Garth,
Istock is owned by Getty, one of the largest stock photo companies in the
world. The last time I sold a stock photo I charged $200 for it. How many
times does it have to sell on iStock for $1.00 to make that? No thanks. I
went to school for photography, spent years after that honing my craft and
building my portfolio and spent tens of thousands on equipment I needed to
do it all. My work is worth too much to me to give away.
Chris
On 8/28/07 6:31 AM, "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> AG Schnozz wrote:
>> Chris Crawford wrote:
>>> No. I refuse to give my work away while some big corporation gets
>>> rich off me work.
>>
>> Amen, bro. No one raindrop thinks that it is responsible for the
>> flood.
>
> Er, iStockPhoto's a local Calgary company, and by no stretch of the
> imagination would I call it "big." More like "entrepreneurial startup."
> And while some here on the List might sneer at such an effort, it's
> been truly helpful to some commercial photography startups --
> particularly in the former Communist Bloc countries -- in establishing
> themselves. Here's a good example:
>
>
> http://bubutim.com/
>
>
> Much the same way that Renderosity or DAZ (for 3D artists and modelers)
> have helped many otherwise ordinary folk bust into the world of high-end
> 3D modeling.
>
> I've never contributed anything to iStockPhoto, but that's only because
> I don't think my images are anywhere near good enough. (I *have*
> contributed some free 3D models to PoserPros, though...)
>
>
> Garth
>
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