up. Where am I? I thought — not surprising, since I definitely didn’t know where I was. The strangest things can happen on 3-hour tour cruises. Anyway, here I was. I sat up (not too quickly, because my leg hurt) and looked in front of me. Sand was…

Short Story

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The Cannibals
The Cannibals
Short Story

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Chad Stembridge

Chad Stembridge

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Video production entreprenuer. See what I’m working on: cstembridge.com

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