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Messages - Sean Locke Photography
2701
« on: January 11, 2014, 08:37 »
Is there no way to get a list of downloads sorted by "last download"?
2702
« on: January 10, 2014, 14:21 »
Good luck Sean, I'm sure you will be pleasantly surprised at your returns on SS with the rep you have and your port. I'm only a small fish but compared to what IS does and is doing, real professionalism is plain to see. Enjoy your success. SS is really not a bad company.
7 year old images also show 7 year old clothing, hairstyles and interiors. Lifestyle is the toughest category, and Seans 7 year old images will be competing against new fresh up to date content, and millions of it. Its not going to be an easy ride, but I am sure with more and new content he will make a decent return.
A lot of it is more concept then lifestyle, which should help. The really dated stuff, I'm avoiding.
2703
« on: January 10, 2014, 13:05 »
That's a surprise - but it does make sense. Trying to get a decent return must be almost impossible if you refuse to go on subscription sites.
It tells of the low sales on Stocksy and the lack of hope for it coming close to istock's income.
Actually, it's more about the low sales on Pond, DP, etc. It's nice to see 7 year old files come back to life.
2704
« on: January 10, 2014, 12:16 »
Btw __ have you tried the SS Contributors' App on your iPad yet? If you like the map you'll love the app! It's brilliant for quickly checking daily/weekly sales, total earnings for each image and the keywords used by buyers.
I couldn't find it in the app store. All I found was the buyers app. What's it called?
2705
« on: January 10, 2014, 07:38 »
So, Sean, is it living up to its billing so far?
11 sub sales yesterday, don't know if that is good or bad. I like the map interface on the home page for sales. Not crazy about using description meta as the title because I have to retype all my titles. The model release manager would be more useful if you could do multiple releases for people. I have to add the date of the release to the name to tell the difference.
You only need one release per person for all images of that person. 11 subs on a new portfolio of 200 images is ok. It needs time to settle and get traction. Soon ODDs, ELs and SODs will come in and then your income will increase nicely over the year. Roughly you get one EL on every 500 DLs, thats seems to a reliable average.
Most of my releases are for a specific date. I would think they would want the right one attached, no? That would make it easier if they didn't.
2706
« on: January 10, 2014, 07:07 »
So, Sean, is it living up to its billing so far?
11 sub sales yesterday, don't know if that is good or bad. I like the map interface on the home page for sales. Not crazy about using description meta as the title because I have to retype all my titles. The model release manager would be more useful if you could do multiple releases for people. I have to add the date of the release to the name to tell the difference.
2707
« on: January 09, 2014, 16:38 »
2708
« on: January 09, 2014, 16:13 »
What image doesn't have a release?
2709
« on: January 09, 2014, 15:14 »
That's a surprise - but it does make sense. Trying to get a decent return must be almost impossible if you refuse to go on subscription sites.
I didn't want to start a whole post about me here, so I put it on my blog, but I knew I'd be "outed" eventually, lol. Like I said, it's hard to talk intelligently about it if I have no experience, so it seems like a good idea to give it a try, as "unprofessional" as it might be  .
2710
« on: January 07, 2014, 13:22 »
If the money is what's important to you, I wouldn't drop it.
2711
« on: January 07, 2014, 09:53 »
If you are making money on Zazzle, please tell me that which products and sections send you most of the money?
Why?
2712
« on: January 06, 2014, 18:50 »
Did you take me out of the equation?
2713
« on: January 06, 2014, 12:22 »
Whats the alternative to algolrithms?
Jetpack monkeys. Well, monkeys with jetpacks, obviously.
2714
« on: January 06, 2014, 12:09 »
"I have thousands of shots on the computer and flashdrives. I am curious where I can take them. And what I can do with them"
Common advice is to throw away everything on your harddrive, at least as far as stock goes. Especially if they were done on a P&S. You can post some for critique to see if they stand up to current standards. There may be some that make good prints, but that's a different market.
Customers want images they can use to tell a story or get a message across.
2715
« on: January 06, 2014, 11:44 »
"Most any new phone would be fine for taking pictures."
Yeah, for FB pics
I do see the cell phones wiping out the low end digital cameras in the near future but not the middle to upper level dSLRs.
Yeah, but the OP is a graphic designer, likely looking for some quick snaps of things to fill in holes while they are comping together a piece or something. They aren't shooting fighter jets
2716
« on: January 06, 2014, 11:29 »
"I am new to microstocks and stock in general but feel ready to go with it."
To answer your other thread, why do you feel ready to "go with it"? What are you bringing to the table that isn't available by many others who just got a DSLR for Christmas? What is your skill set? That will help define where to start.
2717
« on: January 06, 2014, 09:07 »
Do you know anything about witch type of phone he is talking about? I'm a graphic designer and I could really use a small an uncomplicated camera for taking photos for my graphics that's good enough in quality for microstock. I have a nikon D200 but I never learned to use it. It's too technical complicated for me and I find that my main focus should be in the graphics.
Most any new phone would be fine for taking pictures.
2718
« on: January 03, 2014, 21:38 »
That and the royalty rate drop - it'll all even out. 
2719
« on: January 03, 2014, 07:57 »
anyone have noticed the increase of the price of Signature and Vetta collections ?
No, I hadn't. HOW can they do that? 
M: 13-->15
L: 17-->20
XL: 20-->25
XXL: 25-->28
XXXL: 28-->30
M+: 33-->35
L+: 40-->40 (unchanged)
XL+: 45-->50
XXL+: 50-->55
XXXL+: 55-->60
There's a HUGE amount of room now to increase Main prices and still make their 1/2 price claim.
I don't keep track of Vetta pricing, but the new prices do appear very high.
By the way, I found that they also raised price per credit, for a double hit.
2720
« on: January 02, 2014, 18:06 »
Wow, there are some really bad images in that forum that people are trying to get in with!
2721
« on: January 02, 2014, 17:51 »
First off, don't plural words don't need an apostrophe. Sorry - my pet grammar peeve.
LOL, stupid editing! First "don't" should have been removed.
2722
« on: January 02, 2014, 17:07 »
First off, don't plural words don't need an apostrophe. Sorry - my pet grammar peeve.
I don't know much about SS, but Ashford Castle 6 is interesting, although the blues in the sky look a little too saturated. The sweater shop looks underexposed. The sun and shadows are very harsh in some. Looks like the kind of stuff that occasionally sells on Alamy.
2723
« on: January 01, 2014, 23:15 »
anyone have noticed the increase of the price of Signature and Vetta collections ?
No, I hadn't. HOW can they do that?
M: 13-->15
L: 17-->20
XL: 20-->25
XXL: 25-->28
XXXL: 28-->30
M+: 33-->35
L+: 40-->40 (unchanged)
XL+: 45-->50
XXL+: 50-->55
XXXL+: 55-->60
There's a HUGE amount of room now to increase Main prices and still make their 1/2 price claim.
I don't keep track of Vetta pricing, but the new prices do appear very high.
Ouch.
2724
« on: January 01, 2014, 16:43 »
What does the fox say?
(Come on, someone had to do it...)
Nya, Nya, Nya, da da da.
2725
« on: January 01, 2014, 16:34 »
Unfortunately, I don't have any fox images.
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