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« on: February 10, 2012, 10:30 »
has anyone tipped off any of the copyright holders?
I would think some of these stars would love to see their photo's being used...
I just wish they would of used some of mine!!!!
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« on: September 06, 2009, 18:15 »
hqimages....
I still think us hobby photog's could stick around for pennies.
I really don't have much invested.
camera, bunch of lenses, lights, and some misc stuff. Most of which I would of bought for my hobby anyways.
take yuri for example he has a building much like a greenhouse, several people on staff, a ton of equipment.
at last I heard/read he was bringing in around a million a year. Would Yuri continue if his income dropped to say 100k a year?, I don't think so, I think he would find an outlet that would bring the same or more income than he has today.
But if Istock decided to pay me .10 a download all of a sudden what am I out really? Income sure, but to be truthful I could make what I make off photo's by doing dog photo's at the pet store once a month, so I'm not in this for the money right now.
why am I in this right now?
a little spending money.
validation of my work
I like this hobby
This will all change one day, when I get ride of my day job and turn full time.
Bob
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« on: September 06, 2009, 07:35 »
This all goes back to you get out of it what you put in to it....
I would love to have more time to contribute, but my day job doesn't allow that. Even so I have built up a good income from my crappy stock images.
I can only shoot 1 day a week, I give myself a break every 3 or 4 weeks so I end up with 40-50 shooting days a year.
I can buy a new lens every month from my earnings.... hehe a new lens can be had for as little as 100.00 LOL!!! but I can buy a new piece of l glass each month if I wanted to...
Is the pro ever going to be able to compete with me? I don't think so.
The pro has staff, rent/studio, etc to deal with. I don't have all that overhead.
Subs don't bother me at all, it's just a part of the puzzle. As long as I get a paycheck from all those pieces of the puzzle I don't care how I got there....
if you want a us vs them thing to end prices should drop to pennies a download then the pro's wouldn't bother selling and would find a different outlet for their work, and us hobbiest would be all alone to sell stock as we like, but once all the pro's are gone hobbiest are going to want more for our work, then the pro's will want a piece of the pie again....
it wil never end...
Bob
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« on: August 29, 2009, 17:27 »
It's been a few years, but I have done several 2 week hikes.
first up buddy up, 2 people share tent, food, water filter, stove.... So if you have a group of 6 that's 3 pairs.
Pack light, invest in that light weight stuff, you know plastic forks, light weight stove....
Get in shape, load up your backpack and start walking, then do a few weekend trips.
My buddy and I had done many weekend hikes before our first real trip, but others in the group had only done a couple of day hikes before setting off on a 2 week adventure, Nedless to say blisters, broken ankle, lack of stamina where all problems....
Ok for the camera and lens, thinking of it this way, most likey your not going to do this again, so you are going to want to capture your memories.
But are you hiking thru the woods to sell photo's or are you doing it for a higher cause?
if you are just trying to save memories then I would go with the canon 5is or what ever version they have out at this time it's got a good zoom range and does wide ok, it takes regular aa batteries.
if your trying to make some money of your journey, then I would say 17-40l would be my choice, and a carbon tripod.
Looking at the wiki link it looks like wide is better.
have fun if you do decide to make the trip.
Bob
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« on: June 27, 2009, 23:18 »
Well this might sound funny but I like the falling prices and more rejections....
Why?
Just think way back when when you first uploaded your first images. Back when I started if I uploaded 10 I would get 9 or 10 accepted and they would sell within hours. Now if I uploaded those same 10 I would get if I was lucky 1 or 2 accepted and then I would be lucky to sell anything within a month.
I really think this is a good thing, it's going to keep the sell those snapshots people from flooding the sites with "snapshots" thus improving the image quality. Then with improved iq the sites will be able to charge more and there will be less submitters to divide the profits with.....
well at least in a perfect world....
Bob
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« on: June 05, 2009, 09:35 »
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