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Newbie Discussion / Alamy vs microstock

« on: February 10, 2012, 12:10 »

Hi everyone. It was recently suggested on this forum for me to use Alamy for my father in law's older quality walkaround portfolio. I understand that site is great for stuff like that but will it sell? ANd if stuff does sell there, why do microstock at all considering the much lower payouts you get? i suppose you might be getting more sales, but isn't one $100 sale worth it over 100 .20 sales? And think about the time invested in your portfolio just to make pennies. I am not a great photographer, so i have no idea if i can succeed in MS, but it seems like almost any decent shot has a chance on Alamy. Please tell me where i'm wrong and THANKS. Roger

Newbie Discussion / Re: OLD Photo's

« on: September 16, 2011, 12:58 »

Thanks for all the great answers. I think i might try alamy. The slides are all really clean. I have a new canon flatbed that takes decent slide scans. Hopefully this will be enough. I can also clean the images up a bit, although i'm not sure if my program Aperture is really the right one to do that kind of clean up. again, thanks for the help.
Did anyone think a smugmug gallery was a good idea? Obviously, it's not agency work, but some people like that format.

Newbie Discussion / Re: OLD Photo's

« on: September 15, 2011, 16:24 »

Alamy seems rather hard to get into, or am i misreading it? I've never submitted to any stock agency before, so i'm not sure how tough it is.

Newbie Discussion / OLD Photo's

« on: September 15, 2011, 16:14 »

Hi everyone,
Noob here. Ok, my dad has this huge archive of old slides he's taken over the last 40 years. Many of them are fantastic images of Chicago landmarks and historical places that are either gone, or not the same. THe collection also has many non landmark, but old nonetheless, images that maybe ok for stock. I was considering putting up a smugmug gallery to try to sell these things, but i wondered if anyone knows of a place i can sell them as stock images? I know it's not traditional microstock, but is there a site that these might be accepted, and if so, is there some market for this type of image. THANKS

Newbie Discussion / Re: why can't I start a new thread?

« on: September 15, 2011, 16:08 »

I AM A NOOB. When i look in the mirror, i'm fairly sure i'm NOT a spambot.
I've been a lurker on this site forever. I want to jump in to MS but i have questions that can hopefully be answered here. or not. THANKS ROGER

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