i was in group 1. 

that's pretty helpful but probably impossible advice for a slacker like me. i tend to focus on only one thing at once and it normally takes a really long time.

i'd like to pose kone's question to sjlocke, who seems to accomplish a lot whilst appearing at every forum i visit. i know he's two or three different people, but i still like to learn of his organizational secrets too.

they're also holding the photos for at least 6 months for only 20 cents.  that's a pretty leap of faith for any photographer. i wouldn't upload the best just for that.

drat, i was hoping BigStock had changed their rules with their redesign.

Quote from: sharply_done on March 01, 2010, 16:13

Yes, I'd agree with that reviewer's sentiment, too.

The shot of the bird itself is fine, but the image as a whole needs work. If it was me I'd crop and rotate the image so that the bird was vertical with his beak pointing to the top left - this would give him a reason to be placed where he is. Next I'd get rid of the other branches and clone out the distracting spots on the remaining branch. As a finishing touch I'd make the sky light blue and use levels to make the branch a dark green, which would give the image a nicely strong graphical element. Here's what two minutes in Photoshop can do:

Nice work, but I think it's just a matter of taste. Someone could do it another way. I didn't want to touch-up sky, because it was cloudy, and IS sometimes doesn't like this kind of manipulating.

i personally would probably redo my photo like the one on the right also. but these two images also represent perfectly the style of is, the natural (left) and ss, the processed (right). since you're exclusive on is, sharply, i wonder why you don't veer towards the is style?

To be honest, I do not know. But, I can not believe that IS will ask me to give up my photojournalism career to become exclusice stock photographer. I'll better ask support.

ok, i'm pretty sure reuters is doing rm licensing since they're a major macro news supplier. you really need to find out from who you're selling your photos to how they are licensing their sales. if they don't know, neither will is.

Well, I am not selling them to my local newspaper, but to other agencies equivalent to IS (DT, SS)... I wouldn't bother asking if there were not the direct IS competition.

both ss and dt are selling editorial images with a rf licence, meaning they're sold without registering who the buyers are. so, you wouldn't be able to go exclusive with is in this case. however, if you were to sell these same editorial images at alamy with a rm licence (registering every single buyer along the way), then you're gold. by the way, alamy only sell editorials with rm licence, no ifs or buts. that's one of the differences between microstock and macrostock.

Quote from: leaf on February 23, 2010, 15:06

I think you missed the nudge nudge wink wink in his post  

Well I got a bit scared of Warren. He sounds so stern. 

LOL, you, FD who fears no one, is scared of Warren, one of the nicest people on the forum? ha ha!

Quote from: mantonino on February 17, 2010, 16:46

After a bit of research, I do believe it's his daughter.

Ah, ok.  It'd be nice for a "new member" to give details when asking something like this.

she offered to provide her birth certificate in another post.  

i'm a bit curious as to why (now)? 

Cool.  thanks for posting.  I've been reading about the Red Carpet program.  Do you use it often?  Does it obligate all your images?

only 10 per event are obligatory, but they'd like to see as many as you have. nevertheless, your images become theirs exclusively for 2 years, irregardless of whether you upload them or not. i'd use your own contact whenever possible rather than the Red Carpet program, even if they are a great team to work with.

Quote from: RacePhoto on February 14, 2010, 03:52

Why do so many people find that SS is their biggest earning site in dollars? Not because it has the highest return per download, or highest commissions. It's because they sell the most licenses.

Aaaahhhh.... I think I'll put it in big red letters too  

SS and TS both give 0.25$ to starters, yes. At TS you will be a starter till hell freezes over. At SS, you have a growth path and with a decent port you'll be soon on 0.33$. I'm for a while on 0.36$.

Then, SS has regular ELs at 28$ and frequent ODs, giving an effective RPD of 0.60$ or so.
TS will give a maximum of 0.80$ on image pack sales, so even with 50% IP sales on TS, you'll still have a lower RPD.

Finally, since TS will only be accessible through IS, they'll throw your full sizes to the crocodiles, while at SS, most of us upload reduced sizes.

in my experience, i find ss to be the biggest earner due to the high # of ELs + ODs, rather than the #of licenses sold. I have yet to have an EL at is (i wonder why?). does thinkstock have ELs or ODs? if not, then a pure sub site is just a sub site. it really need a high turnover to make it worthwhile.

also, i've not seen anything lower than .36 for a sub sale or xsmall credit sale at 123. however i've seen $5+ for their extra large tiffs.

i guess people's rancor at ts has a lot to do with taking away the credit sales program in existence at StockXpert, where again i have seen $5+ sales for extra large images.

however, i don't see ts as a bad thing. i use it to dump, er, i mean place my more marginal photos that haven't sold. as an independent, i mix and match all the different agencies to their best use. you get to know what each agency's strengths and weaknesses are and place your portfolio accordingly.

Thanks, I thought that even the submission test photos had to meet all the release stuff.  I will definitely upload my more captivating photos the next time.

you will also need to round this out with either a food shot, an isolation shot or a people shot, but definitely only one travel shot. some people have shown their really gorgeous travel photos but was not able to pass muster with all three.

I was pretty impressed with the Canon s90 when I looked at it a few months ago.  It isjavascript:void(0) surprisingly similar to the G11 but in a compact form.  It has the same sensor as the G11

You can set the front dial to change a variety of functions and it seemed like a pretty UI.  It can also take RAW if that is of interest.  

i have this camera, but i find the noise to be unacceptable. but, i'm spoiled by my new nikon d700.  

i used to love p&s until i took up dslr. the only drawback to this camera is that it does NOT have a viewfinder. but most people prefer to shoot through the ld. however, i find it hard to see what the picture actually is during the day and is not as accurate as looking through a viewfinder.

it's also more than $250 (more like $420), but it's the latest hot p&s.