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Photo Critique / Re: iStock Exclusivity vs. Agencies which may be a better match
« on: May 06, 2019, 16:44 »
Hi ShadySue,
Thanks very much for your reply, and just reading a few replies on here, I believe the direction WOULD be specialist wildlife agencies. Also, thank you for the nice comment. I have wildlife from every continent, so most of the work is not uploaded, e.g. mountain gorillas, penguins, lots of wildcats, etc. Glad to hear the iStock comments and opinions before I spend gobs of time on that site.
And I do think that I applied to Getty, not iStock, so, that was that. I mentioned to Jo Ann that a friend had encouraged me to start stock because of all the wildlife and travel I shoot. The friend is with G since they drafted contributors off of Flickr, I believe, and that's years ago. She says she makes about $800 a month on Getty, RM and RF. So, of course, I was encouraged to start, especially since our subject matter and styles are similar.
I will start to do more research, and thanks again for the helpful and informative reply.
Cheers,
JJ
Thanks very much for your reply, and just reading a few replies on here, I believe the direction WOULD be specialist wildlife agencies. Also, thank you for the nice comment. I have wildlife from every continent, so most of the work is not uploaded, e.g. mountain gorillas, penguins, lots of wildcats, etc. Glad to hear the iStock comments and opinions before I spend gobs of time on that site.
And I do think that I applied to Getty, not iStock, so, that was that. I mentioned to Jo Ann that a friend had encouraged me to start stock because of all the wildlife and travel I shoot. The friend is with G since they drafted contributors off of Flickr, I believe, and that's years ago. She says she makes about $800 a month on Getty, RM and RF. So, of course, I was encouraged to start, especially since our subject matter and styles are similar.
I will start to do more research, and thanks again for the helpful and informative reply.
Cheers,
JJ