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« on: May 30, 2013, 13:10 »
Fantastic. I can now find a profile picture and start to add people to my network again.
I think I am getting there after my absence. Now to add more images - I got stuck on 250 and need to put more effort into that again.
Steve
877
« on: May 30, 2013, 12:42 »
OK - I've reset the SEO to default and saved settings, then checked the symbiocard and network info boxes and saved changes. So am I now visible?
Whose site can I look at to see what my author settings look like - and sorry if that is a question that I should know the answer to!
Steve
878
« on: May 29, 2013, 21:13 »
Version 2.3.7 - done nothing except update from a much earlier version. I put a file in my cart, checked the "agree to terms" box, but the Pay Now button is not active for me. Chrome on Windows 7
Steve
Update - I refreshed the browser and all of a sudden it worked. TO make sure it really was, I cleared the cart, selected an image again and was able to check the box and then buy the file.
879
« on: May 29, 2013, 20:55 »
I have my first 4 members added back. Steve Heap - I can't seem to add you. I'm guessing you need to upgrade to v2 to get us linked up again. Wow!! - I've been away for about 4 weeks doing real work (you know, the sort that pays real money...) and I am trying desperately to catch back up to the leaders. I have updated http://www.backyardstockphotos.com to the latest release (2.3.7) and am trying to integrate all the new features. I think I have created a Symbiocard, but I think it probably only includes me so far. I've just added Dan's site, but the search results don't show that yet. I notice that I now have 3 versions of the Network Directory page - something I am doing is creating multiple pages, but so far, nothing is showing. I need to do some more research in the various posts, but feel free to add me back and see how my site looks from the outside. Steve
880
« on: May 09, 2013, 12:23 »
I have the 17-40 F4, and it is a perfectly good lens. I don't use it a lot though - I tend to go 24-105 first, then then 70-200, then, occasionally the 70-200 with 1.4 extender, and finally the 17-40 in terms of usage. I do carry it everywhere and sometimes it is the only solution, but you can also pan and stitch that works well for wide panoramic shots.
Bottom line - don't spend more than you need!
steve
881
« on: May 08, 2013, 16:41 »
Thats right - I wondered why it looked a bit strange. Why doesnt the color in the sea reflect the sky on the right (and be yellowish) and then be darker and blue on the left where it is reflecting the boat and clouds. That unexpected contrast gives it a strange perspective to my eye.
Steve
882
« on: May 08, 2013, 15:54 »
I'm sure a lot would reject for property release issues unless you made it editorial. Removing the name doesn't seem to cut it these days.
I agree also about the lighting - it is actually quite hard to look at the ship - the bright contrasty area to the right is like a magnet for the eye
Steve
883
« on: May 07, 2013, 11:08 »
Something to think about - does this make sense?
A RF license gives someone a defined set of uses (with no limitations on geography or length of use) but there are limitations on usage - ie the basic license doesn't cover use on a product for resale, for instance. For that you buy an extended license.
A RM license generally puts a defined use into the agreement and payment is often based on that usage or geography - so you can have a price for more copies or a price for using in more territories and also it often has a defined usage timeframe.
However, the pricing of an RM license is up to the seller, so you could have a price for a RM file that gives unlimited territories or timeframe. If you think about the core difference between these two licenses - we don't know the uses that an image is put to under an RF license, we often specify and agree that usage under RM.
So, doesn't that mean that if we have our own sites and we know who our own buyers are, that we could offer the equivalent of an RM license but under one price? So, we could sell an image on Alamy as RM and sell the same image on our own sites as a pseudo RM (one price for a defined set of usages)?
Steve
884
« on: May 05, 2013, 18:59 »
A good month for me. Not the best ever, but pretty close. Total was $2176, helped by some footage sales of the skyline in Boston (around the time of the bombing), which sold for $90+. Pond5 continues to be good - one of several sites over $100, including 123RF, Dreamstime, Fotolia, Alamy, and, of course iStock. Here are the headline graphs. More details as normal on my blog.   Steve
885
« on: May 04, 2013, 10:13 »
I agree that the export as original function exports a raw file as a raw file - it is really just a file copy function. The reason it works for me is that the clipping path gets added in Photoshop, and I then save as a JPEG in the correct color space from PS and import into Lightroom for keywording. Hence the final step of export as original is only used on JPGs.
To remove a specific clipping path, I think you need to delete it in PS before you save as JPG.
Steve
886
« on: May 03, 2013, 13:33 »
My best seller gets about 2-4 downloads a day - maybe 15 - 20 a week. It is hard to see without counting each day.
Steve
887
« on: April 27, 2013, 11:38 »
Even though I use the SI Captcha plugin, I've noticed I'm getting a couple of registrations a day - almost all of them are probably false - they have strange user names and more recently they have aol email addresses.
Two questions - are others getting this (and if not, what protection plugin do you use?). Any idea what the benefit of someone signing up to an account is believed to be? I guess they can post comments without a captcha each time (although I don't have comments available.)
Can they do any other mischief?
Steve
888
« on: April 22, 2013, 16:48 »
BTW. I think it is worth getting the folder structure sorted before you import everything into the LR database. There are two basic choices - one is a data based system - I have a folder for each year and inside it a folder for each month in the year. The other way is more of a shoot or location based system. I guess it depends on whether you can remember when you took a picture, or prefer to think about how you named the project or shoot.
Steve
889
« on: April 22, 2013, 16:44 »
I'll admit my lack of knowledge of PS elements (I use PS), but I think the two approach this very differently. Lightroom is a database system that does not see any images in a folder unless you import them into the database. PS (at least in Bridge which I assume is in Elements) is more of a file manager - you point it at a folder and it immediately reads the files that are present. Move to a different folder and it displays those - it doesn't store anything.
And so, I am almost certain that there are no issues about running both on the same system.
Steve
890
« on: April 22, 2013, 16:18 »
And you can store the database (which is the center of the program as it stores all your keywords, image changes etc. on your external drive as well. I have LR installed on my C drive, have the database on a separate hard drive that is backed up, and have my images on a 2TB external drive. Works fine for me
Steve
891
« on: April 21, 2013, 18:13 »
I noticed those werent enclosing any of the other things like [name] etc. Then it worked ok. This worked for me as well - when I changed the <[your-email]> to [your-email] in the message body Well spotted and good solution Steve
892
« on: April 20, 2013, 20:26 »
Ahh.. I see. Yes, an integration job of an existing calculator. Still relies on the honesty of the buyer though - although if the image is only available via your Symbio site, it would be easy to track.
Steve
893
« on: April 20, 2013, 20:24 »
This prompted me to have a look at how I'm doing this month - $0.85!!! on 4000 images. Nuff said...
Steve
894
« on: April 20, 2013, 20:14 »
Would like to see rights managed Isn't that a much more complex pricing module where you would need to ask questions about usage - print run, regions, etc. and then price the file accordingly? Steve PS - one obvious issue with all usage based charging (EL and RM) is that we are very much in the hands of the buyer being honest about their planned usage for the image.
895
« on: April 20, 2013, 19:46 »
Two blogs from me so far, later one here: http://www.backyardsilver.com/2013/04/backyard-stock-photo-creating-your-own-stock-agency/I also mentioned it in my monthly newsletter to my 350+ subscribers (don't know if that is a bragging right or a disappointing number!!) and I've certainly been getting some visits to my own site through these methods. I've no way of measuring its success it getting people to the Symbiostock site - although I have been contacted by photographers wanting to find out more. Steve
896
« on: April 19, 2013, 16:49 »
Looking at the email timestamps, it takes 4 minutes to do 340 images and I normally have around 45 keywords per image.
Steve
897
« on: April 19, 2013, 16:21 »
I'm at 342 images now and I get 4 emails - 100, 200, 300 and 342. So it works for me, so far!
steve
898
« on: April 18, 2013, 17:03 »
For now, just go to users in the admin page and delete them
Steve
899
« on: April 18, 2013, 11:23 »
These ones from 02.pl are almost always spam registrations. I added Captcha as a plugin - seems to work well with our theme.
Steve
900
« on: April 18, 2013, 08:52 »
I use WP Affiliate on my blog site to reward people whose incoming links results in a sale of my eBook (but 30% there!) and it would certainly work in this environment. I think that each person would have to use the unique affiliate code on the incoming link and the system keeps track of sales as a result of the link (although I think it keeps track of any sale in a fixed number of days after the first entry into the site, which may not be appropriate in our case). However, I'm not at all sure how it would know about the different size images etc. it is one thing to set it up for single item, another altogether to track the complexity we are potentially building.
Having said all that, I'm not sure I'm bothered about affiliate payments particularly - we don't want to get affiliate trolls in the network that just set up sites to funnel sales to real sites and take a commission!
Steve
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