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11/15/2006 03:39:34 AM · #951 |
Mavrik didn't have the patience even get accepted into Alamy, let alone submit anything...but after all that he did start off a thread that has influenced alot of people to give it a go.
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I have just had my 3rd sale this month!! Yeeehaaa! |
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11/15/2006 08:21:17 AM · #952 |
Yes, after reading through this thread, I sent in to Alamy and all 10 images were accepted. Then I went on to Istock, Dreamstimes and Fotolia and now have images up and running. I only have 1 image on iStock but it has already sold!
What a wonderful thread so thanks to all!
Henry
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11/16/2006 04:09:53 AM · #953 |
| Well, I have a rather ironic story to tell. It relates closely to the purpose for which this thread was created by our patriarch "Mavrik". I have a photo which just sold for the sixth time on Alamy today (woooohoooo!!). The ironic part is that this photo was submitted to IStockphoto before I got up the ambition to sign with Alamy. IStockphoto rejected it because of "spots, and noise, ...yadayadayada". Well, I did take their advice and clean it up a little. By then I was submitting to Alamy, and I thought it more fitting for Alamy. Alamy accepted it, of course - it was part of my original QC submission. So, would I be better off selling this on a micro site for 50 cents, or, for those extraordinary sales of FIVE DOLLARS for the REALLY BIG sales, or... By being a little patient (the photo sat on Alamy almost a year before it sold), I've received $2800 on this photo on a macro site. So, the moral of the story is... (obvious) |
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11/16/2006 04:12:32 AM · #954 |
Originally posted by WGF Images:
Mavrik didn't have the patience even get accepted into Alamy, let alone submit anything...but after all that he did start off a thread that has influenced alot of people to give it a go.
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I have just had my 3rd sale this month!! Yeeehaaa! |
That's just too funny!!! (about Mavrik, not your 3rd sale -congrats on that) Yes, his thread is the one to influence me and save me from the deception of the micro sites. |
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11/16/2006 08:35:46 AM · #955 |
Brian and Grant are right. It takes patience, time and good images. I'm involved in several forums and know for a fact there are photographers that can average a sale a day on the traditional agencies. Not bad going if you ask me. These sales are NOT for a $1.00 a piece.
I've been with Alamy for about a year and a half and have made about 20 sales. I feel so inferior to these guys that make several monthly sales every month. My point being that my sales range from $30.00 (distribtor sale) to just shy of $2000.00 for a single, rights manged image. For me that was enough to keep it interesting.
If you shoot run-of-the-mill images, then the odds of selling are going to be lower. If you present well thought out, well executed (produced) and edited imagery then your odds will greatly increase. The old saying about "the cream rising to the top" is abundantly clear here.
Photographers are always asking if an agency is any good. How many images do you need? What kind of images sell? How much money can I make? There are no clear cut answers to any of those questions, which makes them rather redundant.
Just shoot what you do best, edit and submit. With the internet it is sooooo easy.
Cheers
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11/16/2006 09:04:24 AM · #956 |
Originally posted by briphoto:
So, the moral of the story is... (obvious) |
that's awesome, and really inspiring. can we see the photo?
i'm glad this thread has some life back in it. i was thinking about it a lot over the course of the last few nights, when the bulk of my sleep has come when i shoved over the keyboard and put my head down on the desk. i really need to start cutting the cord on a lot of my projects so that i can focus on the stock work i'm just DYING to do.
i guess as a freelancer i shouldn't complain about being too busy, but... |
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11/16/2006 10:14:14 AM · #957 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by briphoto:
So, the moral of the story is... (obvious) |
that's awesome, and really inspiring. can we see the photo?
i'm glad this thread has some life back in it. i was thinking about it a lot over the course of the last few nights, when the bulk of my sleep has come when i shoved over the keyboard and put my head down on the desk. i really need to start cutting the cord on a lot of my projects so that i can focus on the stock work i'm just DYING to do.
i guess as a freelancer i shouldn't complain about being too busy, but... |
I think sometimes the problem with Alamy is it is still "Traditional". It still has no FTP or any form of web uploading and this makes it painfully slow for those of us who are far away from the UK. We accummulate images on a DVD and then mail that and wait. I contacted Alamy member services about the possibility of being a beta tester for the their uploading arrangement but was told there is no slots left. However, from what I hear no one has gotten onto this trial program - anyone?
Henry
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11/16/2006 10:53:24 AM · #958 |
Originally posted by briphoto:
Well, I have a rather ironic story to tell. It relates closely to the purpose for which this thread was created by our patriarch "Mavrik". I have a photo which just sold for the sixth time on Alamy today (woooohoooo!!). The ironic part is that this photo was submitted to IStockphoto before I got up the ambition to sign with Alamy. IStockphoto rejected it because of "spots, and noise, ...yadayadayada". Well, I did take their advice and clean it up a little. By then I was submitting to Alamy, and I thought it more fitting for Alamy. Alamy accepted it, of course - it was part of my original QC submission. So, would I be better off selling this on a micro site for 50 cents, or, for those extraordinary sales of FIVE DOLLARS for the REALLY BIG sales, or... By being a little patient (the photo sat on Alamy almost a year before it sold), I've received $2800 on this photo on a macro site. So, the moral of the story is... (obvious) |
And all this from a 7 year old, way to go Brian. Was the photo the double lightning shot? Look at Brians Bio, 7 years old and such great skill ;) |
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11/16/2006 03:40:22 PM · #959 |
Originally posted by PhantomEWO:
Originally posted by briphoto:
Well, I have a rather ironic story to tell. It relates closely to the purpose for which this thread was created by our patriarch "Mavrik". I have a photo which just sold for the sixth time on Alamy today (woooohoooo!!). The ironic part is that this photo was submitted to IStockphoto before I got up the ambition to sign with Alamy. IStockphoto rejected it because of "spots, and noise, ...yadayadayada". Well, I did take their advice and clean it up a little. By then I was submitting to Alamy, and I thought it more fitting for Alamy. Alamy accepted it, of course - it was part of my original QC submission. So, would I be better off selling this on a micro site for 50 cents, or, for those extraordinary sales of FIVE DOLLARS for the REALLY BIG sales, or... By being a little patient (the photo sat on Alamy almost a year before it sold), I've received $2800 on this photo on a macro site. So, the moral of the story is... (obvious) |
And all this from a 7 year old, way to go Brian. Was the photo the double lightning shot? Look at Brians Bio, 7 years old and such great skill ;) |
Yes, it was the Double Lightning Strike. It's not so much how young I am, but how handsome (my self-portrait profile photo).
Message edited by author 2006-11-16 15:41:04. |
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11/16/2006 03:46:43 PM · #960 |
Originally posted by OLD_HENRY:
I think sometimes the problem with Alamy is it is still "Traditional". It still has no FTP or any form of web uploading and this makes it painfully slow for those of us who are far away from the UK.
Henry |
They are still preparing the FTP site.
Imagine the sudden onslaught of huge files -- way bigger than those submitted to microstocks -- when they bring it online. I think they are trying to make sure it doesn't go down right away, and to avoid having to ration the uploads.
Someone in this thread was a beta-tester, and reported that they'd stopped the experiment while they worked on problems they'd uncovered.
They've also anounced that they've been specifically asked to keep the submission-by-disc option available, as many people have no access to broadband internet connections. |
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11/16/2006 04:47:11 PM · #961 |
Just wanted to congrats to briphoto... thats a lot of dough off one image :)
I have been way slow in getting images prepared and sent to Alamy, but I finally have a whopping 208 online with them now. Sales have been dismal, however. I had a few right off the bat and have had nothing in the last 6 months or so. I believe I cleared about 400 bucks on 3 sales, 2 were of the same image. All RF.
If sales had been better and I had more time to put into it, I'm pretty sure this could generate some additional income. But the real key, it seems, is to have excellent images that are in demand.
Now when is that next storm due.... |
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11/16/2006 05:14:32 PM · #962 |
Briphoto, that's fantastic... much kudos to you!
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11/17/2006 04:23:33 AM · #963 |
Originally posted by mcmurma:
...Sales have been dismal, however. I had a few right off the bat and have had nothing in the last 6 months or so. I believe I cleared about 400 bucks on 3 sales, 2 were of the same image. All RF.
If sales had been better and I had more time to put into it, I'm pretty sure this could generate some additional income. But the real key, it seems, is to have excellent images that are in demand.
Now when is that next storm due.... |
...images that are in demand... Seems if we brainstorm maybe we could help each other zero in on what is useful. To me it seems the key to the success of the lightning photo is it's universal appeal. The high returns were due to the fact that customers used it in ads, not in editorial work. I won't stop submitting editorial, but I want to expand into some commercially viable work. I remember an instance from The Stock Solution (partners of MyLoupe.com) where a photo of a glass of water sold for thousand of dollars. All because it was used in an ad, not editorially. For instance, Michael, that b&w photo in your portfolio of the bench, have you submitted it to Alamy? It seems to have potential in this way. |
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11/17/2006 09:04:33 PM · #964 |
Alright..CD launched across the pond today...now I have to wait. :(
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11/17/2006 09:58:45 PM · #965 |
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Alright..CD launched across the pond today...now I have to wait. :( |
It won't be a long wait! :)
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11/17/2006 10:31:04 PM · #966 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Alright..CD launched across the pond today...now I have to wait. :( |
It won't be a long wait! :) |
[fingerscrossed]Hope not.[/fingerscrossed]
Message edited by author 2006-11-17 22:31:15.
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11/17/2006 11:11:43 PM · #967 |
Originally posted by idnic:
Originally posted by dacrazyrn:
Alright..CD launched across the pond today...now I have to wait. :( |
It won't be a long wait! :) |
My last DVD of pics somehow got lost somewhere on the way to Alamy. So after a month I sent a replacement disk. Two weeks later the replacement was received, two more weeks (two months later) the original showed up and now I had over 120 pics all duplicate approved to delete. Oh well .... S*#T happens ;) Better luck with your mail ;) |
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11/18/2006 08:17:04 AM · #968 |
I have sent over 70 CDs for the time I've been with Alamy, and all but one or two of them took only 4 to 7 days to reach their destination and Alamy notify me by email. I'm actually amazed. Here in Toronto, often it takes a week to send something across town. Go figure.
Cheers
Don |
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11/24/2006 12:05:56 PM · #969 |
OK... I have been reading this thread for the last week and now I think I'm ready to start submitting DVD's to alamy, I'm not quite sure how to upsize the photos yet, but I'll give it a try. I dont think that I'll give up on the micro sites just yet (greed) I want to put my pictures everywhere and get paid for them. So in that, thanks to Mavrik for starting this thread (what happened to him btw) I'll try to send something out this weekend. (after I put up the Christmas decorations of course)
oops... I forgot... Thanks to everyone else in this thread for giving me the nudge!
Message edited by author 2006-11-24 12:07:38.
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11/24/2006 01:24:10 PM · #970 |
Originally posted by Sykes:
I have sent over 70 CDs for the time I've been with Alamy, and all but one or two of them took only 4 to 7 days to reach their destination and Alamy notify me by email. I'm actually amazed. Here in Toronto, often it takes a week to send something across town. Go figure.
Cheers
Don |
My first disk took only 3 days to reach Alamy! Which I thought was amazing from Pennsylvania. It didn't mean much though as it took 23+ days for the images to be approved.
I sent my 2nd disk on the 9th of this month. Alamy received it on the 16th. 8 days later I'm still stuck at "Media Received". Getting impatient.
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11/24/2006 02:13:21 PM · #971 |
I 'think' I got my images upsized right, and sent it on monday.
Now I get to join you in your wait. ;)
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11/26/2006 08:03:53 PM · #972 |
I was recently accepted but am a bit confused about the RF vs. L options. Can someone explain this to me (pretend that you're replying to a seven year old) ;)
Paige |
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11/26/2006 08:30:19 PM · #973 |
Originally posted by Paige:
I was recently accepted but am a bit confused about the RF vs. L options. Can someone explain this to me (pretend that you're replying to a seven year old) ;)
Paige |
RF means they pay once and can use it for anything they want as many times as they want. They only cannot re-sell the photo to someone else.
L means they have to specify what the photo will be used for, how many times, how big, why, where, location, for how long and it can only be used for that single approval. If they want to use it again they have to buy it again.
That's the simple and really only things you need to know.
Have fun |
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11/27/2006 10:09:09 AM · #974 |
| My first batch of photos are up at Alamy. Have a look. :) |
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11/27/2006 10:31:38 AM · #975 |
| very nice nick! happy sales! |
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