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1926
« on: December 30, 2016, 01:49 »
You can leave it blank, but you'll have 30% withheld rather than 5%.
1927
« on: December 29, 2016, 06:25 »
copyrights are at the country level. there is no international copyright.
there are 2 major international laws concerning international copyrights, one is the Bern Convention and the other is WIPO.
if the country you are referring to is not a signatory to either of those treaties, then you have no rights, and you have to abide by THEIR laws (which may be non-existent), and the laws of the country you live in, including copyright protection, will mean nothing.
if they are a signatory to one of the 2 above treaties, you may have a case if you paid the filing fees to the international body, which you probably didn't.
so check those 2 treaties and that will tell you if you have a case or not. you always have to abide by the laws of the foreign country.
the US has a big media industry (magazines, Hollywood, TV). most countries don't, so they don't have or need copyright laws because they don't produce anything, and they consider everything to be free to use.
Doesn't really matter whether he has a case or not, they paid up... so happy days!
1928
« on: December 29, 2016, 05:59 »
VideoHive has been low but steady... picked up today though, best day since the 22nd. One iStock sale, and one VideoBlocks sale today. $124 in total, so a pretty good day for this time of the year.
1929
« on: December 28, 2016, 04:37 »
Anyone else having the same issue? I just keep getting an error page. I'm using a bookmark for the contributor homepage. I thought the link might have broken, so I go to the SS homepage (which works) then scroll to the bottom and use the 'contribute' link... same thing.
1930
« on: December 28, 2016, 04:24 »
Gain and ISO are reasonably similar. I most cases, these are all things that you want when it comes to shooting in dark conditions. SO forget about ISO and gain.
What's wrong with your videos apart from the colour of people's clothes reflecting on their faces? (That's an issue between the sun, the light it emits, the clothes people are wearing and the current status of the weather/atmosphere... all things that your camera isn't equipped to alter.) If people know what specific issues you're having, then they'll be in a better position to advise.
Have you tried using ND filters? They'll block out a chunk of sunlight before it even reaches the lens, so you're not forced to tighten your pipe, and all that jazz.
1931
« on: December 28, 2016, 00:54 »
I know very little about photography, but no camera is going to stop the sun reflecting off of people's t-shirts. You could get your subjects to wear those cone things they put on dogs after surgery to stop the reflections though.
A high ISO isn't going to make any difference as far as I'm aware... in bright light you want to be using the lowest ISO, and even then you'll probably have to squeeze your light hole to stop excessive light coming in.
The only thing I can assume would help when shooting in bright sunlight would be a decent lens, that should minimise lens flares and the like. So yeah, there might be certain cameras with fancy settings and gimmicky features that are geared towards shooting in bright sunlight, but decent lenses are probably the way to go over a fancy camera.
One thing you could do is get your subject to face away from the sun so the clothing isn't reflecting on the face. Then just make sure the sun isn;t in the frame and use a powerful flash to make sure they're lit sufficiently due to the shadow their body will cast on the portion of them facing away from the camera.
That could all be nonsense, I'm just guessing... but I think most of it is nearly right!
1932
« on: December 28, 2016, 00:43 »
Slightly off topic, although kind of along the same lines... when asking for people to sign releases, how do you broach the subject? I'm just imagining something like this...
You: "Hello. You own the copyright of something which I would like to take a picture of, or have taken a picture of. I would now like to sell the picture, and make money off of my image of your copyrighted thing, so would be grateful if you could sign this release form. You will receive nothing in return for this."
Them: "Of course! I would be happy to sign your release form so you can make money from an image of my copyrighted thing, and I won't make money from your image of my copyrighted thing."
I'm sure people word it a bit more positively, but still... do a lot of people happily sign their design/face/intellectual property/building on a release form? I mean what if it was the other way around...
Them: "Hello! I've seen your images on Shutterstock. I'd like to draw/paint/illustrate a recreation of some of your photos and then sell them on at all the different stock sites. So if you could fill out this release form then that would be much appreciated. You will receive nothing in return for this."
You: "Is this a joke?"
1933
« on: December 27, 2016, 20:35 »
Your new threads won't be bold because while writing it you've already read it. It;s only when somebody replies, and you haven't get read that reply, that they turn bold.
1934
« on: December 27, 2016, 13:13 »
Shouldn't tis thread have ended when the OP replied with the below.
Dear LDV81 and Mir,
Thank you very much for your fast respose! That is exactly the information that I needed!
It should have done, but some people provided confusing and incorrect information based on stuff they imagined the OP said... when actually they didn't. Ah well, these things happen.
1935
« on: December 27, 2016, 04:22 »
Right, so you're saying that after signing into your PP account you can see your balance? That might be true, and probably is, it's just that the OP never said that... or anything close to that. If he did, then I can understand why you'd provide advice in withdrawing money from a PP account.
I'm sure when he logs in he can see his balance as well, but as he's just opened a PP, account and hasn't yet been sent anything from SS, then there's probably nothing to withdraw.
1936
« on: December 27, 2016, 03:55 »
I didn't really understand most of the stuff above! Can you make it a bit clearer exactly what this is?
But still, people may wish to find a "graveyard" or final resting place for their images that they can leave for 10 years without thinking about it.
What, you mean like uploading them to DepositPhotos?
1937
« on: December 27, 2016, 00:55 »
Unless you know for certain that something is in the public domain, you're always best just assuming that it isn't.
1938
« on: December 26, 2016, 22:03 »
6 on Christmas Eve, 3 on Christmas day, only two today, so far. One thing to note... those were all from Videohive, none from anywhere else. Although that's not conclusive proof... it does reinforce my opinion that Envato caters to a different market, which can bring you revenue in addition to the 'big boys'.
I mean, those that can afford to drop $50 to $100 per clip, sometimes on multiple clips, are usually agencies or production houses, all of which would likely be closed Christmas day. Freelancers and one man bands are more likely to be working away, as and when they need to.
I appreciate that the majority of the world may not celebrate Christmas, or be closed on Christmas day, but a very large percentage of all my sales come from countries where Christmas day is a public holiday. Just so you know!
Still offering clips for chump change then?
D*mn straight... if it's good enough for Pepsi, it's good enough for me! Take Gareth Edwards, director of Rogue One for example. It cost millions of dollars and months of his life to make that one film, and him and the studio are there, happily dishing out single viewing licenses for around $10 a go. I mean you're right... it's obvious the guy just doesn't value his work, he's contributing to the downfall of cinema, the sustainability of the industry, and he's probably sat at home now... weeping in abject poverty. For crying out loud, It's 3D and probably somewhere between 2 and 4K as well... he could have got $199 a go for that at Shutterstock. When will they learn?!
1939
« on: December 26, 2016, 21:50 »
Close. The OP was trying to send a payment request to Shutterstock from his Paypal account... unaware that the correct procedure is to register his Paypal details in his SS settings, and they will send him the money every month... without him having to send an invoice through PP or request payment.
After signing in to PP, he could see his money in his PP ballance, so why request it again?
Did you just make that up, or have you got a private message with details the rest of us aren't aware of?! 😀 As for the email, yes it does say that, but he's not received that email. Well, he's not said he has anyway.
1940
« on: December 26, 2016, 12:51 »
I think there's another key to more sales which is relevant to this thread, on top of the 'upload more work and upload better work' advice, which I do agree with. Variety.
I tried to come up with some kind of math to explain it, but I was confusing even myself... but I'm pretty sure I'm right!
So you've got a picture of a cat and it sells 100 times a month. So you think hey, this cat vibe is the way to go, I'll upload another photo of this cat. But the thing is, you're very unlikely to then get 100 photos of the cat in pose A an 100 photos of the cat in pose B. The person that would have normally seen your one cat photo now has a choice of A or B. if they only wanted one cat image then they're not going to buy two just because two are available... they'll buy A or they might now buy B instead of A.
Yes, having another cat photo gives you (on average) a better chance of them buying one of your cat photos, rather than somebody else's, but I can't see you doubling your sales as a result of that.
However, if that pose B was a picture of a dog instead, that could result in an additional 100 sales per month. I mean you've got your cat image to appeal to the cat buyers and you've got your dog image to appeal to the dog buyers. If you have too many similar images then you're just cannibalising your own sales.
I'm not saying don't upload more stuff that's similar to existing stuff you have that sells well... choice is always good, but variety might be the spice of microstock. I can talk, as the majority of my stuff is space stuff, but I try and cram in a bunch of variety within that niche.
Anyway, I could be completely wrong, but I'm confident that a cat and a dog in the hand is worth two cats in the bush. Or something like that.
1941
« on: December 26, 2016, 12:15 »
I opened a PayPal account, and when I go to "Send and Request Payments" and then to "Request a payment" PayPal asks for the Email address or Name of the recipient.
As I understand from your post your problem is at PP not on SS.
If you want to withdraw your money, you have to click on the "Withdraw" link in the left column of your PP home page not on "Send and Request Payments".
For some countries you can only withdraw to a credit card, so you have to link a card to your PP account (link is on the same page).
Click on the withdrow link and you will find instructions there.
Close. The OP was trying to send a payment request to Shutterstock from his Paypal account... unaware that the correct procedure is to register his Paypal details in his SS settings, and they will send him the money every month... without him having to send an invoice through PP or request payment.
1942
« on: December 26, 2016, 04:31 »
It's very rare I moan about stock agencies, just in case you were referring to me. Probably 75% of the posts on here are critical of agencies... the same agencies that without which, most of us would be considerably worse off.
Sure, they wouldn't exist if it wasn't for us, but still... I guess it's a kind of chicken and the egg situation. I don't think it's that crazy to criticize somebody for making the choice to receive less money every year.
1943
« on: December 26, 2016, 02:32 »
6 on Christmas Eve, 3 on Christmas day, only two today, so far. One thing to note... those were all from Videohive, none from anywhere else. Although that's not conclusive proof... it does reinforce my opinion that Envato caters to a different market, which can bring you revenue in addition to the 'big boys'.
I mean, those that can afford to drop $50 to $100 per clip, sometimes on multiple clips, are usually agencies or production houses, all of which would likely be closed Christmas day. Freelancers and one man bands are more likely to be working away, as and when they need to.
I appreciate that the majority of the world may not celebrate Christmas, or be closed on Christmas day, but a very large percentage of all my sales come from countries where Christmas day is a public holiday. Just so you know!
1944
« on: December 26, 2016, 02:23 »
I rarely do images, mainly just video, and $100 a month with video is very achievable, even if someone is just starting out. High quality work and lots of it is the key... plus decent titles, descriptions, keywords and having your stuff on most of the top selling sites.
I guess it's pretty much the same for images, but with a much lower return you're going to need lots and lots of images... so 450 might not cut it. Especially if those are only making your $10 a month currently. Although it's never quite that simple... uploading ten times more images should mean you can hit your target. You should get cracking!
1945
« on: December 26, 2016, 02:19 »
Do you feel that by ditching the low selling sites, people will then be queuing up to buy your items at the other sites? If not, then I don't really see much point in deleting them. Still, each to their own.
1946
« on: December 26, 2016, 00:31 »
Yeah, that's slightly off-putting. People might not have the know-how to straighten it themselves, so they might overlook it. Try not to give buyers any reasons not buy your images.
1947
« on: December 24, 2016, 23:06 »
when companies make certain behaviors:
- restricting the number of files you can upload
- removing copyright notices
- having the same pricing for multiple formats or sizes
- etc
it is a sign the stock footage company is going through financial hardship. istock has always been slow to adjust to changes in the marketplace.
Are you sure about that? Maybe not the same pricing bit... but how do they get more money by removing copyright notices and restricting the number of files you can upload? Maybe they just got fed up of all the s**t that keeps getting submitted, and though... "Right, I think 10m is enough for anyone... how about we now focus on quality rather than quantity?". I'd say that was evidence of a good business strategy rather than of financial hardship.
1948
« on: December 24, 2016, 22:56 »
I'm still in the running to becoming America's next top model.
1949
« on: December 24, 2016, 08:52 »
I think a lot of people on here overvalued their work slightly. So the people that have 10,000 images in their portfolio... you're seriously saying that their portfolio is worth $10m?
And as for how would it cost to hire somebody? Well if it's just one image then probably a lot less than $1000. What would you charge for a wedding and 100 photos... $100,000?
1950
« on: December 24, 2016, 01:15 »
If it was making $50 a year then you could price it at $1000, but nobody would pay that. They'd be twenty years in before they'd make any kind of return... and at that point, the clip might not be desirable or have any commercial value... especially if 16K is the norm and yours is HD.
I'd say two years of projected sales at a minimum. Four or five at a very maximum. It's unlikley people would want to pay for five years though. That's if you could do with the money though... if you feel the clip has longevity and you're not short of cash, then you may as well hold onto it.
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