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Sally
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A couple of Alamy Live News photos here, but I can’t trace their owners.
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2060429/scotland-weather-chaos-25-road-crashes/
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You just need to write yourself a note, then remember to look at the reminder and where you left it
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39 minutes ago, John Mitchell said:
I'd say that's a good prediction. I had a "weed-related" sale not long ago.
Since Alamy is primarily an editorial agency, it's always a good idea to keep an eye on the media to see what's "trending" locally, in your own country, and around the world.
That said, just about any subject can license at any time. The 'post your latest sale' thread is testament to that.
It depends on events, which can often be unpredictable. Keeping an eye on the local or national news is probably your best bet. Or spend your efforts on older images and make sure your captions and keywords are up to scratch. I’ve been working my way through a years worth of uploads. I’m currently on July 2017, so still some way to go, as it’s very time consuming.
But it’s a good way to spend cold wet days in Scotland in Winter.
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31 minutes ago, Jansos said:
How concerned do you think I should be? As an example, I normally dip in to see if any photos have sold at least once every couple of days (it's becoming a bit of a rather enjoyable pastime/obsession to be honest). Thing is, when I am pleasantly surprised by a sale or two I then have quite a lot of difficulty, later in the day, trying to remember what actually sold. Likewise, when otherwise occupied, I think of questions to post in the discussion area but can I for the life of me remember what I wanted to say when I actually get round to logging in. Old age or something more worrying? Long term memory is pretty good though.
Typical sign of stress, or older age. Not too much to worry about I suspect, but annoying.
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1 minute ago, Southpole said:
Would it be better to have zoomed images in a separate pseudonym ?
28 minutes ago, Reimar said:Go to the measures page and you will see this:
How is this data collected?
This data is collected from the search activity of our paying customers. It records searches, visits, views, sales and zooms.
How to use this page?
Use this page to identify pseudonyms that are performing well or badly relative to one another. Pseudonyms with a high click through rate (CTR) will be receiving more zooms relative to views than pseudonyms with a low CTR. This is important information because the ratio of zooms to views is one of the factors that influences your AlamyRank score.
Is CTR my AlamyRank?
No. CTR is just one of the factors that make up your AlamyRank.
What are “Your Sales”?
The total number of sales made under a pseudonym for the time period specified.
What are “Your Views”?
The number of times customers have seen your thumbnail images in search results pages.
What are “Your Zooms”?
The number of times customers have clicked on your images to see the larger zoom view.
What is “Your CTR” ?
CTR stands for “Click Through Rate” which is the number of zooms divided by the number of views, multiplied by 100.
Yes I’ve seen all that, but it doesn’t tell me what CTR actually does, apart from contribute to my overall rank (algorithm unknown).
I suppose my question really is why CTR is important, given that the vast majority of sales take place without zooms.
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What, actually, is the point of CTR (click through rate)? Mine is pretty low. But only 5 of my 14 sales to date were ever zoomed (and not necessarily by whoever bought the image) making it around 40%. So why does Alamy bother with this calculation, and what impact does it have?
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1 hour ago, geogphotos said:
One of my very earliest 35mm photos from 1980 of industrial location on River Avon of Stothert and Pitt engineering works, Bath.
Those Strothert & Pitt cranes are everywhere. Here in Leith
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Hmm, interesting topic. I haven’t ever downsized, so far, even for images taken with pretty high ISO. I take care to deal with noise in Lightroom, and so far, fingers crossed, all images have passed QC. But I will remember to experiment with downsizing for those kinds of photos in the future.
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2 hours ago, funkyworm said:
On my recent trip through the UK on my bike I kept an eye on the weather images used and decided for the tabloids you need 1) human interest 2) pretty girl with hair out of place 3) someone preferably going into water (cor what a scorcher) 4) someone with a Union Jack umbrella battling elements, 5) silhouette of someone with a UK landmark in the background at sunrise/sunset.
Best case scenario, pretty young lady in bikini with hair out of place because of wind going into the rough seas carrying a Union Jack umbrella battling the elements with a easily recognisable UK landmark in the background. At sunrise.
Ha! Or people walking dogs on a beach. Brits love their dogs. Two out of the three recent News images I’ve sold were of such.
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Thought I would start the monthly thread, since our regular thread poster must be on holiday!
Two sales popped up today. One, I think, constitutes an Alamywhack, since the only photos for the search are mine. All I will say is that it is a place in Scotland.
My second sale was the first from my archive photos. Only $11 (presentation) but the two sales early on in the month makes a good start for 2018.
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One (news) for £51.25
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With around 3,500 photos in less than a year, act on what I’ve learned from these forums, cull those images that are unlikely to sell, go back over older images and edit captions and keywords, finish getting keywords sorted in Lightroom, use Alamy Bridge to sync everything and clear up the mess that I’ve made. Be more selective in what I upload.
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I only started uploading in February this year (indeed I only started photography less than two years ago), but with 2 sales that I know will come through next month (news), my first year with Alamy should amount to minimum 14 sales and over $400.
i am well chuffed with that, as I expected nothing in the first year from having read previous forum posts.
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1 hour ago, Russell said:
I see you've edited your post to include the website address. However I'm not prepared to disable my browser features to view it. Contact Subscriber relations if you feel that your image has been misused.
Yes sorry, I had forgotten the link. It’s
http://www.tobyandkc.com/victorian-christmas-traditions.html
i was really wondering about the general issue of images being lifted and used with the Alamy logo and watermark etc. I don’t know whether that counts as an infringement that Alamy will chase.
there are lots of other within the links at the bottom of the page,
eg Christmas Time has Jochen Tack’s F871PJ
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2 hours ago, Sally said:
There are 5 Alamy images on this page - but lifted from the website, not purchased. Not sure what, if anything can, or should, be done about it.
http://www.tobyandkc.com/victorian-christmas-traditions.html
Mine
KPATE7
FDJPNN
FDJPNW
FDJR50
FDJR51
All from The National Trust Photolibrary
There appears to have been another one added, or I missed it the first time.
BX144J Rachel Wright
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1 hour ago, Russell said:
What page are you referring to Sally? Not concerned about the NT images, they're so aggressive towards us everyday togs I'd be delighted if their images are pirated - they deserve everything they get. But you should refer your image to Contributor relations if you think it has been ripped off.
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There are 5 Alamy images on this page - but lifted from the website, not purchased. Not sure what, if anything can, or should, be done about it.
http://www.tobyandkc.com/victorian-christmas-traditions.html
Mine
KPATE7
FDJPNN
FDJPNW
FDJR50
FDJR51
All from The National Trust Photolibrary
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On 23/12/2017 at 18:06, Cofiant said:
Sun online 23rd
KT92TH - Kelly Rann
KT922X - Zuma Press
KT93MD - Sally Anderson
KT8RD2 - Ian Jones
KT8XDP - Robert Timoney
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5202706/christmas-shoppers-last-minute/
KT94RW - Dinendra Haria
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5200286/mad-friday-mayhem-police-injured-christmas-holidays/
KT8YJJ - News Images
H942A4 - Dalibor Brlek
D5A9E9 - Paul Prescott
JT0GBY - Dreamer4787
C4J3PW - Schickert Peter
D98N4J - Rawdon Wyatt
CRJ3B2 - Adrian Hepworth
Found another one of my weather pics in The Scottish Sun for December 18th
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A Christmas eve tradition
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No, the images uploaded to Live News get sent directly to editorials, whether or not they are “on sale”. However 2 days later, they go into your stock photos and will remain as “not on sale” unless you do the minimum of putting some keywords in.
However, you don’t get a QC message for Live News photos, so that has me confused about what you did.
Any images on the live news feed should show up here
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On 12/13/2017 at 00:22, Rick Lewis said:
I used Zenfolio for years back when I had my portrait business. It was easy to use, easy for my clients to access and reasonably priced. They have added a ton of features since I went into retirement from that business. I would definitely go back to them, if I needed to. I have no experience with the others mentioned here.
Rick
If anyone is interested I now have a time limited offer (until Dec 28th) of 20% off a subscription for Zenfolio. Contact me at sallya26 at gmail.com
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2 hours ago, Cofiant said:
Sun online 23rd
KT92TH - Kelly Rann
KT922X - Zuma Press
KT93MD - Sally Anderson
KT8RD2 - Ian Jones
KT8XDP - Robert Timoney
Woohoo. Thanks very much for spotting my photo. Only my second News photo to sell.
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3 hours ago, Bryan said:
Indeed I share your aversion Allan, and thanks for the heads up on the update!
To be clear, existing LR6 users should use Allan's link to the update page and then scroll down the Adobe screen until they reach the 6.14 update, either for Mac or Windows.
If you have had the misfortune to become embroiled in any way with CC, despite not having paid for or used it, it appears that you cannot update from LR6 directly, rather you are pointed at buying opportunities for products that you do not need nor want.
I was able to update from within Lightroom 6 (perpetual license) without any difficulty. What's the aversion to Lightroom CC? Just the commitment to a monthly subscription, or something else? I may, at some point, need to decide whether to just stick with a version that will now never be updated, or go for CC. it may be determined by whether I want to sync across computers
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Jenners department store, Edinburgh
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Well, having started this thread, I am not sure that I am any the wiser. However, my CTR just shot up over the weekend. Whether that is due to an change in the algorithm ( see other thread) or the fact that I had about 800 views and 8 zooms - the most ever over a weekend, I'm not sure.