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I take all that to mean you haven't even looked at the information the stock photography companies have on their web sites for anyone interested in submitting photos.From my research and speaking to people who do stock photography i have heard that you take pictures and send them to them. They then look at your submissions accept or reject them and then continue the process until you are deemed good enough for stock photography. They then monitor your photos and if they don't sell or get looked at they're pulled off the site. Am I correct or is it much different then this?
I read some articles. You are right the micro-stock photography industry is crowd-sourcing, but different then i thought. Getty images just taps into Flickr, which is an amazingly smart move. I still think there is a niche play in the industry. I have to think about the model some more and get back to you guys. Thanks for all of your help this is a great community.
Stock is dead, get over it.
And move on to some other aspect of photography.
Or should I say it is dead for the photographers? The so-called-agencies of today are still making money, I guess, but I can't imagine any serious photog looking at stock seriously. I used to do quite a bit of stock and it was a big chunk of income but that's history. And I'm not going to shoot for 25 cents a picture.
I think you will be pleasantly surprised with what my partners and I are coming up with. Thanks for your feedback.
I doubt it. I'm sure it won't be much different from 10 other sites trying to license images out there.
A typical NHL hockey game, Getty wants at least 10 images on the wire between the 1st and 2nd period, another 10 after the 2nd period and another 25-30 after the game, do you really think that hockey produces that many great images from every game?
I'm not really sure how breaking news photos applies to the kind of stock we were talking about. Or I assume we were talking about. The OP never told us what kind of images he and his friends have had no luck with that they deserve to be making money off of, but are just being shut out by "the man".
There is plenty of great content out there not being tapped into.
From my research and speaking to people who do stock photography i have heard that you take pictures and send them to them. They then look at your submissions accept or reject them and then continue the process until you are deemed good enough for stock photography. They then monitor your photos and if they don't sell or get looked at they're pulled off the site. Am I correct or is it much different then this?
What, are you inventing keywording, or categories, or searching by color? The various agencies have spent years on searching. What eureka do you think you have that you've come up with in four days, that isn't out there?I think i'm talking about the concept incorrectly from the photographers point of view. Yea, there is a lot of photography out there that can already be tapped into. I think there is better stuff that can be done for the consumer, that would lead them to more easily finding the exact image they need. The concept needs to be plated with but stuff can be done there.