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« on: April 15, 2020, 10:48 »
The usual $20 for an HD clip now starting to feel like a huge price!
477
« on: April 14, 2020, 05:25 »
Perhaps unsurprising, some big drops in views/zooms at Alamy (port = 11,700) when taking into account the 1st until 13th of Feb/March/April. Worrying.
Good indication of what's going on across the sector.
478
« on: April 13, 2020, 08:36 »
479
« on: April 06, 2020, 12:21 »
Today, we are very excited to announce... Whenever any agency starts like this you know that whatever comes next is crap.
480
« on: April 05, 2020, 07:26 »
Ive noticed a trend in the past few weeks where many stock agencies are offering steep discounts to buyers with a kind message that they want to help them get through the current Coronavirus / Covid-19 epidemic. Thats sweet of them, but I wouldnt be surprised if these discounts will come at the expense of contributor earnings (will see in the next months earnings reports). The question I ask myself is: arent contributors also running a self-employed business that may also be struggling / will struggle? https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2020/04/05/stock-agencies-reducing-prices-during-coronavirus-epidemic/Alex
481
« on: April 04, 2020, 16:27 »
What was the first prize? 30, 50 $?
They vannot afford it anymore.
$300
482
« on: April 03, 2020, 08:40 »
if those idiots actually reviewed the stuff I sent them maybe, just maybe, they would get sold.
Latest batch has been stuck there for at least 8 months.
483
« on: April 01, 2020, 08:27 »
Good work getting in early on some of the coronavirus images. I definitely failed at that.
Not too late to get on rioting/looting concepts 
484
« on: April 01, 2020, 08:19 »
Shooting outside on a sunny spring day with ISO 200 and still getting noise rejection...what?
486
« on: March 12, 2020, 03:51 »
487
« on: March 11, 2020, 02:47 »
I think we should start a petition for Adobe to start accepting editorial material. Now I think would be a great time for the that to happen. If a number of us express interest in supplying them with that type of material we might be able to get them to consider it more seriously.
Any thoughts?
I'm surprised they haven't already. Editorials present relatively minimal regulatory risks to agencies vs commercial. They now accept illustrative editorial which is a good start.
488
« on: March 10, 2020, 03:12 »
Same here. And the opportunity to take advantage of this situation is also pretty much gone. Try to search "Coronavirus" on SS and it brings up more than 104,000 results. All the new images will be buried deep into their huge library of images and never be found by a search. Well, I'll just put my mask back on and wait for the brighter days to arrive.
My composites are selling regularly and they are quite average. Also editorials of people wearing surgical masks out and about.
489
« on: March 09, 2020, 06:02 »
We all have responsibilities...we need to take ownership for our actions, as do Unsplash idiots. If one consumes fast-food everyday and develop health-problems, it's too easy to blame the fast-food restaurants when we have more than enough information out there to make educated decisions based on due diligence. Generally, we're living in a victim society where we constantly try to shift the blame to others. Same with Unsplash contributors, but frankly don't think the vast majority of them care because they don't know...but if they did know I'm sure they would care. Unsplash contributors aren't completely to blame, of course the agencies should have more robust processes to avoid unauthorized licensing, which shouldn't be so challenging as noted by the OP. Don't walk out at night alone in dangerous neighborhoods - simple. If one does, carry pepper-spray 
490
« on: March 09, 2020, 03:57 »
To be brutally honest, whoever is an idiot enough to upload to Unsplash should be aware that there's a high risk that someone will upload their copyright for sale
492
« on: February 28, 2020, 07:18 »
Even with "average" images, you'd certainly earn considerably more than 30cents/month/image by being non-exclusive. At least double and perhaps even triple that depending on a number of technical/commercial factors
493
« on: February 25, 2020, 06:08 »
Already made the transition to videos and any pics I do upload are just incidental
494
« on: February 25, 2020, 06:03 »
Interesting.
Would be useful to cross-reference the respective contributors' uploading habits with their average Return per Download and see if there's any correlation.
495
« on: February 20, 2020, 03:44 »
Maybe their "sales" are on Pixabay and Pexels
496
« on: February 19, 2020, 15:30 »
Worried about the dropping average return per download.
497
« on: February 19, 2020, 08:47 »
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498
« on: February 19, 2020, 02:19 »
Rollercoaster ride continues
500
« on: February 15, 2020, 04:55 »
This forum is about stock photography but the reality is that outsourcing labour costs to where costs are lower has been common for the past 15+ years. I remember when HSBC and dozens of other UK banks moved their operations overseas and the controversy this caused. This was 2003. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/hsbc-to-outsource-4000-uk-bank-jobs-to-asia-91762.htmlBack to the stock photography universe, obviously prices are dropping. No question about that. So what is one to do if they live in an "expensive part of the world". Perhaps some solutions: 1. Move to a less expensive part of the world. 2. If you shoot lifestyle, try to differentiate yourself. For instance, it may be difficult for those dozens of stock producers in eastern Europe to find models of different ethnic types, although I have to admit that I haven't researched. 3. As mentioned by Snow, shooting news / human interest editorials which cannot be replicated in a studio. Although putting them exclusively on Alamy is risky imo. 4. Shooting travel of places that aren't saturated still has a future because the cost barriers associated people from lower income countries. Although we're talking about more far-flung places, after all someone from Belgrade can travel low-cost to almost anywhere in Europe these days and stay at a hostel. 5. Shoot video: Less saturated, for now..especially the 4K variety. 6. Demote the stock stuff to pure hobby with some income instead of relying on it to make a living. Sometimes we all have to know when to move on.
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