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Shutterstock.com / Re: Email from SS - Regarding Repeated Words and Phrases in Image Titles« on: June 30, 2016, 15:27 »
here is my suggestions to SS
![]() 1) create /run a report which extract problematic image IDs per customer, it can be a heavy process from performance stand point but contributors cant do it from their side at all unless SS is expecting us to go through thousands of pictures one by one 2) make sure you(SS) validate the title field during submission/update 3) have a postmortem analysis around this Repeated Words communication failure 53
Pond5 / Re: Additional contributor info needed email. Spam or legit« on: June 28, 2016, 10:25 »the email looks fishy (I also got it), I don't feel comfortable to load my official ID to the (wufoo.com ?!) site . Can I at least blur out the ID number to reduce a risk of fraud ? so what Quote Please provide a government issued photo ID with a valid expiration date, e.g. passport, driver’s license, state ID, Country ID card, etc. means? 54
Pond5 / Re: Additional contributor info needed email. Spam or legit« on: June 28, 2016, 10:03 »
the email looks fishy (I also got it), I don't feel comfortable to load my official ID to the (wufoo.com ?!) site . Can I at least blur out the ID number to reduce a risk of fraud ?
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General - Stock Video / Re: What would you want in a new footage agency?« on: May 13, 2016, 13:00 »
Pond5 with more sales
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Shutterstock.com / Re: Too much Vector Illustrations in search result« on: May 05, 2016, 14:36 »Top 100 on shutter stock. Vast majority of vector and Illustrator Folks. looks like those on top with hundreds thousands vectors are running some automated scripts on some limited subset of vectors creating different color/background duplicates 57
Alamy.com / Re: RF Editorial coming to Alamy!« on: April 01, 2016, 09:38 »it will likely be a few months from now.could you please also consider to support ability to migrate some existing RM editorial to RF editorial 58
General Stock Discussion / Re: once maybe we will die....« on: March 24, 2016, 11:25 »
they will become public domain some day but agencies will continue sell them
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Print on Demand Forum / Re: FAA now talking about 'subscriptions'« on: March 24, 2016, 11:12 »
How many pictures FAA have?
Now i think that to get 1 cent from every subscriber is practically impossible 60
Print on Demand Forum / Re: FAA now talking about 'subscriptions'« on: March 24, 2016, 11:03 »
assuming some customer will stream only 1000 pictures a month and you will get all his money for your only picture he downloaded you'll end up with 1 cent.
Is my calculation too pessimistic? 61
General Stock Discussion / Google Unveils Ability to Determine the Location of Almost Any Image« on: February 25, 2016, 16:29 »
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/600889/google-unveils-neural-network-with-superhuman-ability-to-determine-the-location-of-almost/
I guess soon we won't not need keywording and description, smart AI will do it all for us ![]() 62
General Stock Discussion / Re: Can I sell photos as RM in Alamy , while I am selling them as RF in other places« on: February 11, 2016, 16:02 »
logically speaking because your RM on alamy dont have to be exclusive (as per contract ), alamy suppose to contact you to verify if you've licensed the picture somewhere else before selling your picture with some exclusive rights
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Pixels.com« on: January 25, 2016, 14:12 »
yes "Pixels" sounds very digital (i would say last century digital), where "fine art" is analog (for most of the people)
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General Stock Discussion / Re: Confirmed: VCG will acquire Corbis« on: January 23, 2016, 14:34 »I'm struggling to see what the downside could beVCG is Visual China Group and my experience with copyright enforcement in china is negative. I am also not very optimistic regarding business transparency 65
Shutterstock.com / Re: SS - Important notice about contributor payouts« on: January 22, 2016, 17:04 »I am sick of these lies and corporate BSlets wait for numbers, who knows ![]() 66
General - Stock Video / Re: Ultra low commisions on Getty this month - Wochit« on: January 22, 2016, 14:16 »I don't see anything about it on the getty artists forum but I did notice that the forum is a ghost town.their forum is "private" and heavily moderated/restricted they learned a lesson during the Google drive unrest ![]() 67
Veer / Re: Veer is sold to VCG / Getty Images« on: January 22, 2016, 14:11 »
It is in the FAQ (see a link in a first message)
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General Stock Discussion / Re: What's your advice to somebody new to Stock Photography?« on: January 06, 2016, 12:24 »
my advice is
answer honestly to yourself why you want to be in Stock Photography ? and then think if Stock Photography is a right/effective/reliable way to achieve that 70
General Stock Discussion / Re: Difference between macro and micro stock sites« on: December 30, 2015, 11:44 »As I just posted in another thread - my last sale on Alamy netted me $3.50.Getty sales bellow 1 dollar is not rare either 71
Alamy.com / Re: this is my first zero sales year on alamy since 2007« on: December 10, 2015, 10:43 »
a bit more than 2000
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Alamy.com / this is my first zero sales year on alamy since 2007« on: December 10, 2015, 10:17 »
I am calm, there's still time
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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Getty's new $100m debt« on: November 10, 2015, 20:47 »I stayed exclusive and it payed off for me. Can't talk about anyone else except myself. I am very happy to hear what is going on behind the scenes at Istock by Getty. It is happening now, not in the future. So no one is fooling anyone. googled your name out of curiosity http://www.gettyimages.ca/search/photographer?family=creative&photographer=jodi%20jacobson&sort=best&excludenudity=true 74
General Stock Discussion / Re: Am I spotting opportunities where there are none?« on: October 21, 2015, 22:07 »it is possible to answer my question (care to read it again?) it was about 5 sales which already happened.the reviewer refused half of the files claiming that the image subject is too specific/niche oriented and that was not generic enough. The day after all I sold 5 timorese pictures. Don't really get the logic.are those 5 sales justifying your and your reviewers effort financially? And my point is that those 5 sales are not a proof of guaranteed future sales. 75
General Stock Discussion / Re: Am I spotting opportunities where there are none?« on: October 21, 2015, 07:56 »the reviewer refused half of the files claiming that the image subject is too specific/niche oriented and that was not generic enough. The day after all I sold 5 timorese pictures. Don't really get the logic.are those 5 sales justifying your and your reviewers effort financially? |
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