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Has anyone been to Morocco?
I will get the chance to photograph people in a bakery, barber shop...to take photos of. They are all getting paid for that
Is it true that it is forbidden to use a tripod in public?
Where do I upload? To microstock or to macrostock?
I have taken an amazing photo of the Hagia Sophia during golden hour in Istanbul but it was only bought twice within one year on microstock.
Any tips for Morocco?
Has anyone tried to take stock photos while being on a tour with 30 people?
I agree, touring with 30 people is no fun but I would not want to tour Morocco on my own. I don't know what to do regarding model release. I am doing a half day photography tour organised by photographers who live in Marrakech. They are paying these people. There might be 5 other photographers on the tour. I have not used Easyrelease yet. Would there be even time for model releases? The 10 day tour will take us into the Atlas mountains, also to Fez, Casablanca, Rabat...
It's the first time I will be doing some street photography.
but it will take me one year to earn that sort of money with microstock.
Thank you so much for all your help. I don't know how to express it properly how much it means to me. I realised that I don't see enough things to photograph. I never thought about taking photos of objects. Aren't they copyright or someone's art? How do the "who, when, what, where" for editorial photos apply to objects? Isn't a Moroccan door someone's art? Apart from 2 days alone in Marrakech I will have one day to myself in Fez unless I pay for the optional city sightseeing. I am determined to explore Fez online my own. Sounds like it will be much more of an adventure than my guided Sicily tour.
I went to Fez, Rabat and maybe Marrakech (can't remember) in 2008, before I started doing stock. Last year I had to give a summary of that trip so pulled out some of the images - all shot with my 6 Mpx, Canon 300D - and submitted them to the agencies, regular or editorial depending on the subject. They have sold some but not a ton - one even sold today, an editorial of a shop on the street. We had Moroccan guides, which made it very efficient to get around. Hired a local kid to take us through the Fez medina but he wanted a lot more at the end than we agreed to and it would have been better to line up a real guide first. I think the tourist places are pretty safe but I wouldn't get too far off the main path and stay away from the mosques unless you know local customs. I would not try to set up a tripod in crowded places but a monopod might be helpful. If you have Canon get a couple of the pancake lenses and you will be less conspicuous than with big lenses sticking out.
Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on March 17, 2017, 01:08I went to Fez, Rabat and maybe Marrakech (can't remember) in 2008, before I started doing stock. Last year I had to give a summary of that trip so pulled out some of the images - all shot with my 6 Mpx, Canon 300D - and submitted them to the agencies, regular or editorial depending on the subject. They have sold some but not a ton - one even sold today, an editorial of a shop on the street. We had Moroccan guides, which made it very efficient to get around. Hired a local kid to take us through the Fez medina but he wanted a lot more at the end than we agreed to and it would have been better to line up a real guide first. I think the tourist places are pretty safe but I wouldn't get too far off the main path and stay away from the mosques unless you know local customs. I would not try to set up a tripod in crowded places but a monopod might be helpful. If you have Canon get a couple of the pancake lenses and you will be less conspicuous than with big lenses sticking out.always a good idea to check local custom - in Morocco, non-muslims aren't allowed in most mosques, while in Iran, Egypt, Turkey, India non-muslims are welcomed (often I've been given a tour by the imam in smaller mosques)
I never want to take a chance on accidentally contravening one of their rules so avoid them to be safe.
Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on March 17, 2017, 20:18I never want to take a chance on accidentally contravening one of their rules so avoid them to be safe. That seems a shame its a while ago now and I know temperatures have risen but in Turkey in particular and Morocco I found very welcoming people only too pleased to welcome foreigners and provided you respected their sites very happy to see you there.
Quote from: cascoly on March 17, 2017, 14:21Quote from: sgoodwin4813 on March 17, 2017, 01:08I went to Fez, Rabat and maybe Marrakech (can't remember) in 2008, before I started doing stock. Last year I had to give a summary of that trip so pulled out some of the images - all shot with my 6 Mpx, Canon 300D - and submitted them to the agencies, regular or editorial depending on the subject. They have sold some but not a ton - one even sold today, an editorial of a shop on the street. We had Moroccan guides, which made it very efficient to get around. Hired a local kid to take us through the Fez medina but he wanted a lot more at the end than we agreed to and it would have been better to line up a real guide first. I think the tourist places are pretty safe but I wouldn't get too far off the main path and stay away from the mosques unless you know local customs. I would not try to set up a tripod in crowded places but a monopod might be helpful. If you have Canon get a couple of the pancake lenses and you will be less conspicuous than with big lenses sticking out.always a good idea to check local custom - in Morocco, non-muslims aren't allowed in most mosques, while in Iran, Egypt, Turkey, India non-muslims are welcomed (often I've been given a tour by the imam in smaller mosques) Though as I recall you can go in the one at Casablanca it was years ago when I went so may have changed?
Ah cool! Just understand that some people don't like getting their pictures taken, which is fair enough. Sometimes you may have to ask someone to get their picture taken and most of the time it will be OK.
Is it best to only upload those images to Alamy or also on microstock? I don't find it OK to get 25 cents for such images. However, I uploaded one such image one year ago as RM to Alamy and it has not been bought. I don't want to get just 25 cents for such an image but no sale is also not great. I really don't know what to do.
Is it best to only upload those images to Alamy or also on microstock?
Can an image that has been bought once on Alamy as RM ever be sold as RF later on? Let's say a photo gets bought only once as RM on Alamy and I want to upload it as RF on microstock two years later. Is that possible?
I submit all my best images to Robert Harding,
Do you get many sales? I keep seeing their name pop up with travel images similar to mine.
None so far, although i've only been submitting regularly to them for about 4 months. I'm working towards getting 1,000 images on there, which will take about a year, and then i'll reassess.Another interesting travel agency is 4corners. I've attached a list I put together a few months ago that I trust you'll find interesting. I've got a comprehensive guide on microstock coming out soon...
Thanks. I've got reservations about sending exclusive images (and no similars elsewhere) to an agency unless it is selling like hot-cakes. I see their stuff on Alamy, I don't know where else they supply. If it's just a back door to Alamy then you're just giving a cut of your commissions to a third party.
Hello, I am back from Morocco. The tour group was rather large with 47 people. Had a hard time taking photos. I do have some unique and rare images of people. Very few though. Should these go to Alamy only? Does Alamy now accept royalty free editorial? I don't know if it is better to upload unique images as RM on Alamy only or as RF editorial on Alamy only or as RF editorial everywhere. Can someone explain that please. Unfortunately we had often overcast weather and half of the group caught a stomach bug including me even though I never ate any raw food.