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Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!
« on: November 03, 2017, 07:11 »Quote
everything is possible but i think the same betting value.
Odds just tilted slightly in my favour with this one...
Now
1.35 NO
3.65 YES
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Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!« on: November 03, 2017, 07:11 »Quote everything is possible but i think the same betting value. Odds just tilted slightly in my favour with this one... Now 1.35 NO 3.65 YES 1052
Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!« on: November 02, 2017, 13:15 »Quote in my opinion you should study more the stocksy library before applying. If you're a gambling man, what odds would you give me to be accepted? MicroVegas has the current line at: 1.25 (-400) NO 4.00 (+400) YES 1053
Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!« on: November 02, 2017, 10:43 »Quote getting photos with "no people" (desappeared if you put 30 seconds of shutter) I dont know is just an idea, hehehe Pronto! 1054
Alamy.com / Re: RF editorial« on: November 02, 2017, 09:18 »Quote Any updates? Are you selling much RF editorial on Alamy? I have a fair amount of editorial on the micros and am thinking about uploading them RF editorial to Alamy but want to make sure it's worth the effort. Kind of annoying that you have to go and designate them as editorial after uploading. Are your RF editorial sales there comparable to regular RF or RM sales? Alamy is so unpredictable. I look at Alamy like buying multiple lottery tickets...most of the time the ticket will be worthless but soon (?) enough you'll find a ticket that would be worth a lot...then back to same old waiting and frustration. Sales on there for me have ranged from $5 to $250 (gross). Alamy is editorially-based so it makes sense to upload all your editorials on there. Not much difference between RF and RM in terms of sale values on there. The future of stock is RF in any case since that's what most buyers prefer (old-timers on the Alamy forum would disagree though as many refuse to license as RF). 1055
Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!« on: November 02, 2017, 08:41 »Quote so in my opinion there is a lack of more risk, I mean, the photos are ok, good, great, but I miss more original or diverse perspective I appreciate your feedback and I agree with you. I desperately need to get some model-released stuff and don't want to invest in those types of pics without being accepted (chicken and egg). In any case, going through my 450 or so images from my week in Tuscany and looking for something wow and original. Lots of unreleased stuff so my options are a bit limited. Perhaps something like this??? Quote Sorry for my english (i tried my best) in spanish my opinion is much better hahahahaha Impressive milky-way stuff, by the way. Buena suerte amigo! 1056
General - Top Sites / Re: How Was Your October?« on: November 02, 2017, 07:10 »
Below par, but still managed a somewhat reasonable 350 downloads from SS and AS picking up, especially with the passport composites I've been putting together.
Anyway, most of my best stuff going to my Stocksy application (all in). Still pending sales report from Robert Harding...bunch of sales on there. 1057
Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!« on: November 02, 2017, 06:36 »Quote Photos submitted so far can be seen in the screenshots attached. Any chance do you guys think or not sufficiently 'stock' orientated ? Stocksy doesn't accept editorial images so images with identifiable people, of which you have quite a few, won't/may not be considered in the application unless you have the model release. Some have said you can submit later though... As for what they're looking for, it seems like they're looking for that "wow" factor, of which you've certainly demonstrated with some of your images. I've put together 60 images so far, adding a few of my best ones from my recent trip to Tuscany. Seems like we have a similar travel-orientated style. Attached are my 60: Good luck to us! 1058
General Photography Discussion / Re: Can we go by this formulae?« on: October 25, 2017, 16:55 »
On SS, my top 5 images account for 1,200 downloads out of my total of 8,200
Even though those 5 images account for only 0.12% of my portfolio of 4,180 images they account for 14.6% of total downloads. 1059
Photo Critique / Re: Hi everyone! Need critique! Thanks in advance!« on: October 25, 2017, 15:23 »
Some really interesting concepts that you're experimenting!
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Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!« on: October 24, 2017, 13:37 »
I wonder if this is the kind of stuff they're looking for. I've just included it and have a batch close to 50 images...let's see...
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Stocksy / Re: Call To Artists is Open!« on: October 23, 2017, 16:56 »
I'm still in the running, maybe they saw some magic in my brasilnuts
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Shutterstock.com / Re: Something incredible happened to me!!« on: October 20, 2017, 04:53 »Quote Something incredible happened to me!! Incredible would be a $80+ Extended License! Haven't seen one of those in a while. 1063
Shutterstock.com / Re: Something incredible happened to me!!« on: October 19, 2017, 16:45 »Quote Two months ago I signed up for Shutterstock and uploaded 10 test photos. I did not upload more, never sold anything. Yesterday in 5 hours two photos were sold with earnings $ 1.88 + $ 0.25, bought from two different countries. Cool! ![]() 1064
Newbie Discussion / Re: New guide for beginners - "Brutally Honest Guide to Microstock Photography"« on: October 19, 2017, 04:41 »Quote I just got started in stock photography 2.5 months ago. At my onset, I had never wanted to take photographs or do anything artistic. My entire goal was to learn a new hobby, enjoy it, and learn to make money taking pictures. I am a PhD in engineering and very analytical, so I know the value of a good reference book. I was looking for both references to improve my workflow, general approach to the industry, and resources to learn about taking better photos. I read your entire book, enjoyed it very much, and have found the advice to be helpful in many ways as a newbie. In particular, I found much of the advice helpful in altering/refining my approach to the industry and other references more helpful for technical aspects of taking pictures. Having never taking a picture to sell, I have already broke even on the cost of your book. In summary, I know writing books sucks, but they can be wonderful resources for others new to an area and I appreciated your book as a newbie. Thank you Flashy. I've PM'ed you. I'd be happy to know how you're getting on and also to answer any specific questions you may have. Otherwise, please feel free to post on here...we're a friendly bunch (most of the time ![]() Quote My entire goal was to learn a new hobby, enjoy it, and learn to make money taking pictures. Great attitude! Alex 1065
General Stock Discussion / Re: POLL: Micro Photo Return Per Image Per Month« on: October 18, 2017, 14:23 »
I put this together a few months ago as a case study of an "average" contributor.
Some assumptions: Year 1: $2 RPI/year, 50 images/month approved Year 2: $2 RPI/year, 75 images/month approved Year 3: $2 RPI/year, 100 images/month approved Year 4 onwards: stopped submitting and depreciation started calculated at 3.33%/monthly accumulated. Total accumulated revenue after Year 3: $6,830 1066
Shutterstock.com / Re: What is happening to SS?« on: October 18, 2017, 06:10 »Quote Sorry, my bad leaving out Africa from the picture, sorry for that. The world is full of creative people and finally times are changing to give everybody a chance, although still hard in some places to acquire proper equipment. Speaking of Africa, this is an interesting African Agency. https://snaphubr.com/ 1067
General Stock Discussion / Re: Getting Started - which MS Agencies for MY style of photography ?« on: October 18, 2017, 06:02 »Quote I use SmugMug as a repository for maybe 10% of my work (far too much to upload everything) ! Anyone wanting to take a look can find it here : https://frogfish.smugmug.com/ [nofollow] or cropped files on Instagram at @thedragonsfather Beautiful shots. I've just added you on instagram. Mine is @arotenbergphotography 1068
Newbie Discussion / Re: it's possible to live only selling photos in microstock site?« on: October 18, 2017, 05:37 »Quote Unless you start investing in studios paying lots of models flying to expensive locations etc. Absolutely. Pay models? No, I'll ask friends and family Flying to expensive locations? Sure, I'll go because I love travelling for personal reasons. I'll take advantage to take some shots, who knows maybe I'll pay for the holiday with the returns. Investing in studios? There's some really affordable second-hand lighting equipment and inexpensive lightboxes. In my case it's 99% natural light. Keeping costs low for low expected returns is the name of the game in this business. Look at the Shutterstock Custom...do they really expect us to invest a lot to get $15/image to give away our copyright ![]() Yuri Arcus saw the the writing on the wall in 2013 when he wrote this: Quote Sometimes it felt like having a michelin restaurant inside a burger joint and at the same time having to match the prices. At some point the professional gets tired of selling 12 course testing menues at 0300AM at burger prices. 1069
Newbie Discussion / Re: it's possible to live only selling photos in microstock site?« on: October 18, 2017, 05:16 »Quote Again, the barrier to entry is low. Start your own construction company and see how low the barrier to entry is. I'll throw in my microstock 2 cents. Indeed, this industry's barrier to entry is low and investments are relatively small (money-wise but time-wise can be substantial). The way I look at it it's small investment and small reward. Other start-ups require substantial investment, which can have a big up-side but huge risks. What are the risks of putting 5,000 images on micros over 2 years and not meeting expectations? Surely they'll still earn a little bit and then can go off to do something else which pays better or is more rewarding. We like to hear about success stories but as someone else mentioned above, for every success story there are 1000 failures. Look at the World Series of Poker final event...15,000 entries which means 14,000 of those are failures and will lose their initial investment of $10,000. Even within those 1,000 the big prizes are highly skewed towards the top 50. 1070
Alamy.com / Re: First submission has been accepted« on: October 18, 2017, 05:03 »Quote Something really weird is going on at the Alamy forum. I'm being logged out every few seconds. I keep signing in repeatedly only to be logged out a few seconds later. Yes, re-occurring issue. 1071
Shutterstock.com / Re: What is happening to SS?« on: October 17, 2017, 15:13 »Quote Is anyone else still having trouble uploading, or is it only me? I can't get anything through since yesterday. Yeah, they're having some issues (they've admitted on Twitter). 1072
Alamy.com / Re: First submission has been accepted« on: October 17, 2017, 12:47 »
Good luck! Need to play the long game with Alamy but I think it's well worth the wait.
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Alamy (Rights Managed) Sale Today.« on: October 15, 2017, 08:44 »Quote This is pure speculation, but I'm guessing that there aren't many exclusive rights sales, (though I have heard of a few) based on the very low prices some bulk buyers pay You're right, there aren't that many. I can only really think of exclusivity making sense for book cover publishers. 1074
Shutterstock.com / Re: What is happening to SS?« on: October 15, 2017, 06:28 »
I don't think the problem is just SS.
I've done some quick calculations and compared Alamy and SS's earnings. Alamy has 60,000 contributors and 115 million images = 1,916 images/contributor on average If they paid out 10 million pounds or $15 million then each image would be worth aprox 9 cents/year The average contributor would earn GBP 172/year or about $250 ---------------- Shutterstock has 250,000 contributors and 160million images = 640 images/contributor If they paid out $115 million then each image would be worth aprox 72 cents/year. The average contributor would earn $461 per year Conclusion: Apples and pears since what sells on Alamy is very different than what sells on SS but the earnings are surprising. I would have expected higher RPI/YEAR for images on Alamy. It seems that earnings on there are skewed towards the top 5% earning something like 80% of earnings and the rest fighting for scraps. On SS, perhaps it's more democratic. Any thoughts? 1075
General Stock Discussion / Re: Delight and Annoyance« on: October 15, 2017, 06:13 »Quote I'm alternating between excited and annoyed. It's a bit strange. With me it's 90% annoyance and 10% excited |
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