Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All this hurts ! Needed? Phx charcot wrote: > With all due respect Ted , telling people who are ignorant of this > area of photography to GET LOST is hardly a kind thing to say. No one > is accusing you or Tina of being pimps or drug dealers. Those on the > list who don't know about this stock photography are just curious. > The way out of Darkness is NOT to shut the door but to shine some > light on the subject. > If you want the LUG to be more than just pros shooting stock then > kindness and education should be the byword > > ernie nitka > > tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > >> Howdy crew, >> I have been away and this is my first morning and quite probably the >> last to looking at this kind of thing on the LUG. >> >> For those of you who have absolutely no knowledge nor experience or >> earned income from shooting stock! GET LOST! If you have absolutely >> no experience in this manner of photography nor have ever been >> earning your life income... STILL GET LOST! >> >> To those of us who "EARN OUR LIVELIHOOD " through being photographers >> and you do not...... GET LOST AGAIN! >> >> Stock Agencies "were good income for thousands of photographers." >> Today some are like many other greedy total control of the markets >> paying .40 cents to a photographer while they make the bulk of the >> income. Real world great economic times. Thanks to the greedy >> controllers. >> >> The MASTERFILE Agency in Canada have top end stock shooters who >> make/made $250,000 and more a year and that's after expenses for >> casting, travel and whatever costs were involved in producing the >> material! By the same token they work their butts off producing >> photography required by agencies and those who want their goods and >> services advertised. It's not some evil thing, it's not illegal and >> when one of your photographs happens to be purchased for one time use >> for $13,500 it kind of makes you smile all the way to the bank! just >> take a moment and think about that whomever are doing whatever it is >> about stock! >> >> Not sure what the problem is you guys are having with this topic as I >> don't have time to go back over two weeks of mail looking for >> whatever started it. However, be it as it may, it's just wasted air >> time if you are not directly involved with earning your living >> shooting stock or selling your images directly from your own office! >> Like get over it, go out and take some nice pictures! >> >> But as Tina pointed out: >> "> I really don't know why everyone is so negative about stock >> >>> photography. 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.<<<<<<<< >> >> >> Yep absolutely correct! And my case I've had "stock" sold for over 45 >> years if not a few more than that. >> >> Have a nice day! >> cheers, >> Dr.ted >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images at comporium.net> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> >> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:36 AM >> Subject: [Leica] Stock Photography >> >> >>> LUG: >>> >>> I really don't know why everyone is so negative about stock >>> photography. 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 >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.24/2449 - Release Date: >> 10/20/09 18:42:00 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >