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  2. I've noticed just the opposite, lower fees due to the new "standard licenses", which seem to be increasingly popular. However, I do have a bigger than average payout coming this month, plus some "other income". 🙂
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  4. I just gave Nitro Photo (https://www.gentlemencoders.com/nitro-for-macos/index.html) another spin. OP (Ian) might find it very useful for ranking & culling. There's no need to import images into a catalog first (just open existing folders and it possibly builds a catalogue as it goes) I was able to zoom and pan up to 12 images simultaneously and star rate each one. Very impressive. Runs very smoothly on my 2017 iMac, must be lightning fast on an M series Mac. Mark
  5. Pay her a very small sum or take her out to dinner and divide the cost as payment over however many photos. You're not likely to get sued by your wife,are you? My understanding is that payment makes a contract valid, even if only one peppercorn.
  6. Thanks very much for the spots SShep. It's good to know where they get to.
  7. What's your current CTR%? Have you tried the BHZ test? Looking at your Camino de Santiago images, they are all different and they contain people doing things (always good for sales). So, unless your CTR% and BHZ results are lousy, I'd probably leave them alone, especially if they generate sales. But I probably wouldn't have submitted 5 very similar portrait format images of a backpacker in front of Swallet waterfall for example. They are just too visually similar (same person, very similar pose, same framing). Pick the best landscape and portrait (and possibly square) format shots and submit only those. Like your images BTW. Mark
  8. Hi Alex, Would you mind forwarding the email thread from the infringer to us at contributors@alamy.com so we can make our infringements team aware of this? Thanks, Louise
  9. I agree. And also I have seen some quite large clearance payments for images dating back to 2022.
  10. I agree but the L word is beyond the scope of the present discussion by request of the OP so Nitro could be a very good option with its stated integration with the Finder and Photos app. Certainly worth checking out.
  11. 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
  12. everything on that plate looks delicious. I congratulate you on your restraint on price commenting
  13. Yes, I had a brief go with it. As expected, because it uses Apple's processing engine, adjustments are fast, fluid and interactive. But I didn't find those adjustments to be as refined as LR/ACR and some of the terminology used is different. There's no Auto CA removal that I could find (manual only) which is a big timesaver for me in LR/ACR. I also didn't spot a "solo mode" for the adjustment panels which is something I like In LR. But, Nitro is a very capable package (more features than the previous Raw Power package). It's very reasonably priced, with monthly or yearly subscription and perpetual option. I'll be sticking with my Adobe Photo subscription (bought with Black Friday discount) as PS/LR/ACR tools/results are class leading IMO. I do need to upgrade my hardware though. Mark
  14. That looks interesting Mark. The Gentlemen Coders seem to know what they are doing on macOS.
  15. 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p2, ancient Spanish wall paintings, 2AM5NJR, Art2010 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p15, irrigators on potato field, A1GNNM, inga spence 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p16, solar flare, FJ73H7, James Thew 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p19, HIV infected cell, PR1RKW, STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p29, US aide carrying 'nuclear football', J27FKX, Olivier Douliery/Consolidated News Photos/Olivier Douliery - Pool via CNP/dpa 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p35, woman looking at view, credited to lolostock/Alamy but I can't find it 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p38, Turkana boy skeleton, B6JJ4X, Kenneth Garrett/DanitaDelimont.com 30/03/2024, New Scientist, p44, ivy on wall, PP65DP, Andrey Khokhlov ISSN: 02624079
  16. Once upon a time, my photos used to be tagged with my name. Every once in a while, someone would call to say they didn't like something. You can find a contact on the Internet in a few minutes. Once I took the liberty of taking a photo of a car on the street, and the man on the phone was angry that he had not permitted me to take a photo. Another time, someone else called to say that they wanted a photo from me, which is on Alamy. He was probably a graphic artist from the bank that was in the picture. I told him to go ahead and buy it from Alamy. It wouldn't be a lot of money, At that moment he started cursing, threaten lawyers, courts etc. Such phone calls will ruin your whole weekend. That's when I thought I didn't need to listen to it and renamed all my photos. Since then I have been without stupid phone calls. R🫠
  17. Regarding the advice about having too many similar images, i am never quite sure how to deal with this one, I have approaching 1000 images of Pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago on here,but apart from locations all captions and keywords are similar, could this be hurting my rank? By the way they are doing well for me in sales terms.
  18. 28/03/2024, Guardian, p3, Eric Cantona in 1997, HPEKPW, Allstar Picture Library Ltd [Alamy credit only] 28/03/2024, Guardian, p9, secondhand clothing in charity shop, MHXYEX, RUSS ROHDE/Image Source Limited [Alamy credit only] 28/03/2024, Guardian, p14, Edinburgh Academy, T6D7DC, f8stockpix [No credit - poss not via Alamy] 28/03/2024, Guardian, p26, Gavdos off Crete, 2CBBXF5, Georgios Tsichlis 28/03/2024, Guardian G2, p8, Richard Serra, B82YFH, A7A collection/Photo 12 28/03/2024, Guardian G2, p8, Richard Serra exhibit at Bilbao Guggenheim, 2TAE7X3, BOUILLAND Stéphane/Hemis.fr
  19. ISTR you're on a Mac so this new App (Nitro Photo) from the guy that used to work for Apple on Aperture Software might be of interest. There'a a 7 day free trial from the App store. https://www.gentlemencoders.com/nitro-for-macos/index.html Mark
  20. I use my wife in a lot of shots, no payment involved, would I need to fill that box in or just put zero?
  21. You've been robbed Edo!! Great picture that's left me salivating, I'm going to recreate that (the food, not the image) for Saturday brunch this Easter weekend.
  22. Alex, out of curiosity - did the infringement team forward the infringer's email to you? Presumably the infringer hasn't contacted you directly (Alamy wouldn't pass on your email address I'm assuming). Steve
  23. I have often been critical of some of the fees obtained by Alamy. however, i have noticed that there seems to be noticeable increase in recent rates being obtained, also had a nice amount drop into my sales for "Infringement Income". Lets hope this trend continues and well done to Alamy for getting infringers to cough up.
  24. Thanks for posting. I just tried Geeqie (nice and fast) and gthumb (neat but slower). I think I'll stick with XnViewMP. My favourite was BreezeBrowser but that's Windows only, (although it does run under Crossover). I use FreeFileSync to keep my drives in Sync Mark
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