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General Stock Discussion / Blogger sued by Photographer
« on: September 30, 2012, 01:56 »
Just came across this

Interesting and reasonably in depth account and decent coverage of why, and what the law is.

http://www.roniloren.com/blog/2012/7/20/bloggers-beware-you-can-get-sued-for-using-pics-on-your-blog.html

Not sure if its a first, but hey, know your rights, and know you can use them.

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General Stock Discussion / Application Macro Experience
« on: September 29, 2012, 17:21 »
Ok, this is not a micro, but i wanted to give some perspective on what im doing. mods can move this if its not in the right place (sorry)

I applied to a common traditional agency which i had never heard of till i started looking around a few months ago.  We just say some of you can guess im sure, but im not going to say.

So, they have a dedicated portal for uploading your test submission.  You upload five images in total.  They ask you for a range of styles.  This makes it a little tougher to decide how to test them.

I select five images, one of which i know will pass, and three i know may, and one i know wont. 

I also note that one of the micros is owned by this company via emails back and forth during my submissions they have listed their company names at the footers.

Coming from the background i'm in, which is mostly working with journalists, i am not surprised by the results, and can make some obvious conclusions.

This agency likes the "handshake", models sell very well in photos, so having model releases and the like, having fresh models with big smiles is where advertising is at.

Again as with SS brighter, snappier images that pop are key, ala naturale seems to be left for editorial work.

I wasnt criticised for my work, but key points to my rejection were,

firstly they dont take editorial work, for which many of my photos show that style, but i know thats my style.  you can see that here http://www.flickr.com/photos/drexxle/

secondly, they didnt see any commercial value in my images.  which is a fair description given the agency and the styles of work that seem to be most popular in general searches.

and lastly, just to have a digg, which i didnt think necessary, was they hit me with poor quality.  I agree with the first two statements, but this is the just like a nail in that coffin.  They were right on the money, respectful and just, then they through this one in. I had touched some images after SS would have passed but were underexposed.

So, all in all, fair, correct, and turn around of about 72 hours from submission to reply, and as with SS they give you another 30 days to reapply.  Obviously i wont be, this is not my "style", so i know i wont fit in.  If anyone can suggest a busy agency that takes the stuff in my flickr, then shoot me a PM, i have thousands of photos like that.

Cheers

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General Stock Discussion / Application to SS experience
« on: September 27, 2012, 18:31 »
I thought id just let you guys know what i thought of my application process to SS which was denied.  I have 30 days to make a better selection of images.

I put together a very differing range of images, ten different subjects, ten different styles.  I guess that was my mistake.  SS require that 7 out of 10 initial images pass QC.  They also require that the front and back of you ID is scanned, there is nothing on the back of mine, but they asked for a copy of the back anyway.

3 of my images passed no problems.  1 of them was declined altogether and 6 were advised to be re post processed.

2 were suspected TradeMarks, one was a mural on a city wall of aboriginal art, and the other was a vehicle with a persons signature on it.  I understand the signature, i dont understand the artwork, it was not the whole piece, and a shadow was the key subject matter not the mural.

Of the ones that needed to be post processed, they do not like wierd angles, they do not like the edges of objects going out of the frame.  I have a crayon on a pad, and the pad is 45 degrees to the frame and all four corners go off the frame, its not suitable.

And the rest, complained about white balance and underexposed.  I may have to check my monitors and color profiles again, it seems that all my images are a bit dull, otherwise they would have passed.

I would have passed my submission, but im sure that my computer setup has had an impact on my submission failing.

Thats my experience, i fix up my images and try again.

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Newbie Discussion / This sites image uploader
« on: September 25, 2012, 20:41 »
Just point something small out.

My avatar, has had all the colors dulled, and its darker.  I have tried JPG and PNG, and exported it several times even with a web palette, i uploaded it to the forum several times.

But, each time regardless of PNG, or JPG its turned out flat, that red is supposed to pop, its bright in my 80pixel square avatar originals.

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General Stock Discussion / Anybody dealt with 4corners
« on: September 24, 2012, 09:29 »
I do alot of landscape and i have a large "collection", possible more than 2000 decent quality shots.  25,000 all up of Australia. 

Just wondering if anyone here deals with or knows of the performance of 4corners.  Im considering it, they have asked for RM-E on all photos, and they can go up as a collection.  Just means i cant use these images elsewhere because they will all be exclusive.

I already deal with a couple of Traditionals, i havent gone the MicroRF route.  Yet.

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