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Messages - davidbautista
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« on: April 14, 2019, 21:06 »
Huawei is amazing but not sure about video. Photography is very cool... Maybe you can try its 4K.
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« on: April 14, 2019, 07:31 »
Yo creo que los resultados de bsqueda son distintos. Hay que tener cuidado.
He probado a buscar algunas de mis fotos en las agencias y creo que discriminan en funcin del idioma. Por ejemplo desde Espaa apareceran antes las catedrales etiquetadas como "catedral" que las "cathedral". Es problemtico porque desde Espaa por ejemplo las pginas salen por defecto en espaol, pero nadie te avisa de que uses los dos idiomas. Es decir, la palabra te la piden en ingls pero los resultados son diferentes. Si un espaol busca fotos de catedrales le salen antes las etiquetadas en espaol. Esto lo s porque tengo muchas fotos similares de algunos sitios y solo salen bien posicionadas buscando en ingls. Y hay una gran diferencia.
Supongo que la mayor parte del mercado usa el ingls, eso espero, pero para cosas que se vendan prioritariamente de manera regional creo que debera usarse el idioma propio de alguna forma.
La verdad es que no hay Dios que lo entienda, es imposible tenerlo todo en cuenta.
Concuerdo totalmente. Para cosas locales que probablemente busque la gente en espaol, es mejor incluir algunas palabras clave importantes en espaol... No creo que sea spam. Igual nadie revisa ni le importa eso. Desde que uno no abuse. Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
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« on: April 14, 2019, 07:29 »
Hello!
What is your experience about the review time on pond5? Previously it was just a few days but recently I have photos and videos which been uploaded 2-3, even 4 weeks ago, but the status is still "pending review".
Weird, do they have model/property release? Mine are accepted almost the same day Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
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« on: April 13, 2019, 22:50 »
Depende mucho de la agencia ya que cada una tiene un motor diferente de bsqueda acorde a las palabras claves y al termino de la bsqueda en si.
El tema se ha tratado algunas veces en el foro y se han mencionado algunas cosas interesantes...
Por ejemplo en SS si una de tus keywords es [Eiffel Tower] esto no tiene impacto para quienes escriban en el buscador [Eiffel Tower] pero si para quienes escriban ["Eiffel Tower"]... (quienes coloquen el termino entre comillas)
O sea que en SS (y creo que AS) s vale la pena poner palabras complejas. No s si la gente usualmente emplee comillas para buscar... Depende del usuario. Pero s o s en editoriales con un tema en espaol s a veces pongo palabras en ingls y espaol. Entiendo que algunas agencias automticamente traduzcan pero no es lo mismo... Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
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« on: April 13, 2019, 22:47 »
I just noticed that the choice of categories has disappeared ...
I was wondering if anyone else had noticed. Meanwhile we have Dreamstime who have enough categories to fill the Black Hole. Do you think DT will finally come to its senses and realize that contributors AND buyers don't want to waste their time filling out their time consuming form?
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« on: April 13, 2019, 09:28 »
Hola, interesante tema. Yo tengo varias opiniones al respecto y difieren si estamos hablando de una imagen editorial o comercial. En editoriales, como casi siempre son de Colombia (en mi caso), a veces incluyo palabras en espaol y palabras complejas. Por ejemplo: metro de medellin, metro, medellin, medellin metro. No s si es spam o qu, pero realmente me ha funcionado para que aparezca en bsquedas tanto en espaol o ingls. Pero solamente hago un par de esas, no las 50. O sea, no abuso de ese sistema. Solamente lo empleo cuando el nombre de la marca o el lugar en espaol lo amerita. Para el caso de Torre e Eiffel yo pondra solamente en ingls tower, eiffel y eiffel tower (nada de palabras en espaol ah). Por qu? Porque esa construccin es una torre, porque la construy Eiffel, porque se llama Eiffel tower. La verdad, no creo que sea spam. Pero como te digo, solamente hago eso en las palabras ms importantes... no en tooooodas las 50 keywords (no s si me hago entender). Como dicen arriba, iStock es ms complicado porque tiene como unas palabras recomendadas y recomiendo MUCHO revisar las palabras que quedan en "rojo" para seleccionar la ms importante. Por ejemplo, si pones "spring" te lo subraya y te deja elegir "springtime" o "spring - flower", recomiendo seleccionar una de las opciones que ellos dan. Por ejemplo, ellos no tienen la opcin de "metro de medellin", "medellin metro", obvio esas no las borro, las dejo ah as salgan en rojo. En DT (por cierto, dej de subir ah), como dicen arriba, no importa si pones palabras complejas porque te las separa, pero me parece que no debera hacerlo. Por ejemplo "Santiago de Compostela", eso es una cosa diferente a "santiago" o "compostela" (los cuales yo pondra de extra, sin abusar). Saludos.
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« on: April 04, 2019, 08:00 »
Un saludo desde Colombia. Yo uso el ingls a menudo por mi trabajo pero realmente es muuucho ms relajado poderse comunicar ms en espaol. Yo hago esto como un hobby y ustedes? Son profesionales?
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« on: April 04, 2019, 07:59 »
I upload to iStock and Canva, so my photos are duplicated then? That's why they are all rejected?
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« on: April 03, 2019, 21:42 »
Saludos!!
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« on: April 03, 2019, 11:44 »
Hahahah
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« on: April 01, 2019, 22:14 »
Phew - what a month! $9650 earned from my activities.
OK - it is the first of April, but it was a very good month - best ever, with $3663 earned. Full details, as usual, are here: https://www.backyardsilver.com/2019/04/april-1-report-on-earnings-from-stock-photos/
If you want an email each time I post something on the blog, you can sign up in the top right. I'm going to work on a what sold where post in the next day or two.
Steve
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« on: April 01, 2019, 08:59 »
Actually - I think the similar images are okay.
If there are only 1-2 images to chose from, then sometimes I am disappointed. But if the model has 30-40 different poses/hand gestures/etc - then many times I can find that
Consider the negative impact on future sales though...
If I have 3 or 4 poses (the most I would ever post of "similar"), then all my sales are concentrated on those 3 or 4. I have 40, then they are spread over 40.
Assume every photo sells equally (not likely I know, but makes it easier to show the math). Assume also that I sell 100 images a month from this photo shoot.
If I have 3 images, that means each image sold 33 times, or roughly once per DAY. If I have 40 images, each images sells a little less than once per MONTH. Identical revenue the first month, but what about 6 months down the line?
6 months later, you can either have 3 images that sell each and every day, or 40 images that sell once every 5 weeks. Which do you expect will be higher in the search results after 6 months?
If you have 40 images, they will drop far off the first page. Yes, since they do occasionally sell, they will still (maybe) be on the first dozen pages or so. If you have 3 and they sell every single day, then they will probably show up on the first page (or close to it) -- meaning you will have far higher sales from this photo shoot over the long haul.
FWIW, I have one of those "sells every single day" images. I had 3 in the original submission. The other two sold once a month or so initially, and now no sales for the past 6 months. The other continues to sell every single day after 2 years -- it sold 3 times yesterday in fact.
You are right about that, but I think it's still better to have 5-10 from the same series to have just 3. More than 15 is just exaggeration or a very hot seller.
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« on: April 01, 2019, 08:56 »
Lots of rejections. I had a good series of photos and only one was accepted, why the others don't? Most of them still in review. I thought they were going to change the contributor page but it's still the same crappy bs
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« on: April 01, 2019, 06:57 »
March 2019 earnings report is out:
https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2019/03/31/brutally-honest-march-2019-earnings-results/
Interesting. It's weird AS is so dead. Maybe you are selling a lot of editorials?
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Thanks! Yes, this seems to be the main reason - something like 60-65% of my images are editorial as my niche is travel. I've only managed just over 3,000 images on AS vs 9,400 on SS. Alamy I have 10,500.
I think it's a blip month and should expect $75-100 months going forward!
AS should accept editorials too. BTW, nice picture you sold in alamy. Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
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« on: March 30, 2019, 10:39 »
Actually - I think the similar images are okay.
Many times people will want that "perfect" pose - and it works much, much better if they have several to chose from.
I have purchased stock, in addition to producing it. Many times - if I see an image/video - I will want that "perfect" pose that fits in with my theme/content. If there are only 1-2 images to chose from, then sometimes I am disappointed. But if the model has 30-40 different poses/hand gestures/etc - then many times I can find that "perfect" image that looks great.
So I think that is fine.
I totally agree. I have taken some science photos and I tend to vary a lot the background showing blurred equipment and colors. It might be similar but some people would want one or another. I don't see any problem unless it's toooo similar. There should be a variation between the main topics tho. Just people against black or white background might be seen as limited portfolio Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
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« on: March 30, 2019, 09:23 »
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« on: March 30, 2019, 09:19 »
Make it more realistic, not just white or black background. You could also try editorials?
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« on: March 30, 2019, 09:17 »
How do you complete multiple releases for a series instead of having to do a release for each photo?
If the photo is taken the same day with the same model you can use the same model release for all. Maybe "easy release" can help? Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
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« on: March 29, 2019, 14:43 »
topsimages only offers the watermarked preview anyone can download for free. They also offer a link to purchase the image. I have no problem with them.
Sorry, but it is not true.
If you click on "Download image" you will get the image at the indicated resolution, without any watermark.
It IS true for photos from agencies. Of course some photos are without watermark because they are from other sites (rfclipart.com, christmascentral.com, jmorrisflowers.com, elvy.com...) but ALL my photos that come from agencies are watermarked. Specially from Dreamstime... So there is no problem with that. (Has anyone find your OWN photos without watermark??)
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« on: March 29, 2019, 14:39 »
l have no idea why anyone would need this shot but they do, over and over . . . inside of a circus tent
That's a nice photo!!
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« on: March 29, 2019, 09:17 »
This old thread popped up, and I realized it might be relevant for some. Same old comments even 9 years ago... Race to the bottom, too much competition, evil agencies...
So, anyone still doing stock from the beginning of this thread (2010)?
As I was reading, I thought it was from this year. When I realized it was from 2010 I thought maybe that was all paranoia
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« on: March 29, 2019, 08:30 »
Are you sure you can download your pictures or is it just a reseller for your material in other stock sites?
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« on: March 26, 2019, 19:38 »
love to see an old thread resurrected!
I've got a pic of my feet on the beach, such a cliche, from my early days, it's also one of my oldest images, and the editing is terrible, but it's in the top line at SS and is hands down my best seller. I've reshot the concept, with better editing, and those don't sell at all. I have 2 images, image of sunset over farmland, one has been "properly" edited with multiple exposures to included the properly exposed sky and balanced foreground, the other is one of the set, with the fully blown out sky being all white, that one has sold well and the other "correct" image.... 0 sales. These aren't regular sellers but I often think of how customers don't see the flaws we see. Some technical flaw that would render an image "ugly" to me doesn't even register with customers. Reminds me to lighten up and relax a bit, and makes me want to say the same to editors.
You never know if a picture you consider ugly ends up selling constantly... Enviado desde mi ALP-L29 mediante Tapatalk
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