Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I went to one of his first seminars in Wisconsin. He's a great guy and a big help. I subscribed to the daily stock list for years. It always paid for itself easily until this past year. The market has fallen off so that I had to reconsider subscribing. I might join up again, though. Tina On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:42 AM, Robert Meier <robertmeier at usjet.net> wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com