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Newbie Discussion / Re: how to request photos
« on: July 28, 2015, 12:20 »
If the OP was really serious about their project, they would find a photographer and work out a deal.  80 extended licenses are going to run like 10,000 by the time you're done.  Plus you're skipping around from site to site looking for content.

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Canva / Re: Canva
« on: July 27, 2015, 16:01 »
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123RF / Re: Finally started uploading to 123
« on: July 27, 2015, 15:50 »
graphicleftovers is "really easy".  123 is what I imagine root canal work is like.

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123RF / Re: Finally started uploading to 123
« on: July 27, 2015, 14:53 »
I hereby reconfirm that 123rf is the biggest pain to upload to.  Very confusing, things on multiple tabs, no bulk editing.  Does "save" mean "submit"?  Who knows?  Is there a release attached?  Who knows?

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Newbie Discussion / Re: to late for start at microstocking?
« on: July 27, 2015, 08:46 »
is it just gonna bad for late starter or depends this to strong in the images?
i make much nature images.

Your "nature" images come across as very bland, and there is nothing really making them stand out.  The lighting on your non-nature images needs work - grey background, incorrect white balance, etc.  You're going to have to speed up your learning if you're expecting a different result.

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General - Stock Video / Re: How is sales from Go Pro ?
« on: July 24, 2015, 17:56 »
Aren't most of these gopro videos full of logos and trademarks, as it's mostly sports people wearing and using branded equipment ( surfboards, bikes, etc. ) or people just doing things with stuff all around?

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They're pretty images, but there's probably a lot of similar work from people who vacation in those areas.  And how much demand can there be for random mountains and ocean views?

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We need another thread on SS rejections?

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Shutterstock Approval Frustrations
« on: July 22, 2015, 06:47 »
Its not something I can recognize! I have about 98 - 100 % images accepted at all uploads.

Same here.

What is the subject matter of all these rejected images?

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Depends on what site, your skill, your ideas, etc., etc., .

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Yes, you can have the obscure subjects all to your self.  But that is because there is virtually no demand for them.  Stumble into an obscure subject that actually sells well and the copiers will flood your niche so fast you head will spin.  Then guess what, your stuff is pushed back behind the ones that copied you.

He'll learn, don't worry.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Do we just need to talk?
« on: July 17, 2015, 16:38 »
Let's say that an agency give us a platform and contributors set their own prices for their images. That would change the entire market, better for some, worst for others. I would be able to charge more for my unique images, while the value of certain images would fall even further. Every contributor would try to outbid each other and devalue each others images in the process.

It's called Pond5.  It didn't really change the market in any way.

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Don't believe it? Look at the App Store. People are so used to getting free apps, they rarely pay for apps anymore. If there are 30,000 strawberry images on the platform and one photographer decides to sell a high quality one for $.10, it would shoot up the rankings and devalue the everything in its category in the process. Next, everyone else will follow and it becomes a race to the bottom...at light speed. Suddenly, entire portfolio lose value faster than stocks in 2008.

Your app experience doesn't necessarily translate to image licensing, as Pond shows.  People still spend $1000 for images there.

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The reality is that agencies are better than photographers at pricing. If contributors have pricing control, we would destroy ourselves and ruin the market in the process. Right now, I don't see agencies as my obstacle. I see myself as an obstacle. I see my competitors as they are...competitors. There is so much supply right now and that's not the fault of agencies...that's our problem. We just have to get even better at it, think more about images and try to produce amazing work.

So, too much supply is the problem, and the suggestion is "make more"?

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General Stock Discussion / Re: social media sharing
« on: July 17, 2015, 16:34 »
What do you guys do when USA Today buys your photo for a Tumblr article, and then you find the photo shared, and re-shared all over tumblr, instagram, pinterest, twitter, (even linkedin)?

Do you bother to file a DMCA complaint yourself with each one of these sites or you let it go?

Those sites are made for sharing, so I can't see you having much to do about it.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Do we just need to talk?
« on: July 17, 2015, 14:18 »
Here is one of the threads on the subject that was easily found (just search on "union" or "fair", etc.):
http://www.microstockgroup.com/ranting-general-stock/stock-artists-collective-anyone/msg383812/#msg383812

Every so often someone comes in with the radical idea of banding together to tell the agencies what's what.  In the end, nothing really happens.

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I keep them all in folders by year in my file cabinet.  Wouldn't trust a scan to be really "legal".

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Forums
« on: July 17, 2015, 08:47 »
They all seem accessible now.  Don't like them at all.  Don't plan on being in there much at all now.

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Canva / Re: Canva
« on: July 16, 2015, 06:39 »
I have ard 50 items in Canva and since end of June, starts making money average 35$ ~ 45$ per day and 140 ~ 160 sales per day. But all this last until yesterday when I notice sales suddenly drop even stop whole day! ALL ITEMS showing "404 not found" without any prior notice or email.

Wow, $40 a day from selling designs?

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As far as I can see, "Marketplace" is just another stock library.  I paid to be in Shutterpoint 11 years ago.  Wasn't worth what I paid.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: Forums
« on: July 15, 2015, 08:34 »
This was a scheduled maintenance thing.  They announced it a week or so back - maybe longer.  They are supposed to be down all this week.

We'll see what the "new and improved" forum will be like.

Thanks.  Somehow I missed that.

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Shutterstock.com / Forums
« on: July 15, 2015, 06:57 »
The SS forums have been down for a couple of days, right?  It's not just something I'm seeing?

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K, that's not very nice ;) .

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Wow, did you see all the VERY specific "briefs" today?

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