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Messages - crazychristina
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« on: February 12, 2010, 00:20 »
Huchen Lu - iPandastudio - seems to be doing pretty well as an istock exclusive.
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« on: February 11, 2010, 15:08 »
I think that in 10 years 3D technology will have reached the point where realistic people can be dialed up in an application and eliminate the need for 'real' models in 'real' situations completely. 3D animators will become the major content producers.
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« on: February 05, 2010, 17:03 »
However, if the model signed on the first day it might be hard for the photographer to demonstrate that permission was given for a day later.
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« on: February 05, 2010, 14:55 »
One of the istock admins explained this to me a while back. He said he did a stock shoot with a model one day, and some private work for her the next. An unscrupulous photographer could upload the second days shots as stock if the model release did not make it clear (by date and descriptions) which shots were stock and which were not.
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« on: February 05, 2010, 14:48 »
istock's edge is its current (18 months) exclusive content, none of which will be going to thinkstock. savvy buyers know this.
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« on: February 03, 2010, 04:18 »
Contributors have themselves partly to blame here. You should play the same game that agencies do. With all the new contributors they can ignore anyone who's not happy. And they take on new contributors willy nilly. If contrilbutors supported every new site to the hilt, dropping any agency that didn't behave itself would be simple, and there'd always be a supply of new businesses to sell your images, at competitive rates (to you). The policy most people have of - upload a few and see if they sell would be similar to an agency that accepts a few and only lets you upload more if they sell.
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« on: January 31, 2010, 14:13 »
Check out the istock Illustrator manual. Looks like your eps is fine (Adobe 3.0) Raster effects are things like drop shadows.
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« on: January 30, 2010, 20:02 »
Gotta start somewhere. Keep working on it. I started learning vectors fairly recently too, and intend to contribute to stock someday.
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« on: January 30, 2010, 04:06 »
Being istock exclusive is not always a bed of roses. I had a total of 7 sales last week. I've only had one sale from my last 100 accepted uploads. Perhaps a bunch of subs on SS would be better for me.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 16:50 »
Don't know if this is relevant but I checked out my position in istockcharts recently, having just crossed another 100 threshold. I'm about 9000 (out of about 30000 listed). On the page I'm on 36/50 started before me (Feb '07), had fewer than 100 files online, and had no uploads in the past 30 days. I'd say there are a very large number of inactive contributors on istock, with small portfolios, who are slowly accumulating downloads.
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« on: January 27, 2010, 15:21 »
My port is growing fairly quickly. I had about 300 images six months ago but now it's nearly 700. I won't be over 1000 by March 1st though.
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« on: January 22, 2010, 23:43 »
Yes, I've had that problem too. You can use a phrase, eg audio track, but it's probably best to email keywords and ask for the additional meaning to be added to the options.
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« on: January 22, 2010, 17:48 »
Some posters have said that IS allows keywords not in the CV - but I can't see a way to do that with DeepMeta. It only allows words from the CV.
I'm confused. Is this just a limitation of DeepMeta?
I think the non CV keywords show up in DeepMeta with a blue background rather than a green one with various disambiguation options. So you can add your own keywords/phrases, they just won't be translated into other languages by the search engine
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« on: January 19, 2010, 15:52 »
Blender is an open source (free) 3D application and can render in toon style. It can't output in vector format, but it may be possible to do an acceptable live trace of a toon render in Illustrator.
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« on: January 19, 2010, 04:05 »
I'm interested in how you produce your raster illustrations. There has already been a suggestion to try to contribute vectors instead (admittedly not easy to get accpeted as a vector contributor). Another possibility is to do 3D work and submit as rasters (see, for example, the portfolio of enot-poloskun and similar artists. If you're a student in the graphics area it might be well worth your while exploring these options. If not, and you have a simple way of creating raster illustrations, then istock is not a good place for you.
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« on: January 17, 2010, 19:42 »
You won't even be accepted on istock or shutterstock if you can't shoot a sharp image. I think the major lesson to learn is shooting stock images - images that play well in designs. How many stock images would you be happy to frame? How many art images would be usable stock?
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« on: January 17, 2010, 06:10 »
istock claims to be pretty profitable ATM, despite amateurs wasting their time 'learning'. Was a time when their content chief JJRD spoke of istock as a place to 'grow photographers'. Add the fact that a contributor has to pass an acceptance test (3 images at a time) before being able to contribute in quantity (like, 15/week) and I don't think too much inspectors time is being wasted by newcomers.
ETA: I've read a lot of photography books and tutorials, been a member of a camera club and field naturalists club with lots of excellent photographers and I can say that most of the rejections on stock sites are unrelated to other areas of photography. Stock photography is a very particular style and courses don't tend to teach how to shoot to a particular style unless it's a fine art style that doesn't sit well with producing components for a larger design.
One of the most instructive things I've ever done as far as learning stock style is to have a look at yuri's portfolio (on istock) sorted by age, from the earliest images to the latest. Some of his early stuff wasn't that great, but he developed his style over time. Same for lisegagne.
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« on: January 15, 2010, 23:07 »
I was inpired by this interview with hidesy. Is it still relevant today?
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« on: January 15, 2010, 19:29 »
I'm a silver canister, so it's nice seeing my payments almost double overnight!
Math not your strong suit, eh? 
Exclusive images now sell at twice the price, with canister bonus on top of that.
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« on: January 15, 2010, 16:07 »
I think of microstock as the Photography School of Hard Knocks - you'll definitely become a better photographer from the expert critique of your images and whether they appeal to buyers. It also challenges you to expand into genres you might not have tried yet (such as shooting professional models in studio). I suggest you forget money for a while, join istock (you'll learn heaps just trying to get accepted) and concentrate on learning how to produce acceptable commercial imagery. Then, if you're still interested and have what it takes it might become an income earner for you. Whatever, you'll learn a lot about photography.
ETA: I strongly recommend that you calibrate your monitor with a hardware calibrator such as the Spyder. Many amateurs don't know about this, but you need to be sure that you see what the inspectors see.
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« on: January 15, 2010, 01:58 »
Given the wide variation in image costs available today I'm a bit surprised you are working to a fixed amount. Wouldn't it be better to charge for your time plus image costs, and let the client decide which image to use, at their expense.
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« on: January 14, 2010, 23:21 »
I give a regular monthly donation to MSF, who do a great job worldwide. The emailed requesting additional support for Haiti - currently flying in a portable hospital with surgeon, anaesthetist and theater nurse.
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« on: January 13, 2010, 22:59 »
I don't think any of "The Big 6" are going to waste their time chasing after infringements. If they do it'll be a one-time "please take it down and sign up for our service" notice. Beyond that forget it. Are they going to have a lawyer chase after a $1-$25 image? Probably not.
Getty on the other hand can recover hundreds or thousands of dollars per offense. And they did use tracking software to find infringements.
And I don't think anything that's for sale should have the word "free" associated with it. Royalty Free automatically gives the impression it's free for the taking. Whoever came up with that missed marketing or business 101.
No one thinks Fat Free means you get the fat for free, or that the product is free because it's got the word free in it. Or that smoke free means the proprietors are giving away smokes. People who think that Royalty Free is just another way to say Free are simply attempting to justify their theft and appear innocent. ETA: Never forget that 1% of the population are psychopaths.
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« on: January 04, 2010, 06:07 »
I found the time question a bit tricky. I'm spending a lot of time at the moment developing my vector skills because I intend to apply to be a vector contributor at istock and diversify my offerings that way. I probably won't spend nearly as much time once I'm in.
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