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951
« on: February 01, 2015, 14:47 »
All of the agencies used to accept scanned images and iStock even used to have specially trained inspectors for them. I haven't submitted scans in a few years so don't know right now. You might need to ask the agencies individually or maybe just sign up and submit a few to see what happens.
Scans of 4x5s should be huge and will need to be downsized for submission, but that should keep them plenty sharp. I wouldn't spend the money on scanning for microstock only but if you are planning to do it anyway it is worth a shot. Good luck!
952
« on: February 01, 2015, 14:42 »
Nope, you can (and should!) send all of your images to the same sites, unless you have submitted them exclusively or RM somewhere.
953
« on: February 01, 2015, 09:53 »
Congratulations on your good sales on FT. For me Ft made about 8% as much as SS, which is a little below the average of around 10%. This is different from December where it was 24%, but this month it was closer to normal.
954
« on: January 31, 2015, 09:08 »
New uploads are showing up but it is taking a few days
955
« on: January 31, 2015, 08:54 »
... or pretending I care about mission statements...
LOL! I know that feeling exactly!
956
« on: January 31, 2015, 08:33 »
Btw. shots or shoots? I never know which form is correct in English 
Either one, depending on the context. Shots for individual images, shoots for all of the shots taken in the same shoot. For the subject of the OP either one would work.
957
« on: January 30, 2015, 09:22 »
I've had a couple batches of editorial approved in three days but regular RF has been waiting more than a week. Were yours editorial or commercial?
958
« on: January 30, 2015, 09:18 »
Sounds like a great camera but probably will be too expensive to justify using it for 35 cents a download!
959
« on: January 30, 2015, 09:14 »
I could potentially be hit by a car when leaving the house so I started living like a cabbage.
LOOOOOOOOOOL!!!
Hey, i just looked at your portfolio and it made me............. "LOOOOOOOOOOL!!!"
You seem to be anonymous and haven't provided any links to your portfolio. Please don't make comments about someone else's portfolio when you are hiding behind anonymity - that is pathetic.
960
« on: January 29, 2015, 13:36 »
That's a perfect summary by Elena
961
« on: January 28, 2015, 09:23 »
Lee, is there any chance of getting better portfolio management system, something like what Shutterstock has? I need to click to 55 pages to see what I have accepted and what is rejected or pending. There is no way to filter a portfolio. Having a page with 100 images in lines would be a great improvement. Shutterstock's Catalog Manager is very good. Also is it possible to get more image stats and show thumbnails of sold images? Thanks for considering.
You can see which are accepted easily enough by clicking on the image ID for one of those that has sold, then click on your name by the smiley icon and it brings up your portfolio of accepted images. Unfortunately I think the only way to see rejected images is to scroll through. A better image management system or an e-mail when images have ben reviewed definitely would be helpful.
962
« on: January 28, 2015, 09:17 »
I already haven't had any images reviewed for a few months, so I'm hoping this is an improvement! 
Me too...
A couple days ago I had one reviewed that was submitted during the middle of August so that seems to be where they are in the queue. Unfortunately for me I only submitted a few trial images during August then stopped to see if there were sales so didn't submit anything else until November - I guess it will be a while before those get reviewed.
963
« on: January 27, 2015, 22:44 »
I thought those were hilarious. I don't see how the original photographer could be held liable for what somebody else did with Photoshop, especially when the intention is clearly humorous. I imagine some models might not like it, but hopefully they would have at least a rudimentary sense of humor. In any event they would have no grounds to go after the original photographer.
964
« on: January 27, 2015, 08:56 »
Up about 11%, roughly in keeping with portfolio increase. DT, FT, iS, Veer all down in 2014 compared to 2013, others up, mostly SS.
965
« on: January 24, 2015, 09:17 »
Wow, thanks for letting us know - I didn't realize we had to redo the payment choice again either. You'd think iStock could have transferred that information over... oh, what am I thinking?
966
« on: January 24, 2015, 09:10 »
I wouldn't call $1000 a fortune for an exclusive video that can't be duplicated - seems like a reasonable price to me or maybe even cheap, and of course is only possible if someone is willing to pay it. It's easy for her to criticize someone else's asking price when she wasn't the one who made the video. Selling it for a few dollars would be more disgusting. Whether they should be profiting from someone else's misfortune at all is another question. However, any photographer crazy enough to put themselves in harm's way in a war zone should certainly be well compensated for their risks. For me if it comes down to a choice between going to Syria to photograph ISIS or doing another isolated apple in my studio then the apple shot suddenly becomes much more interesting - I'd rather keep my head attached to the rest of my body for as long as possible, even if it means being poor. Anyone who chooses the opposite should be paid well - Getty is just doing their job in this case.
967
« on: January 24, 2015, 08:40 »
I use MPEG Streamclip, which is free and works on a Mac. It does very basic stuff fine. For stabilization I imagine you will have to pay.
968
« on: January 23, 2015, 14:13 »
As long as you didn't earn any money while in the US I think you should be OK.
969
« on: January 23, 2015, 12:56 »
Thanks for posting about that - I didn't realize we needed to do this and it would have been annoying to have tax withheld.
970
« on: January 23, 2015, 08:29 »
But the question you ask is the reason i don't have anything in DT's dreadful free section or on iStock's StockXpert (I think that's their free site, isn't it?).
No, StockXpert is the remains of an agency that iS bought and basically froze - images there still sell, they are not free (I still get a few DLs there a month and will close that account when that stops). I cant imagine anyone letting their images be sent to a free section.
971
« on: January 23, 2015, 08:25 »
When you get offered "insulting" deals, it's not so much the agencies that have changed, it's the expectations of the contributors.
Interesting observation and I think it is quite accurate. How many of us were happy with 25 cents per DL when we started with SS but now want much more? I think you're right here - the agencies have had their way with us for years, only now we are starting to notice.
972
« on: January 22, 2015, 09:28 »
When I was looking I tried Zerene and Helicon. I couldn't get the trial version of Zerene to work on my Mac so went with Helicon Focus and it mostly works great. Almost all of my isolations are stacks and they get through (most of the) SS reviewers with no problem.
973
« on: January 22, 2015, 09:17 »
Well I could use another middle tier site but my other middle tier sites accept about 90% of what I upload. That makes it a easier to build a portfolio large enough to have some sales.
My first submission to Pond5 was all images that had been accepted and been selling well for some time at my best sites (SS, IS, DT.) When less that 50% were accepted at Pond5 it was clear to me that - for whatever reason - I would not be able to build a portfolio there that would have enough sales to justify the effort.
Slow reviewing is acceptable. Reviewing that is both slow and consistently declines images that sell well elsewhere is not acceptable.
Until I am assured that the reviewing situation has changed I will forgo uploading to Pond5.
fred
That's strange - my acceptance rate there is almost 100% and the few they rejected were reasonable. I would try them again. Slow and consistently rejecting good images is what I see at PhotoDune but not P5.
974
« on: January 19, 2015, 21:37 »
Subs sales are more than 50% less than the usual pace, but high-value sales are higher making $$$ normal overall or maybe even slightly better. Like others, old images selling better than new. Weird, but I'll take it.
975
« on: January 19, 2015, 21:33 »
I uploaded a batch today and it was reviewed in 30 minutes so seems to be working fine. I used ftp so can recommend that.
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