gvallee Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 9 for $172. I had 76 zooms, 10 of which were the only zooms, so there's hope. Sadly, many zooms this month were for towns which have burnt down in the recent bushfires. Many of my images are now redundant. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 6 minutes ago, gvallee said: Sadly, many zooms this month were for towns which have burnt down in the recent bushfires. Many of my images are now redundant. Or valuable records of how they once were, and maybe could return to being. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariaJ Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Just a couple for me. One was a textbook sale for $$ which I had spotted last July. The other was a presentation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertSnapper Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 late to the party.... A great January, Alamy did well for me.... Summary for 01 January 2020 to 31 January 2020 ( 7 item(s) totalling $1156.54 ) All Exclusive, so 50% to me. Don't do NU, PU, and since the 1st Jan no longer in UK newspaper scheme. A happy bunny. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Not too bad for volume with 13 sales, but revenue was $268. Highest $38 x 3 (different images). John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rabe Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Nothing, nada, zip - for third month in a row. I need to stop doing wildlife 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 12 hours ago, gvallee said: 9 for $172. I had 76 zooms, 10 of which were the only zooms, so there's hope. Sadly, many zooms this month were for towns which have burnt down in the recent bushfires. Many of my images are now redundant. Remember to update your tags to reflect that these are now historical documents. It's very sad for those affected by the fires, but perversely it enhances the value of your images. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 12 hours ago, gvallee said: . Many of my images are now redundant. Not at all. They're archive now. Incidentally, you're probably getting round to these but 2AT222B is a Gloster Meteor, 2AT21Y2 is a Sea Slug, 2AT21XN is Black Arrow. The rest I don't know by sight. Edited February 3, 2020 by spacecadet 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shearwater Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Zero. Nada. 3 zooms. CTR 0.28 Still waiting for 3 spotted sales from 2019. Patience... 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 6 hours ago, chris_rabe said: Nothing, nada, zip - for third month in a row. I need to stop doing wildlife Chris, when I started out, birds were my thing. Secondary, butterflies. I threw in other things when they presented themselves. I was competing with top wildlife shooters with the most expensive equipment, which mine wasn’t. Actually my first sale was of a hummingbird, and I had a few more of birds early on that licensed. Then that has pretty much dried up. I can’t remember the last time I sold a bird image. Or a butterfly! A bit over a year ago, I had the opportunity to photograph an owl pair with a fledgling. I got a few good ones. Not even one zoom, let alone a sale. I know these types of images sell, but I think the market is flooded, the competition too stiff. I’ll not turn down a shot when presented, but I’m no longer pursuing wildlife shoots, making them my purpose. That said, if somebody should tell me where a bald eagle is accessible, I will be off like a rocket. Because that’s what makes my heart pound and my hands tremble. It takes awhile to figure out what’s wanted. And often those subjects aren’t what excites you to shoot. That’s when you decide how you think about what direction to go, and whether you want to think of photography as a job, shooting dull things that stand a better chance of selling, or only scratching the itch of what you love. I am shooting the dull things now, but when the opportunity to shoot what I love presents itself, I do that, or I’d just have to slit my throat. The hardest thing to fight is when shooting the dull things is to try to get an inspired shot of it. Because it doesn’t excite you, that’s hard to do. Betty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Adlercreutz Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 14 sales for $1.311 gross and that for me is a very good month. One of the best ever. Quite a few sales for television at god fees. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brizbee Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 2 sales for $78 gross and 1 zoom - all in the first week. Got me really excited for the rest of the month. Then - silence.... Just hope I haven't peaked too soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Rolf Adlercreutz said: 14 sales for $1.311 gross and that for me is a very good month. One of the best ever. Quite a few sales for television at god fees. if i got that kind of average, i'd also believe in god 🙂 well done. nice portfolio 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 11 hours ago, Russell said: Remember to update your tags to reflect that these are now historical documents. It's very sad for those affected by the fires, but perversely it enhances the value of your images. Thank you Russell for the suggestion. Although buyers can filter by 'date taken', I think it's a good idea and I will endeavour to do so as soon as time allows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 23 hours ago, Avpics said: Or valuable records of how they once were, and maybe could return to being. I wish. This is how it was. Here. Do you think it would have the same charm if recreated? It's heart breaking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meanderingemu Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 12 hours ago, chris_rabe said: Nothing, nada, zip - for third month in a row. I need to stop doing wildlife i understand that wildlife is ultra competitive, but i think this is even more a reason to make sure your KWing gets you in front of buyers. One example 2AMT8M5 no mention that there is 3 animals, their angle to the camera "side view" you don't have "deers" plural, though rarely used has still figured in a dozen searches Though using UK and england, no clear information about specifics, searches for "Dorset", "new forest", "richmond park" "english" etc. You have stag, but no "male" clearly "winter" "landscape" these appear "young" (not sure) these are all thing i quickly saw in AoA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, spacecadet said: Not at all. They're archive now. Incidentally, you're probably getting round to these but 2AT222B is a Gloster Meteor, 2AT21Y2 is a Sea Slug, 2AT21XN is Black Arrow. The rest I don't know by sight. Thanks for that Mark. I photographed all the names near the exhibits but there wasn't always one. Great knowledge! Names added. (Sea Slug is rather unfortunate for false hits...). Edited February 3, 2020 by gvallee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Caram Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Well 2 sales for total $25.95.....less 50% for me. 1 for Presentation / Newsletter Licence $9.73 the other for Editorial $ 16.22. PS..The image BA1BT3 was a powerful image of bushfire devastation from my series on the aftermath of the Black Saturday Bushfires 2009 in Kinglake, Australia.This was the Presentation / Newsletter licence for $9.73😳.....Ahh well a sale is a sale...I have been increasing portfolio numbers and subject variety so hopefully i will get better sales down the line 👍 Edited February 4, 2020 by William Caram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Caram Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 1 hour ago, gvallee said: I wish. This is how it was. Here. Do you think it would have the same charm if recreated? It's heart breaking. Just terrible Genevieve....such a pretty town gone, like many others...so sad but a fact of life these days in Australia...and it's getting worse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxzoomy Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 One sale for $44 gross. Need to work harder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 9 hours ago, gvallee said: (Sea Slug is rather unfortunate for false hits...). Unfortunately it's not clear whether the correct name was two words or not I think you would want both with "......missile" as a phrase supertag. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolf Adlercreutz Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 13 hours ago, meanderingemu said: if i got that kind of average, i'd also believe in god 🙂 well done. nice portfolio Thank you! I'd just looked at my stats since I joined Alamy in 2003 and I still got an average sale price of just over $73 gross. Pretty happy with that. I don't do PU, most distributors or other low-paying stuff. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) . Edited February 4, 2020 by Cryptoprocta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 59 sales for $1520 gross; only one in the end for $$$ - $125 to be precise. I did have a sale for a slightly higher amount which was refunded and then sold for $45 🤨 Compares with 59 sales for $2079 in Jan 2019, and 68 for $2319 in 2018 so not especially encouraging Decent number of zooms at 270 (259 and 230 for the previous 2 years), so hopefully good numbers of sales in the next couple of months Kumar 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_rabe Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 16 hours ago, meanderingemu said: i understand that wildlife is ultra competitive, but i think this is even more a reason to make sure your KWing gets you in front of buyers. One example 2AMT8M5 no mention that there is 3 animals, their angle to the camera "side view" you don't have "deers" plural, though rarely used has still figured in a dozen searches Though using UK and england, no clear information about specifics, searches for "Dorset", "new forest", "richmond park" "english" etc. You have stag, but no "male" clearly "winter" "landscape" these appear "young" (not sure) these are all thing i quickly saw in AoA yeah, I very rarely include for wildlife: Counts, unless seems relevant to me, like a pair mating. Precise location - this was richmond park, but I leave royal parks out of my wildlife photos, because some places won't even accept them if those are included. Same for some other places I shoot. I never considered things like "side view", etc. I can't see the relevance for a pic like this. Or most pics. I couldn't say for certain they are "young" either. As for "stag", yeah, a lot of my images went through bulk/hasty processing, and I do have a few mistakes from that such as this. definitely "winter" is omission - possibly "landscape". And I do normally include plurals - I didn't realise "deers" was actually one I know my keywording isn't perfect, and the more recent my photo was taken or processed, the better it will tend to be, as I am doing them more and more on a photo by photo basis now. Appearing in searches isn't my problem though - getting sales when I do is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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