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« on: October 03, 2024, 20:15 »
I have lived in these mountains most of my life, the news is not talking about or showing you how bad it really is! Whole towns are completely gone, I have been working the past 4 days in just helping who we can. Aunt's house gone, work place flooded and having to relocate and we have it good!!! The amount of destruction is beyond words! Zero national guard or FEMA you are completely on your own, people are starving and have no clean water, 2,000 people stuck in one location has gone six days with no food. I am not asking for anything I faired well with only a power outage for 4 days!!! If you can help find a charity you can trust and help. Loss for words now https://youtu.be/XYnVbBXuPfU?si=2GqYpdgyDjzUOzDC
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« on: June 21, 2024, 08:48 »
I have been in this industry for a looooong time, I still earn thousands a month on my stock "mostly video" As I see people getting hammered on photos and I have the same concerns I was wondering if we all went to P5 which is not perfect and priced our largest size at $10 and just uploaded there then hey we would at least see a decent return on our images. Oh I am aware of the getting sales and traffic problem but I think it could be done!
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« on: August 17, 2021, 17:34 »
Hello,
I have learned lot over the past 10 years! I have shot in hospitals with my drone, out of a hot air ballon, at a fire station and the list goes on and on. My income has not been climbing even as I have produced a lot over the past year and so now I am moving on to other pastures. I have been very blessed to have done stock video as a living for the past 10 years and I have zero regrets!! It has been fun and amazing but I can not sustain my family just doing stock anymore! I have a degree in radiology from Kettering so I am going to focus on medical needs outside of the medical field. I will be selling health books that have impacted my life and I believe people will need in order to stay healthy in the future! I will still dabble in stock here and there but am shifting my focus now to health and wellness. Thanks to all here for the encouragement and discouragement :-) the forum can be a wild place. I have spent the most amazing 10 years with my family doing stock!!! Good luck to those who are in it full-time still and a final and happy farewell to all of you! Crafted Shutter aka jjneff
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« on: February 13, 2020, 11:56 »
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« on: November 08, 2019, 13:15 »
Hello, I thought all of you might enjoy this https://youtu.be/Cpgu8UVrvaM Would love to hear your opinions on this below! Thanks
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« on: February 14, 2018, 09:16 »
You know I have often wondered why I don't see stock companies like ShutterStock advertise on TV. Well I am happy to say I love to
see Adobe Stock being advertised on major Networks!!!
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« on: August 02, 2017, 10:31 »
I have been looking for a structure like this, I have been asked to apply and have applied. This is the business model of the future for sure. Now I get $3.50 per sale no matter what! I am tired of getting pennies! Now you say how do they make their money? Subscriptions of course, You pay a yearly subscription then you can purchase images at a reduced cost while the artist gets 100% you goal as a business is to keep your subscribers so the larger and better the collection the more likely that will happen. The artist is happy the buyer is happy and the business is happy! I love videoblocks and it is growing month over month, I hope to see it explode as each sale I make either $47.00 or $197.00 works for me! Once accepted to GraphicStock I will not be loading images to anyone else, I find it a waste of time mostly and no reason I can't make a few bucks from each sale!!
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« on: March 14, 2017, 10:43 »
So I looked at my Nov. earnings from Getty in the Portal before they turned it off. I had earnings of $1,122.00 and no red returns on that statement! I just got an email from them that said that $1020.00 are returns so now I owe them $1020.00 and they will deduct that from my future earnings. I can not go back and pull that text file to prove it so I am just shafted. These were Premium Access sales. So 98% of all my Getty PA sales are returns for the month of Nov. 2016!
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« on: October 06, 2016, 08:23 »
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« on: September 30, 2016, 15:27 »
Hello, This may be pie in the sky. What I am looking for is a script or software to load my batch of video files from dropbox to shutterstock, Pond5...etc via ftp. I want to use their upload bandwidth not my own for a faster upload. Is this possible? I don't need keywording my upload speed is relatively slow.
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« on: August 04, 2016, 05:54 »
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« on: December 02, 2015, 17:57 »
Feel free to message me on this. I am looking for a good csv template I can use for SS, Pond5 and others. can I build one template for all? if not which should I use and the best way to modify it for other sites. Thanks. Yes looking at the non-exclusive route.
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« on: November 25, 2015, 17:34 »
Hello,
I have a friend who is in college for graphic arts. I do not know the best sites for graphic artist. I would like to steer her towards the upper end like Stocksy for photos. Any suggestions on where to make the best money online for her? Thanx!
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« on: November 19, 2015, 20:39 »
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« on: September 04, 2015, 17:28 »
I have a drone and use it all the time for stock. I stay below 400ft. don't fly over large crowds, stay away from airports and the list goes on. Dummies like this http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/04/us/us-open-tennis-drone-arrest/index.html are making a mess for those of us who use them properly. For stock if I use it with models they are aware and it is very controlled. Just please use some common sense if you have a drone. Flying over Niagara Falls was not a risk to anyone but my drone!!
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« on: July 19, 2015, 08:32 »
You can spank me for the shameless pimping but if you have never seen the falls from this angle it is fun. Hope you enjoy. PS. No purchase necessary! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hei1XfMVSls
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« on: June 29, 2015, 20:04 »
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« on: April 09, 2015, 11:06 »
Winter dullness set in in early March so we decided to head for the Keys. I made up my mind this year that I was going to turn it into a full scale stock production and my family would be the actors. Four days before we were supposed to go my wife spiked a fever at 102.5 for 3 days straight then it went down a bit but she still felt miserable. We put off the vacation for a few days and then she said lets just go. She was still running a fever so I drove the 14 hours with her and the two boys which were sick as well. Needless to say we were all tired but I am undaunted to get the footage I wanted. They were really good sports and walked miles for me to get to where I wanted to shoot. They only rebeled a little so I had to back off of my aggressive shooting schedule. I am blessed to have a loving and beautiful family. I did a lot of planning for this trip and we all worked hard. Hope it pays off Here is a small sample from our trip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZGc2LeZEas&feature=youtu.beSpecial Thanks to my beautiful wife and Boys!!
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« on: April 07, 2015, 18:41 »
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« on: April 01, 2015, 11:41 »
Five years ago on April Fools / Good Friday I was cut from my job. Even when stock drives me crazy I am blessed to have had so much time with my family! Here is to another five years 
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« on: March 13, 2015, 08:08 »
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« on: July 10, 2014, 06:56 »
We wanted to let you know that as part of our continuing dedication to making your images easily accessible to the greatest possible number of potential customers, we have just launched a major update to our iPhone and iPad apps for both Getty Images(application will be available July 17, 2014) and iStock by Getty Images. You can download the new iStock by Getty Images apps at the link above.
As the press-release going out today notes:
According to data from comScore , mobile devices accounted for 55% of internet usage in the US in January, with apps accounting for 47% of that traffic.. With people increasingly embracing mobile access to execute work-related tasks, the iOS apps allow creative storytellers to pursue their ideas wherever they are. The apps enable users to search, curate and share millions of rich conceptual and editorial images available at iStock and Getty, and delve into the historic Getty Images photo archive.
These apps have been built with the busy creative and media professionals in mind; each of the app interfaces provides a beautiful, modern look and feel with robust usability.
While users cannot license images directly from the apps, weve added and improved features to make it easy for them to find and share images for projects wherever and whenever then want. Those features include:
Search: Users can easily search millions of creative, editorial and archival images.
Save: Tapping and holding allows users to add an image to their most recently created or updated lightbox.
Share: The apps allow for seamless sharing of lightboxes and single or multiple images with colleagues or clients. Users of the Getty Images app can access embed codes and share imagery in their blogs, when used for a non-commercial purpose.
Size: On iPad, the details of an image can be viewed with a simple pinch and zoom.
We are always working on making it as easy and appealing as possible for customers to find your images, and to keep Getty Images as their #1 source, and this is another big step in that effort.
The new apps are available on iPhone 5, iPad 3 and higher devices, as well as iOS7 compatible devices. If you havent already, please download or update our apps from the iOS App Store and check out how well they highlight your images and make it easy for you to find your images and build and share lightboxes.
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