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Messages - Perry
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802
« on: December 27, 2010, 11:40 »
Yet another iStock fiasco!
803
« on: December 27, 2010, 10:57 »
GI= Getty Images sales maybe?
Oh... you are propably right.
804
« on: December 27, 2010, 10:51 »
I just looked at my contributor stats and noticed something that I can't recall seeing before:
File Purchase, Extended Licences, Prints, Buy Requests, Partner Program and....wait... G.I. Sales ?
What are those purple-colored G.I. Sales and how can I get some?
805
« on: December 23, 2010, 17:56 »
I requested payment on monday, and received my payment today thursday. Very speedy, but that just is proof that they keep our money just for fun over a week, the CAN pay in four days if they would want to.
806
« on: December 21, 2010, 13:48 »
I sometimes like images with punchy colors, but this is over the top. Not much, but a bit. The image is also noisy and not quite sharp.
And in a peacock image we usually want to see the tail feathers.
807
« on: December 15, 2010, 14:53 »
Can you suggest how I need to change my setup/techniques to improve the lighting:
You might try some black of grey "reflectors" on the both sides of the syringe. You may need to put them so close that it shows in the image, but removing them in PS is a quick procedure.
808
« on: December 15, 2010, 05:38 »
I use Filezilla too.
809
« on: December 14, 2010, 18:20 »
There is a number of reasons why someone would have two accounts, one for buying and one for contributing.
If I were working at some company as a designer, I would have one buyer's account.
And If I was contributing images in my free time, I sure wouldn't be using the same account I am using at work.
810
« on: December 14, 2010, 12:55 »
811
« on: December 14, 2010, 12:47 »
Some admin in the iStock forums claimed that iStock makes 50% of it's revenue in four last months of the year (sept-dec). Do you see the same pattern in your sales or is this just an illusion caused by iStock's growth? (or are they lying)
812
« on: December 14, 2010, 06:00 »
for noise i use noise ninja.
surely for noise reduction, noise ninja helps a lot. just install the plug in photoshop 
Hmm... new member with just one message, bumping an old thread from 2006... This can only mean one thing...
813
« on: December 13, 2010, 18:24 »
Yes, a very significant drop here also. Last month was BME and this month can be the worst of this year.
814
« on: December 13, 2010, 17:57 »
Can't wait for the editorial fiasco!
815
« on: December 13, 2010, 15:21 »
I noticed one interesting point: iStock does have a better understanding about what "editorial" means than most of the micro sites. In fact it's total opposite.
I think they have chosen a strategy that encourages to upload images that have a long "shelf life" instead of snaps of events that are downloaded once or twice while they are new and nothing afterwards.
(I still hate iStock)
816
« on: December 12, 2010, 18:51 »
Sorry, but I don't think these have potential.
817
« on: December 10, 2010, 08:02 »
It seems to be a glitch... it's the same sales repeating, repeating, repeating, repeating...
818
« on: December 09, 2010, 13:04 »
--
819
« on: December 09, 2010, 10:32 »
The buyer works in a company = The Buyer shops where he/she is used to, as long as he/she can find the images he/she needs.
The buyer is a poor freelancer paying for the images himself/herself = The Buyer might shop around for lower prices.
820
« on: December 08, 2010, 18:43 »
- How would you go about assessing a cameras quality without being able to shoot a test roll?
You have so many things to learn 
821
« on: December 07, 2010, 08:04 »
I mean, I feel sorry for the guys joining this crap, even more sorry for the ones producing this in the hope of mega sales.
A succesful "isolated" image can be a real bestseller, some of my bestsellers are objects on white. And if I also calculate the cost creating the image (easy setup in studio, no models, no model-releases) the earnings can be really good. I still do isolations, but I tend to search holes in the collection or make my images either better or somehow different from the ones already for sale. I also try to shoot some "difficult" subjects (some shiny, translucent or big&heavy objects that are too difficult for an amateur). The problem is that it's very difficult to predict what sells, the buyers find some of my images appealing and download it several hundred times. And some images that I like has only a few downloads... you never know... That said, I don't understand people who upload crappy isolated images of objects that are already done a thousand times.
822
« on: December 05, 2010, 10:07 »
Great pic - love it. I'd have added a bit more space around the globe.
+1
823
« on: December 05, 2010, 09:19 »
I just checked the OP's Dreamstime portfolio, I couldn't find anything suspicious. This will be very interesting to follow.
In the other hand - Kamphi's portfolio is suspicious with tracings of well known photographs, for example Jimi Hendrix, Blues Brothers, Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry, James Bond / Pierce Brosnan etc.
824
« on: December 05, 2010, 07:10 »
List of sites that doesn't screw their contributors:
iStockphoto
Dreamstime
Fotolia
Shutterstock
Hmm... nothing left...
I hope this one clears up, I would be very furious if this happened to me... I can't understand why SS hasn't sent even an email. (has the OP checked his junk mail folder?)
825
« on: December 04, 2010, 19:27 »
Using pirated software has nothing to do with image copyright.
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