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 01/30/2005 02:18:40 PM · #76
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by scalvert:
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Maybe I'm not capable of building a Mercedes or Rolls -- does that mean I shouldn't sell a servicable Kia or VW?


Sure, but you're selling your Kia/VW for the price of a Matchbox or Hot Wheels.

LOL!


This I think sums up the point I was trying to make quite succinctly...
 01/30/2005 06:20:55 PM · #77
Originally posted by Travis99:
ok, this is my deal. I bought my d-70 because I like photography, but.. the main reason was to make money. I want so bad to work for myself and make money and a career from my talents, I do not want to make some CEO rich from my hard work. (Which I am now). I want to make real money from my photographs, and I am willing to invest the time and money to do so. I thought that stock photography may be a way to help me persue my career. But reading the posts I understand that it will take much more than that.

So what do you pro's reccomend I do. I am 24 years old with a Nikon D-70 a 18-70mm 70-300mm a nikon sb-600 and a hell of alot of ambition. WHAT DO I DO?

Travis


Well Travis, I'm not a pro but I have the same feelings as you. But I feel my time is too valuable to spend on 20 cent stock sites, so I looked at Alamy. I just submitted a cd for their quality check (14 images). They all passed. If I have any success with them I'll post it here. You may want to look at them too. Just follow the guidelines. You already have a decent camera, so you just need to rez up the pics with something like Genuine Fractals (they also have a trial version).

Check out some of these long but very interesting threads. Many folks say RM is the way to go and RF is the devil's work. Then I read about someone making $20k off of 10,000 RM photos, and another making a half million (per yr) off of 1400, Royalty Free.

//www.pdngallery.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=001074

//www.pdngallery.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=5;t=001352

The PDN Forums have a lot of pros giving valuable advice. Check them out.

-John
 01/30/2005 06:51:12 PM · #78
Yes Alamy, I email Brian Peterson because I liked his book alot. I also told him I was inerested in stock photography. He replied with a link to alamy said it was a great agency. So I then registered and I will be sending my cd off shortly.

Would photoshop cs be sufficent for increasing the file size to there required 48mb. Or will I need different software. i have some cool photos I would like to send and I am happy to here that that the d-70 will give them the quaility images the need.

thanks for the input,

travis
 01/30/2005 06:55:43 PM · #79
wow I just finished reading the links you provided, sounds like dpc. I think I will be submitting all my images to alamy from now on.
 01/30/2005 06:58:27 PM · #80
Travis,
I think Alamy is strict at keeping the 48MB limit. Try the trial version of Geniune Fractals and compare it to Photoshop CS. My pictures were shot at Fine jpeg and came out ok in GF. (They all passed QC). PS Guru Scott Kelby says you can get excellent result interpolating photos in Photoshop by using bicubic-smoother and only increasing the image in 10% increments. Just set an action for it and hit that function key until you're at 48MB.
 02/01/2005 11:35:27 AM · #81
I've been thinking of Alamy too. How would images from a Digital Rebel do when put through Geniune Fractals?

Are buyers going to be less interested in buying the images because they've been shot this way?
 02/01/2005 11:46:49 AM · #82
Originally posted by tbdean:
I've been thinking of Alamy too. How would images from a Digital Rebel do when put through Geniune Fractals?

Are buyers going to be less interested in buying the images because they've been shot this way?


Rebel images if shot in raw will have no problem enlarging to 48 Mb if it was a clear shot to begin with. Understand though, that the 18 Mp 8 bit file that the Rebel generates is at the bottom of allowable res that Alamy or most other agencies will accept at the momment.
 02/01/2005 12:02:10 PM · #83
Originally posted by nsbca7:
Understand though, that the 18 Mp 8 bit file that the Rebel generates is at the bottom of allowable res


Thanks, I think I'll give it a shot.

The 1D is out of my range, would the 20D be noticably better for resolution? I've been drooling over it for other features anyway. :)
 02/01/2005 02:40:10 PM · #84
Basically comes down to who ever has the most/best toys makes the most money.

Need to buy a dSLR, upgrade my Pentium II to handle RAW, buy Photoshop CS to convert the RAW, buy a new monitor, buy a calibrating device, etc.

Message edited by author 2005-02-01 14:42:18.
 02/01/2005 02:55:01 PM · #85
Originally posted by faidoi:

Need to buy a dSLR, upgrade my Pentium II to handle RAW, buy Photoshop CS to convert the RAW, buy a new monitor, buy a calibrating device, etc.


Now, at least you'll have an excuse.......
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