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Selling photos on stock photo sites
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Sion
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Everybody can earn $ in microstock, whether that is enough $ or not is another question.
Sprintist's airport photo might have earned him around $500 or more for one-time advertising usage in the olden days of traditional stock. Changi Airport now probably only pays $1 for it. And we'll get 30 cents out of it.
So there is a lot more hard work now. It may not be right to paint such a rosy picture.
thanks all for the congratulations, though happy to see it there to appreciate my own work but its probably nothing.
this supports my above sentence! consumers gain suppliers too competitive
Everybody can earn $ in microstock, whether that is enough $ or not is another question.
Sprintist's airport photo might have earned him around $500 or more for one-time advertising usage in the olden days of traditional stock. Changi Airport now probably only pays $1 for it. And we'll get 30 cents out of it.
So there is a lot more hard work now. It may not be right to paint such a rosy picture.
this supports my above sentence! consumers gain suppliers too competitive
Sion
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It's a great shot with commercial value.
You may make a few hundred dollars out of it in microstock sites accumulatively over the years.
long term wise yes but still should consider the turnover rate, it was a tfcd hence at least the cost still not as high, covering the cost also :think::think: abit slow
we should really see this as a long term investment, still building up my port though
u can find it on this thread
yup it belongs to you and you can upload as where as long as you dont submit it as exclusive or if you are not an exclusive contributor on istock
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KaroNowo
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That's right, 123rf is a subsidiary website of Inmagine.
Inmagine sell premium images (taken by professional photographers), while 123rf is a microstock website.
Inmagine sell premium images (taken by professional photographers), while 123rf is a microstock website.
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i'd like to attend the workshop too if possible.
OK, as promised - the post for the workshop is now up. See here: http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=510176
thanks for the heads up!
Sion
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Since this thread is fast becoming one of the most-read ones in CS, I've thought I'll mention two local "big names" in microstock in Singapore I've come to know via the web.
Personally I think the most successful would probably be Phil Date with 66,955 downloads in istock:
http://www.istockphoto.com/phildate
Some of the models in CS have probably worked for him.
Second one whose works I admire is Nikontiger who has posted once upon a time here in CS. He has chalked up 7,702 downloads with an impressive portfolio beside having the distinction of being one of the top Top Ten Finalist in Punctum Day and being featured as an Artist of the Week in istock:
http://www.istockphoto.com/nikontiger
Of course there are others whom I may not come across. Singapore has indeed many great talents in microstock. :thumbsup:
Personally I think the most successful would probably be Phil Date with 66,955 downloads in istock:
http://www.istockphoto.com/phildate
Some of the models in CS have probably worked for him.
Second one whose works I admire is Nikontiger who has posted once upon a time here in CS. He has chalked up 7,702 downloads with an impressive portfolio beside having the distinction of being one of the top Top Ten Finalist in Punctum Day and being featured as an Artist of the Week in istock:
http://www.istockphoto.com/nikontiger
Of course there are others whom I may not come across. Singapore has indeed many great talents in microstock. :thumbsup:
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after seeing nikontiger's port reminds me of my friend who is now doing pretty well considering the time he joined for the things he shoot
http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=1819592
i still got a lot more to learn
Thanks for the mention Sion. I go by the name of EastWest in Clubsnap and also most of my stock work is now produced through our company, EastWest Imaging, which I run with my friend Joanna. I am sure some of you here know her, she was modelling before and now is MUA.
It is not easy to be successful from Microstock these days. Long gone are the times when to start, you could go through your HDD and upload any old photos. Now the competition is very tough, particularly from the major names like Yuri, Andres and others. You need to find a niche and get good at it and in time, the sales will grow. Once Microstock was considered for amateurs, I think now the professionals have all but taken over and it is very tough for the keen amateur to make much money from this now.
For those interested in knowing more about Microstock and the possibility of some organised stock shooting opportunities, keep a lookout for some future workshops we at EastWest Imaging intend to organise.
Also, we are recruiting: http://www.clubsnap.com/forums/showthread.php?t=510087
qing02051981
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Congrates
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