Author Topic: StockXpert not taking travel stock anymore unless it's WOW! (Read 13137 times)

madelaide · « **Reply #25 on:** February 26, 2007, 17:16 »

If they are taking "non-wow" shots of common places, than maybe the whole idea of "not taking travel shots anymore" is a mistake?

Regards,
Adelaide

a.k.a.-tom · « **Reply #26 on:** February 26, 2007, 17:29 »

Quote from: madelaide on February 26, 2007, 17:16

If they are taking "non-wow" shots of common places, than maybe the whole idea of "not taking travel shots anymore" is a mistake?
Regards, Adelaide

.... yeah, when this thread started, I was wondering what the deal was, they were taking mine... And, yeah, I don't think my "travel' shots are that wow.. I'm one of those dudes that doesn't have his "wow" shots on the micros. So, I guess only time will tell if others start to see their own 'travel' stuff get accepted.
I will say this. When I first started uploading to StockXpert last year, THEY DID shoot down quite a few of my 'Travel' shots, but even then, not all of them. Again, lately, no mass rejection of those kinds of photos with me.

-tom

epixx · « **Reply #27 on:** February 26, 2007, 19:41 »

What is a travel shot anyway? A shot from somewhere you don't live? But everybody live somewhere. Are my photos from Italy travel shots at StockXpert, but not at Paxxion?

I think the travel shot label needs a re-definition. As agencies and customers are becoming more and more global, only shots from the most unaccessible places can really qualify as travel shots, and in my case, they would go to Alamy anyway.

a.k.a.-tom · « **Reply #28 on:** February 26, 2007, 22:53 »

Quote from: epixx on February 26, 2007, 19:41

What is a travel shot anyway? A shot from somewhere you don't live?
.............I think the travel shot label needs a re-definition.

Good Point,epixx!! If you lived in Roma on the piazza di Trevi, then a shot of the Trevi Fountain wouldn't be a 'travel' shot, it would be a shot out your front window. If I took a shot of the waterfall behind my house, it would be a travel shot to everyone but me. So how does a guy sitting at StockXpert somewhere in eastern Europe determine when it is and when it isn't a "travel" shot?
Therefore, every cityscape or landscape has to be a travel shot to someone and not a travel shot to someone else.
Think about that one long enough and you'll get a headache!

Wow, my brain hurts!!

-tom

madelaide · « **Reply #29 on:** February 27, 2007, 15:48 »

Well, if I shoot an image of famous landmarks of Rio, such as the Sugar Loaf, I consider them travel shots in terms of stock, because it is associated with Rio. Now if I take a photo of a lamp post in NYC, that is not a travel shot even if I was travelling.

Regards,
Adelaide

a.k.a.-tom · « **Reply #30 on:** February 27, 2007, 17:08 »

"Famous" is the key??? I suppose that'd make sense. Best definition I've heard so far!! I can live with that one. .....But let me play devil's advocate... what if the Empire State Building was in the background but it was still a shot of the lamp post??

Just messing with ya, madelaide...

Personally, I don't care what they label them as long as they take 'em and sell 'em... LOL

-tom

madelaide · « **Reply #31 on:** February 27, 2007, 18:16 »

Tom,

Not necessarily famous, but images that are inherent to a specific place.

There will always be gray areas of course. I wouldn't tag the "lamp post with the Empire State Buiding" as travel if the subject was clearly the lamp post.

Moreover, isn't the Empire State Building trademarked?

Regards,
Adelaide

epixx · « **Reply #32 on:** February 27, 2007, 19:55 »

I think we can leave the definitions to the customers. As was mentioned above: the borders are very difficult to define.

Living in one of the biggest tourist destination in Asia, Thailand, I often get the question if it's possible to make a living from shooting temples. Fact of life is: with regards to photo opportunities, most countries are very similar to most other countries, and I have very few temple photos in my portfolio. That is obviously a limited market.

The nice thing about stock photography becoming global, is that there are "non-travel" photos from all over the world, with all kinds of people and all kinds of environments. If I put my pink glasses on, I can even see it increases understanding between different cultures

Now, that was the optimistic statement of the day, wasn't it?

a.k.a.-tom · « **Reply #33 on:** February 28, 2007, 00:04 »

Quote from: madelaide on February 27, 2007, 18:16

Tom,
Not necessarily famous, but images that are inherent to a specific place.
There will always be gray areas of course. I wouldn't tag the "lamp post with the Empire State Buiding" as travel if the subject was clearly the lamp post.
Moreover, isn't the Empire State Building trademarked?
Regards,Adelaide

Just messing with ya'll. And adelaide, I accept your point, you are correct of course.
Once you all get to know me, you'll find that at age 58 I'm still the class clown who was also a ranking member of the debating team. I'll take a side I don't even believe in just to enjoy some intellectual intercourse as it were. LOL

And as a matter of fact, here in my goofing around, I learned yet more on MSG. I did not know that the ESB was trademarked. I thought that primarily involved newer architecture. Thank you. Peace!

-tom
p.s. epixx - Indeed, you are of an optimistic mind! Appreciated!

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