Bipin, I’m glad you enjoyed the photos!
I’ve never sold a photo on Smugmug, and didn’t know that button was on the public site. When I first started using Smugmug, one could choose whether that button was there or not, and I chose “not.” Ann, it would be futile to carrry coal to Newcastle, but New Castle probably was importing coal from Newcastle, as (IIRC) mining in Pennsylvania didn’t take off until the 19th century. Rick > On May 14, 2021, at 1:08 PM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bipin.. > The "buy photo" click-on comes up on every public photo you post on smugmug, > if you plan on selling any at all. but in the case of Rick's photos , they > are of historical interest. not just 'pretty homes" and viewers interested in > the history and architectural style of a certain area might well want to > purchase a photo for editorial use, use in advertising, or for their walls if > they have a personal connection to a place.. > > My galleries on smugmug mostly show photos I am interested in selling for > prints or files for personal or commercial use, but I also have photos that > are > there and public that I have no intenetion of selling.. it would be nice to > be able to cherry pick when we load our photos to smugmug so that certain > photos do not have that BUY button popping up but , unless things have > changed recently, that isn't possible.. > > RIck - enjoying the tour of old New Castle.. presume you didn't bring coal > with you :-) > > ann > annsan.smugmug.com > > > On 5/14/2021 12:33 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: >> Dear Rick & Alan, >> After Compliments >> >> I went to your smugmug website:- >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/May-2021/More-New-Castle/ >> Enjoyed the very colorful photos of homes and their >> gardens. Truly awesome. >> I also note that these photos are for sale. >> Now I live in an area with very pretty homes, a park, a hilly tract, a >> railway line, a primary school, a giant community center, jungle >> trails with streams all within 6 to 7 minutes walk. >> I have some photos of these areas with my cheapo Phone - photos attached. >> The Question? Why would someone buy a photo of someone else's home or >> garden?? >> Why I ask ? I have many similar photos and some more, and have been >> thinking of going commercial to finance some of my professional gear - >> mostly Pentax, Leica and a Sony Mirrorless. >> Here is a 3-D photo of a fisherman at dusk. >> Stay safe and Blessed. >> Bipin B. Gupta >> retd Advisor Nissan ME, N. Africa & CIS >> >> PS: I forget no attachments are allowed. Here is the Link to my >> Dropbox account:- >> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zqxbdhym8j8iaq8/AABeWu5tJTqt9B_0XDjrbWVVa?dl=0 >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
