Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks, George. Herbert Kanner kanner at acm.org 650-326-8204 Question authority and the authorities will question you. On Jul 3, 2013, at 12:06 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Herbert Kanner wrote: > >> So, if any of you has the patience to explain to me a bit about how it >> works, or to refer me to a web site that would explain, I'd appreciate it. > > As Tina has suggested: > A successful Stock Photography business requires a large catalog, well > organized and accessible to the widest possible audience. > Usually that means working with a Stock Agency which that "wide audience" > depends on to fulfill their requirements. > > Depending on your interests your research can generally turn up some Stock > source for almost any specialty; > from Science to Railroads to Airplanes to well you name it - you can find > it. > > For example: in addition to the "general" agencies that Tina has mentioned > you can find Agencies like: > <http://www.sciencesource.com/> > > Be careful to read all the fine print in any agreements. > Watch out for the agencies which sell for pennies or sell collections. > > If you google "Stock Photos Railroad" or "Stock Photos Whatever" > you'll see many, many "agencies" and sources; > including individual photographers specializing in "whatever." > > By exploring those sites you'll soon discover how they do business; > their fee schedule, etc. > > Cradoc PhotoBiz also publishes decent software > which suggests use fees, license language, etc. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information