Hi Everyone,

maybe someone here is kind enough to help me. When i look at my balance of account at alamy, i am super confused.
I attached a screenshot. How much do i actually have in my account?

I understand that o means that the money was cleared and when it is x i still need to wait. About how long does it take to get cleared?

What it the difference between Alamy Distribution Commission and Distribution Commission. Why is one 30% and the other 40%?. Why do i get a debit twice?

Do i once pay commission to the third party agency and then again to alamy? That's how i understand it.
But shouldn't the commission that ALAMY then gets be calculated from the amount with the other commission already reduced? Since it seems they calculate their amount from the full sale price? Hope that was kind of understandable.

If i understand it correctly i now have 61.87 in my account. Is it normal that alamy sells more over distributors.

I know, a lot of questions. But i feel like ALAMY does it really confusing.

Thank you already in advance.

kind regards,

Daniel

Hi Everyone,

At the moment i am thinking about buying strobes and the question about how many Ws are needed came up.

Until now i have been using 2 Flashes. A Canon 430EX and a Yongnuo 560. They have been very helpful in learning about lightning, but i have the feeling that they are limiting me. I also find the hassle with charging batteries etc. very annoying.

I was thinking about buying a set of Bowens Gemini 400's, something like this (http://www.calumetphoto.de/eng/product/bowens_gemini_400_400_studio_kit/bowbw4717)

But i am unsure if i even need 400Ws.

Would you guys think that two 200Ws strobes would be enough? The Bowens Gemini 200 for example?
I would like to buy a large Softbox, something around 150cm and a Beauty Dish and maybe a Set of Strip Lights. Obviously all these accessories also suck a bit of light.

Would 200Ws be enough for stock photos. Mostly portraits with 1-3 people etc.?

Which strobes do you use?

I found the Bowens Gemini interesting, because they also offer a travel pack.

Unluckily it is very difficult to get the Paul C. Buff Strobes here in Austria. Otherwise those would be my first choice, since they are quite cheap and also offer the option with the Vagabond Battery Pack (which is also way cheaper than the Bowens version).

Would be happy to hear some opinions!!

Kind regards!

Hi,

Ich habe vor 3 tagen meinen eigenen Blog und Webseite gegr�ndet.
Vielleicht habt ihr ja mal lust vorbei zu schauen!

http://www.danielwaschnigphotography.at/

Ich plane von jetzt an mindestens einmal die Woche einen Blog Post zu ver�ffentlichen.

Ich bin mir auch im klarem das, dass Portfolio noch um einiges gr��er werden muss!

W�rde mich auch sehr �ber eure Kritik freuen! Kann ja nur daraus lernen

mit freundlichen Gr��en
Daniel

Hi,

I'm in the middle of uploading/keywording a batch for Alamy. It's taking for ages!!!
The most time consuming thing is, taking out all the commas between keywords.
Do you do this? I read somewhere in the instructions that it should be without commas, but does it really make a difference?

Would love to hear some tipps etc. because at the i'm in doubt if it is worth it spending so much time for one agency.

Hi Everyone,

does anyone know which Licence is needed if i want to print a RF Licensed Image on a T-Shirt, if let's say about 100-1000 of them get printed? Would i be able to sell them?

Kind Regards Daniel

Hi,

I got my first android Phone today, and was wondering if there are any good android apps for stock???

 

as the title says:

How do you feel about using a model very often?

Do you think it is a bad thing? Does it affect sales a lot?

The reason i am asking is because i use my Girlfriend very often as a model, the reasons are obvious:
- She has fun posing
- We just shoot whenever we feel like it
- Relaxed vibe
- Trust each other
- No problems with MRs
etc.

I only started doing Microstock about half a year ago, but i feel like 80% of my portfolio is of pictures of her.

Would be happy to hear your thoughts about this

Hi everybody,

I have been reading these forums for a while now and must say that it is great, also for a newbie like myself.

I started uploading photos to microstock agency's a couple of months ago and everything is getting along fine.

The only real problem that i have been having, is getting accepted as a contributor at SS. I have been rejected 3 times now  :'( but I'm not giving up yet .

One time  5 out of the 10 were not good enough and the other two times 6 out of 10.

In 2 days i can upload again and really want to make it (the 1 month wait feels like for ever).

I would be really really thankful if you could look at my portfolios at other agency's and give some tips which pictures would be recommendable as one of the 10.


I know that my images might not be up to the standard that some (or most) people here have in their portfolios, but please remember that i am very new to microstock and that i am working on improving as fast and good as possible .

Can't believe it is so much easier to get pictures accepted at other agency's.

Here are the links


On fotolia i have 165 pics:
http://de.fotolia.com/p/202566705

Dreamstime with 115:
http://www.dreamstime.com/Dandamanwasch_portfolio_pg1

123RF with 110 (but 60 stuck in review mode):
http://de.123rf.com/profile_dandamanwasch

and 40 pics at iStock (due to model release problems and upload limit):
http://deutsch.istockphoto.com/search/portfolio/7785951/?facets=%7B%2225%22%3A%226%22%7D#b32474d

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE