Foreign Export Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Today had 3 "news" images licensed - they were shot last month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreign Export Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Good start to the month - 3 sales today each one three digit amount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 One coming tomorrow for $180. The second time for this relatively new (shot in the last year) image. Incidentally, shot with my RX100 using it as a stealth camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 One coming tomorrow for $180. The second time for this relatively new (shot in the last year) image. Incidentally, shot with my RX100 using it as a stealth camera. Congratulations. Sometimes stealth = wealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 One coming tomorrow for $180. The second time for this relatively new (shot in the last year) image. Incidentally, shot with my RX100 using it as a stealth camera. Congratulations. Sometimes stealth = wealth. I think I need to revisit that venue and get another one, which will, of course, not look like the first, but have the same interesting subject matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I have sold this image for a greeting card. I always thought it was perfect for that use. I'd love to see it, of course, so I hope someone spots it. DMBM4A Grizzly bears embracing. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armstrong Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I have sold this image for a greeting card. I always thought it was perfect for that use. I'd love to see it, of course, so I hope someone spots it. DMBM4A Grizzly bears embracing. Paulette That's a great image - perfect for that use! Michaek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thank you. Those bears are brother and sister and still young enough to want to play with each other. This was during a bout of play fighting. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Funny the things that give pleasure when looking at My Alamy. Yesterday I had a zoom which was the only zoom and indeed the only image for that search. Hope it leads to a sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylineboy Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 very good - right moment right time shots. i had a similar one once, watching car racing, high speed burst on, filling up card fast! then a crash happened right in front of me, and i snapped away, frame by frame and got some good shots (im convinced to this day, that i flinched out of fright and held the shutter by accident!), results in some good sales elsewhere. heart stopping stuff though, my friend was shook up seeing the carnage happen so close! I have a PPL, ( private pilot license). flying on a commission in the North sea, shooting one giant oil-rig, possibly the biggest in the world. All of a sudden there are these giant whales surfacing beneath us, incredible sights! I asked my pal to take over and started to shoot like mad. I am far from a wildlife photographer but of all the pics I took in the panic, at least I got a dozen sharp ones, one classic with the giant tale-fin splashing down in the water. This happend in February and it was freezing cold and I mean freezing. The experience alone, well I never forget it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 It wasn't here, but this morning I woke up to a monthly sales report that showed a gross sale of just under $10K. My biggest ever sale and I am stoked to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnyab Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 Wow! All I can say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 It wasn't here, but this morning I woke up to a monthly sales report that showed a gross sale of just under $10K. My biggest ever sale and I am stoked to say the least Congratulations Jools. Well done! May I ask what type of image it was, ie. Landscape Cityscape News etc. I've always wondered what type of image commands such large fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well, without giving too much away for obvious reasons. It wasn't a sunset or sunrise with gorgeous light. In fact it was a little flat on the lighting. There was some but it was a mostly cloudy day. I'd had a couple of other good fees too around the $1.5K mark which was nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Keeping it firmly under wraps then. I don't blame you. Well done again Jools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Dougie. This is a story I was told by a friend of mine who used to work and contribute for Tony Stone. Apparently, when good sales would come in like that they would publish the results and show the image/ s. Then what would happen? They would be inundated with similar images all hoping for the same thing. Needless to say, that excursion didn't go on for too long. It would be commercial suicide for me to show what it was that sold. There would be a number of people out there who would read this; try and figure out where it was that I took the photo and then hope for something along the same lines. As I start earning more and more I am being VERY cautious as to what I say. I don't mind saying I had good sales or in the case of Alamy not a lot. But I think what we all have to remember, and is lacking here, is that we are competitors whether we like it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Dougie. This is a story I was told by a friend of mine who used to work and contribute for Tony Stone. Apparently, when good sales would come in like that they would publish the results and show the image/ s. Then what would happen? They would be inundated with similar images all hoping for the same thing. Needless to say, that excursion didn't go on for too long. It would be commercial suicide for me to show what it was that sold. There would be a number of people out there who would read this; try and figure out where it was that I took the photo and then hope for something along the same lines. As I start earning more and more I am being VERY cautious as to what I say. I don't mind saying I had good sales or in the case of Alamy not a lot. But I think what we all have to remember, and is lacking here, is that we are competitors whether we like it or not. Yes I understand Jools. That's why I didn't ask to see the image, just wondered what genre it was. Looking at your collection here on Alamy it could have been any number of excellent images. Here's to many more for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Thanks for understanding The highest fee I've ever had was around $150 gross or so. At my other places I, touch wood, regularly seem to get a sale every month that is around $1K to $1.5K. The split is a little frustrating but then they are doing the keywording; marketing; have the name etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morrison Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I think the OP means "positive results" at Alamy, not elsewhere. This is Alamy's forum after all. Cheers, Philippe Oh, and I was just about to report a ten-pound win on a scratchcard... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I think the OP means "positive results" at Alamy, not elsewhere. This is Alamy's forum after all. Cheers, Philippe As per Alamy's rules I didn't name the "other" place. At least it shows that decent prices can still be had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpole Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 good news well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve B Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well done Jools, glad to hear things are working out for you whoever you licensed it with... I met you up in Scotland with Paul a few years ago and know just how hard you work at it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Jools, I hope you won't have to hand over 70 or 80 percent of that big sale to someone else. If so, it must really hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MircoV Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Jools telling that they do the keywording and marketing i can allready imagine wich agency its is ......... Spain is not far away..... But only a guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Elliott Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well done Jools, glad to hear things are working out for you whoever you licensed it with... I met you up in Scotland with Paul a few years ago and know just how hard you work at it.. Steve!!! Hello!!! How's it going? been a long time. Too long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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