Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nicolas, If you are thinking of uploading 10-12 images a month to Alamy, forget it. I have several hundred images there, many quite good, but I have come to realize that if you want to make real money (i.e. enough to pay for an M lens or body and not just a dinner now and again) then you must upload hundreds of images every month (or every week). And you must invest the time to keyword them properly etc. etc. In other words, yes, it is possible to make a living from sites like Alamy but you need to work more or less full time at it. As in most other areas of life, there is no free lunch here. Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog On Oct 21, 2009, at 6:02 PM, nicolas vigier wrote: > On Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 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 > > Interesting. Is it taking a lot of time to upload pictures on alamy.com > ? > How much pictures are you uploading to sell 10 or 12 a month ? > > I'm not taking any photo for making money, and most of my pictures > would > probably have nobody buying them, but if uploading is not taking too > much time, maybe that could be something to try. And maybe that would > allow me to get some money for buying new camera / lens if I'm > lucky :) > > Nicolas > -- > http://n0x.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information