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Messages - Anyka
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« on: February 08, 2020, 01:47 »
I made a comparison a few years ago and found that there is a 1% difference between Paypal and Payoneer (dollar to EUR).
So I now work this way :
- Shutterstock dollars go to Payoneer account - and they immediately go to my bank account in euros at a better rate than Paypal. I don't use the Payoneer account for anything else.
- Adobe and Alamy pay in euros on my Paypal account - the money stays there and I use it for all online payments in euros.
- the other (smaller) agencies pay in dollars on my Paypal account - and I use those dollars for US purchases and to pay my retoucher in dollars.
So the only time Paypal is able to deduct their 3 to 4% for conversion is when I run out of dollars and I need the euros for an online dollar purchase.
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« on: January 06, 2020, 04:58 »
Perfect! no unsafe-warnings anymore, and site at normal speed, thanks!
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« on: January 06, 2020, 03:03 »
I just got something from my browser that the site was unsecure or something about the time on the certificate was wrong or something. I had to force it to go through.
Correct, since this morning, I have to click "advanced" and "proceed to unsafe URL" for every single page of the forum. I'm on Chrome, and I usually have this when entering websites without httpS - but I never have it for every page ...
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« on: December 17, 2019, 07:14 »
I did upload with sucess .eps files of my vector to sell on the new FTP. But they don't appear on my canva seller portfolio. I'm new to canva. Help for vector please.
When did you upload? It takes a while to get approved ...
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« on: December 15, 2019, 13:58 »
I own recuva, it works, deep scan will find all kinds of things. But, if your card failed, nothing will find or recover anything. Recuva will rebuild a TOC, find images and discover formatted data or erased cards. But no software can read a dead card. That might be your problem?
Good Luck!
You're probably right - it was not a formatting problem but a real defective card. However, after trying the Sandisk and Recuva software without success, I put the card back in my camera, formatted it ... and it worked. Very weird. Not that I would ever use it again during a client's photo session - I don't trust it anymore.
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« on: December 14, 2019, 09:19 »
I've rescued disks with SanDisk's rescue software - the old version back in 2007. It worked on a SanDisk CF card that failed when I was in Italy in 2007, and on a Lexar CF card that I mistakenly reformatted before uploading the card to my computer sometime later that year.
I forgot all about the Sandisk software - I'll use it for a test too, thanks. Until now, I've only tried "recuva", which I found on a review site as "best free software", but if found nothing at all on the card, not even images from before the formatting.
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« on: December 12, 2019, 12:02 »
I've never owned a camera with 2 card slots and have never had a card fail. But I do understand cards have failed for some people. I think a lot of photographers carry two cameras. Mostly to safe guard the main camera failing during a job.
Yes I understand the fear of not getting anything after a shoot, because the card fails on the last shot or when removing. However slim, I suppose people who have dual slot cameras should use that. I don't have that and I'm OK. That doesn't mean that someday I won't loose hours of work, that can't be recovered.
Yes I have forgotten to back up a card and formatted it. Then when I got home looked for that session. Oops. Card recovery is like disk recovery, works when you haven't shot anything over the data. Formatting is nothing but re-writing the TOC that the card/hard drive uses to know where and what the files are. Easy recovery.
Absolutely, and I don't understand people who have 2 slots and not use it. Kinda "I like to live dangerously" haha! 2 slots are not just protection against defective cards, but also against human error, like what you said about forgetting to backup. I sometimes take out 1 card to show images on my laptop, and after that, we decide to shoot a few more images. Then I just pick up my camera and start shooting, and I forget all about the card in the laptop. Easy!
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« on: December 11, 2019, 12:01 »
Last time a card failed (computer and camera both failed to read) - I stuck it in different brand camera. Oddly everything popped up. Kind of a long shot but worth trying.
Great idea, but in this case I have all photos on card 2, so no panic. It's just that I now have a defective card to test out recovery software. It's a bit like a toy I can play with without the stress of really lost images ...
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« on: December 11, 2019, 11:58 »
@Anyka
Next time try "recover my files" program. It was good for HDD in the past.
I was rumbling but chances of a defective card are similar to a defective flash or shutter or whatever.
The only difference is that in other cases fault is "presentable" to the client, others (as card failure) is "after".
In every case, believe me, it is not the end of the world neither you will lose clientelle or colleagues.
This is why contracts (covering and this case) exist 
I understand what you mean with the difference between "presentable" faults and non-presentable, but - if I was my own client, and my photographer told me I had to re-do my entire 4-hour session (at 8 months pregnant), I would definitely not return to that photographer for my next photo shoot. Not even if I was gifted the whole session for free.
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« on: December 11, 2019, 11:11 »
It would be interesting to know the actual stats on card failures for the different card types.
I have only one camera with dual slots and I don't use them. Wouldn't the camera, with a single slot, show that data wasn't being recorded? Wouldn't the review show me that nothing was saved? Not that I chimp after every shot, but I do look now and then. I'm wondering about data failure, while I'm working. Wouldn't I know or is there something I'm missing?
You're right, with a single card slot, when no data are recorded because of card failure before or during a photo session, a camera would probably refuse to take the shot. And even if a shot was possible, you would immediately notice something was wrong the first time you would review images. So if my card got defective before the session, I did not notice because card 2 was doing its job well. But what if the card got defective AFTER the photo session, like the moment I take it out when my client has left. If I did not have that second card, I would have nothing. Hence my theoretical question about recovery experiences with defective cards. With my maternity and newborn sessions, it would be possible, but very annoying to do a total re-shoot of the images, but other photographers, like wedding photogs, don't have that luxury.
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« on: December 11, 2019, 03:21 »
I use Sony and they have single card slots and in 10 years I never had a defective card.
I always format and check the card before and during shooting and carry a spare card.
This is the first time for me too, in 18 years ...
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« on: December 11, 2019, 02:44 »
I have a Canon 5D IV. It has dual card slots, and before every photo session, I format both cards.
After last Maternity session, my Sandisk 64Gb failed, but no panic, I just took the CF card and copied all photos to my hard disk.
No problem ... but what if I did NOT have two cards - it would have been quite a panic.
So I thought : let's take the defective card and act as if I really needed to recover the photos.
Mind you, I do not even know if the photos were recorded on this card, because possibly it got defective right after formatting.
I googled on "recovery software", found "Recuva", did a "deep scan" ... and : nothing! Though the reviews said it could recover photos even after formatting (so in theory, it should at leastt find the photos of the PREVIOUS photo session).
Interesting note : this is the very reason why I won't be buying the EOS R or any other great new camera with only 1 slot!
I'm keeping this card, just for testing. Did any of you ever recover photos with a defective card, without going to a professional recovery company? If so, which software did the trick?
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« on: November 28, 2019, 05:01 »
Same problem here from the Netherlands....
Ruud, I found the solution to the problem : do not go to nl.123rf, but wipe out the NL in https://www.123rf.com/contributor/earnings.php You'll get your earnings in English and no error code
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« on: November 28, 2019, 03:36 »
Lesson learned ... we should write down support e-mail addresses from all agencies, because once they're down you cannot visit their site and look it up ... 
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« on: November 28, 2019, 02:30 »
Hi all, since this morning I get a 403 error page whenever I try to access the 123rf website (any page). It's on my desktop PC and my laptop, and it seems to be me, not a worldwide problem. So can anyone give me the e-mail address to contact support? Not a web-address, as I won't be able to use it ... thanks in advance!
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« on: November 27, 2019, 04:07 »
Same problem here with submissions of 20 images of the same photo session and model, 10 rejected for some mysterious MR problem, and the rest accepted ... SIGH !!!
I read that many just re-submit. How do you do that? Do you just submit all over again, or do you indicate it is a re-submitted image? Which has the least risk of rejection ?
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« on: November 18, 2019, 09:57 »
I'm not sure that the average customer is interested in buying copyright (higher prices), and as above said, bidding on single images for projects is not really working. On the other hand, if you would make "small collections" and sell these with RF licences through Ebay, Etsy etc. ... that might work. Example : a collection of Christmas images, as a download or on dvd, in high resolution. A bit like the packs sold by SS.
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« on: November 08, 2019, 02:14 »
Same here. Upload is not lost, but processing takes so long that I give up.
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« on: August 12, 2019, 01:01 »
I buy two of whatever the current WD MyBook drives that are around $80 or so. I just bought two 2TB at Best Buy for $70 each. Takes me about six months to fill them (one is a backup of the other). Never had an issue.
Totally agree, the Western Digital (WD) My Book series are very reliable and affordable. I have used every size up to 8TB without any problem and plan to buy 3 larger ones this year.
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« on: August 05, 2019, 01:05 »
No, it's even just the opposite. From 2006 to 2011 I only did stock photography. Stock shoots with people meant free photo sessions, so my models were paid with images and a photo book. In 2012 I quit my day job and started a portraiture studio, as I expected stock income to go down eventually. NONE of my former models EVER came to my studio for a PAID photo session. The only benefit I had was that I was able to show stock children/baby images on my personal website, to attract parents, but the bulk of my new clients came from offering cheap sessions in the beginning, and moving my pricing up every year. Today, the studio generates 60% of my income, and 40% stock. My advice is : do NOT send potential client a link to your stock sites (they will see the low pricing), but do use your stock images on a personal website, and add a LOT of text to the website AND to every single image, so Google can find you.
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« on: June 12, 2019, 03:57 »
Hi Anyka,
Thank you for your reply! Actually this is the exact thing I was thinking about and I have thought of the following solution:
- photographers that want to offer their images provide me with their info and links to their content at the stock agency website(s)
- when I'm looking for images I go through the content at the agency website and collect whatever I need
- I then send the images to the photographer so he/she can provide me with the actual material
- payment follows
The process could probably be simplified further, but in a nutshell this is the idea. Would something like this work?
PS: Nederlands?
Yes, you're right, that would be the only way to do it. However, I think that would be against the rules of many stock agencies ? P.S.: Ja inderdaad, ik ben Nederlandstalig en woon in Antwerpen
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« on: June 12, 2019, 01:33 »
I think this is an interesting idea, but the first question that rises to my head is : how would we photographers provide the images? Most of us (like me) do not have their stock images on a personal website for sale, only at the stock agencies. How would you choose?
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« on: March 21, 2019, 03:34 »
yes, Dreamstime shows the website of the photographer, so you can visit it and use his/her contact data ...
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« on: January 22, 2019, 07:54 »
No need to ask Matt to change the order/priority : simply go to your ACTIVITY page with a few clicks, then COPY the entire URL, and change your bookmark into this URL. Finished. I don't have to navigate to activity anymore, it's always there.
Does not work here, it always returns to the Top Sellers.
And like this you also copy the period (from date to date), so then you have to insert 2 dates every time
Try this one (when logged in) : https://contributor.stock.adobe.com/en/insights/sales-earnings?That is the link without the date limit ...
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