MicrostockGroup

This weeks featured photographer on Dreamstime.com  - Konradbak - beautiful work but is it Microstock?

WHY NOT???

I like if some one dare to take a turn or twist at the usual stock stuff.
I think with me alot of designers too.

If it's sold on a microstock site it is microstock.

true - * shame, guy could do a lot better than selling there IMHO (and from some experience too) - testing the water or hard up I guess!

I just took a brief look.  If that's "microstock", then the term no longer has any meaning.

Well, this artist may have some images that you might not consider microstock, but if you go further into the portfolio, there is ceratinly a lot of micro stuff there as is evident for the number of sales made.

I have always considered DT to be more open to creative work and I like that.

If it on sale on a microsite then it is microstock, the microstock model does not mean sub-standard or low quality, but quality, lower prices and higher volume.

What is a product worth, as much as a buyer will pay or as little as a supplier will accept, in this example it is the latter.

David 

I am sure he is doing good outside of microstock as well. Every penny counts. Why not get the extra money, microstock has to offer?

Even the right people are having problems now that internet has taken businesses to a whole new level. Don't underestimate microstock. There are some world class images here taken by so called amateurs (!)

The right people were scared to death that these so called amateurs (!) were about to swallow them and took necessary precautions (Getty buying IS, Corbis turning to Veer)

Microstock is no longer amateur. All the image giants are involved.

Noodles, "you not making money" does not mean good microstockers are not making money. The money is pretty professional for some people. Microstock is not "hobbyist business" anymore.

Of course there are some daydreamers with sweet illusions but they don't change the fact that microstock produces some very professional images.

we discovered his portfolio about 2 weeks ago and jumped for joy - then downloaded a ton of his pics ... so yeah, it is microstock and it is good!!

he raises the bar, but still is getting underpaid for the quality he offers.  How many of his clients will pay top money for his photos out of the microworld once they find out they can get the "good enough" pic from Dreamstime for what would amount to less than the VAT of a comissioned work?  And I hace to admit that in his case a "good enough" pic is a superlative pic!  The problem I see is that many of us don`t see beyond the micros...  Yes, they are here to stay.  Yes, pros are entering every day and rising the bar.  And yes, there is work that, despite being at micros, shouldn`t be, at least for the prices currently being paid at most sites and the cost of producing high quality images.

well, ummm, yep - cheers

MS will kill or seriously injury Trad Stock - that's a given but there's heaps of work that require non-stock photography - always will be.

Conrad has been around for quite awhile and one of my Long time Favs and i have had him bookmarked for sometime along with Lev Dolgachev and quite a few other Pros in this business to use as examples for students and trust me this isn't all they do and it shouldn't be for anyone else either going forward if you have the stuff. If ya don't keep shooting isolated Kiwi or something. It's called Branding Guys. And when people look at someones work you can say Oh, That looks like a Bak Image. How many can claim That?  it used to be you could spot a Yuri a mile away,Now you can't unless you see a familiar model. Don't worry about Conrad, he's doing His art and will have a career for a long time other than Microstock.