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« on: August 19, 2010, 19:36 »
Hi,
I have got like 500 photos to upload after holidays. They are of various categories - some are tourist pics, some are isolations on white, what's more, portraits and strictly conceptual pictures and landscapes.
Do you think it's better to upload the series of the same category at once or totally mix these photos into let's say 5 baskets and send them in 5 turns - each batch consisting of mix of photos from various categories. ?
What do you think ? I'm asking especially people who have had similar situation/s and have experience which strategy proves to be the most effective.
Thank you in advance,
Michal
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« on: August 19, 2010, 06:45 »
6 MP ? 8 MP ? Has anybody counted precisely ? Thanks 
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« on: August 12, 2010, 15:30 »
I am looking for THE BEST hdr software which means quality, reality etc. The most expensive program I have found costs 119$, Photomatix of course, but does it mean it is the best ? I would be able to pay these 119 bucks if I were sure that it is really THE BEST (I'll keep repeating myself ). One time investment, however high, might work for a long time. What do you think ?
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« on: August 10, 2010, 05:49 »
FD, there is a lot of truth to what you said.
I think though that there is something to consider first.
I saw three years ago the first wave of Asian or Eastern European contributors coming to the micros. And of course in most of those countries cost of living is much cheaper than in most other industrialized parts of the world.
Naturally this kind of business will attract a higher percentage of contributors from these countries.
BUT, will there be enough Caucasian models there to shoot? Many Eastern European contributors take images with their fellow citizens and you can tell immediately if the image is coming from Russia, Poland, Ukraine etc.
I wonder if those images will easily replace Yuri's style? In America people want to see classic American faces and even the Latino market is huuuge.
I think there is only so much that can be produced in "Eastern World" but some things will never change...
jeepers creepers.... You put Poland in the same basket with Ukraine ? I congratulate you on the knowledge of the contemporary world.... and invite you to Poland, you would be surprised that girls do NOT have 'Eastern' faces in a way you connotate it.
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« on: February 08, 2010, 10:24 »
Wow, perhaps someone from Deposit reads the forum - transfer over 60 KB/s now 
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« on: February 08, 2010, 08:08 »
Are their servers overwhelmed ? Today, I am uploading with about 18 KB/s to Deposit, whereas on the other sites it is around 60 KB/s.
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« on: November 26, 2009, 10:12 »
Hey hey for me it's exactly like on Shutterstock.
There are countries THAT HAVE TAX TREATIES WITH THE USA. Residents of these contries will lose on avarage 10% of their US income.
There are also contries THAT HAVE NOT TAX TREATIES WITH THE USA. Residents of these contries will lose 30% of their US income.
You do not need ITIN for neither option.
Michal
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« on: October 22, 2009, 10:21 »
Thank you gostwyck, very good answer. Still waiting for others' views
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« on: October 22, 2009, 08:55 »
I am asking experienced contributors with at least 1000 images in port and being in micro over 1,5 year.
If you don't mind please share your experience whether you have noticed a decrease or increase in your revenue for last some months let's say.
As for me I see the gradual decrease in Dreamstime revenue, especially RPD which now is below 1$ in my case. It's the biggest dissapointment
Fotolia works pretty steady (with about 15 download daily), however, this month is worse.
Shutterstock - it's a different agency than it was 4, 3 or even 1 year ago. 40 regular downloads a day + ODs often gives about 20$. 3 or 2 years ago I was avaraging over 100 regular downloads + some ODs...
Istock - works very steady but my sales have never been good there.
The rest agencies have their up and downs, but it's The Big 4 that counts.
It leads me to several question - what is the future of microstock? More and more big players from macro come to micro and the competition is getting fiercer.
What kind of pictures does it worth to upload nowadays?
Maybe it's time to look for new markets ?
Generally - what's the way WE photographers with not bad and not small ports should go to keep our businesses alive ?
Michal
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« on: October 05, 2009, 09:44 »
I sustain my observation. Very very slow start including today (Monday).
Hope it will take off as the month continues.
That shows how the microstock world is unpredictable nowadays.
All the best,
Michal
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« on: October 02, 2009, 11:27 »
I have noticed that when a month begins on the last days of the week (Thursday, Friday), then these 2 days are slower than normal. This month things looks the same at least for me. Maybe people though that they will start buying from the new week ?
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« on: August 31, 2009, 07:13 »
Hi,
I am generally an optimist but what have noticed is that the industry called microstock is on the edge of some big change or even collapse. Much as the agencies themselves might survive, the photographers will get burned in the search engines among millions of other pictures and it will become non-profitable business for an individual.
I have already seen that the vast majority of my sales are pictures 2 or 3 years old which established good positions in the search engines. And here I come to the point - Is there a sense in sending new pictures to agencies like Fotolia, Dreamstime (except Shutterstock because it's a different model) ?
I hear voices - take better, more commercial pictures. Actually I do send prime quality, commercial pictures which I believe would do very very good 2 years ago, but now they end up unnoticed.
What are your views ?
Michal
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« on: July 10, 2009, 04:08 »
Have you noticed it already ? I HAVE. Almost in all agencies. Just look on the poll on right side - 5 arrows are downwards.
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« on: May 04, 2009, 15:43 »
sjlocke - yeah, you are right I am still learning, however, I tried to make them looking like 'old-stock'. You know, I have seen plenty of stuff with clouded sky and people and they were great pictures for stock. But yes, I must have something wrong with mine.
Icefront -> it's interesting what you say. Can you develop a subject about new industry needs and changes ?
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« on: May 04, 2009, 12:46 »
Very sad... Things are getting worse and worse there. Now, with 80,000 photos added weekly it's a daunting task to keep the stable level of sales. I wasn't uploading for 3 weeks and my income has decreased about 50%. Now I uploaded about 80 good quality stock pictures (here is a link: http://www.shutterstock.com/results.mhtml#gallery_id=64681&page=1) and there is almost no bigger rush noticable. I don't want to make this post look like unproductive complaining but I am just a litte anxious and doubting whether any efforts make sense.
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« on: April 07, 2009, 03:38 »
It seems the Search engine changed again, for the worse... 
Yeah.... for the worse this time. So what? Now it is time to write a new topic again: "I hate the new DT search engine"
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« on: April 05, 2009, 06:51 »
The tradition when you have good sales while other people don't is to do not tell it
why?
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« on: April 05, 2009, 05:19 »
Just to oppose the posts below that are ranting and raving . It really works GREAT for me since the change in search engine has been implemented. Dreamstime - keep it up !
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« on: April 02, 2009, 16:36 »
I see a HUGE boost in my sales and RPD (now above 2$). It seems I am a lucky one when it comes to the search engine changes. Yes, and these are mainly my 3,4 and 5th level images. Nice to see if someone pays 13 credits for your image This said... who knows what the next change will look like. Everything is so inconsistent here
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« on: February 18, 2009, 11:25 »
OMG. This means that we will be forced to give away EL for 20$ with no ability to change it ever.... unless some unachievable level (saphire or so...)
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« on: February 12, 2009, 06:39 »
You can probably answer your own question by simply examining the keywords of good selling images.
Not really. There is no rule, in one image the keywords are not even put in the order of siginficance.... and it has got already over 200 dl for 6 months....
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« on: February 12, 2009, 05:52 »
How ? Do you have any clues - less better / more better? How do the first 7 keywords influence on the search results? Do categories matter, maybe even with some combination of keywords? Or at last, might the reviewers give some kind of rank to newly accepted images, in orded to make the relevence search starting form the best (in reviewers personal opinion of course)? I ask because I am really confused. Most of my income on Fotolia is produced by about 5 photos, which are of course high in the search. Michal
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« on: February 11, 2009, 17:23 »
Thank you for your comments.
I've decided to send a collage but in small size (3000x2000 px) and after some time send full big sizes separately.
See how they do.
Michal
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« on: February 11, 2009, 14:37 »
I don't want to prove anybody wrong  . I may take these lines away of course. Then, would it sell better, then 6 individual images ? According to your experience - what is more profitable ?
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« on: February 11, 2009, 14:31 »
I added these lines not only for esthetic reasons (I thought it looked well, like a background - ready to use), but also to avoid giving away 6 pictures in one. But look at that picture: http://www.shutterstock.com/results.mhtml#photo_id=1221074Although it is cut with lines it is very popular
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