I'm interested in submitting some images to this agency, but their
Contributor Agreement made my head spin. Any advice would be great!
Thanks,
Darin
----- Original Message -----
From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 12:10 PM
Subject: [OM] Stock photography, episode 482
> Recently I submitted images to that well known stock agency in
> the UK that is known for chomping down on those who shoot with
> DSLRs of less than 6MP. Well, my images passed QC without any
> problems whatsoever. And they were a combination of Minolta A1
> and Olympus E-1 images.
>
> The exif data had the camera listed quite prominantly in it and
> I made no efforts in disguising the source. I wanted to know for
> sure whether or not my camera gear would satisfy.
>
> The key is to follow every other criteria TO THE LETTER! Oh, and
> make sure you've got good images to start with. Schlock doesn't
> fly.
>
> We'll see how this agency does. I'm doing searches of their
> database and finding entire categories, subjects and places not
> listed. I have noooo problem shooting to fill the voids.
> Always in the past I never knew for sure what the agencies had
> on hand and my shots always got buried in the masses of similars
> resulting in less than steller sales. How was I supposed to
> know that they already had 7200 pictures in the files of "Child
> Reading Book". After a while I just stopped caring.
>
> I'm going to run a few hundred pictures through them to see how
> this agency does--using different RM/RF settings and a few
> keyword tests. If it does well, I'll buy a Minolta Scanner and
> free up many of the 20,000 images locked away in my file
> drawers.
>
> AG
>
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