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A few for the end of the month. All at The Garden House:
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Never knew of any kind of vest worn under a shirt in cold weather here. A tee shirt or insulated underwear would be what’s worn. The suit vest at one time was part of a 3 piece suit, but that fashion is in and out, more out. Not so popular. I’ve always thought them a bit pretentious-looking myself, but who am I to comment on mens’ fashions? We never attended pretentious affairs.
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after I climb the 16 steps to my apartment I immediately sit for a while. Very restorative. Paulette
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gvallee replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
This must be my first license of somebody doing something... I was not rewarded, only $. -
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Mark Scheuern replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Standard license, one user. Low $$. - Today
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Really beautiful brick work & design.
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Alan Beastall replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Another one today. What is surprising it must have been one the first images uploaded to Alamy back in 2008 and still has only 12 tags and 6 super tags. Don't delete your oldies, they still have a use. 😊 -
March Challenge - Ships and Boats
Ognyan Yosifov replied to Steve Hyde's topic in Let's talk about pics
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wiskerke replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Marblehead Lighthouse Lake Erie UK worldwide IQ mid lower/lower mid $$ wim -
Great entries! Apologies for not participating March and April as away a lot! Kumar
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^ Cheers Roy, you're very welcome Steve 29/03/2024, Guardian, p24, blue tit in snow, 2WX717B, Philip Jones [Via Live News] 29/03/2024, Guardian, p31, No Smoking sign on Irish bar, credited to PA/Alamy but I can't find it 29/03/2024, Guardian, p37, Johannes Moesgaard, 2T5JRRY, Sipa US 29/03/2024, Guardian [Journal section], p3, Coventry University graduation day, E52TM6, Colin Underhill 29/03/2024, Guardian G2, p5, still from 'Meek's Cutoff', HCHANY, Everett Collection Inc 29/03/2024, Guardian G2, p5, still from 'Bridget Jones' Diary', 2C85KHN, Photo 12
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VbFolly replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Green-veined white butterfly on lichen-covered oak tree. Multiple editorial use for low/med $$. -
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NYCat replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Sweet otter coming through for me again.. Print and digital Sea Otter in Seldovia Harbor, Alaska Paulette -
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Steve F replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Neo-Attic relief depicting an episode from the Greek myth of Telephus also showing Achilles. House of the Telephus relief, ancient city of Herculaneum -
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Stan Pritchard replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Lock No.1. Glasson Branch, Lancaster to Kendal Canal, Galgate, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Country: Worldwide Usage: Editorial Media: Editorial website Industry sector: Media, design & publishing Image Size: Any size Start: 17 February 2024 One use in a single editorial article used within web versions of titles from the same group. Digital usage includes archive rights for the lifetime of the article. Country: United Kingdom Northern Reach of the Lancaster to Kendal canal. Farleton, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe. Country: Worldwide Usage: Editorial Media: Editorial website Industry sector: Media, design & publishing Image Size: Any size Start: 17 February 2024 One use in a single editorial article used within web versions of titles from the same group. Digital usage includes archive rights for the lifetime of the article. Country: United Kingdom Both the above images used in this newspaper article After five years on a narrowboat, I’ve finally reached the end of the canal network | Lancashire holidays | The Guardian -
I would support the replies already made. In addition, I would suggest you need to be more focussed and specific with your captions. The caption plays a major role in what turns up in search results, not just the keywords. In addition, Alamy is primarily an editorial library, which means many buyers are looking for something very specific. A picture captioned 'Lively street in the city centre in a fresh summer morning' is not likely to be found by potential buyers. Which street? Which city? Does it convey 'freshness;'? Your captioning is too generic, it's not productive, given the way Alamy works. You will have benefitted in your early year by Alamy giving you a mid-table ranking in searches. Depending on how your images perform in subsequent searches - how often they are zoomed or sold - your search ranking will go up or down. Have a look for discussions on CTR (click through rate). Your own CTR needs to be be at least the Alamy average, ideally much higher. One of the problems with having large quantities of irrelevant or periperhal keywords in an image is that the image turns up in searches where it's not relevant and is ignored by the potential buyer. As a result, CTR decreases a little and, in time, buyers stop seeing your images in the first results of any search. It may be that you are just experiencing a blip in sales, and this happens to us all from time to time. However, do what is in your power to make your portfolio visible to the right potential buyers at the right time in order to reduce the number and length of such blips. When I had a similar problem some years ago, I created myself a new psudonym. I then steeled myself to put in that pseudonym only images which were tightly captioned and keyworded, sometimes with less than twenty keywords. Now it contains a small proportion of my portfolio but has a CTR well above Alamy average. It produces around 50% of my sales from 10% of my portfolio. At Alamy, taking the photo is only a tiny part of what it takes to be a stock photographer.
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You are welcome Nick Best Nigel Guardian Online https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/29/readers-favourite-spring-walks-in-the-uk Wolstenholme Images Ian Woolcock John Eveson Nathaniel Noir Martin Bache Travelib Environment David Lyons Nature Picture Library Perego Swaine https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/mar/29/busy-sowing-seeds-it-pays-to-look-ahead Alamy https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/27/australias-carbon-credits-system-a-failure-on-global-scale-study-finds Hilke Maunder
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A block away from me but I made it there and back.
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Webby replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
The forth sale this month with these details. $$ Country: Worldwide Usage: Standard License for 1 user only. Allowed usage: across websites, social media, short-form video on video sharing sites, digital publishing, digital marketing, and print runs up to 100,000. Restrictions stated prior to or at time of purchase may limit the scope of permissible usage. , Standard License for 1 user only. Allowed usage: across websites, social media, short-form video on video sharing sites, digital publishing, digital marketing, and print runs up to 100,000. Restrictions stated prior to or at time of purchase may limit the scope of permissible usage. Start: 29 March 2024 Duration: In perpetuity The Kings Head British pub in Santa Monica. They do a pretty good full English breakfast. -
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rickygui replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
This two days, blessed. Pretty good $$ for all. I stood like 10 mins to get this architecture shot. Sold again! Sold for the first time, just this morning. Was baked in the hot sun.. 🥵 -
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Foreign Export replied to Brian Vickers's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
I certainly dont worry about reaching 50 keywords, I only keyword relevant words and phrases, I do always include location and country though, particularly as 80% of my images are outside the UK -
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rickygui replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
For the first time, after upload this. Sold it in less than 6 months, this should be the very first. Pretty good $$ Uploaded 2015, finally, someone appreciate it. Thank you. Low $ (ain't complaining) Fastest ever sold on the same month! Taylor Swift. Low $ -
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zxzoomy replied to Bryan's topic in Stock photography discussion and contributor experience
Manchester, UK. 12th June, 2023. Fans wait as Manchester City Football Club gets ready to hold an open top bus victory parade in central Manchester, UK, to mark the achievement of winning the treble: the Premier League, the FA Cup, and the Champions League. On Saturday Man City beat Inter Milan in Istanbul to secure the Champions League win. The parade of open top buses went through Manchester city centre watched by large, enthusiastic crowds, despite a thunderstorm and heavy rain. Credit: Terry Waller/Alamy Live News Editorial use in customer magazine, website, app and social media (excludes Advertising) Media: Magazine - print, digital and electronic. Low $$