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Messages - jen
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« on: June 15, 2015, 10:26 »
Stocksy is a big failure on many levels, and now it seems they are getting desperate for sales. 90% of the the failure is the curation, it is done by 12 year old hispterfan teengirls recruited from random instagram accounts. They are extremely good at picking out the useless, chaotic stuff - to be "so different"... I guess. Just look at the opening page, it has become an ugly mess.
You bash Stocksy every chance you get. Why do you care so much? Why don't you just ignore them?
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« on: November 01, 2014, 15:41 »
I'm sure the team will eventually expand to include a keywording expert, because yes, it's important that buyers can find images and that they aren't turned off by inaccurate search results. The great thing about the co-op is we're able to propose solutions to problems like this and vote to have them seen through.
Good luck to them finding 'a' keywording expert whose expertise extends to all subject areas.
This seems really nitpicky, Sue. Forgive me for not typing "keywording experts in different subject matters." I don't think that really changes the point of my comment.
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« on: October 30, 2014, 18:56 »
Thank you, Jen, for providing that list of wildlife portfolios on Stocksy. I had seen a few of them before but hadn't spotted them all. It's good to know that some wildlife specialists are finding a home there.
You're welcome! And if you don't see something in the collection, it's all the more reason to apply and be the first to supply it!  That said I am genuinely bugged by the inaccuracy I find in some of the titles and keywords. It often seems a non-wildlife-specialist got a shot of a critter and uploaded it without knowing what it was. For example, one image identified as a "White Pelican" is beautiful, but the subject is not a White Pelican. In other cases, there's barely even generic identification, and maybe that's better than misidentifying a species. I'm not saying that SS or DT or IS don't have errors too, but since Stocksy is positioning itself as something special, it seems fair to expect more accuracy.
Yeah... there are some keywording/description issues for sure. Keep in mind though, it's still a startup with a really small team and there are only so many things they can focus on at once. I'm sure the team will eventually expand to include a keywording expert, because yes, it's important that buyers can find images and that they aren't turned off by inaccurate search results. The great thing about the co-op is we're able to propose solutions to problems like this and vote to have them seen through.
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« on: October 29, 2014, 09:51 »
If you're looking for wildlife, check out Paul Tessier - http://www.stocksy.com/PaulTessier, Shane Gross - http://www.stocksy.com/ShaneGross, Alan Shapiro - http://www.stocksy.com/alanshapiro, Jonatan Hedberg - http://www.stocksy.com/formatura, Marilar Irastorza - http://www.stocksy.com/irastorza, Peter Wey - http://www.stocksy.com/peterwey, Anthony Asael - http://www.stocksy.com/anthonyasael, Yasir Nisar - http://www.stocksy.com/maxloxton, Brandon Alms - http://www.stocksy.com/macropixel, just to name a few.
I tried to edit that about 10 times to fix the URLs but it wouldn't let me, so here they are in a list. http://www.stocksy.com/PaulTessierhttp://www.stocksy.com/ShaneGrosshttp://www.stocksy.com/alanshapirohttp://www.stocksy.com/formaturahttp://www.stocksy.com/irastorzahttp://www.stocksy.com/peterweyhttp://www.stocksy.com/anthonyasaelhttp://www.stocksy.com/maxloxtonhttp://www.stocksy.com/macropixel
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« on: October 29, 2014, 09:21 »
I did some search for "concept" and found "plenty" of fresh and original conceptual files (from early 70's)
http://www.stocksy.com/search?src=head&text=concept
Thanks for sharing that selection of "concept" images. As a wildlife photographer, I continue looking for the (very few) wildlife images available on Stocksy.
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Maybe I'm just a hopeless realist and don't get the creative, innovative Stocksy "approach", but I don't find anything impressive about this image or its keywords.
Perhaps somebody can explain it to me.
We can all go on Stocksy and find examples of individual images we don't like or that we don't think belong in the collection, but I think that's missing the big picture. If you're looking for wildlife, check out Paul Tessier - http://www.stocksy.com/PaulTessier, Shane Gross - http://www.stocksy.com/ShaneGross, Alan Shapiro - http://www.stocksy.com/alanshapiro, Jonatan Hedberg - http://www.stocksy.com/formatura, Marilar Irastorza - http://www.stocksy.com/irastorza, Peter Wey - http://www.stocksy.com/peterwey, Anthony Asael - http://www.stocksy.com/anthonyasael, Yasir Nisar - http://www.stocksy.com/maxloxton, Brandon Alms - http://www.stocksy.com/macropixel, just to name a few.
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« on: October 23, 2014, 11:07 »
I'm sorry Jodie and hjalmedia!
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« on: October 19, 2014, 14:46 »
Nothing wrong with submitting older images.
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« on: October 16, 2014, 11:26 »
^ You aren't listed in the Artist Directory until you have uploaded and had at least one image accepted. I would imagine there are a number of recently accepted contributors who haven't yet gotten around to getting images approved for the catalog.
Yes, when I was browsing the "hello new members" thread in the contributor forums, there were many people who introduced themselves but had empty portfolios. I really have absolutely no idea how many members we actually have.
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« on: October 15, 2014, 12:49 »
... the thousands of new images from ~500 new members.
Do you know that the 500 photographers for 2014 have already been invited?
Bad news for me 
No, I don't know how many spots are left. That's what the tilde was for ("approximately" 500)
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« on: October 15, 2014, 09:54 »
colors, mood
done in post with a filter. you can take any photo and make it look like that
haha So that's my blog post and it's just 30 random images I personally liked out of the thousands of new images from ~500 new members. I don't expect everyone to have the same tastes as me. But to say that you can take any image and slap a filter on it to make it look like that - that it has nothing to do with styling, posing, mood, lighting, composition... well that's just funny. To each their own, I guess.
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« on: October 13, 2014, 10:19 »
I'm sorry whatwolf! Better luck next time.
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« on: September 28, 2014, 11:36 »
its like they dont take me seriously, like my work is so bad, they wont even bother to respond. I have 1200 images on SS and istock so i dont know why my exclusives dont make it on stocksy. They surely are bewildering. Or it's like they have over 4000 applicants for only 500 slots, and a very small team responding to everyone. are they really promising to share profits? why dont they just give 90% or whatever upfront? Why this game of "sharing at end of year" Sounds like a corporate trick. Because a company needs to spend money to grow, and because a company costs money to run? Contributors get 50% royalties, 100% on extended licenses, and an annual dividend. That's just how the co-op is set up. And that guy is already mega rich...how many gold tipped, ivory back scratches does he need to afford? Do you realize "that guy" is no longer the CEO? The CEO of Stocksy is Brianna Wettlaufer, and Stocksy has a board of directors making decisions. There is no "that guy" swimming around in his Scrooge McDuck vault while cackling at the misfortune of photographers. he is ASKING US to spend OUR MONEY to advertise for him?? OUTRAGEOUS!!! Once again... no. No one is asking contributors to spend money to advertise Stocksy.
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« on: September 26, 2014, 10:04 »
they make you advertise for them?? WOW classy
isnt bruce already mega rich in the first place?? why wud he need to tap his contributors to get air space...freaking weird.
Why are you so angry at Stocksy that you feel the need to bump as many old threads as possible? And no, they don't actually force anyone to spam their Facebook friends.
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« on: September 25, 2014, 09:36 »
why are so many people camping here after 4 months waiting for no sales? THEY ARE IN THE LOW EARNER CATEGORY ON MSG
They are in the New Sites / Low Earners category. I don't know how they measure earnings on MSG but if it's from contributor reports then my guess is there isn't enough data to provide a meaningful number.
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« on: September 21, 2014, 12:09 »
I'm sorry Magdalena!
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« on: September 17, 2014, 10:09 »
If you photos are suitable for microstock, Stocksy will not want them ... if they are special for Stocksy I guess it will be hard for you to have profit with them in microstock (in this days).
Exactly, this is the reason It isn't possible to shoot the same images for Stocksy and microstock and when I'm focusing on Stocksy application I have have great difficulty with other work.
We have to respect the Stocksy's reviewers, if we want to get in.
We respect them but the term one to two months is from Stocksy information page for applicants so I hope they understand that we are concerned when we have no answer after three months. Such delay is a serious complication for some photographers because microstock is full time job for some of us. I believe they are doing the best but each week waiting impacts all my family and it is very difficult for me.
I know I already said this on page 1, but... please don't put your life or work on hold for Stocksy. I know it is really frustrating to wait so long, but waiting for an answer from Stocksy shouldn't impact your family or prevent you from doing your full time job. It's just one agency. Besides, your application is already submitted, isn't it? So there shouldn't be any more work for you to do on it?
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« on: September 09, 2014, 11:03 »
I quitted uploading to microstock when I sent my application but it is 12 weeks already and I think I have to start with my microstock work again. I can't wait so long 
Don't put your work on hold because you're waiting for Stocksy! Always keep shooting.
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« on: September 08, 2014, 17:10 »
Ok, let me put this way:
If tomorrow Jon Oringer sell SS to those Getty idiots get whatever$ (get bored meanwhile) and create another SStocksy will you support him? I won't!
Bruce Livingstone selling IS made more damage to the MS industry then anyone else. What's next selling Stocksy and than again..........
Again, the business is set up as a co-op, which means that Bruce is not able to "sell it".
I have read many of the Stocksy press releases and such but could find co op information, everything they release seems to have a hush hush secret surprise tone to it.
My main question with the co op would be how transparent it is and how it actually works?
Do they pro rate the highest sellers higher margins and lower selling photographers lower portions? Is it freely open to members? Do we all get to see the books on a daily basis? The 50% is a start, but what got me excited about Stocksy is the profit sharing promise. THAT is fair!! Artist does all the work.
Choosing stocksy for me was about clarifying this area, but no information really available. What stocksy offer is Bruce and his IS legacy and the co op promise. Would definitely want more specific and concrete written info or contract to read that outlines how this works.
Also can a future successful stocksy management just decide to buy an office building this year and kill all profits that were meant for the artist?
If you have any information or links that i might have missed, please drop them.
The co-op's legal documents are available to members. Financial data is available to members. That info is not available to the general public so there are no links to share.
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« on: July 04, 2014, 16:22 »
For those of you that are on Stocksy already - Are you getting any sales?
Yep. I'm happy.
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« on: July 04, 2014, 08:11 »
Thank you Jen for your comment. Do you think it isn't good to have images with logos in sample portfolio? I know that I can't sell them in stock agency and I wavered if it is good idea to have them in my portfolio or not but I noticed that Stocksy has images with logos in their selection on Pinterest (http://www.pinterest.com/pin/366550857144766816/). I wonder if it is better to show them images I like more although they aren't usable for stock or if I should use only photos without trademarks or art. Perhaps I could try to retouch some of them.
I'm not sure how they are choosing people, so I don't know the right answer, but personally I would avoid logos. You know you can't use logos, but they don't know that you know that if you submit those images. Some of those would be quite easy to retouch so that's probably the route I would take personally.
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« on: July 04, 2014, 08:01 »
jen, you have a great portfolio at stocksy - I like it very much!
Thank you very much!
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« on: July 03, 2014, 13:07 »
I don't agree that there is a very narrow style, although I understand why one might get that impression by looking at the main page, which is more tightly curated. But in the overall collection, there are images with shallow depth of field, and images taken in bright sun with tiny apertures. Natural lighting and artificial lighting. Highly styled commercial shoots and family snapshots. VSCO-type filters and no filters. Bright colours and muted colours. There are certain things you won't find on Stocksy, like coffee cups isolated on white ( although...), or workers on backgrounds crossing their arms ( except...), but I don't agree that there is "one distinct style" of images on Stocksy. Jasmin, you have different styles in your own portfolio. When I started at Stocksy, I also had the impression that there was a "look" I was supposed to achieve, and that I would have to upload everything else to other sites. What I've actually found in the past year and a half is that they have accepted literally any style of shooting and editing I have felt like doing as long as it's well executed.
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« on: June 25, 2014, 11:27 »
Oops. Sorry Kathi
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