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Eyeem does not import meta from IPTC on upload? Really?
MichaelJayFoto:
--- Quote from: PhotoDude on March 28, 2016, 14:49 ---That is weird. I guess that means they are not interested in attracting dedicated photographers as their contributors. Otherwise I do not see how one can add sizeable portfolio without necessity of manually keywording every single image.
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Oh, and I don't know your images, so I don't know if that's the case here but when I read posts like this on MSG it just comes to my mind: I would assert that none of the new platforms is all that interested in photographers who have tens of thousands of pre-keyworded images that are already available on Shutterstock & Co. So for them it isn't really all that interesting to invest time in making that process easier.
MarcvsTvllivs:
--- Quote from: MichaelJayFoto on March 28, 2016, 23:51 ---
--- Quote from: PhotoDude on March 28, 2016, 14:49 ---That is weird. I guess that means they are not interested in attracting dedicated photographers as their contributors. Otherwise I do not see how one can add sizeable portfolio without necessity of manually keywording every single image.
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Oh, and I don't know your images, so I don't know if that's the case here but when I read posts like this on MSG it just comes to my mind: I would assert that none of the new platforms is all that interested in photographers who have tens of thousands of pre-keyworded images that are already available on Shutterstock & Co. So for them it isn't really all that interesting to invest time in making that process easier.
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I absolutely agree. This is actually something that heralded the decline of 500px: They were about a certain, polished style of artsy photography, and they got traction, and then they invited... us. Not a good idea, if you ask me. If you've found your niche, don't immediately try to break out of it.
I still find the EyeEm implementation of IPTC unfortunate though. The keywords it suggests are actually highly "stocky", with stuff like "built structure" etc. In my opinion, those keywords work for neither stock buyers nor a cool photo community.
cobalt:
If you want to make money selling commercial stock to companies you need producers who create what the normal hobby photographer doesn´t do.
To invest in shooting with models, on location etc...all the useful images, customers like to buy, the photo crowd doesn´t do that.
Artsy pictures are great as prints on the wall but won´t fill an industrial manual, illustrate a medical journal etc...
You need professionals to supply that.
But of course they want new content, so there is no reason to encourage mass uploads of old portfolios.
MichaelJayFoto:
--- Quote from: cobalt on March 29, 2016, 03:15 ---If you want to make money selling commercial stock to companies you need producers who create what the normal hobby photographer doesn´t do.
To invest in shooting with models, on location etc...all the useful images, customers like to buy, the photo crowd doesn´t do that.
Artsy pictures are great as prints on the wall but won´t fill an industrial manual, illustrate a medical journal etc...
You need professionals to supply that.
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Well, I know quite a few of those professionals who provide that kind of images. But it's been a while since I've seen any of them posting on MSG. And they are typically not the ones stating how much of a loss it will be to a new agency when they don't get to upload their 30k pre-keyworded, non-exclusive images.
cobalt:
That is what I mean, the pros understand that mobile stock is a genre by itself and only upload what will fit.
Itś not very likely they will have 30k images in the right style on their hard drives.
But if you look at the eyeem collection on getty, I´d say the majority of the content still comes from photo enthusiasts, not pros.
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