Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's a bit my experience with Alamy as well. A few years ago I tried to upload on a regular basis, and have made a few modest sales, but finally I concluded that I do not have the time or the inclination to invest the time and effort required. I still have some photos up but have not added to them for a long time. Just yesterday I got an e-mail from Alamy in which they tell me that about 10-15 images contain elements (names of products, I suppose) that require a release from the owner. Forget it. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Jul 4, 2013, at 4:58 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > 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 > >