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11/01/2003 02:07:29 PM · #1 |
Has anyone ever heard of or paricipated in On Request Images
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I rec'd an email from them looking for photog's in my area. I replied to the email, and very quickly rec'd an "assignment"...
Any thoughts?
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11/01/2003 02:15:14 PM · #2 |
Seems like it could be a lot of work for the payoff, but your "training" here at DPC is the perfect preparation for this kind of work.
Its success as a business model will probably depend on if the end-customers are willing to accept somewhat less-than perfect stock-like images in exchange for cinvenience, speed and exclusivity. |
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11/01/2003 02:17:31 PM · #3 |
That looks like an interesting endeavor. I would be interested in trying that out myself :)
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11/01/2003 02:43:17 PM · #4 |
| sounds very cool, KB. i'd be very interested in hearing about your experiences with them. |
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11/01/2003 03:59:52 PM · #5 |
| I don't know anything about the business side of On Request Images, but I do know that they are responsible for running the "other" DPC website...//www.digitalphotocontest.com |
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11/01/2003 05:11:50 PM · #6 |
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11/01/2003 05:18:20 PM · #7 |
yuh.. pitsaman, I saw that too, and wondered if it was the same photog!
Thanks, mucky, I'll let you know.
John: if you try this, let me know, too, how it goes :)
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11/01/2003 07:29:06 PM · #8 |
I signed up for it awhile back ago. and once you get a few assignments and dont participate in, you get taken off the assignment list.
they are the same people who run digitalphotocontest.com
some of the assignments were really hard, especially if you dont have a lot of "stock" photos on hand
James |
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11/02/2003 12:23:43 AM · #9 |
I tried signing up today. Got a note that they liked my photos, but that the minimum requirement for digital was 5.5 MPixels, and I only have 4. Wondered if that was just a nice brush off. The sample portfolio I pointed them to was
//www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=299396
and some of those were taken with my older 1.3 MP, and one was a borrowed 2 MP. I don't think you need 6 MP to take good digital. I enlarged my Sunset Bow pic to 20x30 and it came out fantastic.
if you are curious or want to make your own guess as to the brush off!
Message edited by author 2003-11-02 00:26:14. |
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11/02/2003 01:04:34 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by nshapiro:
I tried signing up today. Got a note that they liked my photos, but that the minimum requirement for digital was 5.5 MPixels, and I only have 4. Wondered if that was just a nice brush off. The sample portfolio I pointed them to was
//www.photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=299396
and some of those were taken with my older 1.3 MP, and one was a borrowed 2 MP. I don't think you need 6 MP to take good digital. I enlarged my Sunset Bow pic to 20x30 and it came out fantastic.
if you are curious or want to make your own guess as to the brush off! |
Neil: That portfolio is awesome! No way it was a brush off. I got the same email KarenB got and in that email they stated the 5.5 Meg limit, which is why I didn't bother to respond. :(
They say they need 5.5 to get 8x10's at 300dpi which I don't really agree is necessary either. |
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11/02/2003 01:07:25 AM · #11 |
5.5mp won't create a 300dpi 8x10 without resampling anyway. My 6.2mp cam only creates a 272dpi 8x10 crop from the full original image.
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11/02/2003 01:11:18 AM · #12 |
| Yeah, I think it's just their way of eliminating amateurs and minimizing their efforts in assuring all the photos are actually high enough quality. I guess you have to set the limit somewhere. Did you sign up with them John? |
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11/02/2003 01:17:54 AM · #13 |
Originally posted by JasonPR:
Yeah, I think it's just their way of eliminating amateurs and minimizing their efforts in assuring all the photos are actually high enough quality. I guess you have to set the limit somewhere. Did you sign up with them John? |
I did. I wanna play around with the concept for a while. I'm not sure if i like the idea overall but i'm gonna give it a try.
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11/02/2003 08:53:47 AM · #14 |
when I responded to them, I told them I have a 5 MP cam, and gave them a link to my portfolio... etc..
They responded, I think, too quickly with the "assignment"... which is why I posted here. Probably an automated response since it was this weekend.
Skeptical I guess.
Anyway.. thought I'd try to "play" and see what happens, just for kicks.
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11/02/2003 08:56:29 AM · #15 |
Looks quite good :) Any idea how much is paid for each photo and how much the photographer gets? I like the idea of it, but I might take a really cool photo which I want to sell on DPCPrints, but I don't think I would be allowed would I?
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11/02/2003 09:28:41 AM · #16 |
Hi Karen. Could you give us an example of an assignment?
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11/02/2003 09:37:15 AM · #17 |
Ben: You retain the rights to your photograph.
Jacko: The first "assignment" was for Lifestyles. Photograph people using cell phones.. by Sunday night (yes tonight)!
This is why I was skeptical.. a sudden assignment... due in one day, on a weekend.... :\
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11/02/2003 09:38:46 AM · #18 |
Cool, it's like getting paid for doing dpchallenge :D
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11/02/2003 10:24:08 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by KarenB:
Ben: You retain the rights to your photograph.
Jacko: The first "assignment" was for Lifestyles. Photograph people using cell phones.. by Sunday night (yes tonight)!
This is why I was skeptical.. a sudden assignment... due in one day, on a weekend.... :\ |
Hi Karen, The short time frame is likely tied to their general services offering of delivery of a suitable image within 48 - 72 hours. Cheers, Michael |
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11/02/2003 10:33:46 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by KarenB:
Ben: You retain the rights to your photograph.
Jacko: The first "assignment" was for Lifestyles. Photograph people using cell phones.. by Sunday night (yes tonight)!
This is why I was skeptical.. a sudden assignment... due in one day, on a weekend.... :\ |
You might wanna read the fine print again :) You retain the copyright but you are granting them exclusive rights.
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11/02/2003 10:39:04 AM · #21 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
You might wanna read the fine print again :) You retain the copyright but you are granting them exclusive rights. |
Those seem mutually exclusive terms; the "copyright" is the right to make copies ... they may mean that you can make copies for yourself, but not to sell, nor to license the image to others.
I think everyone's gonna have their cameras set on burst mode all the time now. |
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11/02/2003 10:44:07 AM · #22 |
It says that similar images may not be used either as the rights are given away on all similar photos too, (from the same photoshoot, same props, same models, same location, etc).
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11/02/2003 11:01:33 AM · #23 |
All of that is fairly normal for stock photo sales though. Its not out of the ordinary.
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11/02/2003 11:08:43 AM · #24 |
That's OK if their payments aren't out of the ordinary as well.
Seems to impose quite a degree of prior restraint on your artistic freedom as well. |
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