Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/07/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Amen, Ted! You would know! Tina On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 11:45 PM, Ted Grant <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Tina, > "STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY" at one time could supply $4,000 or $5 thousand dollars > a > month apart from assignments. > Today it's a joke and might as well be null & void dollar wise. :-( > Many of the photographers I knew way back when today are broke, unemployed > and basically living on hand out donations. WHY? > The iphone and whatever other names they are called by people who give > their > images away for their name under a published photo. > > As well as the corporations who wont/don't want to pay for "Quality > photography!" Crap will do, simply on the basis of everybody on staff can > capture some kind of "crappy image" in our eyes. But in theirs? Looks "OK!" > And that's all that matters! The "bean counters" rule supreme! Get it for > nothing! > THIS IS A MOMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHY REALITY! :-(QUALITY of IMAGE AND CONTENT?" > No relevance whatsoever! > "cheaper or NOTHING?" THEY ARE HAPPIER THAN HELL! > None of you lads who've had to earn your living as an in depended or > freelancer? You'll not likely relate to this post. Those who've earned > their > keep in this fashion? I need not go on about how horrific it is trying to > earn any kind of living these days. > cheers, > ted grant :-( > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On > Behalf > Of > Tina Manley > Sent: July-12-16 3:26 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Stock Sales > > The credit line used to say Tina Manley/Alamy. Now it says Alamy and only > sometimes Alamy/Tina Manley. Stock has changed a lot in the last few years > :-( > > Tina > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> > wrote: > > > Do you get a credit line? > > > > Jim Nichols > > Tullahoma, TN USA > > > > On 7/12/2016 5:08 PM, Tina Manley wrote: > > > >> PESO: > >> > >> Alamy just sold one of my Iran photos: > >> > >> > >> > > http://tinamanley.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/Iran/G0000YmlbTddL96g/I0000 > 0eLhbB.WvH4 > >> > >> They sold it through a distributor for $7. My share is $2. I'll pay > for > >> the trip in no time at that rate!!! > >> > >> Country: Czech Republic > >> Usage: Editorial > >> Media: Magazine - print, digital and electronic > >> Print run: up to 10,000 > >> Placement: Inside > >> Image Size: 1 page > >> Start: 01 July 2015 > >> End: 01 July 2020 > >> Duration: 1 month. Bulk discount. > >> > >> Tina > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/ > Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html