I actually got 60 Euro from Alamy a couple of weeks ago. About 10 years ago I
dabbled in uploading photos to it, but in the end it was too much work with the
keywording and all that. Still, I am surprised that some of the images do sell
from time to time. I invested the money in beer.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
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> On 3 Dec 2018, at 14:57, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> And I just got this notice this morning:
>
> Tina, you've made a sale!
> Your file "Persepolis" just sold.
>
> Your commission
>
> $0.24
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 8:55 AM Paul Braun <pbraun42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Pretty sad. But having a variety of professional musicians as friends, that
>> trend is also happening in the music industry. When you can get several
>> million streams of your song on Spotify and get a check for 34 cents,
>> there's a problem. Napster started the trend by facilitating the piracy on
>> a grand scale, and today's music consumer, like the photo consumer
>> mentioned in his post, thinks that all music should be free. Somehow, the
>> musician is expected to crank out albums, give them away, and not expect to
>> eat or pay bills. The only decent money is made on touring, and only if
>> you're at a high enough level to demand bigger ticket prices.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 7:44 AM Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> PESO:
>>>
>>> This is a pretty good analysis of the state of stock photography today.
>> I
>>> would never recommend that anybody try to make a living at it these days.
>>> It's pretty depressing:
>>>
>>> Posted on 11/30/2018 by Jim Pickerell
>>> <http://www.selling-stock.com/Author/jim-pickerell>
>>>
>>> After 28 years of publishing Selling Stock, in 2019 I will begin to wind
>>> down my regular daily coverage of the stock photo industry. The site (
>>> www.selling-stock.com ) with all its archives will continue to be
>>> available
>>> to readers, indefinitely.
>>>
>>> In 2019, I will continue to publish occasional stories on a random basis
>>> when I stumble on a topic of particular interest to me. But, I will no
>>> longer attempt to provide daily coverage of changing industry
>> developments.
>>>
>>> I will no longer ask readers to subscribe to the service, but instead ask
>>> them to pay on a story-by-story basis whenever they want to read one of
>> my
>>> articles. Every current subscriber and recipient of the Weekly Digest
>> will
>>> receive an email notification whenever I post a new story. Anyone
>>> interested in receiving these FREE notifications can sign up on the
>>> website.
>>>
>>> In the last two years, revenue generated by the newsletter has declined
>>> 53%. For the professional photographer the industry has changed and
>>> declined dramatically in the last decade. Fewer and fewer people need, or
>>> are interested in reading what I have to say. The amateurs don’t need to
>> be
>>> told how to maximize revenue from the images they create because they
>> don’t
>>> expect to earn much from their images anyway. More and more former
>>> subscribers are getting out of the business and moving on to other
>>> activities. It’s time for me to so the same.
>>>
>>> At one time, stock photography was an exciting way for many photographers
>>> to earn a comfortable and enjoyable living. Now, it is a bad-paying
>> hobby.
>>> And it is on a path that seems likely to get even worse, and more
>>> depressing for most of those who hope to earn real money from the images
>>> they produce.
>>>
>>> My goal in publishing Selling Stock has always been to help those still
>>> photographers trying to earn a portion of their living by licensing usage
>>> rights to the images they produce. Looking ahead images are likely to be
>>> created by robots and file sharing and piracy will continue to be on the
>>> upswing.
>>>
>>> In the Internet environment most people think all information and
>>> photographs should be FREE. They’ve been raised in the Walmart and Amazon
>>> economy where everything can be shopped down to prices so low no one can
>>> make a living.
>>>
>>> An ever increasing percentage of the images being created are produced by
>>> part timers who view their earnings as a “supplement” to another major
>>> source of income, not a serious income source. This trend will not be
>>> reversed, although there still may be a question as to whether amateurs
>>> will eventually produce everything professional image users want for the
>>> products they design.
>>>
>>> There may still be some opportunities for video producers, but I have
>> never
>>> produced video myself and have trouble understanding all that is involved
>>> in meeting the needs of video users. Given video production costs there
>> is
>>> still a big question as to whether a significant number of videographers
>>> will be able to profit from their efforts.
>>>
>>> I’m 82 and have been in the stock photo industry for more than 55 years (
>>> http://www.jimpickerell.com/About.aspx), first as a photographer and
>> more
>>> recently as the editor of Selling Stock. I’ve seen the industry at its
>>> peaks and current lows. All in all, it has been a very satisfying career.
>>> But, I was born at the right time to have a career in photography. People
>>> in their 20s and 30s need to explore other career paths. The need for
>>> professionally produced images will never be the same. For me, now it is
>>> time to explore the next stage of my life.
>>>
>>>
>>> Tina
>>>
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>>> http://www.pbase.com/tinamanley
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>>>
>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
>>>>
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>> Anchor, Amateur Radio Newsline
>> www.ARnewsline.org <http://www.arnewsline.org>
>> Certified Music Junkie
>>
>> "Music washes from the soul the dust of everyday life." -- Berthold
>> Auerbach
>>
>> "The Fountain of Youth is a state of mind" -- The Ides of March, "Age
>> Before Beauty"
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