Quote from: Jo Ann Snover on March 16, 2017, 13:18

Quote from: Deformat on March 16, 2017, 11:36
...Am I right that this is a new form of stock photography but geared towards things like Instagram?

Will this eventually supersede stock?

It's more like the internet-ization of assignment photography, largely because no one but the single client can use the images. There have been a number of attempts at this sort of thing - ages ago, iStock tried Buy Request, which flopped; various smartphone photography crowdsourced "assignment" outfits; ImageBrief.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/general-macrostock/new-mymarketplace-access-on-imagebrief/

Stock is about licensing to multiple buyers (even RM only has exclusives for a period of time). This site doesn't appear to be in that market but does appear to want to cost shift from the client to the photographer.

Yep totally understand, and yeah if you already have a large microstock portfolio, you wouldn't want to jump into shooting for clients like this, when you can license to lots of small buyers instead of shooting for one big one. I heard they are expanding, so be interesting to see if the decline in stock sales is due to businesses like these.

I reckon for photographers starting out this would be a better option

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on March 28, 2017, 18:11

Quote from: Deformat on March 28, 2017, 18:06
Ok so I signed up and have been sent a couple of tasks, doing a shoot for Absolut vodka for them this weekend, and have put myself forward for a Listerine GIF, not created a GIF before but it looks easy, I guess.

Are you actually "doing a shoot for Absolut", or are you one of many doing a spec shoot that includes Absolut?

Yep, I was one of four photographers hired to shoot for absolut, contract in place and agreed fee and expenses before I shot anything, they posted the product to my studio, I just needed to organise it and make sure my shots we're good. This site has changed my view on things.

Borrowed a friend's apartment to do the shoot and paid a few friends from the budget to come over and pretend it was a party atmosphere. took about 2hours to shoot and we all had a drink at the end. Getting paid end of the week.

Enjoyed the challenge and I used to do similar stuff for stock, except it would then take 12 months to recoup the costs, was pretty cool shooting for a big brand and getting my name out there, and all the free vodka was a bonus  .

Ok so I signed up and have been sent a couple of tasks, doing a shoot for Absolut vodka for them this weekend, and have put myself forward for a Listerine GIF, not created a GIF before but it looks easy, I guess.

Ha, nice quote, love Andrew Marr, my journalism days are over, I wonder if I saw a similar headline and it was an unconscious thing

Quote from: namussi on March 23, 2017, 14:20
Is this website the future of branded Stock?

I quote the journalist Andrew Marr:

If the headline asks a question, try answering 'no'. Is This the True Face of Britain's Young? (Sensible reader: No.) Have We Found the Cure for AIDS? (No; or you wouldn't have put the question mark in.) Does This Map Provide the Key for Peace? (Probably not.) A headline with a question mark at the end means, in the vast majority of cases, that the story is tendentious or over-sold. It is often a scare story, or an attempt to elevate some run-of-the-mill piece of reporting into a national controversy and, preferably, a national panic. To a busy journalist hunting for real information a question mark means 'don't bother reading this bit'.

Quote from: Sean Locke Photography on March 21, 2017, 21:54
Not enough details, and I'm not giving my info to see a demo video.  Sounds like imageBrief though.  I don't see anything that doesn't say they don't give the brief to a hundred people.  Then they "curate" it.

I think the demo is for clients Sean, not photographers,    I'm signed up so I'll let you know how my first job goes

Do you use Imagebrief? have you ever sold anything through imagebrief?

All depends on what the job is, is it going to be good portfolio stuff? can sell seconds as stock? they are fun people to work with? can they give you product in return?

If so give them a bit of a discount

I've taken the plunge and signed up, I think you are wrong though from what I have gathered from the site they set you a specific number of images they want you to shoot and then you have to deliver those images, I would be surprised if they rejected all your images as then they would not have anything to send to the client, I guess if your photos are bad they would reject them.

As Pauws99 mentioned, its just the same risk as stock photography except here at least you have a buyer ready to purchase them,

I am starting to warm to the concept

Posted in another section but wanted to get everyones opinion on it:

So I got invited to register as a contributor to this website, I wondered if anyone has tried it?
here's a link I was sent by one of their staff: http://www.flashstock.com/kit


I don't usually take on paid assignments from clients like this. It looks like they send you briefs to shoot for brands social media accounts, and your images are used on their instagram etc. Looks like they have some big names signed up which is cool, some food and drinks brands and airlines, and looks like you are guaranteed the fee which is nice.


An extra money maker on top of shooting stock? or is this the future and will we see traditional stock decline?

It seems legit, but I don't think it will be popular with traditional stock photographers as you need to be quite flexible to shoot this, and you have to have a broad skillset.

Thanks Jo Ann you make some good points and I will investigate a little further.

I've signed up and I am waiting to hear back, be good to get some more opinions and I'm surprised no one on the forums have tried it yet?

Am I right that this is a new form of stock photography but geared towards things like Instagram?

Will this eventually supersede stock?

So I got invited to register as a contributor to this website, I wondered if anyone has heard of it? I don't usually take on paid assignments like this. Basically they send you briefs to shoot for brands social media accounts, and your images are used on their instagram etc. Looks like they have some big names signed up which is cool, some food and drinks brands and airlines, and looks like you are guaranteed the fee which is nice.

But I'm not sure whether it's good or not, here's a link I was sent by one of their staff: http://www.flashstock.com/kit

What's everyones opinion? An extra money maker on top of shooting stock?

all those keywords are pretty much fine from the buyers perspective all those keywords are spot on. From a business point of view you want to tailor your keywords to the buyer, honestly and accurately

I think in microstock people lose site of this and that is why your image got rejected, photographs are conceptual as they are literal, poorly educated people would say that these keywords are not relevant, yet most are conceptual and have no physical presence in the image.

Quote from: batman on April 09, 2009, 21:58
To expect an open border union is ridiculous at most, highly undoable at least.
Why not just get a handful of hot shot photographers to join force with you? Your combined talents would get equal those stock producing machine that are the big sellers at this moment.  It's more realistic and doable if you just look within your own network and get the people you feel comfortable working with you , than  dream of a revolution which is like barking at the moon. A more realistic force is to get your network to form as one "band"  under one name or brand if you like.
Forget the union.

What an excellent idea, I bet there are loads of microstock contributors who have the technical knowledge to build a site, forget the union just go independent, sell on your own terms, take a risk and quit whining.

either that or just join the AOP!

Hi group,

I'm planning a trip to South Africa this spring and i'm trying to figure out how to make the most of this trip. I'm shooting stock for about half of it, and driving around doing some photo favours at a few vineyards and communities. Anyone have any advice for shooting in this country? anything I should prepare for and any stock subjects I should cross off my list as being overshot?

I'm hoping to recover the initial outlay within 6-12months,
thanks in advance

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i cant see how it would work, the cultures different on flickr, its not about selling. I know a lot of artists that use flickr for their work. I'd assume a lot of people would opt out of selling, it would ruin the creativeness. I dont see this happening, especially when you have to pay for flickr anyway

anyone else see this?

http://imagery.gettyimages.com/getty_images_uk_web_promo/index.html?isource=GBR_home_banner_octUKpromo

it looks slightly absurd but maybe its an enticement to picture editors in the same way airmiles are to business travellers.

buy Langford's basic photography i know some lphotographers and lecturers who update it. It really is the best, I still use it to check up on stuff. Then in a year buy Langfords advanced photography. Keep it up, it improves your photography