Mirco Vacca Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Good morning everyone, I see that in the topics "Did you see any Alamy photographs ....." the majority is found in UK magazines. Since i am living in Poland and my biggest amount of images are Polish i was wondering if there are here Alamy photographers from other country then UK and US that uploads national images and also get regular sales? Mirco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Do go to the Alamy Measures - "All of Alamy" and make the following searches %poland %polish Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Earlier I had some textbook sales (print and electronic) at very good prices - rare now and prices are much lower... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Germany - even with the Alamy German office, I don't sell so many German subjects through Alamy as I do through local agencies. Just checked back on my records, as a percentage of my total sales for 2012 German subjects did quite poorly. 2013 so far is looking a bit better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirco Vacca Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Belgium here Unfortunately, the answer is "Nope!" Very poor sales of Belgian landmarks and cityscapes. Luckily, I have lots of pictures of nature related subjects that can be sold all over Europe. In other words, which are not specific country related. Don't focus only on Alamy because you'll be deeply disappointed about your specific-Poland-pictures' sales (number of sales as well as $$ ..... Polish clients pay poorly, all of my Polish sales in 2013 are under 50$, most are under 40$ ..... and that's gross). Because Alamy doesn't require exclusivity, I would strongly advice to look for a Poland agency to distribute your strict Polish related pictures. I do the same in Belgium and it is very well worth the effort though I have to redo all the captions and keywords in French. Cheers, Philippe Thanks. Philippe..... is it snowing in Belgium? According to your last image . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I 'm with you. Sweltering in Stuttgart to inclement in Ieper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Earlier I had some textbook sales (print and electronic) at very good prices - rare now and prices are much lower... I've just had a Poland sale drop in today Country: Poland Usage: Editorial Media: Textbook - print only Print run: up to 5,000 Placement: Inside Image Size: 1 page Start: 01 August 2013 End: 01 August 2018 $36.26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 My Canada (mainly Vancouver, where I live) photos do sell, but not nearly as well as my Latin America collection, which keeps me afloat on Alamy. I have very few sales/licenses in the UK or Canada. Most customers are in the USA or Europe (occasionally Poland for low fees), followed by Asia, Mexico, and South America. I think that one of the reasons why so many Alamy images are found in UK publications is that there are a number of very diligent UK photographers looking for them on a regular basis. Perhaps this comes from living on a relatively small island, or maybe we're just lazier about such things on this side of the pond. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Even New York City doesn't sell as well as London and Paris and . . . where else? Once, I had thought I might go live in some other locations in the world for say six months and shoot stock. Rising costs and shrinking stock prices have killed that plan. If I shot stock for the money, I would have stopped long ago. Now days I do it for the creative pleasure; and frankly because it gives me something to do. I enjoy even the time-consuming and often tedious aspect of stock: key wording, PP and research. I'd like to teach photography, as I did long ago, but I don't feel I could address younger people who are better with computing than I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I have just had three distributor sales to Danish mags at low prices - and the -70% deducted commissions really hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Same here, of Antwerp. Vindicates the variety policy, I suppose. Niels, do you happen to know which magazine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Same here, of Antwerp. Vindicates the variety policy, I suppose. Niels, do you happen to know which magazine? No, Mark, unfortunately I don't. I would like to know, too. Country: Denmark Usage: Editorial Media: Magazine - Print and App Print run: up to 250,000 Placement: Inside Image Size: 1 page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CM photo Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I see that in the topics "Did you see any Alamy photographs ....." the majority is found in UK magazines. Mirco, The reports in this thread a heavily skewed towards the UK because that's where most of the people reporting the sales live. We don't see many Polish newspapers or magazines over here! I used to get a few sales from Poland, mainly textbooks, before I opted out of the distribution scheme. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Same here, of Antwerp. Vindicates the variety policy, I suppose. Niels, do you happen to know which magazine? No, Mark, unfortunately I don't. I would like to know, too. Country: Denmark Usage: Editorial Media: Magazine - Print and App Print run: up to 250,000 Placement: Inside Image Size: 1 page That's it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirco Vacca Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Thanks for all the answers! Just good to know . I also checked alamy measures and i see that there are regulary search therms for Poland. I will keep on shooting Polish subjects for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Mirco, I would imagine that, as we have a lot of Polish grocery stores here in the UK, then foods (both packaged and prepared) and other Polish products would be good? Tourist locations as well, if there are any near you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirco Vacca Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 Hi Danny, Yes, it sounds like a good idea. I allready added some typical Polish beers. Maybe to start to add also some famous food brands. Thanks for your tip. I always appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 I have had searches for Polish food too, of which I have only a little. Recently had a sale of Pierogi, my fave Polish food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirco Vacca Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 The Polish folks are on many places what will gives us the possibility to sell even in other countries then Poland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.