Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I agree - but I will pass on this type of work. Now, if I could only outsource the keywording....(-: Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 8:33 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> wrote: > > On Jul 3, 2013, at 9:58 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > Isn't the problem with stock photography that you have to go around > > shooting mundane stuff, to fill out your submissions, and not what you > want > > to shoot? Secondly, they keep asking me for model clearances if there is > as > > much as a face in the photographs, which is ridiculous in the extreme. > If I > > start taking scraps of paper from subjects every week, that will take up > > the time, not the fun part of photographing people. Getty wanted 50 of my > > photographs from Flickr, which I sent to them 40 eligible ones as an > > experiment (after repeating ad nauseum that I do not have model releases > > from nomadic tribals!). I have not added to that, and it earns me around > > US$ 100-150 per month. Let me make it clear that I understand that Getty > > fleeces the photographers and takes too much as commission, but I was > more > > interested in seeing what sort of stuff sells. Not worth the time and > > effort for me, especially the hours that you have to spend on keywording, > > which I presume is critical. > > as my father (and others) always told me, > "that's why they call it 'work.'" > > If you wanted to get serious > and turn it into a "business" > you'd probably want to start > delegating the tasks you don't want to do. > > You certainly have access to "reasonably" priced labor. > > The trick is to find the markets > for what you enjoy; and would be shooting > anyway. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >