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« on: May 24, 2008, 11:20 »
Hi, What 3d raytrace software is used for generating stock images?  I want to give it a try (used autocad/inventor at work), but don't want to start with buying a $$$ 3d software package  . And perhaps something more image related (iso technical) Is there something free or cheap around that generates good enough quality for the stock sites? Thanks, Bjorn
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« on: May 24, 2008, 08:43 »
I'm selling images on the micro stock sites for a few years now and I'm thinking now of submitting photo's to Alamy too.
Can you give me some tips on submitting to Alamy (compared to micro)?
Thanks,
Bjorn
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« on: May 24, 2008, 08:26 »
Hi,
3 questions about HDR (high dynamic range, combining exposures of multiple photo's):
1) Do you use it for (micro) stock photography? (and why? since 90% is used for web)
2) What is your acceptance/submitting experience related to ghosting (moving objects), artifacs & sharpness.
3) What HDR software are you using (if any)?
Thanks,
Bjorn
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« on: December 04, 2007, 02:16 »
Hi, Any (dutch) out here who submit to http://www.nationalebeeldbank.nl/ ? I would like to hear your experiences. Is it worth translating all your keywords back to dutch? Thanks for sharing!
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« on: October 19, 2007, 01:18 »
Hi, just looked at the new balance sheet on stockXpert to find out it changed. now got both the (old) credit and the new subscription sales & $, nice they show it both, but not so nice that the link is gone telling you which photo(s) sold on that day Do you know any other way to see which of your photo's sold for a day (or week)? (don't want to go though all) you can't sort them on download date... http://www.stockxpert.com/balance.phtmlregards, Bjorn
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« on: September 29, 2007, 06:55 »
Hi, Not that i'm too serious about it but, just as a mind game... Reading the complains on the existing agency's made me wonder... What would it take to set up a non profit micro stock agency? With the focus on the photographers (& customers) in stead of the company itself. The goal to give as much return to the photographers as possible. Obviously there are some cost, the hardware (servers etc) & marketing/advertising. I guess if we keep the site simple there would be a few of us that could work together to get something in the air, saving expensive software engineers. When successful, it can always be expanded. (so eg. only keywording and no categories , to save us time on both sides) Instead of hiring people to look at the photo's for acceptance & quality, we could set the rule that if a photo is accepted at any of the existing big 6 agency's its good enough for us. So when you upload an image, you also give a link to an agency where your image is online. Checking this can be done in exchange (i do one for you you do one for me), randomly generated by the software, or in case you don't want to check other people's photo's, you can choose to pay eg 10 or 20 cents to have it done, hoping your photo will earn it back on its first sale. Big changes and introduction of new ideas could be done by voting. Where all contributors have the same vote right or some system based on the number of photo's you have online. Here on the forum there are 800 registered users, lets say that there are 500 active one's with an average of 200 photo's ( ) that would bring in 100,000 photo's a nice start. But i'm sure that if we give 80%(?) to the photographer it would draw new uploaders quickly. By setting the pricing a bit below the big 6, will draw customers and since the 'company' doesn't have to make a profit, both contributors & buyers are happy. Big question is, how much do we need to spend on marketing to get it moving? Does this require a financial injection or would it be possible to set up a system where eg. every contributors first earned $10 would be used for marketing. And i'm sure that with so many creative people around, there is one that can write a nice article/press release (free marketing). As soon as sales start moving the 20% on each photo earned could be used to keep the site in the air and for advertising. Any brainstorm ideas?
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« on: September 03, 2007, 01:13 »
Hi, Just an idea regarding the 'monthly sales/earnings' I see a lot of 'best month ever' and in terms of earnings, august was my best month too. But isn't that so because we keep adding photo's? And hopefully get better and add better photo's. So how fair is it to compare eg. a july where you have 150 photo's online with an august with 175 photo's (or whatever). So how can we make this more objective? One way of doing it is by dividing the sales by the total number of photos you have online. (and to get a more workable number multiply it by 100, to get your earnings per photo in cents). eg. lets say you have 150 pictures on 4 sites so a total of 600 images online. And you earned that month $75, it simply comes down to ($75/600 * 100) = 12.5 We could call it the Portfolio Sales Index or Monthly Sales Index It also says something about your portfolio itself since the better you pictures the more sales and the higher the number. Eg Someone with 100 pictures that bring $50/month has a much higher index then someone with 400 pictures and $50. Obviously what is interesting is your personal change in that number over the months. If i calculate that index for my own portfolio over the past few months, it comes to: May 11.49 June 10.08 July 9.65 August 10.64 Interesting to see May was better then August (although i earned less). (perhaps i made worse pictures after  ) My portfolio isn't great, i have photo's in there that never sold, and obviously if you delete those the number goes up. So be careful with that, perhaps (if you want to) delete only a few a month not to influence your index too much. If anybody has a better idea, lets hear!
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« on: August 30, 2007, 09:36 »
Hi, I'm still using one of those old and dusty Trinitron CRT's. Currently looking around for a good LCD. Dell clames to have a good screen, with all kind of hyper words. TrueColor & UltraSharp, TrueLife, etc... Does any of you have one of those TrueColor & UltraSharp dell screens? eg. dell 3007WFP, 2707WFP or 2407WFP? In that case (or if you think your screen is great!  ) can you have a look at the following image and see if you can see 2 times 8 bars sticking out of there background? Haven't yet seen an LCD where you could see all 16 (so that's why i'm stuck to my CRT). see: image.jpgIf you can see all the 16 bars (at the same time  ) please let me/us know the brand & model (or a link). Details about the Dell: -Dell TrueColor Technology (92% color gamut) delivers rich and life-like colors.
-features a 92 percent colour gamut W-CCFL (Wide Cold-Cathode Fluorescent Lighting) backlight that delivers the latest in dynamic colour technology, making colours richer and enabling a more realistic gaming experience.http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=nl&l=nl&s=dhs&cs=nldhs1&sku=104712thanks. PS: i know eizo has a few nice screens, but i can't afford that > euro 2000.
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« on: August 04, 2007, 06:16 »
Hi, I had a rejection from istock that I don't really understand. I don't mind rejections, as long as i can learn something from it. I would really appreciate it if one of you can have a look at the photo and can tell me what i'm doing wrong. Describe where i have to look or (even better) Cut out a part, put some arrows ;-) and email it or post it here, whatever you prefer... I know there has been some posts on artifacting, and i read them but still... Point is also, i shot it in Raw (canon 350d), used C1 to convert it to jpg12 so where are the artifacts created? Below the iStock feedback, i asked for more details/reason and got the reply in the second line. This file contains artifacting when viewed at full size. This technical issue is commonly created by the quality settings in-camera or in post-processing.
As you've requested I've taken another look at image number xxx which was rejected due to artifacting. The compression is contained in the ejects of the objects in the image and the cloud areas of the file. Thanks a million! Regards, Bjorn see: mg_9352.jpg
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« on: July 26, 2007, 10:59 »
Does anybody know where in the world you can buy the cheapest body? (i'm thinking of buying a canon D5).
Prices differ quite a bit from continent to continent.
I know there is already a big difference between EU & usa, just wondering if Asia (hong-kong or Singapore) would be even cheaper.
It may be worth to look around if I'm there anyway.
Anybody know some websites?
thanks,
Bjorn
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« on: May 18, 2007, 00:42 »
Hi, Just curious... What size photo's do you sell most? Would there be a difference per agent, or per image? (if i look at my numbers there is). I checked the last couple of weeks and here are my stats (in %): If I look at my % there is little need for a bigger camera DT:Max 68% Large 15% Mid 4% Small 13% FT:XL Standard 4% L Standard 26% M Standard 70% Istock:Large 17% Medium 21% Small 45% Xsmal 17% looking forward to see your score's and to hear what you think of it. Regards, Bjorn
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« on: December 30, 2006, 07:13 »
Just wondering, what do you really get paid per photo?
If you take what you (totally) earned this year (per agent) and devide it by the photo's sold there, what does it give you (so include ext. license, etc...)
my list...
Istock $0.46
Dreamstime $0.70
Fotolia $0.73
StockXpert $0.94
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« on: December 16, 2006, 03:10 »
Hi! Just wondered, where do you get your inspiration? When does that great creative photo visualises before your eyes? That feeling you have to get to your camera and drop everything... Perhaps we can share... So please let me/us/each other know... is it: -magazines, -websites -other photographers -? ? (please mention names/sites) Thanks for sharing, Bjorn
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« on: September 16, 2006, 05:59 »
Hi,
Just wondering if any of you host your own website to sell your photos?
In case you do, i'm wondering:
-what software do you use? (written your own, bought or freeware?)
-what payment system do you use? (and what are the costs?)
-what pricing model do you use? (same as the prof. sites? $1,$2)
-do you do anything on marketing?
-etc...
In case you sell on the big 5 as well, how much do you sell private compared to eg. istock/shutter/fotolia/etc...
And looking forward to a link ;-)
Thanks for sharing,
Bjorn
ps: i'm relative new, and did some searches but couldn't find any on this subject, so if there where previous discussions please drop me a link.
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