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03/27/2006 11:16:40 AM · #1 |
Some people submit to both Macro and micro sites, how to you decide which images to submit to which.
You can submit loads to Alamy however some of the micro sites are ironically more picky.
Please no big flames on the merits of one over the other, just your experiences / workflow would be great to understand.
many thanks
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03/27/2006 12:50:34 PM · #2 |
Yes, alamy doens't have much for quality control, it is more entrusted to the submiter. As long as the images are the right size and shape, they will most likely take them.... so that being said, the micros are WAY more picky. However one should also be fairly selective when submitting to Alamy, as a stock site filled with junk doesn't really benefit anyone.
I generally submit everything that I want to have as RF (royalty free) to the micros and things thas I want to sell RM (rights managed) to alamy. If an image is very location specific, i think it has a better chance on alamy. Everything editorial goes to alamy as RM.
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03/27/2006 02:14:43 PM · #3 |
sorry if this is a stupid question, but, what is a micro / macro stock site? Is thi slike shutterstock?
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03/27/2006 03:10:08 PM · #4 |
Micro sites refer to places like Shutterstock which sell Royalty-Free photos at fairly low cost (and low photographer payments), often of photos from smaller cameras (e.g. 2MP).
Alamy and other "macro" sites deal primarily in Rights-Managed images, and require (much) larger images and often more professional production values. |
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03/27/2006 03:45:57 PM · #5 |
| I personally made around $300 in 6 months off about 30 or so images at the micro. I just got sick of it- I wanted more for my images. Also I never saw one published in all the time. With the larger sites you know where they go. |
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03/27/2006 05:41:21 PM · #6 |
Thanks for the comments...anyone else have anything on the subject.
leaf - so apart from location shots what would you judge as the determining factors that decided 'rights managed' over 'royalty free'. For example, if I took a photo of a lemon slice dropping into water. It would have taken ages to photo a decent shot and post-process, I'd have no idea whether to try this photo on micro or macro. I don't think it would be a good idea to post to both, as it is completely understandable why this is frowned upon.
oOWonderBreadOo - so are you saying that you only post to macro now for all types of images, do you (or others) agree with leaf about 'rights managed' over 'royalty free'.
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Or is this simply a case of place a load of photos on macro and a load of different photos on micro, it all seems a bit hit and miss at the moment for me if this is the case |
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03/27/2006 06:10:19 PM · #7 |
| I only do macro now- just a personal preference. Understand that Alamy sells both royalty free and rights managed, just at a very different price structure. |
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03/28/2006 01:41:38 AM · #8 |
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03/28/2006 01:46:37 AM · #9 |
I submit the same images to all the sites. Some will make it on certain sites and some will be accepted on others. I only have a handful that have been accepted at all the sites.
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03/28/2006 06:44:34 AM · #10 |
I sell all the same images on all the sites to...and I get different download on all the sites.
Melissa
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03/28/2006 08:14:56 PM · #11 |
I sumbit all to all microsites with which I work also. Of the pictures that get accepted by all, or most all, it is pretty amazing what sells on each site. A top seller on one site doesn't even sell on anothr site, and so on. Goes to show that you just never know what people are looking for.
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