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Messages - Contemporary Dave
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« on: September 11, 2023, 08:42 »
More than likely, no.
Might be worth backing up your stuff next time...
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« on: September 08, 2023, 04:16 »
All fine with me.
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« on: August 27, 2023, 12:45 »
Yes, their review times are ridiculous. I've been waiting around 3 weeks for some images to be reviewed. Sites like Shutterstock and Alamy only take a couple of days to clear at their very worst.
It's a pity. Despite having a very small portfolio (around 300 images) on Adobe, they sell quite well. I would supply far more images to them if their submission page was more user-friendly, and if their review times were massively improved. If they want to compete with the other libraries, they really need to get their act together.
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« on: August 05, 2023, 05:51 »
My hunch is that the lower payout figure is to butter people up in preparation for an 'exciting' announcement, where they are going to lower the commission rates, again.
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« on: July 25, 2023, 12:37 »
Curious to know how many people manage to hit Level 6 on image and / or video sales. Does anyone know? The highest I've managed to hit is Level 4 on images, and TBH, I think it's unlikely I'll hit Level 5.
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« on: April 26, 2023, 05:55 »
Bosh!
Nice start to the day.
For photos or videos?
Editorial photo.
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« on: April 26, 2023, 03:01 »
Bosh!
Nice start to the day.
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« on: March 14, 2023, 07:42 »
About a year ago, I used to get a video clip sale about once every 10 days or so. Now I'm lucky to get one sale every 3 months. 
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« on: January 03, 2023, 07:53 »
I know that most people go to P5 for videos, but I thought I would have a try uploading some photos on P5, so I'm going to submit some photos that have sold well on other stock sites.
For people who submit photos to P5, what price do you set your photos at? I see P5 set $5 as a default price, but what do you set them at?
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« on: November 02, 2022, 08:46 »
Not worry about it. End usage is the buyers problem.
I appreciate that it's the buyer's problem, but surely if it's being used for commercial purposes, then I should be paid appropriately for that?
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« on: November 02, 2022, 08:15 »
I think I know the answer to this question, but I've just discovered a photo of mine that has been used on a cover of a CD. I've only sold it once through Shutterstock (I got 10 cents for it). It is marked as editorial. As the image is of a sculpture with wording from a poem on it. I would assume that usage on an album cover is not classed as editorial, but commercial?
I am going to write to the person concerned to ask where he purchased the licence (the shot is with 2 other libraries), but what would you do under these circumstances?
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« on: October 25, 2022, 07:44 »
When SS say something new is 'exciting'. You just know it probably isn't.
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« on: October 21, 2022, 03:59 »
DL's at normal levels, but the actual earnings on those DL's are about 40% down.
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« on: September 14, 2022, 10:35 »
For the last 5-6 weeks, I haven't uploaded anything to SS. About 2 weeks so ago, sales started to decline rapidly, and any sales I was getting were mainly 10 / 12 cent DL's. Late last week I uploaded some new content and within a couple of days, sales rapidly improved, with far less 10 cent DL's.
This is not the first time this has happened. It's happened on a few occasions. Do SS algorithms favour contributors who regularly upload content, or is it just a coincidence?
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« on: August 27, 2022, 06:18 »
I've had the best month ever on AS. Despite having a very small portfolio (around 300 images/clips), I managed to sell around $150 in this week alone, so I'm a happy bunny.
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« on: August 17, 2022, 06:16 »
No problems with me. There has been a noticeable increase in sales over the last few weeks/months.
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« on: July 11, 2022, 03:22 »
In the UK, our Prime Minister is stepping down and there are a number of Conservative Party MP's who are campaigning for his job. Some of them have released publicity campaign videos. I have noted that one of the candidates (Penny Mordaunt) has used a clip of mine that was bought through Shutterstock. The video can be seen here: https://www.pm4pm.com/. My video clip is designated for editorial use only. Is a political campaign video of this nature regarded as editorial?
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« on: July 05, 2022, 11:07 »
Received mine an hour ago.
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« on: May 04, 2022, 06:48 »
I joined P5 about 18 months ago, and despite having a very small portfolio, I was getting sales - about one every 10 days, which I was generally happy about. However, over the last year, despite adding hundreds more clips, sales have fallen through the floor, to the extent that I'm lucky to get a download once every 4 months. I'm not selling them at ridiculously high prices - typically $79 for HD and $120 for 4K. Whilst sales have crashed on Pond5, the same video clips put on other stock sites like Shutterstock have increased very nicely, so I know there is a demand for some of the content I'm shooting. So where do you think I might be going wrong? Or is it just the stuff I shoot doesn't appeal to people who use P5? Portfolio here: https://www.pond5.com/artist/calvert10?tab=footage
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« on: May 04, 2022, 01:01 »
We’ll, I must be one of the lucky ones, as about 90% of my submissions get through first time. I can normally guess which ones won’t. Those shots normally contain water and foliage, that the AI classes as noise or focus issues.
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« on: April 29, 2022, 05:32 »
I've got a load of shots of old houses in a popular UK seaside town, where the house names are clearly visible (see an example below). I have in the past had rejections due to 'intellectual property' reasons, because a house number was visible in the photo. Should I submit these pics as illustrative editorial? I don't want to clone out the house names, as it's an integral part of the building. 
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« on: April 17, 2022, 05:49 »
Some clips that disappeared have now reappeared after they have approved, but I still have a number of editorial clips that I submitted around Thursday that are still missing.
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« on: April 13, 2022, 08:30 »
Yes, about a dozen videos I submitted just now have disappeared and are not appearing in the Pending Approval section.
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« on: April 11, 2022, 03:40 »
UPDATE.
So, I submitted the above image as illustrative editorial... and it got rejected because it did not meet their IE guidelines. Funny that, because that photo has been used dozens of times to illustrate news stories/articles on the current state of the property and construction markets etc...
Ho hum...
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« on: April 08, 2022, 12:30 »
I've just reached my 100th DL on Adobe, which means that I can at last start submitting illustrative editorial work. I have quite a lot of images of houses, which sell quite well on other stock sites. I submit them as editorial there, as I don't have any property releases. See sample pic below. To date, I haven't bothered uploading them to Adobe, as I would assume they would reject them for 'intellectual property' reasons (which they have done on similar shots). Am I right in assuming that these type of shots would be classed as 'illustrative editorial'?  .
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