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Yes but I will say there are no people on the photo?? I am talking when adding the caption desc etc..
I have place it as no people, then will see thanks!
Unfortunately, if you want to sell that photo as RF on Alamy, you gotta have a model release. It doesn't matter if people are recognizable or not. Alamy is pretty strict about it.
imagine this: I am going to search an image of a beach on Alamy. I find this one yours. I may like it, but before buying it I go check in microstock if there is something better there and imagine what? I may found your same image! I will say to myself: this guy is a cheater (not to say worse). So, obviously I will not license your image in Alamy and will put your name in my 'black list'.One news for those who think is 'fair' to send the same images in Alamy and microstock: who buy images today is perfectly aware of microstock and will check there before commit to licensing an image in Alamy. I found many times images better in micro than in Alamy and changed my mind. Sometimes, on the contrary, found images that were ONLY available in Alamy. In this cases the image was licensed from there.To sum it up. You CAN surely submit RF images to micro and Alamy (there is no contract clause against it, in fact), but you are not doing any good to yourself. You would be better sending there different images. Buyers aren't silly and they DO ready forums and blogs... they know that many of microstockers send now all or part of their portfolios in Alamy and you just told them in a public forum, what you are doing!
imagine this: I am going to search an image of a beach on Alamy. I find this one yours. I may like it, but before buying it I go check in microstock if there is something better there and imagine what? I may found your same image! I will say to myself: this guy is a cheater (not to say worse). So, obviously I will not license your image in Alamy and will put your name in my 'black list'.
I have started uploading some of my microstock images, under a different pseudonym
Quote from: sharpshot on August 06, 2010, 06:28I have started uploading some of my microstock images, under a different pseudonymThat won't help. Apps like PicScout do image recognition.
Actually that's what happens to those buyers that installed the PicScout plugin for FireFox. The app does image recognition and it will put a blue bullet on every shot on Alamy that is on DT too. With a link of course. "Best Buy" automatized, and there are more sites like that in the making. The PicScout stunt made a major row on the Alamy forums, I heard. It has the potential to destroy Alamy for those stockers that upload the same shots to Alamy and microstock.
Quote from: FD-regular on August 06, 2010, 06:51Quote from: sharpshot on August 06, 2010, 06:28I have started uploading some of my microstock images, under a different pseudonymThat won't help. Apps like PicScout do image recognition.The different pseudonym is to protect my RM portfolio. I doubt there is a blacklist but if there is, my RM portfolio is only on alamy and wont be affected.
^^^ If you use a pseudonym, that is placed in the credit line. I don't see my real name anywhere in that collection and the buyers have credited the photo to my pseudonym.
how about placing your work in the cheapest agency and stay just in that one so you arent going to cheat buyers... COME ON!