[Leica] Shutterstock

[Ted Grant]

Hi Chris,
Well me young lad the end of independent freelance photogs and photojournalists was=is the so called "I-PHONE" AND THE LIKE CONTRAPTIONS that have created an "army of owners" of these contraptions who "THINK? BELEIVE? THEY ARE TALENTED PHOTOGRAPHERS " without one whit of photo intelligence.
The camera's do everything, colour correct, balance, composition and any number of "not bad looking images!"
of a piece of crap image. Then these "photo=idiots give the photo away for a name credit-line or a few dollars.
Sure the agencies are making a pile of money!!! They don't pay anybody as long as it's free or a few pennies. And the "WHITLESS IPHONE OWNERS!"
NOT the  "well experienced = talented photographers!" Who shoot beautiful images because they're talented and can do so regardless of camera gear? "Go on starving because the photo agencies are paying nothing, but gaining every dollar possible "using... "we'll give you a photo credit each time and your "name will become known "ERGO" You'll be getting well paying assignments!"
And the "innocent iphone user is sucked back into the nickle & dime crap!"
And some folks with iphone cameras wonder why photojournalists like many on the LUG BECOME ENRAGED!
I suppose I can say my books are still selling well along with a CD published by one of the major TV net works in Canada. And 10 grand for a new LEICA????????????????? :-(
CHEERS,
Dr. Ted Grant O.C.
-----Original Message-----
From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Crawford
Sent: January-27-18 8:20 PM
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
Subject: Re: [Leica] Shutterstock

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

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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
>
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