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10/25/2007 02:37:54 AM · #1 |
I've been thinking about this for a while and I'm starting to wonder if putting all my stock images on flickr might actually be a good idea.
The images remain small and pretty much useless for publication on flickr, but the search features and what they call Interestingness may actually be a good way to get a photo seen by a potential buyer.
Thoughts?
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10/25/2007 05:38:28 AM · #2 |
Sounds reasonable. I'd only be sure to put watermarks on the flickr images, they might be taken for web use. The small files make up a significant percentage of my total sales - on micro stock that is. If I remember well you switched to macro, I don't know if different file sizes have different prices there.
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10/25/2007 10:13:00 PM · #3 |
Yeah, I switched over to macro...
As far as web images, nothing goes up w/o my siggy on it, other than DPC challenge entries.
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10/25/2007 10:26:51 PM · #4 |
There's always the chance someone will see something they like. That being said, most of the entities searching through Flickr are looking for people who are giving up their rights for no money. So unless it's really a great shot that they're really got to have no matter what, I don't think you're gonna get much business. However, you might want to copyright register them all on a cd. Then if some company decided to use them without your permission, you'd have them by the short hairs. ;)
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10/25/2007 10:31:02 PM · #5 |
over the last couple of years I've sold enough to replace my camera via people finding shots on pbase & flickr and asking for license rights.
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10/25/2007 10:38:18 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
over the last couple of years I've sold enough to replace my camera via people finding shots on pbase & flickr and asking for license rights. |
Really? See, that's awesome. You have anything special on your profile, telling people to contact you or anything?
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10/25/2007 10:49:05 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by Gordon:
over the last couple of years I've sold enough to replace my camera via people finding shots on pbase & flickr and asking for license rights. |
Really? See, that's awesome. You have anything special on your profile, telling people to contact you or anything? |
No, not really. Mostly they just left messages. Being contactable probably helps.
I suppose you could tag/ keyword your images carefully so they show up in flickr searches.
But I'm not actually trying to sell anything - otherwise I'd be making an effort to maximize profits, rather than letting it meander in.
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10/25/2007 11:13:42 PM · #8 |
I sold one pic off of flickr recently because of interestingness.
Good: no percentage on the top for Alamy/whatnot
bad: invoicing, W9, negotiating, collecting
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10/25/2007 11:16:00 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Gordon:
I suppose you could tag/ keyword your images carefully so they show up in flickr searches |
According to mr. dave at strobist, keywording on flickr is the ulitimate way to go.
I think one of mine sold because I added it to a group, Kids and Nature I think.
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