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General Stock Discussion / Re: Vector Artist wannabes!
« on: January 22, 2009, 21:06 »
i think it's not just reviewers solely who judge the quality of an image,
it's the buyer who'd be giving final judgement with their decision of buying or skipping the image.

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that's right racephoto, i found an illustration on istockphoto that already earned more than $5000 and it's not even one year old yet!  :D

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Isn't that a question for any shooter who works for a stock "factory" ?  I wonder too...

i think it's about the "risk averse" vs "risk taker" type of guy sjlocke, some photographers might feel safe working as employee so they get paid regularly to support their living cost, meanwhile others willing to take some risks for higher income opportunity (and freedom)

and surely it's also about entrepreneurship things.. i have a friend with master degree that swore that he'll never work to any company as employee :D (and currently he's running a successful spa for men)

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...My question would be, do the photos come with any guarantee? If someone is good enough to shoot for hire, why don't they just upload them on their own and take it too the bank. If the buyer puts it online and it never sells, then the seller really has a good deal.

Perhaps one of the guarantees should be given is minimum rate of approval on certain ms site, but surely it can't be used as earning guarantee.. :)

I guess some contributors would do this for fast money or urgent reasons (like me), one might sell  the ports/service on half market price if he/she needs money for family medication, etc..

btw, is this 'hired gun' method comply with ms terms??

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oops, sorry i missed that point on your last pm Microbius, i was a bit confused about being exclusive on certain microstock site. :) so, any suggestion about the pricing thing? (for new images to be produced)

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guys i have another thing to ask, how much would you put in price (per image) if you're gonna produce a new image to sell to other contributor (ofcourse please also give estimations if you shoot plain photo, digitally composited photo, and graphic illustrations), let's assume we dont have to pay models or travelling across the country

recently i found this kind of service offer on some forum with various prices.

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... that artists would expect a price of around 5 times the projects annual earnings of a portfolio.

If this can be used as standard, i think i should wait until next year so my portfolio's value would be higher, because i joined microstock just 1,5 years ago and i've been actively uploading only since last 7 months ago, therefore i should expect around $6000 on 2009 alone. (but unfortunately i need urgent fund for financing my apartment, so i'm trying to sell them, *sigh*..)

so i think the valuation method using annual income would also depend on how long a collection has been up and selling.. the longer they have been sold - the lower investor should expect in value. vice versa. please correct me if i'm wrong, thanks for the suggestions..

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Expected total RPI
« on: January 13, 2009, 10:01 »
recently i got a new image that earned me over $100 in just 2 month, in SS only..
so i think these kind of image might possible to reach more than $1000 in quite short period :)

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Thanks for yr nice comment Matt, you also have a lot of great well posed models with really nice expression photos, beside solid isolated objects! i know how hard to pose a model since my last job at ad agency, it looks easy but actually you really need to be very extremely creative.. :)

i got your point about the clause sharply_done.. thx for the thought

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Thanks for your opinion shock & sjlocke, that's why i'm still hesitate to post open offer at any forum. So it's not allowed by Fl, but how about with other ms?

to mantonio and microbius, i've pm you, thanks..

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Thank you very much for the info AVAVA.. appreciate it  ;)

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Hello guys,

do you know how, or is there any chance to sell your whole image rights of your portfolio (perhaps including your all ms accounts)? to whom/where and how much price should you put for all of your hard works?  And is it ok with ms terms?

Thanks alot for your advices

best regards,
Brent

ps: currently i've got around 800 images of 3d render and illustration

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Newbie Discussion / Re: why can't I start a new thread?
« on: January 10, 2009, 00:03 »
Hello guys, this is my first post.. nice to see you here..

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