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Messages - sharply_done
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« on: March 26, 2009, 21:00 »
There's any way of finding out sales info yet.
Wish there was.
402
« on: March 26, 2009, 20:57 »
Bizarre - I've got 70 and counting.
Wonder what's up with that.
403
« on: March 25, 2009, 02:22 »
... but there is too much going on in this picture besides the main subject (cappuccino).
I agree - my natural instinct is to look at the much too prominent and complicated background to try and figure out what it is I'm looking at. The image is also too dark.
404
« on: March 25, 2009, 00:07 »
.nevermind.
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« on: March 24, 2009, 17:53 »
Do you know Golbachov? Find the cheap Polish girl 
It's Dolgachov, and he's Estonian, not Polish. A better example would have been to use Dash. These guys are the elites, though, which is not who RT was talking about.
406
« on: March 24, 2009, 15:28 »
His brother makes great pants.
Kevin? 
Let's leave his brother alone.
No, it's Calvin who makes the pants. Kevin is the black sheep of the family, who's better known by his alter ego: Judge Ross at Crestock.
407
« on: March 23, 2009, 15:31 »
... it's just that we as suppliers have more of an interest in who's running a company than the buyers do.
Yep, as in "who will the next best match favor?", and "will the focus of the agency become even more inclusive, or less?", and "what will happen to the exclusive commission rates?".
408
« on: March 23, 2009, 14:02 »
I always find it hard to believe when the self-confessed workaholic and visionary leader of an organization resigns to "make some time for myself and the people in my life".
I wonder - is this a harbinger of sea-change at iStock?
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« on: March 22, 2009, 16:07 »
I'm guessing that because it appears to be an isolation that buyers will want to use it as one. It was probably rejected because the reviewer tested its use as an isolated image by selecting all non-white areas and found a significant amount of 'whitish' color still appearing, hence the rejection. On the bright side, this is an easy fix: just do the same test yourself and erase the 'too close to white' areas. If it was me I'd experiment with different leaf colors, too.
410
« on: March 21, 2009, 21:15 »
I'm still experimenting, but I think twitter is overrated. Too much nonsense chatter, not enough business.
What were you expecting from a social networking site? Finding business stuff on Twitter would be akin to finding stock imagery on Flickr - it just isn't going to happ... oh wait, nevermind.
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« on: March 21, 2009, 20:47 »
I only get the occasional tweet from the MicrostockGroup account. Seems to correlate pretty well with new threads, not new posts.
Oops, my bad. Leaf must've changed things since I followed it. Still, not much use in that for me - I can just as easily poke my head in here as see it on Twitter.
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« on: March 21, 2009, 19:26 »
I'm getting quite a lot of value out of Twitter. I'm following quite a few people from MSG, but if there are any more, it would be cool to create a list in this thread. Here's the MSG people I'm currently following:
http://twitter.com/microstockgroup (obviously)
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I used to follow microstockgroup, but it generates waaaay to much traffic - there's a tweet every time a post is made! You should figure out a way to work that better, leaf - tweeting only new posts would be a good start, and a huge improvement. Having a separate twitter profile would probably work better, too. Too bad 'leaf' is already taken.
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« on: March 21, 2009, 19:21 »
I checked out your site on Flikr Sharply, but couldnt see any links to you ports??. Do I have to sign up to see that?
It's against the Flickr terms of Service (TOS) to provide a link on the same page as the image, but you are permitted to link on your profile page - here's mine. Using Flickr can take a little bit work: you have to find popular and relevent groups to join, then 'send' your image to them. Flickr uses an 'Interesting' algorithm to rank images, where a comment or 'fave' is the equivalent of a DL. The biggest drawback with Flickr is it's 'tit-for-tat' atmosphere: few people will comment or fave your images if you fail to reciprocate, making your stuff fall into a bottomless hole. It's critical to spend your time there wisely. I used to spend a fair amount of time there, but have ignored it in the past year or so. I still have a few highly ranked images, though.
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« on: March 21, 2009, 17:56 »
Thanks for the link sharply. Ive been trying to understand the point of TwitterI guess this could be a start.
After you've learnt how to make (and keyword!) commercial imagery, the biggest barrier to success is exposure - that's where sites like Flickr and Twitter come in.
415
« on: March 21, 2009, 17:21 »
... And did you send the thumbs version with the agencies logos on?
Sending a thumbnail or an image with a commercial (or any) watermark would be bad Twitter manners. I sent a link to this low-res image (400x600) on Flickr, then provided a link to it on iStock.
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« on: March 21, 2009, 17:04 »
I've been thinking a lot about Twitter lately, and how to best use it to drive traffic to my portfolio - the right approach might prove very profitable. Here's an easy way to get started: click. It might be good to follow this Twitter group, too.
417
« on: March 21, 2009, 12:47 »
Focal length = 500mm, Diameter = 80mm - probably a birding scope.
418
« on: March 20, 2009, 01:55 »
Way to go - I hope things keep improving for you!
FYI: You already have enough sales to go exclusive.
419
« on: March 19, 2009, 11:03 »
Yes, I realize that but these images are a bit special. He has a great eye for composition along with good technical ability and the patience to sit for hours just to get the right shot.
Sounds interesting - Any chance of providing a link so that we can see his stuff?
420
« on: March 19, 2009, 11:00 »
A pertinent point from an industry veteran: The [traditional stock] industry has made the mistake of creating too many of the same images over and over again. This is because instead of nurturing the photographers who have vision to combine both art and commerce to produce unique images within the standard salable subjects, they let creative decisions be driven by previous sales results and creative research based all on the same sources. This has resulted in a glut of images that all look alike. I like to call them the image de joureveryone runs out and shoots the same style and subject with the same look on the same day, it appears.
I believe that one reason that microstock had explosive growth aside from the price point was that users could find one-of-a-kind images. Now that the major production companies are putting the same old, same old but new images into micro in great volumes, the same problem could arise there.Go here to read more, or here to read other interviews.
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« on: March 18, 2009, 10:51 »
I added some of new, like "power,strenght, stain... etc." and I had sale of that picture under "strenght" keyword...
It's spelled 'strength'. I hope you've been spell checking your keywords.
422
« on: March 16, 2009, 21:13 »
sharply_done, thanks for saving me the trouble of deciding for myself whether I actually wanted to do that.
You were kind of asking for it, jim_h. If you insist on being so opinionated you might consider having a completely novel forum identity if you want to be anonymous. That being said, you really need to get on top of your keywording if you're at all serious about licensing imagery. Keywords are your primary sales tool, and you are severely handicapping yourself by neglecting them.
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« on: March 16, 2009, 20:32 »
Why don't you link to your portfolio, so we can see what you are not selling?
Here he is on iStock, Dreamstime, and Shutterstock. Sales would increase with better keywording.
424
« on: March 16, 2009, 13:49 »
I've been getting plenty of ODs and ELs on SS in the past six weeks - anyone else seeing this?
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« on: March 14, 2009, 14:55 »
That's my plan, too.
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