Colblimp Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 During my regular look through the Live News Feed, I've just seen a very hazy picture of a pedestal fan in a room next to an interior door. No headline, no caption, just the date. Can someone please tell me how that qualifies as news?!!! This happens regularly - non-news and no headlines or captions. How do these pics manage to make the news feed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I try not to judge what I think isn't news, seeing as you can say the same by flicking through any 'news' paper. The mess that the Live News pages sometimes becomes thanks to a lack of knowledge of the basics of uploading images by some contributors is highly frustrating though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Is it still there though? Quite often these things disappear once the Live News team has had a chance to go through them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 It is at the moment. First image as it currently stands just has the date as a headline too, dated 27 August! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Ah but there is a lot of tidying up needed for images on the site even before that, so clearly the team haven’t got to it yet. Dozens of single images that should be grouped together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted July 28, 2018 Author Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Sally said: Ah but there is a lot of tidying up needed for images on the site even before that, so clearly the team haven’t got to it yet. Dozens of single images that should be grouped together. Don't get me started on that!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Sadly it's a constant issue, especially at weekends when there's just a skeleton crew/person on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin P Wilson Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 But bear in mind that the real work is done by Alamy News team sending selected images to news desks. It has often been said that news publishers don't come looking as they receive more than enough from the news agencies. I think it was KM who suggested that only a very small percentage of news submissions get pushed to picture desks (I seem to recall a hint that it was around 5-10%, might be my imagination though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Don't stress about it...the only people looking at the LiveNews page are other Alamy news photographers km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, funkyworm said: I think there is a good chance that if I sent in images of the river water being diverted or dikes being sprayed down they could be removed as not news. With the appripriate caption there would be zero chance of the images being rejected km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 A few years ago, I uploaded a picture of a Christmas tree at Christmas to Live News, and it was deemed "not newsworthy." In retrospect, it wasn't a very inspiring or unusual image. Live and learn... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Bear said: On a lot of your images that are RM they are designated as - Presentation or Newsletter - how does one get that selected in AIM, I can't find it? It's not something you select. It's just Alamy's pricing structure. Since i've set my default to NOT allow personal use, the first available optionfor buyers becomes 'presentation or newsletter' KM Buy this stock image now… Personal prints, cards and gifts £ 9.99 Presentation or newsletters £ 9.99 Website £ 29.99 Magazines and books £ 39.99 Marketing package: Small business £ 39.99 Marketing package: Large business £ 149.99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 3 hours ago, funkyworm said: Sorry, Keith, with all respect your experiance is not my experiance. Drizzle in Dolgellau = news. Drizzle in Den Haag gets removed. Same weather, same caption, different place, different outcome. Come on that's easy: if it's rain it's yesterday's British weather. Which is yesterday's British weather news. Now on the other hand if we have an Easterly wind, that could become tomorrow's weather in the UK. Even then I think you should not forget to also keyword/tag it with weather abroad or weather on the continent ;-) wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted July 29, 2018 Share Posted July 29, 2018 15 hours ago, funkyworm said: Drizzle in Dolgellau = news. Drizzle in Den Haag gets removed. Same weather, same caption, different place, different outcome. Alamy news has plenty of German, Korean, Chinese , Moroccan etc weather pix...... As i said..if there is a story and a good caption then there's no problem with the location being outside the UK km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 We have a winner, ladies and gentleman. "Man takes off shirt" - I kid you not. Unbelievable!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Colblimp said: We have a winner, ladies and gentleman. "Man takes off shirt" - I kid you not. Unbelievable!!! "Russian pensioners" a close second. Photo finish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 1 minute ago, Avpics said: "Russian pensioners" a close second. Photo finish? I didn't even cop that one because I was stunned that 'man takes shirt off' could be classed as news. I'll go with a photo finish, unless anyone else has a winner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 My vote goes to this one. The only information is “A tense, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller. Chris experienced three deaths, one after another. She's in prison awaiting trial. But she doesn’t exactly know why.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEDphoto Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 My first news image of a severe lightning storm starting wildfires in my area(Canada) was rejected while other shots of a sunny or cloudy weather status or people walking down the street in the UK stays online. I guess I'm done with that. Navigating favoritism on some agencies gets old fast. I didnt need sleep last night anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandyD Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 there are a few us here from Alberta, and it's not an issue I have found. I get regular searches for things local to Alberta and have had sales from it, and I'm just starting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 10 hours ago, Colblimp said: I didn't even cop that one because I was stunned that 'man takes shirt off' could be classed as news. I'll go with a photo finish, unless anyone else has a winner? As per "dog bites man", do we need to ask "man takes shirt off whom?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just now, spacecadet said: As per "dog bites man", do we need to ask "man takes shirt off whom?" Sorry - "Man takes shirt off himself because he's a bit warm." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just now, Colblimp said: Sorry - "Man takes shirt off himself because he's a bit warm." But you see how my alternative would really have been news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colblimp Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Just now, spacecadet said: But you see how my alternative would really have been news. Almost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Brooks Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 For the purpose of selling news images, news is what appears in a newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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