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11/11/2004 03:26:35 PM · #176 |
thank you Bob :)
I will certainly use your referal, is that easy to do and what name do you go by?
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11/13/2004 05:02:32 AM · #177 |
Originally posted by LindaZ:
thank you Bob :)
I will certainly use your referal, is that easy to do and what name do you go by? |
Hi Linda you simply click on the link above it is all automatic.
Bob |
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11/13/2004 07:28:07 AM · #178 |
You can check out my Gallery on Shutterstock HERE
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12/04/2004 06:11:50 AM · #179 |
Istock is changing....the prices are going up and we will be getting more money.
and you can sign a Exclusivity contact with them....which means you have to delete all your images off the other sites like, dreamstime, shutterstock, and the others but you will get a bonus
royalties:
Member type: small / medium / large
Standard: $.20/$.40/$.60
only if you sign contact below
Bronze: .25/.50/.75
Silver: .30/.60/.90
Gold: .35/.70/1.05
Diamond: .40/.80/1.20
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12/04/2004 09:45:54 AM · #180 |
| At the rate my shutterstock downloads are going (approx 2$ per day, versus istock 1$ per day) I am not going to go exclusive with istock. The 5% bonus would not compensate for the loss. |
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12/05/2004 12:17:52 PM · #181 |
| Sorry. I have to brag. I have the image of the week at istock! A first for me. I'm pretty excited about it. Last night when I went over to read about the new agreement I was checking out my downloads and saw. I was drunk and thought I was imagining it, but this morning it's still there. |
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12/05/2004 12:24:56 PM · #182 |
I don't think I will sign that contract because right now I am making more at shutterstock then istock.
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12/05/2004 01:23:31 PM · #183 |
Me too - in fact much more. :) I don't think the bonus to istock is helpful - sure, Lise is gonna love it. Doesn't help me. I have less than 500 anyways.
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12/05/2004 01:59:42 PM · #184 |
Originally posted by pcody:
Sorry. I have to brag. I have the image of the week at istock! A first for me. I'm pretty excited about it. Last night when I went over to read about the new agreement I was checking out my downloads and saw. I was drunk and thought I was imagining it, but this morning it's still there. |
Congrats!!!! That's great......I'd be bragging too!!
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12/05/2004 02:04:35 PM · #185 |
Originally posted by pcody:
Sorry. I have to brag. I have the image of the week at istock! A first for me. I'm pretty excited about it. Last night when I went over to read about the new agreement I was checking out my downloads and saw. I was drunk and thought I was imagining it, but this morning it's still there. |
Congrats.. It will be interesting to see how many downloads it generates for you.
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12/05/2004 05:20:19 PM · #186 |
So, who's making the most money from these stock sites?
I mean, if you only put your "bad" photos up, they won't get downloaded very much so you won't make much from them.
If you put really good images up to get lots of downloads (let's say 500 downloads) you've made $100-250 over a six month period (just as an example).
Now, take those same GREAT photos and get them listed with a *ahem* REAL stock agency and you're talking about fewer "downloads" (uses) at a much much higher rate. Like potentially thousands of dollars per use. It doesn't make sense to me.
Get all excited over a hundred or two dollars from "selling" tons of your photos? I guess there's some excitement there, but why bother with that much effort when you could put that same amount of effort into contacting and presenting your photos to established stock agencies and make hundreds or thousands of times more money per image? *hundreds or thousands of TIMES more*
Think small, be small... Why not at least give a shot to selling to the big agencies? I have no intention of whoring out my skills for pennies. I would hope that most people truly interested in and confident with their photography would feel the same.
I'm no pro and haven't even tried too hard to sell images, but to date, I've sold no more than 7-8 photos for single use (mostly publications) and made nearly $1000. I have no intention of putting valuable imagery online for nothing, hoping to one day rack up enough downloads so that I can receive a $100 check.
Just another perspective, my $.02
(which you can apply to your account, if you like) |
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12/05/2004 05:45:15 PM · #187 |
Originally posted by animes2k:
I'm no pro and haven't even tried too hard to sell images, but to date, I've sold no more than 7-8 photos for single use (mostly publications) and made nearly $1000. I have no intention of putting valuable imagery online for nothing, hoping to one day rack up enough downloads so that I can receive a $100 check. |
I'm interested in selling photos to publications and such, however I don't know how to go about it. Do you have any advice as to where to start?
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12/05/2004 05:58:53 PM · #188 |
The issue I have is that if I want to sell a print for big bucks and yet have it up on a site for download for dirt cheap, I'm devaluing my services and my time and my prints.
How many of you have your images up on istockphoto or some other site, as well as listing them at DPCPrints, or sell them on your own? There's a big conflict there. This summer I sold an image (yes digial file) for $300. I'm not going to offer that up for a $0.40 sale, nor any of my other work.
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12/05/2004 06:19:03 PM · #189 |
Originally posted by jimmythefish:
The issue I have is that if I want to sell a print for big bucks and yet have it up on a site for download for dirt cheap, I'm devaluing my services and my time and my prints.
How many of you have your images up on istockphoto or some other site, as well as listing them at DPCPrints, or sell them on your own? There's a big conflict there. This summer I sold an image (yes digial file) for $300. I'm not going to offer that up for a $0.40 sale, nor any of my other work. |
In principle I agree with you. But I tried dpcprints for several months without success before trying any stock sites. At least when I sell a few pictures at iStock or Shutterstock, I get the satisfaction of knowing that my work is of use to someone. When I improve as a photographer (and get a better camera), I can always reconsider my position if I believe I can earn more from my photos. But for now I am learning what is and isn't of use to others and getting paid for it (eventually).
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12/05/2004 06:27:12 PM · #190 |
Originally posted by Konador:
I'm interested in selling photos to publications and such, however I don't know how to go about it. Do you have any advice as to where to start? |
I guess it depends on the publication and the photos, but it's pretty much all the same.
For my newspaper shots, I just contacted the photo editor, said "hey, I got these here - interested?" and he said yes to a couple because they were appropriate to news stories they were covering. The other route for a newspaper (or any publication for that matter) is to propose a story idea based on your shots or based on shots that you would take. Pretty common way of going about it, actually.
For my magazine shots, I again contacted the appropriate person (editor covering the area I was interested in shooting - in this case, amateur motorsports) to see if he was interested in some photos I shot recently. At that point, I also asked if there were any upcoming events they needed coverage for. They did, so I went and shot, wrote a short article and they published photos in a few issues.
At one of these events, a tire manufacturer came up to me and expressed interest in buying photos of their sponsored car for promotional use. Pretty simple, really. It's just a matter of getting your photos in front of the right person at the right time.
All of this within the last six months, these few experiences are all that have made up my $1000 or so. Not bad for a total of a few hours work. If I were pursuing it more, I'm sure I could parlay these experiences into much more.
Message edited by author 2004-12-05 18:28:23. |
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12/06/2004 03:18:41 PM · #191 |
funny this topic should come up...
I just got another check today for 5 more photos for
Grassroots Motorsports Magazine. Run to the barnes & noble
and there they are! That's three issues in a row, all from a single
day's "work" (if you can call running around all day with full access
and the best perspectives on a race track work).
It only further strengthens my argument that you don't need to sell
yourself cheap. Before that day at the track I'd only shot one other
autosports event, so I'm by no means a pro. It's just a matter of talking
to the right people and being able to produce what they want.
Good luck! |
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12/06/2004 06:48:39 PM · #192 |
| Does anyone have a good minor/adult model release form for istock? |
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12/06/2004 06:57:16 PM · #193 |
Originally posted by animes2k:
Now, take those same GREAT photos and get them listed with a *ahem* REAL stock agency and you're talking about fewer "downloads" (uses) at a much much higher rate. Like potentially thousands of dollars per use. It doesn't make sense to me. |
What are some real stock agencies?
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12/06/2004 07:04:22 PM · #194 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Does anyone have a good minor/adult model release form for istock? |
Don't you like the one they have at istock? |
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12/06/2004 07:10:10 PM · #195 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Does anyone have a good minor/adult model release form for istock? |
I'm sure there's one available on the site somewhere. Ah found it here: //www.istockphoto.com/docs/modelrelease.pdf
Edited to add link.
Message edited by author 2004-12-06 19:12:38.
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12/06/2004 09:46:17 PM · #196 |
Originally posted by louddog:
What are some real stock agencies? |
Comstock, SuperStock, Tony Stone, Getty, Corbis, Digital Vision, PunchStock, Image Source, image100, PhotoAlto, Stockbyte, Veer, Nonstock, Index Stock... to name a few off the top of my head... |
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12/08/2004 12:38:58 PM · #197 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Originally posted by Sonifo:
Does anyone have a good minor/adult model release form for istock?
I'm sure there's one available on the site somewhere. Ah found it here: //www.istockphoto.com/docs/modelrelease.pdf |
I get an error message.
Message edited by author 2004-12-08 12:39:45. |
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12/08/2004 12:43:58 PM · #198 |
Originally posted by Sonifo:
I get an error message. |
Is your Adobe Reader set up properly? I just tried it and it worked fine for me. |
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05/18/2005 08:53:55 AM · #199 |
Originally posted by steinar:
Which are you making more money from, iStockPhoto or Dreamstime?
$0.5 or $0.1 seems awfully little... I shot a photo for the cover of some CD yesterday and got $200 for it, which is probably around or less then 1/3 of what professionals charge, but this project took me about 3 hours (with post processing). I uploaded the images to my web server and sent the customer a link (usually I write them on a CD, but he chose to have them uploaded), so there's no cost for me. Seems much more remunerative then this stockphoto struggle you've been descibing.
But... maybe I'll try this out, must be some reason why all of you are so interested in this =) |
Here are some stock sites and links
I order of the ones that make me the most money:
1.Istockphoto Over $1500.00
2.Shutterstock over $500.00
3.DreamstimeOver $400.00
4.Bigstockphoto Under $50.00
5.Canstockphoto Under $10.00
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05/18/2005 09:15:01 AM · #200 |
Mel,
thanks for posting this info. Just curious, over what period of time did these sales occur? Did you ever calculate what your $/image/year would be? (for example, some nature photographers use the rule of thumb of earning $1 per image per year for nature stock.)
Thanks,
John |
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