[Leica] Stock Photography

[gwpics at me.com (Gerry Walden)]

Tina

Whilst I envy your sales, I concur totally with what you say. It also  
means that I am never idle, and there is always something/someone to  
shoot.

Gerry

Gerry Walden LRPS
+44 (0)23 8046 3076
Web: www.gwpics.com
Blog: www.stockuk.blogspot.com






On 21 Oct 2009, at 14:36, Tina Manley wrote:

> 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
>
>
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