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iStockPhoto.com / Re: Image Deactivation Tally for iStockPhoto

« on: February 02, 2013, 13:11 »

10 (I have a small portfolio lol)

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General Stock Discussion / Re: gograph.com - stolen images?

« on: January 27, 2012, 20:21 »

Sorry I am chiming in when you are logging off. I have to say that I think it's a shame that our names our not associated with the pictures. If I wanted privacy then I never would have posted photos online in the first place.

If you had not posted here, I may not have ever figured out where these photos originally came from. (Plus I accidentally stumbled onto this site and may have never known these were there.) And the lack of either having an account at gograph or being able to search for a photographer name makes it difficult to see how many of my shots are there.

I know that my name is with my photos at Canstock and I see names are with shots at fotosearch. That reasoning of "privacy" just strikes me as odd. But thanks for sharing.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: gograph.com - stolen images?

« on: January 27, 2012, 19:28 »

Thanks for the info. But why don't I see reference to my name with my photos?

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General Stock Discussion / Re: gograph.com - stolen images?

« on: January 27, 2012, 19:06 »

What is a good next step? I haven't run into this before. I found their support page and sent notes to remove the photos but not sure if that will help. Not sure when shutterstock would actually step in either.

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General Stock Discussion / gograph.com - stolen images?

« on: January 27, 2012, 18:38 »

I was wondering if any of you knew if www.gograph.com is an affiliate of one of the micro sites? I found some images of mine there, and I think they got them from shutterstock.com. I contacted shutterstock and they said that gograph was not an affiliate. (Shutterstock told me to send the DMCA notice.)

I'm certain they are stolen. I'm also wondering if they bought a certain size and then are reselling it.

Anyone know anything about this site? You might also want to look for your pictures there too.

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123RF / Re: Change in Commission Structure for 123RF.com Contributors

« on: January 03, 2012, 18:31 »

Quote from: sponner on January 03, 2012, 16:16

True microbius, and as a marginal I agree to a certain extent.

Having said that if there was a notice of this change and a reasonable amount of time to cross the threshold I would have no complaints.

I agree. I think it's the lack of notice that makes me unhappy. I guess this is a lesson to be learned tho for not submitting on a regular basis.

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123RF / Re: Change in Commission Structure for 123RF.com Contributors

« on: January 02, 2012, 14:50 »

Looks like the select few were given this notice? Oh well... I'm not a super seller for 123rf but I have been loyal. Guess I did not make the cut. Not much incentive to add more photos now. How unfortunate because I've always liked them and I think there recent marketing efforts on facebook have been really good for business.

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Shutterstock.com / Re: HotDang! PayDay

« on: February 20, 2010, 00:50 »

Congrats Warren!

Someone must be doing a book on deer because one of my shots sold for the same amount. I thought it was a mistake at first but the $$ is still there.

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General Stock Discussion / Re: A day without MSG

« on: April 20, 2009, 11:49 »

I missed it too and I don't even post here much. Just a lurker who's learned a lot here...

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StockXpert.com / Re: Photos.com - pay per download

« on: December 15, 2008, 11:18 »

I guess I am the lame one then because my photos.com download paid $0.30 Oh well lol I guess I will be crossing my fingers for some better stuff...

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General - Top Sites / Re: Use of Photoshop plug-ins?

« on: November 09, 2008, 22:09 »

Quote from: Sandralise on November 09, 2008, 22:00

I am the author of ( http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-2180741-abstract-background-of-holiday-lights.html) There was no plug-in used in that photo. It's a blurred focus of christmas tree lights with a few stamps of little stars. That's all...

I probably used the wrong word in choosing "plug-in" because I could not find a good way to describe it. Thanks for posting some info about it. It's a beautiful photo!

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General - Top Sites / Re: Use of Photoshop plug-ins?

« on: November 09, 2008, 14:00 »

I was doing a search on this topic because I saw a bokeh photo with starbursts and wanted to know how to do it lol. (never thought to search for "plug-in" duh!)

Anyway - do all sites accept this combination of photos and plug-ins? I saw this photo on shutterstock today

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-2180741-abstract-background-of-holiday-lights.html

and that is what got me thinking about this.

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Microstock Services / Re: Prostockmaster WOW!

« on: November 09, 2008, 12:31 »

I just wanted to say that I found this software because of the site and it's perfect for someone like me. I need a nice system to keep organized and it really helps. I have the free version right now but someday I will upgrade. I know right now you all are going back and forth on some stuff, but I'm glad the info was posted here.