Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great, Tina. Thanks for the lead. (I notice you?re 6 hours ahead of us here in the New World. Off to someplace exciting this time? Africa? The Svalbard Is.? Safe travel!) ?howard > On Jan 28, 2018, at 3:35 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > Just say ?NO!? to Shutterstock and all micro-stock agencies. They have > been the ruin of stock photography. If you want to sell your work, look at > Alamy. Their prices have fallen because of the micro/agencies, but at > least you get 50% of the sale. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jan 28, 2018, at 5:20 AM, Christopher Crawford <chris at >> chriscrawfordphoto.com> wrote: >> >> Sites like shutter stock are awesome if you love making other people rich >> by giving your work away for pennies. >> >> There is a lot of money being made by stock sites like Shutterstock and >> iStockphoto, but very little of it goes to photographers. >> >> -- >> Chris Crawford >> Fine Art Photography >> Fort Wayne, Indiana >> 260-437-8990 >> >> http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio >> >> http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 >> Like My Work on Facebook >> >> >> >> On 1/27/18, 10:53 PM, "LUG on behalf of Howard L Ritter Jr" >> <lug-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com at leica-users.org on behalf of >> hlritter at twc.com> wrote: >> >>> I was listening to an NPR show today where an interviewer spends 20 or 30 >>> minutes speaking with some innovator or another. One of the subjects was >>> the creator of Shutterstock. This got me interested in the possibility of >>> trying to sell some of my images through a service like this. >>> >>> This may have been discussed on the LUG previously and I don?t recall >>> anything about it because it wasn?t relevant to me at the time. So I?ll >>> just ask for comments/observations/advice about Shutterstock: Thumbs up, >>> thumbs down, neutral, alternatives? >>> >>> >>> Thanks for any comments from voices of experience! >>> >>> ?howard >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information