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Selling Stock Direct / Re: Contributor's Collective
« on: April 06, 2011, 00:54 »
The releases were on the way...
The issue with category, yes that's right I didnt find the right place at once, this will happen with more of your contributors I can tell.
2 hours to change from one category to another? Well you have a problem and soon a big problem because your site has simply not enough categories . Who will do the job when you finally decide to have the needed categories to run such a site?
Any way the the more we speak the more reasons you give for having deleted my pictures.
You can pretend whatever you want now that everything is deleted, and the worse you present the things the more it is justifies your behaviour
Goodbye

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: Contributor's Collective
« on: April 05, 2011, 23:41 »
As sais I agree there where few glitches in massive uploads and I believe the 5/6 out of 1000 pictures could have been deleted without the need to delete the entire folio. A simple message to the photographer would have solved this instead of an immediate firing.
Also Dan if I appreciate your kind but facade tone in this forum, I appreciate less the one where you are more yourself:
I quote you again in another forum
"I don't know why someone who has uploaded 4000+ images to microstock agencies would try to get
unreleased pictures on to our site. Clearly he knows better. It makes me wonder what he was up to."
So you Insinuating that I had a hidden agenda...you shouldn't feel well with what you are doing if you need now to write such things...Do you really believe I have uploaded 1000 pictures to kill the site? If not why letting people think I have done so?
Jean

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: Contributor's Collective
« on: April 05, 2011, 15:48 »
4000-1000 = 3000

I had just my folio deleted by Dan without warning for the reason of problem on few pictures.


For info my answer to him so you have an idea what you enter

"  If I can understand some of the reasons you not being happy with some of my pictures but I can also tell that the method you have used to fire me, is rather brutal and I havent seen anything like that even in the worse ms agencies that all of us know.
Only few days ago you were asking me to contribute I quote you "You definitely have excellent images, and I want to build the agency around excellent contributors who think outside the box". After having thought about your proposal I accepted.
Now you fire me without warning.
Yes there were few of my pictures that were given issues, but I have make bulk uploads (1000 pictures or so in 2 days) so to help the library to increase in volume in short time and there were few glitches easy to fix without making such a drastically decision that sounds far away from your nice ideas such as (I quote you again) "I want to make mutual decisions with the people who initially join".
 I'm upset you have let me work for the sake of the project and decided courageously on request of "another member" (anonymous) to delete my folio and fire me as contributor, without having even tried to discuss with me. This is disrespectful and thats not my philosophy to treat other people and other people work.

Jean"

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I'm busy just now, but will be back this afternoon with my feedback and way to treat this point !
jean

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Lisa, Dan, Thank you for your interest.
Good questions, I can answer that we like to have this discussed and decided within the group of 10 or so founders who wants to join now.
My opinion on the points raised in your questions is the following:
The reason to share the site is to create volume so to get more clients and not to run a new microstock library.
Therefore the site will not generate profit and all sales money will go to photographers that will share the running costs. Founders are not necessarily requested to contribute themselves to the site set up, maintenance & administration, but we will outsource this (can be one of the founder if interested).
Running costs are paid by a % of the photo sales. The % shall be adapted to cover the costs of services we want to have and will decrease with the site successI imagine that once we have sales we will have a commission of 80-90% to the photographer. Set up cost will be paid by the founders on equal share --> will not be a big amount of money!
Price policy shall be similar or cheaper compared to existing micro-stock sites. I guess it is an advantage to have a common price policy.
With Ktool photographers can trace their sale.
I have started to elaborate on those questions and more and we will soon have a private forum to discuss this here, meanwhile I'll post you more details. Jean

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As discussed in other threads, we are few that are going to adapt a KTools site to a virtual agency with multiple contributors. 
We are looking for 5 or so more of you having complementary (e.g. life style wanted) folio of at least 3000 to 4000 pictures who would be interested to join such initiative.
We would share the site and decide together the way to drive it. We have already started to share some ideas and I think we could be operational quite soon.
We believe that the volume and diversity of such site will make it much more attractive. With 10 contributors to start with we will be 10 times bigger compared to individuals and use 10 times more resources to make us known.
Note that you may join even if you have decided to go with your own agency! I have myself already 2 Ktools sites.

Please answer in this thread with a link to your folio or PM me if you are interested.

Jean

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: The Indie Alliance
« on: March 06, 2011, 04:28 »
I am interested but only 1100 wildlife images

Thank you, I had a look at your folio and I think having it in our project makes sense because the nature of it.
Can you PM me as we are now few who discuss this beside the open forum.
Thank you
Jean

PS the door is still  open to all if there is a common interest!

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: The Indie Alliance
« on: March 05, 2011, 14:47 »
It would be simple to adapt a KTools site to a virtual agency with multiple contributors.  The "Contributors Add-On" is available for $89 to anyone who wants to start their own stock agency.  And we have been long aware of the Photoshelter option to do the same.

For now I prefer to stick to my own branding with my website, but I would join a virtual agency depending on who was running it and what commission structure they were to offer.  I think it would be best if one of these agencies was started by a higher end contributor who already had a significant following within microstock, rather than someone like yours truly.   :P

I agree this would be the most simple model, that could be implemented easily and work within few days already.
I would be interested to know if 5 to 10 of you having complementary folio of at least 3000 to 4000 pictures would be interested to join such initiative.
We could share the site and decide together the way to drive it. I already have littel experience with Ktool sites including contributor add on, not that I have a very wide experience, but at least a basic knowledge on how this works in practise....

The volume and diversity od such site will make it much more attractive.

Jean

I am definitly in. Portfolio of 6700 3D illustrations and some photos. Experience with the cms stock photo script and some in server administration (WHM/CPanel/CentOS).
Thank you Michael, very interesting, can you possibly send a link where we can see your work?
Thank you in advance,
jean

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: The Indie Alliance
« on: March 05, 2011, 04:35 »
It would be simple to adapt a KTools site to a virtual agency with multiple contributors.  The "Contributors Add-On" is available for $89 to anyone who wants to start their own stock agency.  And we have been long aware of the Photoshelter option to do the same.

For now I prefer to stick to my own branding with my website, but I would join a virtual agency depending on who was running it and what commission structure they were to offer.  I think it would be best if one of these agencies was started by a higher end contributor who already had a significant following within microstock, rather than someone like yours truly.   :P

I agree this would be the most simple model, that could be implemented easily and work within few days already.
I would be interested to know if 5 to 10 of you having complementary folio of at least 3000 to 4000 pictures would be interested to join such initiative.
We could share the site and decide together the way to drive it. I already have littel experience with Ktool sites including contributor add on, not that I have a very wide experience, but at least a basic knowledge on how this works in practise....

The volume and diversity od such site will make it much more attractive.

Jean

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Selling Stock Direct / Re: Ktools Photostore
« on: March 03, 2011, 01:48 »

I have been using Ktool for more than 3 years for two sites:
1) www.energypicturesonline.com
2)www.rudersdalfoto.dk] [url=http://www.rudersdalfoto.dk]www.rudersdalfoto.dk[/url]
as you will see if you visit the stores I did not make much efforts in the original site design, because I do not have the competency and because I'm not convinced it is necessary (even if I wished to improve the design in many aspects!)

I have by the way always got a fast and friendly support from Ktool staff.

1) www.energypicturesonline.com
is a dedicated niche site that I have opened to other photographers, because if you want to be successful you will need to cover all areas of the niche and bring diversity to the pictures proposed to the client. This is one of the main challenges of individual micro stock site...

2) www.rudersdalfoto.dk
is a local library that I started to sell local pictures to the communities around where I live

How much I'm selling?
1) www.energypicturesonline.com
I'm working in the energy business and many of my photo clients are companies that I know and buy pictures for their annual reports, leaflets etcand from time to time I have of course buyers that find me goggling energy picture.
Im not selling many pictures but enough to pay the costs + a bit more

2) www.rudersdalfoto.dk
Again here Im not selling many pictures but enough to pay the costs + a bit morebut I started newly to sell event pictures and as it was said, this appears to be an adapted tool (but takes time to explain some clients how to order)

I have considered selling my micro stock stuff myself but  making the store is the easiest part of the job. Selling is the challenge and even if the stores here above are looking nice, I doubt there will be many clients buying as the diversity of choice is too limited.

To get the interest of the client, we would need a common site showing all pictures of those individual micro stokers together so he doest need to go to 20 individual ones before finding his picture. Im not an expert, but someone could maybe tell if it is possible to make that common site that will get the content of the individual libraries (= thumbnails + keywords) and once the client click on a given thumbnail he is directed to the store where the picture belongs to?

Alternatively we could also consider the option to have our pictures under a common store?

The advantages to have our pictures together is the better diversity and the volume we have together to make some marketing which is an essential action if we want to sell!

jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: June 14, 2009, 15:09 »
Ok this is really sad,
I dont know what to say.
I'm just disapointed and sad....

so tihis is the final list
1 jeancliclac
2 runamock

Runamock can you send me your email at [email protected]



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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: June 12, 2009, 08:54 »
Wouldn't it be nice if some of the micro sites let you donate some images for some good causes, if they are sold the money would go to help people (maybe with a lower agency marigin too)

Good idea Perry, but this will require a lot of effort and discussion to implement...and here the help is urgently needed.

I have not yet found an NGO accepting to transfer money that may be raised....and will now try to find other routes...
I use quite a lot of time an energy for that and I wonder if I'm not just wasting time and should find other ways to help. So in order to clarify what to do,  I would very much appreciate to know how many of you would help in contributing either the way I suggest in my first post or another way UNDER THE TWO CONDITIONS THAT
1) I will have gathered fact and information from reliable source on the fact that cancer patient in Peru will have to pay for the cure and clarify how much (so to confirm Vanessa's info) and check there is no other alternatives.
2) I will find a known and respected organisation (NGO) that will transfer the funds collected to the hospital where the patient is cured


In case none of you would be interested to help, I will not bother you more with this and I will try to find another way to help (which I have no idea yet I must say.....).

thank you for having read this....

jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: June 11, 2009, 01:46 »
Some updates:
As said before I'm travelling quite a lot at the time and struggle a bit to progress, but I have contacted a lot of NGO's, both to reassure those that will accept to help on the reality of the Peruvian social/medical situation for patients as Vanessa's mother and NGO able to transfert possible funds to the hospital whre she is under treatment. In the same time Vanessa has sent me a number of details that I will probably put here of send by mail, I dont know yet.
The contact with NGO is not as easy as I had imagined, most dont answer at all, I have been in touch with organisations dealing with cancer and they just dont answer, I dont ask for money, I dont ask for help, I just ask for advice. I'm in touch now with fund raising NGO. I have also asked medics NGO like medecin sans frontires, no answer either
Also I try now via personal networks to get more info and find a reliable  organisation in Lima.
I hope all this will not take too long time, I'll be back with more news. Any advice is appreciated.
jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 27, 2009, 15:57 »
Thanks for the good advices,
The mail system of the hospital doesnt work properly (the one I found at the bottom of their home page) at least my mail was rejected, I'll try again,
I really mean shes a good person, so I do hope I'm right, but I agree I need to do those checkings before asking anybody to help.
Its a bit akward because I'm on travel just now, and for the next 10 days..but I can access mails from time to time and I'll be back asap when I have news.
jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 27, 2009, 01:09 »
I have now contacted the hospital (INEN) and asked for details including possibility to pay directly to them. I did in english I hope it will do,
If someone offer to translate in spanish I will not refuse .... (5 lines).
jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 26, 2009, 15:35 »
Thanks madelaide
I have tried to search on Internet, but as I dont speak spanish it is rather difficult.
I will continue research.

Confrontated to such situation with high emotional feeling I guess the situation is difficult to appreciate for Vanessa's familly.

Is ther any spanish speaking member that could take contact with the hospital and ask? Here is the link again:
http://www.inen.sld.pe
This would be wonderful!
Thanks in advance!!
jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 26, 2009, 13:46 »
Back from work I have now time to give a bit more information.

In short:
Her mother was given a surgery by Dr Ortiz in Lima Peru. I did help to pay for some cost there.
Now she is in contact with INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLSICAS(INEN) for a chemioterapy. This is very expensive and alone I cant manage it.

Now I  will also ask Vanessa to send more details & proofs, name, copy of medical certificates etc...that will be either published here or sent to those of you declaring that they can help under the conditions Vanessa brings proofs that this a real story. For the time being I dont ask a ferm comitment, but a declaration that you are interested to help when you have the guarantees it is a true story.

For the time I think it is best to copy an extract of one of her latest mail,  I hate to do that, but I can also understnad that I need to convince you. I'm unsure what I shall copy, things she wrote were not aimed at been published here,


I hope this will help to achieve the goal of having more names on our list....

Thanks in advance

jean



From Vanessa's mail few days ago:

"The last  weeks on sunday i talked to my mom about her disease and persuaded her to go to the doctor that her gineocologist have recomended to us (Doctor Ortiz); so we went the next day to the hospital ; . that day was monday, my mom saw a ginecologist, then he said that my mom have to have a surgery and ordered some test before the surgery, that day my mom had a blood test. The next day my mom hadt an ecography in order to see what exactly she had, later we can get an appoinment with the oncologist but it was for May 19. ALso, that day i talked to my brother and told him about evrything that had happened, he agreed in make the surgery at the hospital because we though that Doctor Ortiz didn't have a private consultory;moreover we didnt' have the amount of money that was for her surgery, we just had the money that u have send. The Next week on tuesday my brother gave a good new that the bank had given him a loan, now we had all the money for my mom's surgery; .llater we went to his consultory and showed him all the tests that my mom had had, he sow her and confirm what she would probably have is a cancer. Then we asked if he works in a clinic, he said that he operates in 3 clinics, we felt better, and asked him when he will operates my mom he says on saturday, we agreed; however we asked he could operate my mom on friday 1st because here in Peru was holiday and many people doesn't work that day, he said yes; also because on thuesday he had all the day surgeries; so that was the day may first she had her surgery. A day before of the surgery she asked me to tell you that she is really thankful with your help,that without your help her surgery wouldn't be possible. The day of her surgery we woke up early and went to the clinic at 8 in the morning,it was hard she told me if something bad happened to her, she wants me to take care of myself and be strong, it broke my heart, it was hard, then the nurse arrived and prepared my mom to surgery room, my sister in law, my dad and went to room surgery's door and saw her i wanted to cry but i dind't want she to see me cry, my mom was crying, in the surgery room were the oncologist, the pathologist the anesthesiologist, his nurse assistant and more nurse i guess. All of them waited 35 minutes, then they took my mom to operate, i was afraid, not for the surgery, i was afraid for the results. . a hour later we were out of the room surgery and told us that it was positive, it means that my mom have Cancer, we were shocked, i couldn't believe it, i wanted to cry but i couldn't, then when the surgery ends, the doctors take my mom near the door. Later the doctor went out and explained that my mom's cancer clinically was in phase 3, her cancer was i her left ovary, it was affected her her utero, it was reaching her intestine, it was near her rectum, so the doctor extracted the utero, her ovaries, all the bad that she had, Doctor Ortiz said that clinically what he saw that she doesnt' have cancer; however, microscopically she still have cancer, that is why my mom has to follow a treatment,my mom has to have 3 to six chemoterapies, we are going to need a lot of money because that treatment its too expensive, i just hope it will 3 chemoterapies, no for the money, it is for her, many people say that chemoterapies are awful,well  the pathologist results will be in 2 days. ... I spent the night at the hospital taking care of my mom, i didnt sleep at all that nite, she had pain, she slept just one hour.."
 





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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 26, 2009, 01:44 »
Arent there more efficient ways for microstock money to save lives?

Tim
Maybe, but I don't know, I'm open to any idea.


Anyway, how do you know youre not getting scammed?

I appreciate that I havent maybe give so many details. When back at home this afternoon, I'll take Vanessa mails and compile a more detailled description of the situation.
I can also tell that I'm totally convinced the story is true and I have myself already contributed with more than 1000$ and I can prove this when needed.


OR we could help a starving child who just needs a little food.

I do both, it is up to each to do what they want and can.

jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 25, 2009, 22:52 »
Don't know if this is any help, but could be a lead.
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/NCC-and-Wyeth-Donation-to-Assist-Cancer-Patients-in-Latin-America-33898-1/



very intersresting thanks, I'll send this info asap to her!
I'll keep you informed
jean



I have just checked what Vanessa wrote
"the hospital name is "INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES NEOPLSICAS(INEN)" that hospital treats all kind of cancer, of course there are 2 others clinics but there are more expensive than this hopital;i guess the cost of each chemotherapy is around 1600 dollars so we decided that my mom's treatment will be at INEN, "
INEN is the hospital refered in the article that have received medicine to cure  "100 Peruvian leukemia"
Vanessa said "my mom has lymphoma, she says that is  no a common disease, also, she does not know what kind of lymphoma is, i found out that there are 30 kinds of lymphomas..."
I'm not a doctor but it seems the medicine that was given to the hospital is not curing Vanessa's mother.

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 25, 2009, 22:37 »
LIST:
1 jeancliclac
2 runamock

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 25, 2009, 22:34 »
Don't know if this is any help, but could be a lead.
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/NCC-and-Wyeth-Donation-to-Assist-Cancer-Patients-in-Latin-America-33898-1/



very intersresting thanks, I'll send this info asap to her!
I'll keep you informed
jean

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Off Topic / Re: How to help a friend ?
« on: May 25, 2009, 15:44 »
LIST:
1 jeancliclac

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Off Topic / How to help a friend ?
« on: May 25, 2009, 15:29 »
I was in Peru few years ago and while I was in Lima shooting in streets I met Vanessa and her friend and I have been since sending mails and exchanging about life, family etc. and became friends.. Few weeks ago she asked me to help. Her mother had a cancer and she needed urgently some money for the operation. I could help her.
Now her mother has been operated and she need more for her treatment , she told me that each chemotherapy cost around 900 dollars in a public hospital in Lima and se will need 8 or 9.This is an enormous amount of money that I dont have
I was thinking that the only way to help her would be to involve more people.

I came to think about the following:
We (some who will agree) will give her 50% of our microstock sales a given day in the beginning of June. I will at the big larger sites bring the attention to buyers on the name of the photographers that have accepted to help and ask the buyers to consider buying preferably pictures from one of those photographers that day. I know that if you join, you dont do it for the money, but this way this might raise more funds for her and make maybe a good business to those having joined.

I dont know how I can prove you that this story is true. I can tell that from the details I have got from Vanessa that this can hardly be an invented story. I may ask her to come on this forum if you want to communicate with her. I dont know if some members here are from Lima and can testify some details proving this is a true story. On my side I have no doubts and have as said already helped.

I suggest that if you agree just tell me and Ill start the list adding your name on the list here below (if you sell under different names at different sites please let me know). The date will be decided when we have enough names on the list, however we shall not wait too long as you can understand. I suggest it will be the first (if we are enough) or second monday of June 2009. You will send the money directly to her, via moneybookers. If you have questions or comments before making you decision I would do my best to answer or ask Vanessa to do so directly.

Thanks in advance for any other suggestion and help.

Jean

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I  just like to share a recent experience I had with one of the agencies, fotolia for naming it but it doesn't matter that much I think.
I was contacted by one of the staff member asking for details for one of my picture (a cat) because a client wanted to use it for a cat food package. I gave them the info and few hours latter the picture was bough but under a traditional licence. I was a bit surprised because I'm selling quite well cats pictures for the same purpose and they are purchased under EL. So I asked fotolia if this was not a mistake and the day after an EL licence was purchased. About a week later I got a message from fotolia saying that EL was nor needed for the purpose.
I cant tell if the same client has purchased the picture under two licences or what has happened there, but this has brought some confusion in my head...h
I must say honestly that I have never read in detail the term of the contracts at the various agencies (I find this part of the job a bit boring), but this story raised the question of my thread : "Are agencies informing well client when EL is needed?"
The client should to my opinion been clearly informed of the condition of use. I have no clue if clients are so ignorant of the details of the licence as I' am (but this is the photographers privilege..), but I think they shouldnt be allowed to be...
Is anyone have an experience as client or have similar experience???

best

jean

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Newbie Discussion / Re: Travel Photography - which agencies?
« on: March 02, 2009, 14:01 »
You can also try your chance with lonely planet, I was considering to send there. If I remember well you have first to submit a dvd with att least 500 pictures. And they reqyire exclusivity if I remember well. jean

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