[Leica] Enhance Details

[Ken Iisaka]

Precisely! What sells is different from what one may like. I mean, look at
the music industry! Tina knows this best, and is successful at doing what
she does.

But certainly, the Alamy stock photos Tina shows are reminiscent of
over-enhanced postcards of the 1980s. People go to destinations after
looking at these pictures, and get disappointed because, in reality, they
look nothing like the photographs.

To me, these enhancements are like theatre make-up. They have their place.
These photographs exist to sell something. They must be catchy, and
attention-grabbing, not realistic.

>
On Wed, 13 Feb 2019 at 11:24, Tina Manley via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> And, once again, the original files are all still there, untouched, thanks
>
>> to Lightroom.  I often post photos that are unmanipulated but the critics
>
>> seem to zero in on the ones that I have exaggerated on purpose for stock
>
>> sales.  I know what sells.  I have been selling stock photography for over
>
>> 40 years.  Tastes have changed throughout the years and what once would
>
>> have been a best-seller is not even noticed today.  In order to sell, the
>
>> photos have to stand out from the crowd.  Alamy, my main but not only
> stock
>
>> agency, now has over 156 million photos in their files.  If you search for
>
>> Travel, you get this selection:
>
>>
>
> https://www.alamy.com/search.html?CreativeOn=1&adv=1&ag=0&all=1&creative=&et=0x000000000000000000000&vp=0&loc=0&qt=travel&qn=&lic=6&lic=1&imgt=0&archive=1&dtfr=&dtto=&hc=&selectdate=&size=0xFF&aqt=&epqt=&oqt=&nqt=&gtype=0
>
>>
> Notice the ones that come to the top of the search?  They are exactly as
>
>> you describe - exaggerated and painterly.  That's because that's what
>
>> sells.  I am working on my taxes now and Alamy tells me that I made
> $76,377
>
>> last year from the photos that I have with them.  That's not nearly as
> much
>
>> as it used to be but it's certainly better than it would be if I posted
>
>> only the photos that I prefer and that are more "natural".  I have the
>
>> "natural", unmanipulated photos which I save for my own clients who tend
> to
>
>> be non-profits who pay nothing except the knowledge that you are helping
> to
>
>> raise money for worthy causes.  I can only afford to use my photography to
>
>> help others because I make money with the stock.  Did you even notice the
>
>> photos I posted of Syrian refugees??  I've raised over $50,000 with those,
>
>> so far, 100% of which goes to the education of Syrian children.
>
>>
> Rant over.  I'm going back to manipulating my photos of Bangladesh so they
>
>> will sell.  This one will be more painterly and exaggerated when it is
>
>> posted on Alamy:
>
>>
> https://pbase.com/tinamanley/image/168812581
>
>>
> Tina
>
>>
-- 
Ken Iisaka
first name at last name dot org or com



-- 
Ken Iisaka
first name at last name dot org or com