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I just had an image of a mural sell for "Consumer goods" "Retail Poster" "Print run: up to 1,000" and this particular image, as is pretty much ALL of my images are marked as "Editorial: Don't sell for consumer goods". So I am confused. Does this mean the person bought the image just to make a poster for themselves? Or is it for a poster print run for resale?

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Thanks for taking the time to write that , Marianne! Good rec.

Righto … I think I originally misread your comment. Sorry.

Well, that’s not why I would put it in checked luggage. The fewer external things to think about when traveling the easier it is for me to remember everything and not have so much fumbling. A tripod wouldn’t fit in my daypack, but would fit in my suitcase.

I DON"T DO CARRY ON LUGGAGE. It's too much of a hassle. I check my bag if I'm going fly. I would not check my backpack - but I also wouldn't carry a tripod in/on my backpack it goes into the checked suitcase. I treat my camera backpack is like my purse when I fly.

It's a huge want, though, for all photographers, right? If mentioning my camera would make a difference, it's a Canon 6D II currently with a 24-105 zoom. I would pack a tripod in a suitcase to travel, and I always check my bag to fly. I carry-on a small-ish backpack with the high-end items like camera, lens, extra batteries, etc. I just got a Peak Design Everyday Backpack Zip which has been working out well for day trips - I can fit everything I need into it with a lot of room to spare. People who have this backpack and a tripod, usually strap the tripod onto the side or the back of the pack. But for travel, I would put the tripod in the suitcase and check it.

I do a lot of car day trips with a friend that take me to landscapes where I've gotten nice photos without a tripod, but am considering getting better photos with one. I figure that anything I would purchase would fit into my checked bag if I was flying. I probably wouldn't take it on an urban/city walkabout. I currently don't have a studio, but if I did, I would use it for still lifes and such. Also for making youtubes when I'm by my self without another person to do the video making, and for that I would be using my phone-camera on a tripod. Just a general tripod that I could use for whatever. Nothing specific. Lightweight yet sturdy and portable are my criteria,

Wow! All good recs I think. I will check them out. All of them have positive price points,

Does anyone have a favorite travel tripod? I'll be looking to purchase one soon. I went from wanting a Peak Design to a Ulanzi (carbon fiber) because of the price points. But I was wondering if there is anything else I should be looking at. I have a gorilla pod, but I need something with longer legs. I do a lot of travel, lifestyle, and nature photography. I would use it both indoors and out.

I had a couple of images sit in the queue over in "the app" for about a month and they just passed the app QC the other day (after the 1st of January). I haven't seen any other news about the up or down of the app.

Fewer sales from 2022, but about the same dollar amount. I've never been a big seller, so it's all ok.

I've only three or five failures as well. (In case we are competing, I thought I'd add my failures as well.) Currently, with what Alamy requested from me personally, and what Alamy chooses to accept, yes, I'd call the current situation a crapshoot.

In the original request for images, I assumed I was talking to the person who made the request on behalf of the client. By them going so far as to actually look at the images on my site and then give me the go ahead to upload, then also have a couple of hundred pass QC, I may have been under the impression that QC criteria had changed. And given the response by the support person, it is a crapshoot, nevermind the camera, depending on which QC person looks at your work. Crapshoot = it could go either way

In the past I've upload images that, because of depth of field only had the subject in focus and they were accepted ... I wrote to Alamy and this is part of their response: "... I can understand your frustration here. Yes our QC team consists of a group of real people and submissions are not assessed by AI. This may sometimes unfortunately but naturally lead to a difference in opinion between team members. If a submission has been accepted and then images from the same camera rejected for unsuitable camera, please feel free to let us know the submission refs and we can query it with the QC Team for you. ..."