Images sold in December 2020

[shearwater]

44 minutes ago, VbFolly said:

Thanks very much for this, Webby. I was a bit puzzled, as I had also noticed the RAMC patch on the uniform. My uncle told me he was at Ash Vale, but I always thought he was in the REME, as he was a plumbing and heating engineer, and he said he was given his stripes (sergeant or corporal, I'm not sure which), because of his trade.. I think you must be right though. I will add the keywords you suggested, and ask him again next time I see him.

 

Just for curiosity, how did you get the copyright of that image to be able to license it?

By the way, a very nice and good feeling image. Smiles everywhere even spitting and cleaning boots 

Thank you an regards

[spacecadet]

29 minutes ago, shearwater said:

Just for curiosity, how did you get the copyright of that image to be able to license it?

I'm sure Vb has this in hand, but in the UK in 1956, copyright in a photograph belonged to the owner of the film. So if it was taken with his uncle's camera, he owns the copyright and has presumably given permission.

Alternatively, if it is an official Service photograph, it is out of copyright as the term of Crown copyright is only 50 years from creation or publication.

Edited December 11, 2020 by spacecadet

[VbFolly]

25 minutes ago, spacecadet said:

I'm sure Vb has this in hand, but in the UK in 1956, copyright in a photograph belonged to the owner of the film. So if it was taken with his uncle's camera, he owns the copyright and has presumably given permission.

Alternatively, if it is an official Service photograph, it is out of copyright as the term of Crown copyright is only 50 years from creation or publication.

Thanks, Spacecadet. You're right that's it's old enough to be out of copyright.

[gvallee]

One of the $3.20 Culture Trip

 

[shearwater]

8 hours ago, spacecadet said:

I'm sure Vb has this in hand, but in the UK in 1956, copyright in a photograph belonged to the owner of the film. So if it was taken with his uncle's camera, he owns the copyright and has presumably given permission.

Alternatively, if it is an official Service photograph, it is out of copyright as the term of Crown copyright is only 50 years from creation or publication.

 

Of course, I was thinking that Vb has all the rights and permissions. No doubt about it.

Just asking to learn how to "borrow" some images from an old aunt that has pass away recently. 
Everyday you learn something new. Thank you, Mark!
 

[Ed Rooney]

My sixth sale this month -- $$ to South Africa.

 

[spacecadet]

9 hours ago, shearwater said:

 

Of course, I was thinking that Vb has all the rights and permissions. No doubt about it.

Just asking to learn how to "borrow" some images from an old aunt that has pass away recently. 
Everyday you learn something new. Thank you, Mark!
 

Just ask the permission of whoever the images were left to in her will. However if she did not take them, the copyright will belong to the photographer. If they are old enough you may be prepared to take a chance, but for myself, I only have archive images I have taken myself, with one exception which was taken by my late father. I am assuming Spanish law is not too different from ours.

[shearwater]

6 hours ago, spacecadet said:

Just ask the permission of whoever the images were left to in her will. However if she did not take them, the copyright will belong to the photographer. If they are old enough you may be prepared to take a chance, but for myself, I only have archive images I have taken myself, with one exception which was taken by my late father. I am assuming Spanish law is not too different from ours.

Yes, spanish law should be similar. I will try to find out about it. Thanks, Mark.

[Avpics]

Affiliate PU to the US. Anything on a weekend is welcome though.

 

 

[Marianne]

 

Country: Worldwide
Usage: Editorial, Rights granted for editorial book (print + digital), interior placement only. Rights also include unlimited worldwide circulation, all languages, for the life of the title.
Media: Book, print and/or e-book
50 MB
5100 x 3402 pixels
2 MB compressed
Print run: Unlimited
Placement: Inside
Image Size: Any size
Start: 11 December 2020
Duration: In perpetuity

Low $$ - $ to me for a book - but nice to license something shot in my garden this summer. They say butterflies and flowers don't sell as stock but I only have a handful and they seem to do okay even if this one was for far less than I'd anticipate for the use. 

[Cecile Marion]

So pretty! Sharp as a tack!

[gvallee]

My FIFTH Presentation of the month. On a Sunday.

 

[Marianne]

16 minutes ago, gvallee said:

My FIFTH Presentation of the month. On a Sunday.

 

 

 Maybe they needed it for a Zoom church presentation?

 

Gorgeous image!

[John Mitchell]

A first for me -- a Kazakhstan distributor sale (editorial book use, high $$)

 

Edited December 14, 2020 by John Mitchell

[Betty LaRue]

17 hours ago, Marianne said:

 

Country: Worldwide
Usage: Editorial, Rights granted for editorial book (print + digital), interior placement only. Rights also include unlimited worldwide circulation, all languages, for the life of the title.
Media: Book, print and/or e-book
50 MB
5100 x 3402 pixels
2 MB compressed
Print run: Unlimited
Placement: Inside
Image Size: Any size
Start: 11 December 2020
Duration: In perpetuity

Low $$ - $ to me for a book - but nice to license something shot in my garden this summer. They say butterflies and flowers don't sell as stock but I only have a handful and they seem to do okay even if this one was for far less than I'd anticipate for the use. 

I have 243 butterfly images and have sold 12. Not that good. I’ve sold way more of flowers, a few hummingbird moths, and lots of bees. I like photographing these subjects...my candy treat, so to say, so I’ll continue even if my CTR takes a hit. Those sales add up overall.
I can’t take the subjects I most love to photograph away or I might as well hang up my spurs. The secret is to not confine yourself to seldom-sold subjects, and offer more of your bread & butter images, even if taking them doesn’t particularly excite you.

 

[Robert M Estall]

I wouldn't like think what might be bread and butter subjects any more. They never taught anything about that at art school and after 50 years in the business I would hesitate to offer any advice. There was a time when I thought I knew a bit about it but I think I've lost it.

 

[Betty LaRue]

13 minutes ago, Robert M Estall said:

I wouldn't like think what might be bread and butter subjects any more. They never taught anything about that at art school and after 50 years in the business I would hesitate to offer any advice. There was a time when I thought I knew a bit about it but I think I've lost it.

 

Well, bread & butter images for me are my own personal images (subjects) in my port that sell the most often. Since most of our ports are different, I assume the “bread & butter” images will change somewhat for each of us. And one can’t recognize these until one has added enough variation over time to start seeing a pattern in their licenses.
I remember the first time I introduced a different set of similar subjects and got a quick sale for good money. I began to concentrate on those more to see if it was a fluke or had legs, and it has paid off. You know the old saying, “even a blind squirrel can find....”
I believe in variation.

[PuffinsPictures]

Been offline for several days. This was nice to come back to!





 

Edited December 14, 2020 by PuffinsPictures

[wiskerke]

2 hours ago, Robert M Estall said:

I wouldn't like think what might be bread and butter subjects any more. They never taught anything about that at art school and after 50 years in the business I would hesitate to offer any advice. There was a time when I thought I knew a bit about it but I think I've lost it.

 

 

These are the first 100 of AoA for the running year.

It's 24 pages before the UCO dips under 20.

Only at page 91, UCO is less than 10.

 

wim

 

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[Marianne]

Flower is about midway on that top-100 list. And free is very high. 😒

 

It's funny how books is in there - I've sold a few photos of books (the first taken for a local magazine some years ago and then I re-did an updated version which also sold). Not something I'd expected to sell but shows it's hard to guess.

 

Wish I had pix of the Beatles - they're in there twice. Maybe I'll shoot some old albums? An our daughter sent us a 1000-piece Beatles puzzle lately. A twofer- stay at home and a popular subject? 

 

 

 

 

[wiskerke]

22 minutes ago, Marianne said:

Flower is about midway on that top-100 list. And free is very high. 😒

 

It's funny how books is in there - I've sold a few photos of books (the first taken for a local magazine some years ago and then I re-did an updated version which also sold). Not something I'd expected to sell but shows it's hard to guess.

 

Wish I had pix of the Beatles - they're in there twice. Maybe I'll shoot some old albums? An our daughter sent us a 1000-piece Beatles puzzle lately. A twofer- stay at home and a popular subject?

 

But would you own the copyright? And what about the competition?

If it's really easy it's all over the micros, and they are all over here. So maybe go for the slightly less easy things with lower views, but still respectable UCO.

 

wim

[spacecadet]

PU, high end price

 

This one takes me past 2019's volume, still 5% behind on revenue.

Edited December 15, 2020 by spacecadet

[Cecile Marion]

 

USA newspaper. $$

 

[wiskerke]

Australia Magazine - print, digital and electronic ;  Print run: up to 10,000 Print run: 22,000 - mid low/low mid $$   Print run - how many? One is what you pay for and one is what you get, but which is which? Note I left all the birds in the sky. Malaga.   wim

[AlanW]

$$$ - distributor sale 🙁

Empress Mathilde in the Luxembourg Gardens

Country: France

Usage: Editorial

Media: Magazine - print, digital and electronic

Print run: up to 10,000

Placement: Inside

Start: 01-November-2020 ; End: 01-November-2025