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« on: June 29, 2016, 03:40 »
There's nothing wrong with parliament wanting another referendum when we have the actual deal to vote on. The leave side were talking about having a second referendum if they lost this one. They even started a petition for a second referendum when it looked like they were going to lose. As the result was so close, when nobody in the country really knew what the exit deal would be, I think it would be wrong not to have a second referendum on something that is as important as this is.
577
« on: June 29, 2016, 02:57 »
...And I read what someone wrote that if UK decides to stay in now that they could get better benefits.... No. This will not happen at all. UK already had more than any other member of EU. And even if it is the case, nobody would ever consider UK serious - we want out, uuuuu benefits we want in - we dont like this we want out - uuu benefits - you get the point
Isn't anything better than the possible domino effect caused by a UK exit? The UK still pays in much more than it gets back from the EU. If the negotiated exit deal is bad for the UK, public opinion might change. The Brexit side promised all sorts of things that they probably can't get without crippling the UK economy. If our parliament rejects the deal, another referendum would seem inevitable.
578
« on: June 29, 2016, 00:52 »
The problem with this referendum was that it was just about leaving the EU. The leave campaign bombarded me with leaflets telling me we spend 350 million a week on the EU and implying that all of that could be spent on the NHS. The bit about the rebate and all the money that we get back from the EU is either in the small print or left out. While I didn't fall for that, the small majority that swung the vote may of done. The stay campaign warned of the consequences of leaving the EU but that was an unknown, unlike the facts we had about how much the EU costs. The stay campaign lost, so their claims wont be under so much scrutiny.
I can see this referendum being run again. When we see the actual deal that the new prime minister gets, they wont be able to say that we will save 350 million a week and give it to the NHS. They will either have to accept freedom of movement or tell us how much it will cost not to have it. The EU might offer a better deal if we vote to stay in now.
If this is like a divorce that takes 2 years and costs both sides a lot of money, I think there may be a time when we decide it would be better to stay together. How many divorces go through when the person asking for the divorce is only 52% sure they want one?
579
« on: June 27, 2016, 01:58 »
That's great but where the word Dozen? Or Half Dozen?
Do you need to be constantly reminded that six is half dozen? I live in another EU country and I have been buying similar packs as long as I remember.
6 will always be 6, 2 x 6 will always be 12 no matter if you call it a dozen or not.
People who believe the rubbish about the EU in the Daily Mail probably do need to be reminded it's a half dozen  The only fact I believe in that paper is the price on the front cover. We are told the papers don't have much power in the UK now but millions of older people read them and the majority were anti EU and had headlines about the negative effects of immigration every week. I think that was easily enough to make the difference in this referendum.
580
« on: June 26, 2016, 14:03 »
so people in the uk are anry because they cant buy a 100w bulb or eggs by the dozen and send a whole country down the hole. i understand what the eu has done for the people in the eu, yes you probably will have to suck up not being able to buy a 5000 watt vacuum cleaner, but voting to leave was silly, to say the least
Just look on amazon uk and there are 100w bulbs for sale. I have seen them in the high street shops as well. There was never a time when we couldn't buy eggs by the dozen. For some reason, the EU gets blamed for everything.
581
« on: June 26, 2016, 06:41 »
As a Brit I'm very proud of the events that took place last night. I stayed up all night glued to the TV as all the results started to roll in. The people in the UK want change. We invented parliament and democracy in the modern age and yet the EU is the most antidemocratic system put into place. If Brussels and the EU parliament were more transparent and we could elect it's members then I think us Brits would have probably have voted to remain. The EU was initially setup for a free market but year after year they imposed new laws which didn't relate to each individual country.
Both my grandparents fought in the 2nd world wars for our freedom and democratic society. They would have been proud last night if they were both around. The EU is turning into a machine state and once again it's been up to us Brits to save the day for Europe once again. Other countries will go free soon and each country will get back it's originality and freedom.
75 year old people voting for the future of 16 17 yr olds who couldnt vote and didnt want to leave. absolute discgrace. what is eu was the most searched term on google AFTER the referendum results
That would be all the 16 -17 years old's searching then. I'm a dad of 3 young Children and I'm really happy of the decision as we will grow a stronger country for them instead of the crazy red tape we need to go through now.
It's not as if were going to be vanquished from the face of the earth. We still need Europe and Europe needs us, just not the political machine state it's turned out to be.
Think it's stupid laws like this that really got on peoples nerves from the electorates from the EU who we couldn't and didn't elect for...
We are not allowed to buy bent bananas
We are not allowed to buy 100w bulbs
We are not allowed to make and sell hovercrafts to countries were it could save peoples lives as the EU see's it not as a boat
We are not allowed to buy powerful vacuum cleaners
We can't buy eggs by the dozen (must be via weight)
And the list goes on and on and on and on and .................
The EU brought in good laws too, don't get me wrong but common!!!!! We couldn't take anymore B*llsh*t.
That's just not true. I can buy bent bananas, 100w light bulbs, a powerful vacuum cleaner and eggs by the dozen. Some of these may have been EU laws but we either ignored them or they were dropped. I wish people stuck to the truth, this is typical of the false information there is about the EU.
582
« on: June 26, 2016, 02:51 »
I think if the EU had allowed an upper limit of 100,000 a year difference between UK citizens leaving to live in EU countries and EU citizens coming to live in the UK, the vote would of gone the other way.
I blame our UK governments for not building enough schools, hospitals and houses but the EU didn't want us enough to make a reasonable compromise. I would still rather we stayed in but I can see why so many people voted to leave.
583
« on: June 26, 2016, 02:34 »
A drop in the pound is a good thing for Britain it means that their exports to other countries will be cheaper and thus more sales for England, that is why the USA and China are always trying to devalue their currency. Every currency is rushing for the bottom and poor Japan is trying to devalue theirs but everyone keeps jumping into theirs as a safe haven thus keeping them in a permanent recession.
Englands exit will bring back jobs to them and more income not to mention national pride, rights and less bureaucracy!
A drop in the pound isn't good because it makes almost everything cost more. I like getting more money when I change dollars to pounds but it will all go on more expensive fuel, food, clothes and worst of all, photographic equipment.
584
« on: June 26, 2016, 02:28 »
What does a brexit look like?
The Conservatives don't usually pick the person that looks the most obvious choice. Cameron wasn't favourite when they started their last leadership contest. John Major and William Hague were surprises.
585
« on: June 14, 2016, 07:30 »
I use adobe premier elements and have the same work flow as I used with HD. I just save them at the 4k resolution. Not had any rejections and they are recognised as 4K. If MPEG Streamclip doesn't do 4K, there are other free converters out there.
Thanks for this, buddy. I will look into this. Most stock agencies need the file in Quicktime format. Do you do this straight out of Elements??
Yes, you have to dig around the custom settings but it's there. Then you can apply that to any files you save for the sites.
586
« on: June 13, 2016, 17:30 »
...Anyone else has no more sales in the pond...
Not true. I have a relatively small portfolio and still get some sales. The membership program might reduce sales for the rest of us but I don't think we should exaggerate what is happening. The mass rejections of new clips, especially 4k might be just as damaging to sales, as buyers will look elsewhere.
587
« on: June 13, 2016, 03:55 »
They can fix this by simply setting a floor rate. P5 has an oxymoron going on. They sell these high end clips for peanuts (yes there is a subscription). A monthly plan for 5 videos is $69. That brings the cost of a clip to $13.80 assuming a customer downloads all 5 clips. So, the customer does not find what they need. They go to the cheap sh!t collection. WOW, $79 for one video? A video that isn't even considered premium? What a ripoff. So I'd guess that many higher volume buyers have gone to the membership because it's cheaper and has "pretty much"everything they need.
Now, P5 is probably losing revenue, so they come out with that message to raise your prices in the Sh!t collection with the hopes that those cannibalized sales are shored up by higher prices. I am all for higher pricing, so what I am saying is that I believe that this message is a result of their membership model starting to show some cancer.
Who knows, but why on earth would they not have done this way back when? Why wait to now to send that message? I say something from the membership program triggered it.
I thought this collection consists of zero/low sellers, not exactly high end stuff?
Several people have said P5 have picked some of their best clips. I thought contributors could choose what went in but P5 have done it. Seems like they want to stop VB getting their customers.
588
« on: June 13, 2016, 03:51 »
Why are contributors moaning so much about P5 membership when SS via Bigstock and VB are doing exactly the same? Makes no sense to point the finger just at P5.
I don't supply video to BigStock and I am wary of VB and only uploaded a few videos there.
589
« on: June 12, 2016, 07:44 »
It might make some sense if they picked low quality low selling clips for the membership program but people have said that isn't what they are doing. Raising prices too high when you are outside of the membership program doesn't seem like a sensible strategy, as it could encourage more buyers to join it and I can't make money when I have no clips there.
So far I am still selling the occasional clip but I can't help thinking my earnings are going to dry up if more buyers switch to the membership program.
590
« on: June 12, 2016, 06:52 »
Old thread but I am still using a Panasonic micro 4/3 more than anything else. I also use the 1 inch sensor FZ1000 a lot and a smart phone. Funny how I seem to of gone down in sensor size the longer I have been doing microstock. I have a full frame camera but only use it occasionally.
591
« on: June 12, 2016, 06:48 »
Have I totally misunderstood recent concerns expressed here about Pond5's Membership Program, or have I entered an ironic paralell universe?
They are too busy shooting themselves in the foot. We can't do it while they have the gun
592
« on: June 11, 2016, 22:37 »
I use adobe premier elements and have the same work flow as I used with HD. I just save them at the 4k resolution. Not had any rejections and they are recognised as 4K. If MPEG Streamclip doesn't do 4K, there are other free converters out there.
593
« on: May 31, 2016, 03:30 »
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Planes are my Thing - but sadly not very saleable! 
They are very saleable, Cameron Strathdee was doing very well before he sadly passed away but he was great with photoshop. He was also one of the most interesting contributors here. His portfolio might be of interest to you. http://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/sharply_done
594
« on: May 31, 2016, 03:15 »
I did see something about making money here but I'm not sure what the deal is. Will try them when I get going on this later in the year. https://www.360cities.net/No idea why the sites aren't on to this, a few do video clips but why not stills? Looking at these in a viewer is a great experience and when the technology goes mainstream, it should take off.
595
« on: May 31, 2016, 03:00 »
This is Adobe doing it now. Should we all ask for our free version of photoshop to edit the free images The fact that they can't fix this is worrying, how hard can it be? Every contributor will have to keep checking this, such a waste of our time.
596
« on: May 30, 2016, 04:32 »
G seems the most sensible option but I can never resist spending the money. Why not get the 50mm 1.8? That wont cost much but gives you something new to play with. Probably the best lens I have ever bought.
598
« on: May 23, 2016, 02:52 »
Did you look here for your Alamy photos? https://www.alamy.com/news/ The one time I used it, my photo went in there but they are only there for a short time. Alamy use RM for editorial at the moment and you shouldn't send the same photos to the microstock sites as they have an RF license and it's against Alamy rules to mix licences. Alamy can be frustrating, they don't sell as many as the micros but if you sell 1 for over $1,000 and you get 50%, it makes up for it. Almost all my editorial is only on Alamy as RM. They are going to have RF editorial at some point and that will make it possible to use lots of different sites. Mostphotos do editorial RF and don't have reviews, so you could try them for editorial if you want the photos available quickly. I send them some that aren't good for Alamy.
599
« on: May 22, 2016, 16:26 »
Can't the people in the membership collection thing opt out? I don't think people thought P5 would select high quality clips. If they opt out, P5 will disappoint any buyers they have taken from other sites and will only hurt themselves.
I don't think the other sites will get in to a price war, as it isn't the only reason buyers use sites. That's obvious with stills, many sites do well selling the same images at higher prices.
600
« on: May 21, 2016, 01:49 »
I like new sites because those old images become new again. Some I did in 2006 sell well with Canva. My best selling photo currently on SS is 3 years old but shows no signs of slowing down. I've had a few photos stop selling because I came up with a good concept that was copied to death. I don't bother doing that now.
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