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But now there is editorial RF, isn't there? With all the changes it does get a bit confusing. Maria

Number of zooms and sales number were half my monthly average.

Thanks for posting it John. I received the same response by email overnight. It is definitely more helpful than the previous guideline. Maria

See https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/11101-odd-alamy-measures/

Fun topic, thanks Michael! Here are a couple. Lovers made of sand. At the CNE sand sculpting exhibit in Toronto. And the Love Perogy foodtruck in Victoria, BC.

Agreed. I'm still unclear about the policy. I have several images of statues, sculptures, totem poles, etc and I'm wondering if none of them can be exclusive to alamy (even though they aren't at any other agency). I've sent them an email.

Hi Hannah, Incorrect keywords will harm your alamy rankings and put your images lower in the searches. For example, with your image of a woman selling jewellery at a market stall C0755N, all of the keywords except a couple are about food and are irrelevant to the image. Potential buyers won't be impressed if such an image pops up when they are searching for one of those keywords, like "grilled food" "Indian food" and "vegan diet". Be sure to check each image to make sure irrelevant keywords haven't been added (accidently or not). Maria

Congratulations Michael! And Wim, thanks for the details on all the previous competitions, wow! Maria

An unimpressive first month of the year. 2 sales, $8.57 net. Onward and upwards, as you folks over the pond say!

Thanks Paulette. I see it now, I had not scrolled down far enough. Maria

Thanks Wim, I'm honoured to have one of mine included in the shortlist. Also thanks for the topic, they all make me smile .

Where do I find this check box, I'm not seeing it in AIM? Maria

AFAIK, photos from your phone are not suitable for alamy's main image library. But you can check out their other avenue for such images: https://www.stockimo.com/

Happy new lunar year! Happy new spring cherry blossoms! Happy new graduands!

Morningstar Mill in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Winter.

So you are uploading your images withe the help of your Fotor software? I'm not familiar with it but wonder what the output is, i.e., what is your file size and quality? Perhaps it is downsizing the images for posting online, or something like that.

I interpreted "print sales" to include POD sites, but wouldn't mind hearing alamys response to the inquires emailed to them.

Sorry to hear that things are so tough in Seville for you Ed. Perhaps you could connect with more English speakers through a meetup group. I checked and there are a few in Seville (and some others as well): Maria

AFAIK, Disney is very protective of their copyrights and very restrictive in the selling of images (commercial or editorial) from their properties. That's probably why there are so few images of their parks etc.

So many impressive images, I've really enjoyed viewing them. Here are my submissions: Simon Fraser University campus: Vineyard in the Okanagan:

Personal use. Gastown in Vancouver.

If you're trying to do it for your entire portfolio at once, then I think you contact member services. If it's for individual images, you can de-select personal use in AIM.

The Sun UK online November 28 2018 https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/7848266/mcdonalds-touchscreens-deadly-bacteria-poo-taces/ Found one of mine as well as: (alamy credit only) Richard Wayman Dublin Airport, Ireland. 1st June, 2015. McDonalds have installed self-order kiosks at a number of their restaurants in Ireland recently....... Image ID: ERD5PW

Beautiful photo of The Lions, John.

What a lovely bowerbird! They are such interesting birds, attracting mates with their bowers and collections of blue things. You've captured him really well.