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Pauws99:
--- Quote from: Microstockphoto on August 17, 2016, 12:44 ---Justanotherphotographer, perception of value, its what the buyer thinks the image is worth, they dont care about your cost. photographers are not renowned for their business acumen.
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Microstock is probably more about business acumen than being any more than a reasonably competent phtographer.
Microstockphoto:
sorry, no idea what that sentence is supposed to mean
if you are saying that micro stock is more about business than being a photographer, i respectfully disagree because you have no influence over the business whatsoever other than adding or deleting images from a portfolio entirely promoted (or not) and being sold by (or not) an agency. in micro stock you are the photographer, and other people do the rest
if you run your own photographic business and control 100% of how and where your images are sold, then yes, its is as much about business than it is about being a photographer
still photographers are not renowned for their business acumen bar a few exceptions such as Gurksy and Lik
Pauws99:
What you choose to upload where to and how you manage your time and costs is entirely within your control. Its certainly true that by using Microstock you are largely "outsourcing" the Marketing/selling aspects of your "business" which is why I do it because I'm crap at self promotion.
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