Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hi Ted, welcome back... despite the customary high noise level, this has been a revealing, even startling discussion, very educational to many, of the realities of stock... emotional sure, but fascinating, in spite of some predictable frustrations, Steve On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:46 AM, <tedgrant at shaw.ca> <tedgrant at shaw.ca> wrote: > Howdy crew, > I have been away and this is my first morning and quite probably the > last to looking at this kind of thing on the LUG. > > For those of you who have absolutely no knowledge nor experience or > earned income from shooting stock! GET LOST! If you have absolutely > no experience in this manner of photography nor have ever been > earning your life income... STILL GET LOST! > > To those of us who "EARN OUR LIVELIHOOD " through being > photographers and you do not...... GET LOST AGAIN! > > Stock Agencies "were good income for thousands of photographers." > Today some are like many other greedy total control of the markets > paying .40 cents to a photographer while they make the bulk of the > income. Real world great economic times. Thanks to the greedy > controllers. > > The MASTERFILE Agency in Canada have top end stock shooters who make/ > made $250,000 and more a year and that's after expenses for casting, > travel and whatever costs were involved in producing the material! > By the same token they work their butts off producing photography > required by agencies and those who want their goods and services > advertised. It's not some evil thing, it's not illegal and when one > of your photographs happens to be purchased for one time use for > $13,500 it kind of makes you smile all the way to the bank! just > take a moment and think about that whomever are doing whatever it is > about stock! > > Not sure what the problem is you guys are having with this topic as > I don't have time to go back over two weeks of mail looking for > whatever started it. However, be it as it may, it's just wasted air > time if you are not directly involved with earning your living > shooting stock or selling your images directly from your own office! > Like get over it, go out and take some nice pictures! > > But as Tina pointed out: > "> 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.<<<<<<<< > > Yep absolutely correct! And my case I've had "stock" sold for over > 45 years if not a few more than that. > > Have a nice day! > cheers, > Dr.ted > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" > <images at comporium.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:36 AM > Subject: [Leica] Stock Photography > > >> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.24/2449 - Release Date: > 10/20/09 18:42:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information