trollada dot com

Check and see if you see your stuff.  I found a bunch from CC and a TON of other agencies.


Edited to make people happy.

I like all of them. 

That is great!  I have been thinking for some years about writing a book on microstock, but it's been done so well by folks like you.  I am now thinking about a blog of something on the pet peeves of photo editors, posing models, and keywording.  (Maybe that is 3 blogs.)

Here is some info on the pound note:

http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/current/current_10.htm

I give classes to art school photo classes on how to keyword and how to get started in stock.  Most of the students find that the workflow, keywording, and systems I recommend for shooting and submitting too time consuming.  In my humble opinion, if you are wanting a real income from stock, you have to look at it as a real job. 

One of these days I will write a book on keywording and stock photography from an editor's perspective.  Until then, I am always happy to help where I can. 

I like 5, 10, and 13.

Good luck.

PS.  Would love to see them at Cutcaster.com.   

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 14, 2011, 17:39


how about approving corrupted files? please check that out and after I will give CC a chance by uploading my port until "yesterday", I am sure instead of 2 sales from 2 years, I will have 4 on the next 2

We went through a full site change over. Obviously, some corrupted files came through.  We have deleted them, and informed our programming staff. 

As far as the slow sales goes, with a generalist portfolio, such as yours sales, can be a bit slower.  I have a generalist portfolio myself and tend to sell slower, so I speak from experience. 

As I said before, we are still working and building.  In the future, if you see something odd in your portfolio, please contact us by email so we can address your concerns right away. 

Thanks.

Quote from: luissantos84 on June 14, 2011, 16:49
CC is dead dead dead.. why all the concern? 

Actually, we are growing.  Sales are picking up.  We are still working on making search and buying super easy. 
If we are dead, I am working too hard!

Better stats coming soon!

http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2069329/getty-images-contributors-urged-sign-contracts

....I am shocked. 

Cora, with her stock photographer hat on.

I took a look at your website.  You have some pretty stuff.

I am biased, but I would suggest Cutcaster.com.

:-)

Langareek, as for Cutcaster, we have a very vigorous search engine. The way most search engines work is they look for the words you search, then try to drill down similar words from there.  (Ours is quite a bit more complex, but you get the idea).  Our advanced search functions really drills down to specifics.  We ( I ) also do a ton of editing on keywords, and do prune where necessary.

You chose to search for a topic that we don't have many images for.  You must remember we are very new, and still small.  Of course, a site with 15 million images are going to have more content in niche topics, like the oil industry.  Your search is evidence that we need MORE of those images, offering you an opportunity to be the pictures seen first in that category.  Cutcaster is picking up speed, and still growing our relatively small collection.  We have spent a lot of time on making sure our users are indexed on google (not an easy task), we talk to clients every day, and actively recruit the best photographers around.

As far as isolations go, people do buy them.  They are easy to use.  If you look at this page:  http://cutcaster.com/browse/ , you will find a lot more "arty" and interesting, among the popular and common.  I personally edit all of our lightboxes, and can attest to the saleability of images of this quality. (The keywords at the left are also edited collections)  I know low earners can be frustrating.  But I think you would be surprised at the work the work that goes on behind scenes. 

I can assure you, "If you build it they will come," is not our concept.  If it is, then we are working too hard!!!!

I think the point I was making was more about the actual kind of common ducks, etc.  So that particular duck vs. this common type: http://cutcaster.com/photo/100222200-Mallard-Duck/#S3122274

http://blog.cutcaster.com/2011/05/02/camera-shoot-ideas-for-the-spring-and-summer-months-from-cora-reed/

Check it out and let me know what you think.


:-)

I will add those to the programming wish list!

Quote from: Chadlatta on April 28, 2011, 17:04
I like how Alamy has the ability to see stats site wide. So you can get a feel for which keywords are being searched the most and what the current popular trends are. Also, I don't think your site is categorized by concept, but it would be nice to see trends regarding searches for concepts, ie, happiness, loneliness, celebration..etc.

One of the ways to see trends is our browse page.  Those are the hot topics of the day.

These are great suggestions, keep them coming.  I am nudging (with a bull dozer) the programming staff to get more stats!

Hi all!

New featured light boxes are up:  http://cutcaster.com/browse/

We are looking for some super strong Mother's Day images!  If you have any, please upload them.  Images in featured lightboxes get heavy traffic and sales!

Thanks and happy spring!

As we perfect our new site, we wanted to get feed back on what users like to see for stats.  What site has the best stats for submitters?  What stat features do you love/hate?  What would be cool to have that no sites are offering?

I absolutely love your images.  Cutcaster would be happy to have them.  You can set your own price with us, though I do suggest setting them around $25 for the largest size.

Yes, we do!  However the picture of the face above, though a part of a festival, looks as if you had plenty of access, and therefore could have gotten a model release.  We also RARELY take pictures of "editorial children". And do not often take pictures of people's backsides at the beach, especially when we can tell the person or people were unaware of being photographed.  (Think ladies at the beach.)  In general, editorial images should be news worthy. or documentary.  We are being pretty selective about our editorial images.  For instance, the small town America Thanksgiving parade is not as desirable as the very marketable red carpet or well documented (through keywords, title, description, etc) disaster photo.

I am happy to address individual questions about images by email.

Thanks!

[email protected]

I like it.  Cutcaster.com is happy to take more unconventional work.  And you can set your own prices.

Cutcaster.com is friendly to creative/unique/new style designs.  We may not have as many sales as some of the big 4 but we are picking up.  I would love to see your work.

Oh...and you can set your own prices!

My positive thought:  I love my job!

Cutcaster.com is friendly to new submitters!  We would love to see your work there!