Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina, I think stock is great. Good for you, finding a way to support your photo habit by taking photos! It's a good feeling to be able to make a living doing what you would do for free if you didin't have to make a living and buy cameras and computers and hard drives! Leo Wesson Photographer/Videographer 817.733.9157 www.leowesson.com On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:36 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > LUG: > > I really don't know why everyone is so negative about stock photography. > It's a way of making a living! I almost never lease any photos for > commercial use. 99% of mine are leased for editorial use - usually in > textbooks, sometimes in magazines. Here is a very typical one that Alamy > leased today: > * > * > **ATYA36 > ** > > > Go to http://www.alamy.com and put that number in the search box to see > the photo. > It was leased for one page use in a college textbook for $270. Alamy > leases about 10 to 12 a month of mine for similar use - better than all of > my other stock agencies combined. I lease others directly in response to > requests. Five years ago the prices were almost double what we get today > but there were also fewer sales. The internet and digital photography have > changed everything. I used to have to send in duplicate slides, wait to be > approved, and then send the original. Everything is instant today. > Deadlines for requests are seldom more than one or two days from the > request. > > The stock photos that are compared to clip art are usually micro-stock. > Those sell for less than $1 per use and 75% of that goes to the > micro-stock > agency. That's a different world that I would never enter. All of my > photos are rights managed, meaning they are leased for one-time use. Most > of them come out of my files, but I'll also go out and take photos to fill > requests. > > All stock is not evil! > > Tina > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >