Re: Re: Stock agency question

2023-01-18 Thread collinb
Ann, Your input is appreciated. Fortunately I won’t need it to survive. Just hoping that my fun hobby produces a few $$ to compensate. I find the time minimal (for Shutterstock) when I have shot a lot of similar-class but different images. That meant time/count, and worked out well. Time spent

Re: Stock agency question

2023-01-18 Thread ann sanfedele
One problem is that the amount of work you need to do just to submit is very time consuming.  For another, most of the money that is more than a pittance  if it sells is for commercial use  and you have to have releases for people and  pets and even homes or other edifices.   The quality of the i

Re: Re: Stock agency question

2023-01-18 Thread collinb
Steve Cottrell wrote: > I don’t know if I would recommend themm but there’s a UK agency called Alamy > that I used to have images lodged with. In my experience, one has to have > literally thousands of images up to make any decent money. > > Cotty That’s my goal. To go through all my decades ol

Re: Stock agency question

2023-01-18 Thread Steve Cottrell
I don’t know if I would recommend themm but there’s a UK agency called Alamy that I used to have images lodged with. In my experience, one has to have literally thousands of images up to make any decent money. Cotty On 15 Jan 2023, at 17:49, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: What other agencies

Re: Stock agency question

2023-01-15 Thread ann sanfedele
sadly, acceptance for listing doesn't mean sales..   I  was in ANIMALS ANIMALS/ EARTH SCENES for years -  sold some photos, but the work required to satisfy their standards for detail was taxing..  this was back pre digital.  I'm officially still with them but have not given them anything in ye