I put my travel photos in macro only, except for generic shots. I see they sell in Alamy (if not mine, other people's) for the publishing companies, I guess.

But then, I think that locations that are very well covered, such as the Big Ben, it's a matter of luck to have someone pick ours among hundreds of choices.

Here are a couple other threads about the subject as well

I had seen those, Leaf, but the newest is one year old and I was looking for more recent feedback.

Araminta, your experience is interesting, very attractive for just 20 images.

Requesting exclusivity is something that doesn't attract me, though. Do they require exclusivity for all images in a series or just the ones they pick?
 

I got an email about some of my photos in Flickr (travel photos of Bolivia) had been selected for Getty. I did a search here and didn't find anything recent about this.

Any comments? is it worth? Do they require exclusivity?

No, I haven't read the terms of this deal yet. I am pretty sure however that many of you have already digested all the legal terms.

Is that for the "artistic" Instagram filters (which I personally don't find really artistic) or for photojournalism?

I'm back already, Mantis.

I have 3 batteries and 3 cards (2x4GB + 1x8GB).

Does Zazzle make sense with Images? Or is it only usefull with Illustration?

I've sold posters, postcards and other stuff with travel photos, and used also some stock-images for cards (Xmas, for example) and business cards. In some products, such as t-shirts and stickers, I've had better results with illustrations.

It's interesting that some of you liked Malta so much. A very rich history, no doubt. Valletta and Mdina really offered some interesting photos. I visited Mdina twice, first we didn't see much because of a storm, second I had very little time before going to the airport. Also being with people (I have friends in Malta) who are not into photography is a problem, as I can not just take my time preparing a photo. The other cities were not so interesting, even with a church here and there. Blue Lagoon boats were not leaving because of sea conditions. I spent a day in Gozo, went to see some cliffs and beaches (a very different concept of beach for a Brazilian ) and churches.
I liked the variety of sceneries, both natural and architectural, of Sicily. I was expecting Etna to erupt, but no luck.   But saw some lava in Stromboli.
After two weeks of my return, I have not edited any image yet.

I stopped tracking this year... Too little money for the time wasted in it.

Anyway, I use an excel spreadsheet. Photo name on the first column, agencies names on each of the other columns. On the crossing cells, I use green background for the accepted images, orange for the rejected ones, white when not submitted (and if not able to submit, due to the minimum size, for instace, a "-" in it). Then I put the number of downloads on each of these cells, and if there are FLs, I add this info as a note. 

In a separate tab, I put the monthly earnings with each agency. This is the only info I still update.

There was a event in, I believe, Mexico, who used a logo very similar to ours and the Brazilian Olympic Commitee protested - they changed it, obviously, because the "inpiration" was very clear.

BTW, the Olympic logo is beautiful, unlike the ugly Wordl Cup logo.

Hi there,

I haven't been much here, but I wanted to share that I licensed an image that the buyer - a local company doing a book project for a corporate client - found in Flickr. And this may lead to another image being licensed, as I have an old image (1940s, taken by my father) that may suit their needs and wasn't online.

I am very pleased, and even surprised as this was a very ordinary image of a building in downtown Rio. I'm glad I have Flickr!

Thanks everyone for your help. My friend is getting the 120-300mm. The microadjustment of the focus is a novelty to him as well. Now I wish my 400D had it too!

RT and Ploink,

Have you ever used the 120-300 in low light conditions, like in a stadium or maybe indoors (not studio)?

A photographer friend of mine needs a fast 300mm lens for sports, basically for football (soccer for you in USA  ). This means shooting at night, with the stadium lighting, therefore the need for a f/2.8.

The Canon 300 IS f/2.8 costs US$7250 in USA and a Sigma 300mm f/2.8 EX DG costs US$3400 - a huge difference. Given also the cost to purchase it in Brazil, the difference gets much larger.

Does anyone here have some experience with this particular Sigma lens? Can you share your opinion about it?

Rentals are not available here.