Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]LUG: I really don't know why everyone is so negative about stock photography. It's a way of making a living! I almost never lease any photos for commercial use. 99% of mine are leased for editorial use - usually in textbooks, sometimes in magazines. Here is a very typical one that Alamy leased today: * * **ATYA36 ** Go to http://www.alamy.com and put that number in the search box to see the photo. It was leased for one page use in a college textbook for $270. Alamy leases about 10 to 12 a month of mine for similar use - better than all of my other stock agencies combined. I lease others directly in response to requests. Five years ago the prices were almost double what we get today but there were also fewer sales. The internet and digital photography have changed everything. I used to have to send in duplicate slides, wait to be approved, and then send the original. Everything is instant today. Deadlines for requests are seldom more than one or two days from the request. The stock photos that are compared to clip art are usually micro-stock. Those sell for less than $1 per use and 75% of that goes to the micro-stock agency. That's a different world that I would never enter. All of my photos are rights managed, meaning they are leased for one-time use. Most of them come out of my files, but I'll also go out and take photos to fill requests. All stock is not evil! Tina www.tinamanley.com