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Messages - Sean Locke Photography
6876
« on: May 27, 2009, 08:30 »
what i would like to do is monetize my images that don't sell well or at all on macros.
but i'm afraid their payout is simply not worth it, i'll see how it goes, now i'm on shutterstock uploading some junk made years ago.
Yeah, I'm sure that will pay out in spades. You should be out traveling, shooting "editorial" of random, unsuspecting people and monetizing that. Why are you still here?
6877
« on: May 26, 2009, 16:43 »
I think it's three for everyone.
6878
« on: May 26, 2009, 16:15 »
iStock sizes are somewhat based on the typical print sizes like A3, A4, etc. at 300dpi.
6879
« on: May 26, 2009, 12:33 »
i wouldnt trust anonymous people find on the net to manage my pictures.
who's gonna tell you they dont resell your images elsewhere or that they dont sell crops, b&w, etc ?
Well, at least there's one sensible thing you've said today.
6880
« on: May 26, 2009, 12:31 »
privacy reasons.
How about if we promise not to send you any postal mail or come knocking at your door?
6881
« on: May 26, 2009, 12:26 »
Why don't you post a few of your quality shots so we can see them? Or point us to your portfolio?
6882
« on: May 26, 2009, 12:15 »
on top of this, the requirement to pass istock and others QC is just ridicolous, they even rejected some pictures i sold more than once on macros !
now, i can understand micros are not the right place for editorial images but my pictures were razor sharp and technically more than OK, yet they said "lack of focus" and yadda yadda.
Ah, so here's your frustration. You're not able to pass QC. 99% of images that owners say are "razor sharp", aren't.
6883
« on: May 26, 2009, 06:22 »
I feel if I am trying to make money off of even beginning or aspiring models, they deserve some money up front, especially as I am not going to try and waste my time shooting for their portfolio. No TFP for me.
6884
« on: May 25, 2009, 20:59 »
So, how do your sales turn out, not paying anyone and being creative?
What's your arrangement with models? Is there any fee beyond the usual in TFP (transport, food, drinks)? I know some people work with a percentage of sales only, to keep the model motivated.
Are you asking me or lephotography? BTW, I told a model the other day that I am not able entertain the "percentage of sales" model, sorry if that means we can't work together.
6885
« on: May 25, 2009, 19:14 »
Quite the group of intellectuals reading the GMA site there...
6886
« on: May 25, 2009, 14:13 »
So, how do your sales turn out, not paying anyone and being creative?
6887
« on: May 23, 2009, 09:03 »
"I'm sorry, but there is nowhere that you can make 'money' with microstock
All you are doing it selling your work for a pittance and in the process lowing the value of photography in every other field.
If your photographs are good enough to sell, then you should sell them for the proper value and not like this."
You say "You're right. Thanks." Do you have the need to have others to tell you you're right? Let what works for you work for you.
6888
« on: May 22, 2009, 07:44 »
*, I had to go around the laundry pile today.
6889
« on: May 22, 2009, 07:08 »
Here's my problem. What to my model to do? She will look good in business type clothes, light makeup, neat hair. She is also quite athletic. For the first session I want to work out of doors. Is there an effective way of coming up with ideas for what clients want? How do you find out? Where too look?
This whole stock thing is quite new to me and different from what I have done before so I feel a bit adrift!
This is what separates the more successful contributors from those not as successful. You will need to come up with a way to create your own ideas. There is enough material out there to facilitate this.
6890
« on: May 21, 2009, 18:19 »
SJLocke: 200% of my pictures are accepted and featured on page 1 of best match. You are non-exclusive and therefore do not exist.
I wish. The first part, I mean. You may just be a figment of my imagination and not exist.
6891
« on: May 21, 2009, 15:10 »
You're one of thousands of new contributors trying to get in. Or are you in and you are having troubles submitting? I can't really tell from your mail what your exact issue is.
6892
« on: May 21, 2009, 14:52 »
"Small businesses, home businesses, consultants and students need images to help improve the look of their marketing campaigns and presentations. They struggle to find high-quality, affordable images for their company brochures, Web sites, advertising and newsletters. Today, the struggle is over," explains Patrick Lor, President, PhotoXpress North America.
If they're struggling, they must not know how to use google. The microstock RF model is squarely aimed at those people. I don't see this as being able to gain new buyers for regular sales, which is the stated goal.
6895
« on: May 21, 2009, 05:56 »
sjlocke called and said to spread the word 
Heh heh...
6896
« on: May 20, 2009, 20:20 »
Sorry to be a bit critical, but that doesn't seem like the kind of thing to build a quality collection from.
6897
« on: May 20, 2009, 11:04 »
Sorry sljocke, but you are exclusive on iStock - how may you know how microstock works?
You just know how iStock works ;-)
Because from what I read here, people have to keep shoving stuff into the SS collection as fast as possible to keep sales up. Not so much true at IS.
6898
« on: May 20, 2009, 06:58 »
That is exactly how microstock works.
No, this is how Shutterstock works.
6899
« on: May 19, 2009, 21:57 »
6900
« on: May 19, 2009, 20:21 »
It's not likely "unusual objects" would end up paying for the time spent anyways.
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