MicrostockGroup
Agency Based Discussion => New Sites - General => Topic started by: litifeta on April 03, 2007, 23:02
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Just noticed on the Jupiter website you can send an email and ask for submission guidelines. Wanted to hear someone else's opinion on them first
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yea,that'd be interesting to know,I was wondering the same.
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I looked into them (along with Corbis and Getty) before deciding to go the microstock route. Among other things, Jupiter requires that you have at least a 12MP camera, which may leave out most of the people here. All three agencies more or less expect you to be able to completely manage a professional photoshoot (e.g. hire models/stylists/assistants, pay all expenses, arrange for travel and accommodations, ...), which is also probably beyond the expertise and experience of this crowd. Bottom line: I don't think they're gonna really consider you unless you are a professional with at least a little experience.
You can, alternatively, develop a portfolio and offer it for sale to them.
A good way in is to know someone: I recently met a guy who was shooting stock for Getty - he got jobs because a friend of his was an editor there. They flew him out to Vancouver from NYC and even supplied him with a Hasselblad and one of these babies (http://www.leafamerica.com/products/products_aptus54s.asp)!
Here's the questionnaire Jupiter sends you: click me (http://www.strathdee.net/temp/ji_submissions.doc). I wasn't very impressed by its rather amateur appearance.
A telling sign: Yuri Arcurs was approached by one of these agencies and decided that he was far better off shooting microstock than shooting for a large RM/RF/Day Rate/Work for Hire agency.
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Wow! How did you find out that about Yuri? Seems like that's the piece of the microstock vs macrostock debate that's been missing - the bit to tip the scales.
To me, the macrostock (a.k.a old-school photography establishment) argument has always been the microstock is for hacks and amateurs who can't get into the big houses. If a microstocker is now turning them down in favour of staying put - and there's fiscal justification for doing so - then we have a whole new debate on our hands!
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ha ha ha ha...LOL do we really want to open this can of worms???? LOL
I've got a good one that'll tick off the old time pros... I know it does as one of my dear and lifelong since childhood friends is one of those old pros......
Briefly...if I can... You don't need Getty/Corbis/Jupiter on your resume any longer. You only need to have the talent to shoot a good image and second, to sell yourself. And mostly, leave your ego at home.
Let me know if we want to breech this subject... LOL 8)-tom