Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 21, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > LUG: > > I really don't know why everyone is so negative about stock > photography. leave plenty of time Tina, for your photos that look into the human soul... http://www.tinamanley.smugmug.com/gallery/5885005_Vryn9#367428387_ikcff Steve > 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 requests. Five years ago the prices were > almost double what we get today but there were also fewer sales. > The internet and digital photography have changed everything. I > used to have to send in duplicate slides, wait to be approved, and > then send the original. Everything is instant today. Deadlines for > requests are seldom more than one or two days from the request. > > The stock photos that are compared to clip art are usually micro- > stock. Those sell for less than $1 per use and 75% of that goes to > the micro-stock agency. That's a different world that I would never > enter. All of my photos are rights managed, meaning they are leased > for one-time use. Most of them come out of my files, but I'll also > go out and take photos to fill requests. > > All stock is not evil! > > Tina > www.tinamanley.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information