Allan Stone
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Hi Moz good luck and more importantly enjoy
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Good morning, well at least here in the UK it is.. Hello, Although I've read one or two things from links I was sent from my first post a week or two ago, how important are the tags and tagging an image? My first batch of images, some shots I have re-visited due to gaps, and I've gone to the max of 50 tags with my work but often that is tough and I have had to go off into tangents to get 50 I do super tag them up to the max 10! Also, captioning this is the most important part? Is it appropriate to write too much. Lastly, sorry about this..... Quality control !! This seems to be more about focus and definition, I take it, it isn't over seen by a human due to the number of images that must be uploaded but over the weekend very little happens, what is the criteria and if this process isn't seen by a human why isn't the process quicker?? Sometimes mine are processed and available to tag the same day other times it is slow and can take a lot longer. This is my 2nd posting but thank you to those who made introductions to me on my first encounter..... I realise things evolve in the topics and something I may start and suggest takes over and it's for everyone, which is great. Thank you. Allan
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One great thing is the knowledge, support from members on this forum Thanks One thing I do quickly realise is how complicated the market is and talent doesn't always pay! Do any of the Alamy team shoot and upload I wonder? Perhaps they realise it's not profitable and are out playing instead.....
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Thank you Steve have a great Easter Weekend, once again your links etc are much appreciated
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So Alamy will take a look at my work and critique it and review it... I didn't or I have not seen this pop up anywhere...or mentioned anywhere, although I have been skimming and skipping over topics skip. would it be an email or are there editors available? ....... I am sure Ai has popped his head up...are people here using it for key wording and capturing options? Thank you for the support, time and replies, I hope it helps others as well. A.
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I think its being realistic Cal, so thank you I do have a back catalogue so to speak and a folio of images that I can tap into within reason but I don't have property releases or model releases with the more commercial images I have shot, so they cannot be used. I'm very much a novice with stock photography and the market so thank you for the reply and the many others I have received. I suppose I will now see, how well i do over the coming year (s) as I add more and more work....... I can only watch so many box sets......So I will add images (slowly)as I edit and try and being effective.
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The more I read the Grimmer this market seems and that's in the last 30mins !!!...... When I assisted many years ago, a photographer I worked with made many thousands a month but my assisting career went abroad and in a different direction so I didn't get involved but I know the criteria in being signed was very tough at the time. Correct work, great key wording, fantastic captions... relevant captions and lots of images .... not sure I have many of the above....... Perhaps I will become a shareholder it will be a better way of making money with Alamy... Thanks for your time. Allan.
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After having a quick look at the discussion from your link and some of those figures people are mentioning it all seems somewhat grim Steve.... I have not been able to look at photographers work or contributors work but the fees are low. ;(
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You seem to have covered lots for me thank you very much and some great links too. I try to be thorough with captions and tags....more so with tags at the moment......I am getting there...... Is there a way of finding out the things that sell really well, is there a list or top 100 images that have sold? As I write this, it already sounds silly because people will jump on the bandwagon set a speak... but what sells well I wonder... A side hassle perhaps but hopefully a side hustle........ Thank you once again Allan
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Thank you, the great and the good must be pushed or those that are clicked and zoomed on which has also just been mentioned.. Thanks.
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I'm not sure when replying should I quote you ???
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Thank you John for your reply, you underlined what I thought may well be the issue within this market. I've looked on from afar for sometime and when I've done a little research it does seem to be a tougher and tougher market to be in and a very time consuming market to be in. Forget the shooting, the processing, the editing, the key wording and the financial investment (not that we can really forget about any of that) but I am still hoping that within the the realms of what I shoot I can still make a return, however small....If it is terribly small , then I am not sure what next! Rather than blanket bomb the site with many dull and average images that may never be seen (of course I have lots of them) I still wish to add work that I enjoy shooting and I hope (probably stupid thing to say} will have some punch and be relevant.... The problem I see with Alamy is the lack of censorship or Quality Control (of course that's the beauty of Alamy but also perhaps how we all get lost in the mix). I'm very new to the forum but is there a pecking order in place, or some sort of editing or placement involved from their editing team so 'your work' can be seen in front of others? More commercial, more professional work or what is deemed great imagery or more relevant work to the market or what's trending must get lost because of how many images are uploaded weekly or is there a tiered system somehow? Thank again John Morrison
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Hello, My name is Allan, I am not after a definitive answer and I certainly don't wish to go over the same issues that so many must have asked but with so many changes over the years within the stock world/ Industry. Is it worth the investment ?? Of course many come in to this arena for different reasons, the monetary side of things is a must not a bonus for me, I've sold many images as a photographer, I have been commissioned time and time again over the years but I need diversity, I want diversity, many periods within any one year, I have the energy, the time, the creativity to invest in Alamy but I wish for success. I have been a member for a while but without really getting hooked. Do you enjoy the process, is it a job to you, perhaps a side hustle for you but is it financially rewarding and creatively rewarding? An image of mine has recently sold for £5 but that is it.. I am new really to the process and would love your thoughts. Thank you for getting this far and I look forward for feed back and some replies. Thanks Allan
