Author Topic: How to apply for getty? (Read 8808 times)

Vstudio · « **on:** June 15, 2014, 11:17 »

hey guys i wonder how the hek do i apply for getyimages contributer

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #1 on:** June 15, 2014, 11:23 »

Quote from: Vstudio on June 15, 2014, 11:17

hey guys i wonder how the hek do i apply for getyimages contributer

Did you try google for finding the information?

Vstudio · « **Reply #2 on:** June 15, 2014, 13:01 »

yes i did and i did see the contributor site but it seems now you need to go for some contest to join getty is it ture? how dose it work?

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #3 on:** June 15, 2014, 13:16 »

Quote from: Vstudio on June 15, 2014, 13:01

yes i did and i did see the contributor site but it seems now you need to go for some contest to join getty is it ture? how dose it work?

The page doesn't tell you how it works?

jefftakespics2 · « **Reply #4 on:** June 15, 2014, 13:37 »

It is hard to figure out and it is indeed a contest to get accepted. After that, if you get an image accepted to RM you get to pay $50 to list the image with them.

luissantos84 · « **Reply #5 on:** June 15, 2014, 15:50 »

Quote from: jrwasserman on June 15, 2014, 13:37

It is hard to figure out and it is indeed a contest to get accepted. After that, if you get an image accepted to RM you get to pay $50 to list the image with them.

that can't be right, I can't imagine a sports photographer spending 50$ a piece when I see over 100 pictures from a single World Cup match, maybe someone else is paying

ShadySue · « **Reply #6 on:** June 15, 2014, 16:05 »

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 15, 2014, 15:50

Quote from: jrwasserman on June 15, 2014, 13:37
It is hard to figure out and it is indeed a contest to get accepted. After that, if you get an image accepted to RM you get to pay $50 to list the image with them.

that can't be right, I can't imagine a sports photographer spending 50$ a piece when I see over 100 pictures from a single World Cup match, maybe someone else is paying

That'll be staffers, no doubt.
I bet they don't get 40c for an image like RF-sellers do sometimes. (I've read of less.)

jefftakespics2 · « **Reply #7 on:** June 15, 2014, 16:07 »

Editorial is a completely different ballgame (pun intended). This is just for creative. I'm also sure there are many ways around it if you are the right person with the right connections.

Vstudio · « **Reply #8 on:** June 15, 2014, 16:44 »

so getty is paid website only? for new members or for all?

ShadySue · « **Reply #9 on:** June 15, 2014, 17:19 »

You could have Googled better, I suspect.
(Not being unhelpful, I'm only on Getty via iStock, so my Googled info is exactly what you'd get.)

shudderstok · « **Reply #10 on:** June 15, 2014, 20:33 »

i smell a troll!
it's very simple, google getty mages and follow their submission guidelines. no games, no contests, no fees. it's really that simple.

shudderstok · « **Reply #11 on:** June 15, 2014, 20:34 »

Quote from: jrwasserman on June 15, 2014, 13:37

It is hard to figure out and it is indeed a contest to get accepted. After that, if you get an image accepted to RM you get to pay $50 to list the image with them.

since when? not in my 18+ years with them. the misinformation on the MSG forum is simply mind boggling.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #12 on:** June 15, 2014, 20:54 »

Quote from: shudderstok on June 15, 2014, 20:34

Quote from: jrwasserman on June 15, 2014, 13:37
It is hard to figure out and it is indeed a contest to get accepted. After that, if you get an image accepted to RM you get to pay $50 to list the image with them.

since when? not in my 18+ years with them. the misinformation on the MSG forum is simply mind boggling.

Shouldn't insult others when you don't know what you're talking about.

Photographers Choice is $50 ( I think ) per image once you get last the free one each quarter.

onepointfour · « **Reply #13 on:** June 15, 2014, 20:56 »

For creative, it seems the only way now is through the contest.
http://competitions.gettyimages.com/en/competitions/call-for-entries-3/the-brief#.U55ODfmSzxQ. What I read from Getty forum, people are offered to contribute to either iStock or Moment collection upon winning the contest there. Not sure about other collections.

shudderstok · « **Reply #14 on:** June 15, 2014, 23:25 »

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on June 15, 2014, 20:54

Quote from: shudderstok on June 15, 2014, 20:34
Quote from: jrwasserman on June 15, 2014, 13:37
It is hard to figure out and it is indeed a contest to get accepted. After that, if you get an image accepted to RM you get to pay $50 to list the image with them.

since when? not in my 18+ years with them. the misinformation on the MSG forum is simply mind boggling.

Shouldn't insult others when you don't know what you're talking about.

Photographers Choice is $50 ( I think ) per image once you get last the free one each quarter.

insult others? not knowing what i am talking about?

i have no problems getting images onto RM at all. either i tick the RM box when i upload and it gets accepted as such most of the time - FREE. now if i had the image rejected and felt strongly about it and really wanted it to be on the RM listing, then yes i could pay $50 and have it automatically accepted on PC/RM (Photographer's Choice) subject to technical requirements.

i have never had to pay anything ever never ever to GI to have an image accepted, unless i chose to pay the $50 to have it on PC/RM.

and yes sean, there is tons of complete misinformation about so many things on this MSG, it is mind boggling, and that is a fact, not an insult. ie: you don't have to pay to get an image onto GI RM. been that way for 18+ years (that is actually a bit of bu!!crap too as PC has not been around that long - maybe 12+ years and dropped down from the original $125 to $50), but hey i don't know what i am talking about

wordplanet · « **Reply #15 on:** June 15, 2014, 23:39 »

I tried the contest route a few months back. Got an email from Getty with no info in it and at the same time got another email with an invite to join iStock (I'm already on iStock). Contacted Getty and they said the first email (the one from Getty) was a mistake. Shortly afterwards they did the blog giveaway so I decided not to try again as IMHO (1) it seemed like a come-on to get more iStockers and (2) I wasn't sure how the blog thing was going to work (whether contributors will share ad revenue down the road and whether it would be worthwhile).

I'd heard from some friends who are in Getty that they did away with PC (Photographer's Choice)where you pay $50 to upload an image as RM some months back.

To apply for editorial I believe you contact them directly. I also shoot editorial but not the amount they'd probably require to become a regular contributor so I haven't investigated that route.

Your best bet is to follow the contest rules if you want to give it a shot. It was very easy and straight-forward.

shudderstok · « **Reply #16 on:** June 16, 2014, 01:43 »

Quote from: onepointfour on June 15, 2014, 20:56

For creative, it seems the only way now is through the contest.
http://competitions.gettyimages.com/en/competitions/call-for-entries-3/the-brief#.U55ODfmSzxQ. What I read from Getty forum, people are offered to contribute to either iStock or Moment collection upon winning the contest there. Not sure about other collections.

Goodness I hope this is not the only way in now. This is just plain creepy (it rings too close to playing hard to get and we might want you like stocksy does - really bad move in my opinion.). Here is another link that up until this point in time is what I thought were the procedures to apply to contribute images to GI. Perhaps this is for being a house photographer? As recently as a few weeks ago I recommended this route to someone.
http://contributors.gettyimages.com/workwithus/Default.aspx

onepointfour · « **Reply #17 on:** June 16, 2014, 02:07 »

Quote from: shudderstok on June 16, 2014, 01:43

Quote from: onepointfour on June 15, 2014, 20:56
For creative, it seems the only way now is through the contest.
http://competitions.gettyimages.com/en/competitions/call-for-entries-3/the-brief#.U55ODfmSzxQ. What I read from Getty forum, people are offered to contribute to either iStock or Moment collection upon winning the contest there. Not sure about other collections.

Goodness I hope this is not the only way in now. This is just plain creepy (it rings too close to playing hard to get and we might want you like stocksy does - really bad move in my opinion.). Here is another link that up until this point in time is what I thought were the procedures to apply to contribute images to GI. Perhaps this is for being a house photographer? As recently as a few weeks ago I recommended this route to someone.
http://contributors.gettyimages.com/workwithus/Default.aspx

That will lead to the same place. Try clicking at Photography - Creative/Advertising then 4.Submit your work now and it will take you to the contest.

This is much more creepy than Stocksy. Almost like popularity contest.

However, there is a shortcut to get into Moment collection. You just need to contact one of the curators with 3 best images, then you are in. I don't know any current curators, but there is self-professed Getty fan-girl aka curator in the forum who seems too eager to get anyone in.

shudderstok · « **Reply #18 on:** June 16, 2014, 04:45 »

Quote from: onepointfour on June 16, 2014, 02:07

Quote from: shudderstok on June 16, 2014, 01:43
Quote from: onepointfour on June 15, 2014, 20:56
For creative, it seems the only way now is through the contest.
http://competitions.gettyimages.com/en/competitions/call-for-entries-3/the-brief#.U55ODfmSzxQ. What I read from Getty forum, people are offered to contribute to either iStock or Moment collection upon winning the contest there. Not sure about other collections.

Goodness I hope this is not the only way in now. This is just plain creepy (it rings too close to playing hard to get and we might want you like stocksy does - really bad move in my opinion.). Here is another link that up until this point in time is what I thought were the procedures to apply to contribute images to GI. Perhaps this is for being a house photographer? As recently as a few weeks ago I recommended this route to someone.
http://contributors.gettyimages.com/workwithus/Default.aspx

That will lead to the same place. Try clicking at Photography - Creative/Advertising then 4.Submit your work now and it will take you to the contest.

This is much more creepy than Stocksy. Almost like popularity contest.

However, there is a shortcut to get into Moment collection. You just need to contact one of the curators with 3 best images, then you are in. I don't know any current curators, but there is self-professed Getty fan-girl aka curator in the forum who seems too eager to get anyone in.

yes... much more creepy than Stocksy by a mile. What is happening to this industry? it just seems like one pissing contest after another these days.

@Vstudio @jrwasserman .... apologies in advance, this is really really new. honestly it was not but a few weeks ago i sent someone else the contributors link and it did work, promise! my bad, i was not up to speed and really did think a) one of you was a troll and b) one of you did not know how to google. again sorry. my bad.

ShadySue · « **Reply #19 on:** June 16, 2014, 04:58 »

I also apologise, that was the page I googled.
Anyway, it seems that particular ship has sailed: http://competitions.gettyimages.com/en/competitions/workwithus/the-brief#.U56-0ij4VSg, unless there's a new one.

Mind you, given the really low-value sales you can get, and the until-you-quit-totally tie-in, jumping through all these hoops in the hope of hitting the lottery with a big-value sale isn't all that attractive.
Possibly (probably?) cheaper and easier to play the lottery.

bunhill · « **Reply #20 on:** June 16, 2014, 05:30 »

Quote from: ShadySue on June 16, 2014, 04:58

it seems that particular ship has sailed:

Current submission ends 1st July and is here. Good luck to anyone submitting.

I agree that competition is a strange word. But who really cares ? In reality it is a competition to get work seen anywhere. Also - this seems, in theory at least, to more or less replace the old Flickr pool system - without the need to have to bother with Flickr.

It seems to me that whilst it is called a competition - in practice it is exactly like a set of submission dates after which potential content will get looked at.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #21 on:** June 16, 2014, 05:37 »

Quote from: shudderstok on June 15, 2014, 23:25

and yes sean, there is tons of complete misinformation about so many things on this MSG, it is mind boggling, and that is a fact, not an insult. ie: you don't have to pay to get an image onto GI RM. been that way for 18+ years (that is actually a bit of bu!!crap too as PC has not been around that long - maybe 12+ years and dropped down from the original $125 to $50), but hey i don't know what i am talking about

The person who posted about the fee obviously only has experience with Photographer's Choice. Instead of pointing out that there are other options, even if that person does not have access to them, you wholly discounted their statement, which was indeed, a fact, from their experience.

bunhill · « **Reply #22 on:** June 16, 2014, 06:03 »

Getty Drops Placement Fees For RM Photographer’s Choice

?

shudderstok · « **Reply #23 on:** June 16, 2014, 06:06 »

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on June 16, 2014, 05:37

Quote from: shudderstok on June 15, 2014, 23:25
and yes sean, there is tons of complete misinformation about so many things on this MSG, it is mind boggling, and that is a fact, not an insult. ie: you don't have to pay to get an image onto GI RM. been that way for 18+ years (that is actually a bit of bu!!crap too as PC has not been around that long - maybe 12+ years and dropped down from the original $125 to $50), but hey i don't know what i am talking about

The person who posted about the fee obviously only has experience with Photographer's Choice. Instead of pointing out that there are other options, even if that person does not have access to them, you wholly discounted their statement, which was indeed, a fact, from their experience.

so a guy who says "it is hard to figure out" and has no experience submitting to Getty first hand is now factual in experience with no experience? Help me understand this please.
i first hand don't know the rules to this so called contest as it is a new 'game' to me, perhaps you can shed the light on the facts of the game once you have won the contest. you seem to know all the facts.

shudderstok · « **Reply #24 on:** June 16, 2014, 06:07 »

Quote from: bunhill on June 16, 2014, 06:03

Getty Drops Placement Fees For RM Photographer’s Choice

?

yes that was announced a while back.

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