Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tiina -- I knew Rohn Engh and I second your recommendation. He is THE guru in the field of stock. He lives about an hour away from me and I used to visit him occasionally, but it's been quite a few years since I last saw him. He mentioned me in one of the earlier editions of Sell and Resell. He still publishes a daily, weekly, and monthly report of stock buyers' current needs. Robert On Aug 7, 2010, at 7:42 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > Rohn Engh's Sell and Resell Your Photos is the best: > > http://www.amazon.com/Sell-Re-Sell-Your-Photos-Rohn/dp/1582971765/ > ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281228120&sr=8-1 > > <http://www.amazon.com/Sell-Re-Sell-Your-Photos-Rohn/dp/1582971765/ > ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1281228120&sr=8-1>It > will tell you everything you need to get started. > > Tina > > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > >> Tina, >> >> I seem to recall that once you posted a guide or book to selling >> stock >> photography, which I now cannot find. If so, could you please >> repost? >> >> Regards, >> >> Ken Carney >> Oklahoma City, Oklahoma >> >> On 8/7/2010 7:04 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Nathan, but Alamy will allow any kind of garbage, as long >>> as it >>> passes the technical quality control. Alamy does not edit for >>> content. >>> They leave that totally up to contributors. That's why Alamy >>> currently >>> has >>> almost 20 million photos on file. If anybody needs a photo of >>> anything, >>> Alamy has it. In some ways that is great. I've sold photos >>> through >>> Alamy >>> that I would never think of submitting to any other agency. In >>> some ways >>> it's awful. Buyers have to wade through pages and pages of >>> garbage to >>> find >>> the nugget that they want. Accurate keywords and searches are >>> the secret. >>> The approved camera list at least weeds out some micro-stock >>> wannabes. >>> Since they have 20 million photos on file and many searches >>> return an >>> unmanageable number of photos, the only way to cut down on >>> submissions is >>> to >>> limit approved cameras and to crack down on quality control - >>> which they >>> have done. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Nathan Wajsman<photo at frozenlight.eu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information