Alex Ramsay

I'm sorry to hear it - my sympathies to his friends and family. The same thing has just happened to an old friend of mine, and the shocking speed of it all is particularly horrible. Alex

Nikons, D850 and D810, and a Sony RX100 II. The Nikons are moderately heavy, but nothing compared to my much loved Mamiya RB67 which travelled everywhere with me for years. Alex

Just had another look, and Measures (mine, at least) seems to have been fixed since this morning Alex

No, not on mine - Chuck?

Same here - images captioned and keyworded yesterday not showing up Alex

Still broken as of this morning Alex

Thanks - I think 'erratic' might be the word!

$132.50 direct sale just dropped in - nice way to start the week Alex

The link on the forum page - 'images', under your name. I did ask Alamy, and had the following response - 'I believe our search engine has already defaulted to ‘relevant’ however I know this is being reviewed internally by our teams. So hopefully in the future this will be updated' Alex

29 sales for $734 gross - a good month Alex

Hi Louise - just sent it to you Alex

No, he contacted me directly - nobody's hard to find these days. He wanted to make Alamy an offer, so I told him it was Alamy's decision to make. He then emailed me again to say that he had had his offer accepted (much lower than Alamy's original demand, sadly) Alex

Thanks all - have taken your advice! Alex

Don't know, as I can't so far find the picture on his (very extensive) websites

I have just received a pathetically phrased email from someone caught by Alamy's infringement team, pleading for a reduction in the penalty fee they are charging. In his defence he pleads that his websites (where my picture has been used) are non-commercial and make him no income and that he lives on the state pension. This may well be true. However a quick online search reveals that he is just publishing a book on the same subject as his websites (which has just been announced as the Daily Mail's book of the week}. I know all too well how little this can mean in terms of sales and income. I'm also unsure of how much, if at all, I can influence the infringement team. What would you do? Alex