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« on: April 05, 2011, 18:06 »
I know its OT but personally DT have cut commissions twice now, while they are still much nicer to their contributors, are they really much better than FT or IS?
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« on: April 03, 2011, 15:07 »
I have some questions..
there are 3 price ranges, premier, standard and microstock.. i know we should choose microstock if it is available through other microstock agencies. How about premier and standard? when i should choose premier or standard?
if there is a faster way to 'request approval' from every agencies? it seems there are 6 agencies to be requested and have to repeated 6 times for selected pictures.
bottom of your portfolio page is partner management, you can set automatic release so you set releases etc and it will add the agencies you want (I think it adds them at the end of the day)
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« on: April 02, 2011, 21:32 »
if it's not a joke its kind of dumb announcing it on april fools day, when you have made jokes.
a commission cut is a commission cut, regardless of how its wrapped. I dont see a need, makes you wonder how many are level 0 sales, especially when they will be significantly cheaper.
Weekly subscriptions sounds like a disaster about to happen.
Set you own pricing for designers? what? how about some info on this.
I am very dubious of this being good news.
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« on: April 01, 2011, 17:25 »
hmm just got the email about april fool's, pity it is 9am on the 2nd here 
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« on: April 01, 2011, 16:04 »
I'm diamond and much to my surprise I had a BME at IS this month, about 20% more than any other month.
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« on: March 30, 2011, 21:20 »
normal ones for me, Lisa you must just be special 
LOL! As long as that's special and not "special". 
LOL
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« on: March 30, 2011, 17:11 »
normal ones for me, Lisa you must just be special
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« on: March 29, 2011, 19:46 »
Hi, I had the travel angle with a rrs head and found it did a good job with a900 and 70-400mm. Never had a major problem with the legs like you report, just the occassional needs tightening a bit more. Not the rock solid performance of a 5kg tripod, but for the weight I was happy. I lost it late year  and being broke but needing a tripod I picked up the triopo version of the same thing from linkdelight for $179 + post for the 1.2kg carbon pod (so slighter lighter) and a ball head. The twists on the legs dont feel as solid as the benro and the plate on the top of centre column is certainly cheaper (I have benro short column still (which fits this one) so can compare  . But then the price is cheaper. I put to the test the other week and took pics of white water kayaking with the a900/70-400mm and then some 15 second images of a waterfall with the a900 and 24-70mm (about 2.5kg I think), Took a little work to get the tension right for movement for the kayaking images, but for both sets it worked well. However when I got it out of the box, I looked at the plates and remembered that I got rid of the benro head I was using with the tripod before the benro angle because I could never get stability and often had slight slippage in the plates. I still have the RRS plates and L-bracket so use them and haven't use the one that came with the new pod. Overall, when I expected garbage, I have a decent working pod and head. It is a compromise weight vs stability - I know I wont get the stability of a heavy pod but this is lightweight enough to carry all day and will do the job I want it do (including 15 sec exposures). I will probably buy myself another rrs 40 head for christmas as they are seriously nice
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« on: March 29, 2011, 19:22 »
being different crops as well as smiles I'd submit both (although she looks to me in the first one as unsure, bit of the am I doing this right?) - my wife would look at it and say they are the same shot.
I like the lighter version better, it certainly is more microstock style and I think it will sell better.
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« on: March 28, 2011, 23:00 »
I had about 10 downloads today most of which were 16 cents to 25 cents. What ever happened to 2-3 buck dl's? Geeze.
That was my question . . . I used to get mostly medium sales, some large, some small and xs. I bet I might have gotten a handful of large downloads in the last month. It seems almost everything is small and smaller. With prices as they are though, I guess I can't blame the buyers :/
people who buy lots of large images are the first to go to subscription plans
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« on: March 28, 2011, 18:16 »
I still do alright at Alamy but it is less than half of what it used to be. Like the micros the increase in the number of images within the last year or two is phenominal. Not counting novel use I still have a similar numbers of sales, but the prices are much much lower than what they were. This month has been bad and I've only got about 25% of my normal month.
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« on: March 28, 2011, 15:06 »
What's all this _ Educate Liz Day? Now I had to Google Chuck Norris.
Of course, I typed in Chick Norris, but Google Knew.
Some American rightwing fundamentalist?
I had to explain to them that chuck norris is an actual person, even after 6 months of comments like on the link - China used to be next the US until Chuck kicked it to the other side of the world  - they didnt realise that he is an actual person.
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« on: March 28, 2011, 07:20 »
The things I'm learning on this group. I'd never heard of click-trolling before; and now I guess I have to Google "Charlie Sheen".
yeah, what is with all the Charlie Sheen stuff? I did a little reading, in and out of detox, lives with a pornstar or two or three, smashed a hotel because a prostitute stole his money, seems not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I am still a bit lost at the rest of it. My kids have joined in all the chuck norris stuff http://www.thechucknorrisfacts.com/
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« on: March 27, 2011, 04:33 »
hi, according to dxo mark the pentax k-5 has the highest dynamic range of any camera on the market. So may well be worth serious consideration http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Camera-Sensor/Sensor-rankings/%28type%29/usecase_landscapeI found many of the pentax lenses had higher than average levels of PF, but with work it can be cut out. One reason I went fullframe was I wasn't overly happy with CA on apsc ultrawide lenses, I think its better on ff but now corner sharpness suffers . I actually liked the pentax cameras more than the glass , luminous landscape review of pentax mf mentions happy to drop a little quality if req'd (and he makes the point that he hasnt dropped) to have a camera that is just so nice to use. I always enjoyed using the pentax but going through 5 16-50's and still not getting a good was the last straw. If I could use my sony zeiss lenses on a pentax cam I'd be happy (the sony a850 is another option)
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« on: March 26, 2011, 20:05 »
I use levels to take to 255 , stockfresh will reject you for a mix of 250-255. Other sites depends on reviewers mood on the day
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« on: March 26, 2011, 20:00 »
funny I went looking for the oldest about 2 weeks ago. from the wayback machine page UsersOnline 5 Guests, 1 User leaf Most users online today: 7 Most users online ever: 31 ( February 15, 2006, 09:49:30 PM ) and a total of 38 topics across every category
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« on: March 25, 2011, 18:39 »
if you are after viewfinder go the 5d (or sony a850/a900 - that's a brilliant viewfinder - but would be a whole system change to a system that may totally EVF from now on).
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« on: March 25, 2011, 07:21 »
Was going to buy the single from iTunes, but decided to spend the cash on #onedaywithjeshinstead.
ROFL
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« on: March 24, 2011, 17:44 »
I have about $10k in gear, the amount of gear I've bought, found I didnt use or like and then sold again if phenomal. At one point I had 2 bodies and 12 lenses , now I have sony a900, 16-35mm, 24-70mm, 100mm macro, 70-400mm. I'm thinking about a 70-200 again , but I've been thinking about it for more than year and now I expect what I buy to see a lot if use and value. Some gear does make things quicker / faster / easier - L-brackets, vertical grips etc etc really nice when you've got spare cash and built up over time, but isn't essential and is often the stuff that you personally have to try and decide if you like or not. Lost my tripod and RRS head last year replaced with triopo $179 tripod and head from linkdelight, expected crap but it was what I could afford in a hurry. The head doesnt 'feel' as nice as the RRS, but with RRS brackets it's actually doing a * fine job (as good as the $900+ combo I lost) and I now dont see a need to replace it (well not in a hurry , the RRS head was really nice - and I think there's the point for plenty of gear for me, nice to use, I hate the feel of the grip on Sigma lens feels like a powertools so i dont use them, regardless of optics (I know others do like it). For all gear that I've bought some of my favourite shots and still best selling photos were taken with 6mp pentax and 2 lenses I bought from a pawn shop for about $25-$35 each
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« on: March 24, 2011, 15:10 »
I have been in various forum with Jesh for a number of years. One thing has been consistent...no, two things have been consistent with him the entire time..#1...he is a trippy dude and every time I read his posts I feel like I am stoned. #2...he is true to himself and doesn't seem to give a flying f what others think about him...
That's what makes me wonder if this is almost more of a brilliant marketing/promo scheme. Like he doesn't really expect to get people to buy into these workshops, but the idea that he charges so much (or is worth so much) just adds to the air of mystique about him. He's definitely a trippy dude. His website and general online persona add to that. At the very least he has everyone talking about him today, and you can't buy that sort of publicity.
yep bit like selling a million dollar photo the other week, you must be super-mega-awesome if you charge that much
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« on: March 24, 2011, 03:30 »
wow, I got a good deal with Bobby Deal no-one is forced to pay it, I dont even know who he is but the first thought is 'a fool and his cash are soon parted' edit: went and had a look at his site, beyond the weird start, I liked his stuff, but not enough to pay that much
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« on: March 23, 2011, 02:40 »
123, CanStockPhoto, veer, stockfresh, featurepics
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« on: March 22, 2011, 19:57 »
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« on: March 22, 2011, 03:59 »
Cool going to drop some images in. Forgot 123 offer 50%, we should promote them more (especially when I've had strong growth there past 3-4 months edit: how do you add an image? and is it only images relating to helping (like the examples) or any image?
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