14 May, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos





DOWN! -- Pixiq.com site goes down, leaving authors and readers in the lurch
Sterling Publishing apparently shut down the popular photography blogging site Pixiq today, only a few days after serving notice to all their bloggers, stating that the staff would no longer be required.
Sterling Publishing (who operates the Pixiq brand) from shutting down the entire Pixiq.com site, posting a message on the site’s homepage stating that the site no longer is active. The message reads “Thank you for visiting www.pixiq.com . Sorry, this website is no longer active. For information about Pixiq books, please visit www.sterlingpublishing.com ”, and it appears that Pixiq just flicked off the switch, weeks before their contracts with the bloggers expired. http://photocritic.org/what-happened-to-pixiq/





NEW AGENCY -- Award-winning Photojournalist Announces Launch of New Photo Agency. Kevin Vandivier, is currently seeking top photographic talent in major markets worldwide for his new online photo agency, The Gathering of Photographers (TGOP). SOURCE: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1229731#ixzz2

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30 Apr, 2013 | Posted by: sellmyphotos






WHICH ONE? Choosing A Stock Photo Agency – John Lund: “There are hundreds of stock photo agencies out there, and more seem to spring up every day. In the volatile and every changing stock photo industry it can be important to diversify. You never know when an agency may fold or undergo a dramatic turn for the worse, or when some upstart agency (remember iStockphoto) will come along and upset the apple cart. here are thirteen important points to keep in mind. http://blog.johnlund.com/2013/04/choosing-stock-photo-agency.html
PHOTO: John Lund


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26 Feb, 2013 | Posted by: bswenson

A RACE TO ZERO


-- Getty Sales And Numbers For Thought – John Lund: “In the stock industry choices have to be made about price vs. volume and which direction both photographers and agencies are going to choose. Make that choice wisely! http://blog.johnlund.com/2013/02/getty-sales-and-numbers-for-thought.html

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05 Feb, 2013 | Posted by: st






LIVE NEWS -- Stock Agency Alamy Enters Mobile Photography Market - Olivier Laurent: “Alamy, an international stock agency, has announced that it will now accept photographs for its Live News service taken with mobile phones and compact cameras. "We have come a long way since the first camera phone was launched in 2000 and Alamy is keeping pace with this change," says Alamy's CEO James West. ‘We want to allow our contributors to upload News, Sport and Entertainment images to us using the camera they have ready at hand - whether it is a digital SLR, a compact camera or a smartphone. This is a recognition of the quality news images that can now be taken by cameraphones and the like.’" SOURCE:
http://www.bjp-online.com/british-journal-of-photography/news/2238522/stock-agency-alamy-enters-mobile-photography-market?WT.rss_f=All+the+latest+articles+from+BJP&WT.rss_a=Stock+agency+Alamy+enters+mobile+photography+market


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22 Jan, 2013 | Posted by: st



WHAT’s THE DEAL? -- Getty Signs Deal With Google, Gives Photographers Pittance – Tim Barribeau. “No one gets into stock photography expecting mammoth payouts, but a new revelation about a deal between Getty and Google fired up a number of photographers about just how little they're getting. APhotoEditor has discovered that when Google expanded the number of stock images that Google users could add to Google Drive documents, they did so through a deal with Getty.. SOURCE: http://www.popphoto.com/news/2013/01/getty-signs-deal-google-gives-photographers-pittance

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18 Dec, 2012 | Posted by: st




CRAWLING BACK? -- A Stock Agency is Actually Raising Its Royalty Rates. Why? – David Walker: “London-based stock photo distributor Image Source has announced that it will pay a higher royalty rate–60 percent, compared to its usual 40 or 50 percent–for all images it accepts from its US contributors from now through December 31, 2013. Could the pendulum in the moribund business of stock photography be swinging back? http://pdnpulse.com/2012/12/a-stock-agency-is-actually-raising-its-royalty-rates-why.html

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14 Aug, 2012 | Posted by: bswenson




Well, whatdaya know…. It’s come to this…
THAR SHE BLOWS !! ! -- The Carlyle Group and Getty Images Management to Acquire Getty Images from Hellman & Friedman for $3.3 Billion. Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) and Getty Images management announced today they have formed a partnership to acquire Getty Images. SOURCE: www.fastmediamagazine.com and http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/15/getty-images-bought-carlyle-group?newsfeed=true



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10 Jul, 2012 | Posted by: st



IF IT’S BROKEN, FIX IT. Alamy and other big-wigs of the industry got together recently. The choir and the preachers came to the conclusion that they should not continue to dig the same hole deeper. They asked for ideas. Got any? SOURCE: News Release. TAKEAWAY: It would be nice if our stock photography industry could look to a parallel creative industry such as music or art that successfully emerged from a mercantile crisis like ours. None to be found. The lessons learned would be invaluable. The Internet has made the distribution of photos a new game. Individuals and independent non-pro photographers can employ the power, and the coming muscle of search -- and make it their ally to circumvent any need for that darling of the last century,--the classic stock photo agency-. . –RE
http://www.alamy.com/pressrelease/releases/archive/2012/06/28/154.aspx?


WANNA BUY IT? The owners of Getty Images have retained bankers to examine a possible sale or public offering of the business they took private four years ago for $2.4bn. Anupreeta Das: An auction for a potential sale of Getty Images Inc. has progressed to the second round, with several private-equity firms putting in initial bids of around $4 billion, people familiar with the matter said. SOURCE: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304708604577504923941988382.html?mod=W
PHOTO: Getty Images


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29 May, 2012 | Posted by: st



INTERLOPER -- Paul Melcher: “AP launches new photo agency. Just on the edge of their announced possible IPO / sale, and while everyone thought the battle for editorial photography supremacy was over, easily won by the Seattle gargantua , here comes from the outfield a new agency that could create havoc. Called Invision Agency , it is a spinoff of the 150 years old Associated Press."
http://blog.melchersystem.com/2012/05/24/ap-launches-new-photo-agency/



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21 Feb, 2012 | Posted by: st



SUPPLY AND DEMAND -- A New Approach – John Lund: “A new stock agency with the intriguing name “Evolve Images” has opened its doors. The three founders of Evolve, Mark Ippolito, Robert Henson, and Jonathan Solomon certainly have a ton of experience between them having held numerous positions at such leading stock agencies as Getty Images, Corbis, Blend Images, PhotoDisc, and Comstock. What they are offering is a highly curated collection, a new method of pricing that seems sort of a RF and RM hybrid, and the promise of “sustaining a creative economy”. http://blog.johnlund.com/2012/02/evolve-imagesa-new-approach.html

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14 Feb, 2012 | Posted by: st




FLYING BLINDFOLD -- John Lund: “What I Know man pulling on elephants tail, sell my photos About The Stock Photo Industry. As demonstrated by this stock photo interpretation of the fable of three blind men and an elephant, it is almost impossible to gain a full understanding of the stock photo industry as a contributing photographer.
http://blog.johnlund.com/2012/02/what-i-know-about-stock-photo-industry.html?
PHOTO: John Lund


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24 Jan, 2012 | Posted by: st




FLAILING AND THRASHING -- Photography And Dealing With Change. John Lund lets us know “change” ain’t always easy. He says, ”Sometimes the best way to deal with change is to take a deep breath and relax.” http://blog.johnlund.com/2012/01/photography-and-dealing-with-change.html?


CITIZEN JOURNALISM -- Top Editorial Contributors Get a Share of Demotix’s Ad Revenues. Photopreneur: “Demotix might just have created a new revenue model for editorial photographers and aspiring photojournalists. The crowd-sourced news agency, which has licensed images to publications and outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine and the BBC, is to begin paying contributors a share of its advertising revenue. http://blogs.photopreneur.com

PHOTO: source: DEMOTIX (Death if Ian Tomlinson)


HEAD OF THE LINE -- Rights Licensing Is All About Visibility – Jim Pickerell: “As I said in my most recent post, getting the images seen by potential customers is the big problem. Here’s a list of the number of images in a few categories at 4 of the major distributors. Statistics show that the vast majority of customers choose an image from those found in the first 300 reviewed in a web search. So the question is how do you get your images shown in that first 300. http://rising.blackstar.com/rights-licensing-is-all-about-visibility.html

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17 Jan, 2012 | Posted by: st



TODAY’s MARKET -- Jim Pickerell: “One of the first things to decide is whether you are committed to licensing your images as RM or traditional RF, or whether you are willing to accept the microstock philosophy of volume sales at much lower prices. http://rising.blackstar.com/licensing-images-in-todays-market.html

CORBIS BUYS NMA -- Stuart Elliott: “Corbis, the digital media company owned by Bill Gates that licenses the intellectual property rights to photographs, music and public personalities, is expanding again by acquiring the NMA Group in Los Angeles, a pioneer in the realm of branded entertainment, which helps marketers weave products into the plots of movies and television shows. SOURCE: NYTIMES;
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/business/media/corbis-to-acquire-nma-group.html?_r=1
TAKEAWAY: He giveth and he taketh away. Mr. Bill Corbis Gates, who is famous for his foundation that supports third-world countries’ opportunities to better themselves, now increases his personal empire by investing in “branded entertainment”. What’s that? It’s the shameless insertion of commercial products into films, novels, or any visual endeavor where the public helplessly is exposed to them. What’s wrong with familiar products being introduced into a film plot? For one thing, the masses tend to follow the film hero’s cinema style – like John Wayne and his cigarettes. What products are they injecting into films today that may prove injurious to future generations. In the context of how we, the public, will allow a minor violation to eventually lead to a greater violation, this principle is now sliding into the theaters themselves. You’ve probably experienced the tastelessness of movie theaters subjecting their pre-show audiences to “commercials.” –even though you paid to see the movie, not the commercials.


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10 Jan, 2012 | Posted by: st



BUSINES IS GREAT! -- John Lund: “People often ask me, as small talk of course, how business is, or if I am staying busy. As a self-employed person I am as busy as I want to be. As someone trying to maintain a successful photography career there is no shortage of work to do! As for how business is, it’s great! I am certainly not making as much as I was a couple of years ago, but my income appears to be stable and I still believe there is ample opportunity for growth. http://blog.johnlund.com/2012/01/busines-is-great.html?
PHOTO: John Lund


INSIDE CAPTIONS -- REALITY: For each photo to you have in your pro-file, there is a photobuyer that is seeking it, right now, somewhere in the world. This program, Stipple, is a step in the right direction in helping you make the match with that photobuyer. How long it will take depends on how this type of technology will advance. These days, as you know, innovation comes quickly. Be on your toes to look into this one. -RE
http://lalettredelaphotographie.com/archives/by_date/2012-01-09/5308/paul-melcher-s-selection


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03 Jan, 2012 | Posted by: st



DESCRIPTIVE VISUAL REFERENCE -- is how Depositphotos describes the Editorial Images it accepts at its agency. Depositphotos has expanded its license policy to accept non-model released and non-property-released images for editorial use as a descriptive visual reference to current events, newsworthy stories, social events, places and/or products. http://www.sys-con.com/node/2097599

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20 Dec, 2011 | Posted by: st




UNDERGROUND PHOTOS -- A Rare Look at Corbis’ Massive Underground Photo Storage Facility. Kathleen Davis: “Former limestone mine in Pennsylvania is home to 15 million images, including some of the worlds most iconic.” http://www.popphoto.com/news/2011/12/rare-look-corbis%E2%80%99-massive-underground-photo-storage-facility

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02 Nov, 2011 | Posted by: st



MULTIPLE USE; Science Photo Library Introduces ‘One Client All Uses License’ – Marco: “Science Photo Library, a leading provider of scientific and specialist imagery has created a unique license. “One Client All Uses” allows image buyers to purchase a rights managed image at one price, for use by one client or company for all manner of uses. This includes things like brochures, newsletters, events, magazines, presentations, e-shots and websites.”. http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/blog/2011/10/25/science-photo-library-introduces-one-client-all-uses-license/
TAKEAWAY: In other words, Royaly Free


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28 Sep, 2011 | Posted by: st



REVOLUTIONIZING LICENSING -- Paul Melcher: “Just imagine, if you will, that publishers would get paid to use your images. Just imagine that publishers would actually generate a profit directly from your photographs. All that and you would also make more revenue at the same time . Don’t you think you would be the most popular photographer/ photo agency ? “
http://blog.melchersystem.com/2011/09/20/revolutionizing-licensing/
more information:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/adwords-for-images-stipple-debuts-image-licensing-marketplace-for-publishers/2011/09/20/gIQAj9hqhK_story.html
TAKEAWAY: Stock photography will move in the right direction if the company, Stipple, is able to convince the art buying public that Stipple will work for us, the independent stock photographer. The venture capitalists have been convinced. Stipple recently received $2 million in funding.



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21 Sep, 2011 | Posted by: st




START ‘EM YOUNG -- Marco:“Alamy Gives Students 100% Royalties – In a bid to engage with the next generation of picture professionals, Alamy, the world’s largest online stock photo site, is launching a new initiative called ‘100% Royalties’. The campaign will see Alamy offering photography and design students 100 percent royalties on all sales over a two year.period Alamy is offering the scheme to 30 educational institutions in both North America and the United Kingdom, and will launch at the start of the Autumn 2011 term time.
http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/blog/2011/09/08/alamy-gives-students-100-royalties/


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31 Aug, 2011 | Posted by: st



AP, CORBIS TEAM UP—A long time in coming. Financial details of the arrangement between the AP (Associated Press) and Corbis weren't disclosed. The agreement covers more than 10 million digital photos, with the AP and Corbis supplying about 5 million each. SOURCE: Michael Liedtke ; http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/08/23/2371487/ap-corbis-team-up-in-bid-to-profit.html

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10 Aug, 2011 | Posted by: st




Getty & Flickr go vintage – but commercial photographers not allowed Online photo library, Getty Images has strengthened its partnership with photo sharing website Flickr by offering users the opportunity to sell their old photos through its image library. Known as ‘Fototrove’, it lets amateur photographers make money from old photos which they upload to Flickr. A move that is sure to cause waves in the commercial photography world, many of whom already see the partnership as a threat to their earnings.
SOURCE : Jane Photography News
http://www.powerhousephoto.co.uk/getty-flickr-go-vintage-but-commercial-photographers-not-allowed-1758.html


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03 Aug, 2011 | Posted by: st



Getty Images and the Launch of Flickr Select
- Getty Images, the massive Seattle stock photo agency has announced the launch of Flickr Select, a collection of professionally curated imagery representing the best of the highly dynamic Flickr Collection. To view the Flickr collection: www.gettyimages.com/flickr.


PACA EXTENDS INVITES TO BROADEN PHOTO AND IMAGE INDUSTRY CONVERSATIONS
The countdown to the 2011 Picture Archive Council of America’s (PACA’s) annual meeting is underway... the 16th International Conference, which will take place at the New York Marriott East Side from October 21-23, 2011. This year’s program was built in conjunction with partner associations American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) and American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) to deliver a more broad range of topics and conversations that involve the entire image community. (http://cwp.marriott.com/nycea/paca/).


STEP UP THE SELLING PROCESS -- GlobalEye (a world-wide agency based in Australia but in communication with all continents) offers a plug-n-play photography business system for your stock photography... "We handle all the technical headaches, internet marketing, and search engine optimization. You just add your photos," say Matt Brading, director.
"At GlobalEye," says Brading, "We give you a complete plug-n-play photography business package that you can tailor to your work, your markets and your lifestyle. Let's face it ... you didn't become a photographer so you could spend your time sitting at a computer!"
Check it out:
http://globaleyeimages.com/SellStockPhotos/PhotoSource.asp


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27 Jul, 2011 | Posted by: st



CONTENT-BASED -- T.P.: “A New Approach To Sell Stock Photos : Not So Hands-Free Stock Photography. Traditionally stock photography has always been considered a 'hands-free' business, but in the current ultra-competitive market place, more and more freelance photographers are realizing the sit-back-and-wait
approach just doesn't measure up as a business strategy. They publish stock images in a way that is deliberately search-engine friendly. Buyers arrive directly onto the especially created content pages, without passing through the main pages of the website or even the stock library's own photo search engine. SOURCE: timpaquett1259 http://www.zimbio.com/Really+Simple+Syndication/articles/mhftRGJX8TG/New+Approach+Sell+Stock+Photos+Not+Hands+Free

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20 Jul, 2011 | Posted by: st



FINDING STOCK PHOTOS FASTER: Can Stock Photo Launches New Design & Stock
Photo Search Engine The new search engine features technology that enables Can Stock Photo to return stock photo searches in milliseconds to its customers. The company borrowed a page from Google’s playbook and implemented an instant search feature. This is a significant advancement, considering other similar search engines take over 5 seconds to load each search page according to Duncan Enman., General Manager, CAN STOCK;
http://news.yahoo.com/finding-stock-photos-faster-stock-photo-launches-design-070440169.html
TAKEAWAY: Photo Researchers: Here’s where to go to see a demonstration. http://www.canstockphoto.com/search.php?term=snow%20in%20minneapolis&type=1,,,
You’ll find there’s no revolution or transformation here. Nice try! Fancy Google-type algorithms just won’t hack it. It’s still a clunky way to find the photos you need. For example: Try “snow in Minneapolis” ; or “St Paul winter Carnival”. Oh well…


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22 Jun, 2011 | Posted by: st



BY CATEGORY -- From Photopreneur: “The Internet now contains thousands of stock photography sites, giving editors a huge choice of image sources, and photographers a wide range of outlets for their images. We’ve checked sites and pored over lists to produce our own guide to stock photography.” http://blogs.photopreneur.com/stock-photography-big-list?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PhotopreneurBlog+%28Photopreneur+Blog%29
TAKEAWAY: Good list! Good job. A new category for this list: Do-it-Yourself sites. The DYI sites cater to independent stock photographers who find new leads for themselves and their stock photo brands by subscribing to a photo request site that publishes (daily) current photo needs that the photobuyer can’t find or don’t wish to take the time to seek out through normal online photo galleries: Two such sites are http://agpix.com/ and our own http://www.photosource.com.


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08 Jun, 2011 | Posted by: st



NEW GUIDE --A new international online stock photography resource launched last month. The director: “With an increase in web use and development, StockPhotoSecrets.com identified a need to educate stock buyers, simplify the available stock photo information, offer stock photo savings and connect buyers with agencies in one location. The company is based in Germany. SOURCE: Amos Struck ; http://www.onlineprnews.com/news/139221-1305606873-new-free-international-online-stock-photography-resource-launches-today.html
More info: http://www.facebook.com/StockPhotoSecrets?sk=notes
TAKEAWAY: This one sounds very much like the one-stop-shopping stock photo agency, in Waukesha, Wisconsin USA, www.fotosearch.com


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11 May, 2011 | Posted by: st



WHAT DO CLIENTS WANT? -- More Cepic 2011 Introductions, Christina Vaughan and Lewis Blackwell - From London Christina Vaughan, Cepic president and CEO of imagesource introduces the 2011 congress taking place in Istanbul. http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/blog/2011/05/03/cepic-2011-seminar-introduction-by-turi-munthe/

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13 Apr, 2011 | Posted by: st




BAROMETER -- A brief peek . A new company called Piclet says they aim to: ‘bring together those who truly love photography and the Internet for innovation, collaboration and a fair distribution of the benefits and profits.’ They have published an infograph about how Corbis and Getty have gobbled up the smaller agencies and left independants out in the cold. http://www.piclet.com
TAKEAWAY: Saying only the best photographers should be published and make money is like saying “only the best musicians should be recorded,” or “only the best painters should be hung in the galleries.” For anyone with a sensitive eye, the automatic controls on cameras today make it very easy to capture a good publishable picture.
Cameras are no longer the primary tools for the photography industry. The major tool in this new millennium is the search engine. Who took the picture no longer counts. What is important are good ol’ fashioned business principles: meeting deadlines, customer service, and knowledge about the product. -RE


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16 Mar, 2011 | Posted by: st



EDITORIAL IMAGES -- Corbis Adds Editorial Images From Demotix to collection . Later this month, Corbis Images will begin offering an edited selection of breaking news photography from Demotix through Corbisimages.com http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/blog/2011/03/09/corbis-adds-editorial-images-from-demotix-to-collection/

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09 Mar, 2011 | Posted by: psnotes



THE FIRE THIS TIME ( Update ) Remember that scare from last week here in psNOTES? All those slides of former Sygma members to be burned? Well, the BOHEMIAN has brought us good news: “The fire has been put out,” -- at least for now. According to an article on the BJP, Maitre Gorrias has clearly said he will not destroy the images that are now under his control. SOURCE: PAUL MELCHER. http://blog.melchersystem.com/2011/03/01/the-fire-this-time-update/ To retrieve your Sygma rejects
here’s the man to go to: Stéphane Gorrias, SCP BTSG, 1 place, Boieldieu , 75002 Paris – France.
And here’s a picture of where you’ll find him and the Sygma slides..
And for a map: type in 1 place, Boieldieu , 75002 Paris – France, in Google maps.


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23 Feb, 2011 | Posted by: psnotes



EDITORIAL -- iStockphoto Launches New Editorial Collection – “These images are intended for use by news outlets, publishers, magazines, bloggers and presenters as a descriptive visual reference to a product, place, event or concept. Editorial only images are covered by a licensing agreement that limits the manner in which they can be used.” http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/blog/2011/02/17/istockphoto-launches-new-editorial-collection/

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08 Dec, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



INSTANT ART -- Corbis Inks Print-on-Demand Consumer Deal - Corbis and warehouse retailer Costco have announced a deal to offer print-on-demand photographs, posters, and giclée canvas prints through nearly 600 Costco stores around the world. Corbis has made more than 20,000 travel, nature, landscape and other images available for the program, which has alarmed some of its contributors. http://pdnpulse.com/2010/12/corbis-inks-print-on-demand-consumer-deal.html

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03 Nov, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



PHOTO GHETTO -- Is Pixpalace involved in price fixing ? On a recent email send out by the company last week, Pixpalace, an online aggregation of photo agencies content similar to Newscom, asked it’s suppliers to agree on prices so it would be easier for publishers to purchase images. The intent is noble, the result is horrific. SOURCE: Paul Melcher; http://blog.melchersystem.com/2010/10/24/pixslum/
TAKEAWAY: Pricing is only one component of a textbook photo editor’s requirements. Watch for Search to become the preferred method of finding the correct picture in this $5.5 billion dollar textbook industry. If your tags and key phrases are inclusive, placing your mages with any kind of stock photo scheme will be unnecessary. Search will sell your pictures for you from the comfort of your home base. -RE


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29 Sep, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



ALAMY INSIGHT -- John Lund interviews Alan Capel, Alamy’s head of content - http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/blog/2010/09/22/interview-with-alan-capel-alamys-head-of-content/
TAKEAWAY: Alamy still affords members 60% of sales.


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22 Sep, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



OWNING AN AGENCY -- John Lundgren interviews SuperStock CEO, Lanny Ziering. He is well into his second year at the helm of SuperStock (as CEO). In this follow-up interview he has agreed to bring us up to speed on the changes at the agency as well as to share his thoughts and insights on the stock photography industry. SOURCE: John Lundgren
http://blog.johnlund.com/2010/09/superstock-ceo-lanny-ziering-interview.html


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01 Sep, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



BONUS -- Alamy gives 100% royalties as the collection nears 20 million photos - To celebrate Alamy hitting the 20 million images mark, the company is giving their contributors the chance to earn 100% royalties on their sales. http://www.photonewstoday.com/news/alamy-gives-100-royalties-as-the-collection-nears-20-million-photos

WHAT GOES AROUND -- Picture buyers panel confronts challenges – From Marco: “This is the podcast of the second panel at the 2010 Picture Buyers Fair in London. This time we had a great group of picture buyers to engage in a public discussion. Where many discussions take place in the stock photography industry, not many involve the actual buyers. This made this discussion both interesting as well as confrontational at times. This is a podcast. http://www.fastmediamagazine.com/blog/2010/08/24/panel-of-picture-buyers-confronts-challenges/
TAKEAWAY: Although this panel took place in 2010, it mirrored the same type of comments at similar conferences in the last century. Buyers and sellers can't agree on what to charge. What else is new?


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27 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



AWKWARD STOCK PHOTOS -- It's those cringe-making stock shots you hoped everybody had forgotten about. http://awkwardstockphotos.com/
TAKEAWAY: You can’t always come up with winners.


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21 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



MONEY BACK -- Recently stock image distributors have sent messages to their contributors offering to file to collect reprographic royalties in the United Kingdom from the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS). SAA suggests that contributors would do better to file a claim directly with the DACS website. Who can file a claim? Any visual artist whose works have been licensed for qualifying editorial uses in the UK can file for reimbursement. You do not need to be a UK resident or citizen. http://www.stockartistsalliance.org/node/812

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14 Jul, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes




MIRROR ON THE WALL -- Will stock agencies become obsolete? No one ever expected it, but formats similar to FACEBOOK maybe become the search format of the future to acquire photos. According to comScore, Facebook is growing at three times the speed of top photo websites. It is not customary to compare a social networking site and a photo sharing site, but this has become unavoidable in this case. SOURCE: Rohit Bhat http://www.watblog.com/2010/07/12/facebook-photos-leave-flickr-picasa-way-behind/
http://www.comscore.com/About_comScore

CO-EXISTENCE -- On July 1 2010, Crestock was acquired by Masterfile Corporation. Acquisitions of microstock agencies by more traditional stock agencies have been a common trend over the past few years. Both micro and macro agencies seem poles apart with their price levels and business strategies, but the sensible people at least realize that they now both have a place in the market and can coexist.
http://www.microstockposts.com/is-it-time-to-give-crestock-another-try/

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30 Jun, 2010 | Posted by: psnotes



GETTING’ CONTROL -- ”Melcher”: I don’t get it. It’s Monday, I don’t get it. People in this industry used to be really upset with Flickr and Creative Commons. Mostly because creatives and editors worldwide could get free images in exchange of a credit, or an electronic pat on the back. Scores of ad campaigns or magazines started to use unbelievably cheap images instead of “professional” images from Stock houses. http://blog.melchersystem.com/2010/06/21/blowing-a-candle/

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