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Messages - Quasarphoto
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« on: October 20, 2017, 18:17 »
I received this survey email from Shutterstock (probably all contributors did) and I went through it. One of the questions was if SS would offer a personal web page feature would I like it. I bet I would. All in one place would be excellent. Is SS trying to be like a Photoshelter & microstock site combination?
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« on: October 20, 2017, 13:10 »
^ I am far from a travel photography but I should imagine that Travel is one of the most competitive fields of them all. There must be hundreds of thousands of amateurs and whatnots with a dslr or a compact running around on hollidays taking pictures.
A friend of my son went to south-america Machu-pichu and all that and came back with thousands of shots. He pulled over some shots on a CD and sold the lot to a huge PR agency!...must have been over 100 pics and sold it all for $100. He was only too pleased to get his name as a byeline.
Some wanabees are even getting into my own highly niched market which for many years I thought was totally impossible.
It's the least competitive field. I wouldn't call travel photographer who went to few obvious places or all-inclusive resorts. Even in USA there are plenty of uncharted places. Look : Machu Pichu 15,000 potos, Slab City: 100 photos.
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« on: October 20, 2017, 08:40 »
10,000? That's minor these days. There are 500,000- 1,000,000 portfolios out there. Even if it took them 10 years it's 100,000/year upload.
Those are teams and companies. Not individuals.
photo-walmarts
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« on: October 20, 2017, 07:51 »
If you double your portfolio every 6 months, you'll maintain the same income probably.
Seems legit but think of that guy who got 10000 images online. Thats must be kickass to double in 6 months lol.
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10,000? That's minor these days. There are 500,000- 1,000,000 portfolios out there. Even if it took them 10 years it's 100,000/year upload.
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« on: October 20, 2017, 01:53 »
If you double your portfolio every 6 months, you'll maintain the same income probably.
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« on: October 19, 2017, 18:42 »
One question above, yes you can withdraw $U.S. at certain bank machines. I have an account at PC and I think it's 300 U.S. daily at certain machines. Rate was better at BMO, but not as convenient. But next month PC changes their name and is fully operated by CIBC, a bank I never had great experience with. They say nothing will change but I kinda think the PC No Fees experience will soon disappear.
These store ran bankings never lasted too-too long in Canada. I'm even surprised they held up this long. Basically they were always part of CIBC. They say CIBC will run a Simplii Banking no fee acct. and the PC will be transferred there. Next year the will announce that is closing too. The inter-owning Big4 runs the finances if Canada. Everything else is just a shoot-off of those.
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« on: October 19, 2017, 12:52 »
Worked once, they deleted my content, now my approach is: maybe I'll take the time one day to re-load, maybe.
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« on: October 18, 2017, 16:35 »
amazing thing is. throughout the History of stock Photography which BTW goes back to the 1920's and was predominate Travel,landscapes and flowers, the travel work Now is Not really true travel Photography....churches,Buildings and Mountains don't really qualify.. People in stock wasn't really introduced until searchable stock Pictures then became macro/Micro. People in commercial product work was done specifically By AD Agencies.Real ...serious Travel is editorial. showing the sights and smells of the people in there environment and the food and what they do there. Good Travel work tells stories. I see folks calling themselves travel shooters. There not. sorry.Most of the old pro Travel shooters quit when Micro happened and Most started working for News organizations. Thats what there training was. Capturing Human Stories.
Look at Old nat geo magazines. Thats Pro Travel work. Not another shot of the London bridge or Machu Picchu ....ETC,ETC,Etc, Good Travel shooters were required to be good writers also.
You got that pretty much right, humans are being part of the big picture. A well rounded travel photographer will include all of the above. People, their environment, food, nature, ruins etc. Unfortunately a short 3 years ago the stock agencies slapped back just about everything with people in it, no matter what I wrote into the editorial caption. After serious rejections I shot a bunch of bland pile of rocks on the way. Seems like something turned around and now the acceptance range is wider, they playing catch-up. Also let's not forget that societies has changed so much that tradition is vanishing by the minute, it takes lot more work for lot less money to go after real stuff on the road. People running around in cars with smartphones in their hand wearing jeans and baseball caps, drinking Coke and munching Lays, just about everywhere. The unfortunate thing is that the pay-level is so low in microstock and the magazines are publishing BS articles. That many people can work for NG and even they reduced their payment and timeframe for an article. Traditional stock is gone almost totally, unless you shoot front-line war photos.
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« on: October 18, 2017, 12:44 »
Sounds good.
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« on: October 18, 2017, 10:53 »
Intentional Blur is quite trendy at the moment I believe whether you happen to like it or not. Though I don't think this example is a very good execution.
OK, thanks, I didn't know about that trend. Hold my beer....
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« on: October 18, 2017, 08:22 »
Honestly! good and unusual travel shots are really wasted in micro nowadays. There are a few traditional agencies specializing in travel and they get far more then any micro agency. Uploading travel to a micro and they are old fashioned by tomorrow.
My sales at SS improved substantially since I added travel photos.
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« on: October 17, 2017, 23:32 »
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« on: October 17, 2017, 23:10 »
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« on: October 17, 2017, 17:14 »
@Quasarphoto: the contributors from Africa get also on the train... because its their only train they get. If you dont have any alternative to make a living, your brain gets real sharp and creative!!! no time to cry.
Sorry, my bad leaving out Africa from the picture, sorry for that. The world is full of creative people and finally times are changing to give everybody a chance, although still hard in some places to acquire proper equipment. What is on their side though is travel images. The market is oversaturated with pictures taken in obvious places. As tourism grows there is need for photos of new places beside Rome, Paris, London, New York, Chichen Itza , Machu Picchu, so on. People want to see new places and many take a decision on photos/videos they see.
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« on: October 17, 2017, 17:07 »
Is anyone else still having trouble uploading, or is it only me? I can't get anything through since yesterday.
I sent up almost 100 image files through ftp last night. All went well.
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« on: October 16, 2017, 18:29 »
Problem self-solved. People spend too much time on soap operas instead of technical problem shooting. Here how you can do it in case of Deep Meta 3 upload process:
See the batch you submitted in ESP.
Click on the batch Id#and NOT on the submission summary.
The thumbnails of the batch will come up.
See what's the problem with any image there.
Fix the problem.
Voila.
Hope it was helpful.
Dry your eyes.
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« on: October 16, 2017, 18:02 »
I have some suspicions: Shutterstock accept anything to get "the number" (150, 200, 500 million images).
In this way the average contributors are happy because their images are accepted and the shareholders are also as they see the number of images increase. Customers also feel like they have many more choices.
But who can tell us that internally Shutterstock does not tag as rejected the images that once would have been rejected, so that they do not appear in the search results, but they appear in the total images count?
Good points, maybe the answer is the target of 200 million, who cares if they are ever going to sell? Sure happy contributors with all kinds of good feelings and no sales. Shareholders are really that one dimensional. Profits mean more than assets or biggest collection claims. Customers might care about more choices, but if they are anything like the forum, we see that spam is of no value.
If they are hiding files, then we would see our own as missing, and we don't. Nice conspiracy theory, but it's a fail. Just like they hide better images, because SS makes more selling cheap new contributors work. Of course I'd say, they shouldn't accept anything that's not up to standards, which shows integrity and we'd all like better. Not happening is it? So your making a big number like 200 million, seems the best answer.
I see a logic in it. In 10 years a lot have changed. Cameras, softwares, dynamic range and how the 'look' of the photos. Some images are timeless but a new generation of buyers stepped in who likes more the 'shadow-highlight' exaggerated photos. Photos which would not eve think to go through QC are flying through. I sell more 'new style' photos than 'regular' ones. Buyers have also changed in a sense that there are more amateurs who want a ready made photo, than those who want a 'virgin' one and edit it him/herself. Times are changing continuously and agencies have to keep up. Also cloud storage space has become more affordable. If you shot your portfolio and sold well 8-10 years ago all you need to complain about is not keeping up with the times. Leaning back and watch those old files flying off the shelves is not going to work. Young kids are pouring in and they're not stupid at all, photography is easier to learn than ever and the sensors are just amazing, you can push photos in a new direction without too much noise. Remember when the old farts complained when the digital cameras came along? Film is the best, digital is bad. It's the same thing. New photos are better than the 6-7 years old ones. The world have opened up, contributors from East Europe, South America and Asia are getting on the train, and they are some * good ones. Go to Dreamstime and check who are the top producers. The privilege and advantage of Western Europe and North America in this business is gone, you have serious competition. Keep up or fall out.
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« on: October 16, 2017, 16:01 »
I agree 100%. I stop uploading and have 300 accepted photos unfinished. They are great images that are selling at other sites--but I just don't have time to finish them
You have the time to start a thread, follow said thread and reply but you don't have the time to upload "great images" that are selling? Sounds more like laziness or time management issues.
Hey, you nailed it. 
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« on: October 16, 2017, 15:59 »
Drop files in ftp and that's that. submitting is a bit time consuming but as with any job, you need to put a bit of time into it. I found Alamy the most honest system though, first they QC, then you work on it, not the other way around. Even if you don't do anything about it I found my files coming up in search, without any categorizing. I wish ALL agencies would be like that.
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« on: October 16, 2017, 14:20 »
My Account>Online Files>Hover mouse over 'Uploaded date'>Edit
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« on: October 16, 2017, 13:47 »
Is that Shuttesrtock? From time to time it happens, must be some bug in the system when they modify something. It happened to me today and previously too. I just check the submitted files folder, if the files are there I just wait until the system clears.
Ok, thank you for your reply, so now i know it is problem of SS.
May i:
1) wait
2) send same images as many times as SS request
3) send images one time and then delete if still appears in metadata page
??
I wouldn't delete it until goes through QC. Just in case.
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« on: October 16, 2017, 12:05 »
I am Canadian and using PayPal for a decade now to receive and send payments. There is no fee when I withdraw, just the conversion rate. I don't expect nowadays, or ever, from a company to offer free service as I don't give away my photos for free either usually. I find PayPal quite convenient and fast.
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« on: October 16, 2017, 11:44 »
Is that Shuttesrtock? From time to time it happens, must be some bug in the system when they modify something. It happened to me today and previously too. I just check the submitted files folder, if the files are there I just wait until the system clears.
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« on: October 15, 2017, 19:08 »
I guess taking in consideration any comment from members without any link to portfolios is not worth much. Talk is cheap.
How is that relevant to an uploading issue?
H*ll, I actually took the time to do the iS forum search to make sure you could get the info that way, which is more than you did.
Is this a Microstock forum, whining ground or a dictatorship of few members? You don't know the answer or you don't want to answer a honest question you can just skip it. You don't need to behave like king of the hill.
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« on: October 15, 2017, 18:02 »
I guess taking in consideration any comment from members without any link to portfolios is not worth much. Talk is cheap.
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