Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Isn't the problem with stock photography that you have to go around shooting mundane stuff, to fill out your submissions, and not what you want to shoot? Secondly, they keep asking me for model clearances if there is as much as a face in the photographs, which is ridiculous in the extreme. If I start taking scraps of paper from subjects every week, that will take up the time, not the fun part of photographing people. Getty wanted 50 of my photographs from Flickr, which I sent to them 40 eligible ones as an experiment (after repeating ad nauseum that I do not have model releases from nomadic tribals!). I have not added to that, and it earns me around US$ 100-150 per month. Let me make it clear that I understand that Getty fleeces the photographers and takes too much as commission, but I was more interested in seeing what sort of stuff sells. Not worth the time and effort for me, especially the hours that you have to spend on keywording, which I presume is critical. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 12:36 AM, 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 >