Aubrey Westlund is a photographer, educator, and creator of Stock Photography Academy, a course designed to help photographers turn their everyday moments into passive income. Eight years ago, Aubrey dove into stock photography, paid off $30,000 in debt, and left behind a successful wedding photography business to create a life of creative freedom. Aubrey empowers other photographers— to embrace stock photography, teaching them how to consistently upload and license images without overthinking the process. She’s a lover of capturing the beauty of everyday life, gardening, seasonal living, creating art in many forms, and finding balance as a creative business owner. Through stock photography, Aubrey helps her students master the craft, build a sustainable income, and fall in love with photography all over again.
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Aubrey Westlund
Aubrey Westlund is a photographer, educator, and creator of Stock Photography Academy, a course designed to help photographers turn their everyday moments into passive income. Eight years ago, Aubrey dove into stock photography, paid off $30,000 in debt, and left behind a successful wedding photography business to create a life of creative freedom. Aubrey empowers other photographers— to embrace stock photography, teaching them how to consistently upload and license images without overthinking the process. She’s a lover of capturing the beauty of everyday life, gardening, seasonal living, creating art in many forms, and finding balance as a creative business owner. Through stock photography, Aubrey helps her students master the craft, build a sustainable income, and fall in love with photography all over again.
Hi Reader! Six years ago, I blew up my life. I left a home I loved, a career I had built, and a community that felt like mine, all to move back “home.”Closer to family. More affordable. A better place to raise a baby. Except… that version of home didn’t exist anymore. Within a month, housing prices exploded. The world shut down. The pandemic hit creatives especially hard. And like a lot of photographers, I panicked. I felt forced to pivot into anything and everything to make money as a...
Hi Reader! I want to tell you a quick story about something I set my mind to this year. This past year I applied to a new premium stock agency, The Luupe. Years ago, someone who worked at Getty mentioned The Luupe to me. Very casually and very discreetly, they said they believed it was the future of stock photography. I remember looking it up and immediately thinking there was no way I could ever get in. After a few years of proving to myself that I could do a lot of things I once thought...
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