Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]stock results depend upon your subject matter, your rep, your images, personal popularity with the buyers, your stock agency, the moon phase, and which way the wind is blowing, among other things. I have a friend who is one of the leading Hollywood celebrity photogs -- not a paparazzi. he gets hired by the stars to do their pics, and is one of the guys taking pics on the red carpet at the Oscars. shoots Canon EOS digital, having switched from Nikon in large part because of very poor pro support. a Leica M6TTL and MP for film. prefers the Leica images to the Canon, but Canon makes most of the money. over coffee at Saint Starbucks one morning, he was pretty happy and surprised his stock sales the week before totaled over $30,000. full moon, wind eastward off the malibu hills 5 mph, clear skies 78 degrees. mileage may vary. Stephen Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > The average return for general stock, once you have your images at the > stock house, is about $1.00 a year per photo. What it really means is > that out a whole bunch of images, you'll have a few work horses that > will generate income. So let's say you submit 3000 images to a photo > bank, then consider $300 to be an average. Once people get to know your > work, the average goes up to above 10%, but rarely over 20%. > What the process does do, is also make you available for assignments > through the photo bank. > Don't expect anything from the first year, or the second (sometimes). > S. Dimitrov > > On Dec 28, 2004, at 6:33 PM, Adam Bridge wrote: > > > I've been reading here about people submitting images for stock > > photography agencies. > > > > Can someone explain how that works, what are the ins and outs, and > > when should I consider that? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Adam > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > Slobodan Dimitrov > Photography > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information