Colblimp Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 minute ago, The Blinking Eye said: I want to SEE these multiple sale images! (Congrats) But now I understand why you are not sharing them. A lot of it is pure luck, mine was anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 21 minutes ago, The Blinking Eye said: I want to SEE these multiple sale images! (Congrats) But now I understand why you are not sharing them. Yep. I will share 2 though: My highest grossing, which was with 1 sale: (At a much better rate, because it was long ago.) And one of the runners up, which has been licensed 53 times for a total of 3797 gross, but which has since dried up. (Also at better rates through the years.) Now try to find out who licensed them and see if you can shoot for that market/client. If it still exists at all. wim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Lowe Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 48 minutes ago, Avpics said: Indeed. I'm just popping out to Mont Pourri..... I wouldn't bust a gut - total fees amount to £281.78 net, though that doesn't include the September sale which hasn't cleared yet which was a little above average though not by much. I spent two long summers based there in my misspent* youth, climbing the mountains (until the money ran out), and have often thought of going back to see how much it has changed but I'm held back by the thought it might have changed for the worse. Besides, there's always new horizons.... * though I don't regret a minute of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, The Blinking Eye said: I want to SEE these multiple sale images! (Congrats) But now I understand why you are not sharing them. I'm guessing that UK contributors have the most problems when it comes to copycatting as there are so many of them in a relatively compact area. Trekking to the Yukon to duplicate a shot is far more challenging than just popping over to the next county or village. 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aphperspective Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Colblimp said: How do I find this out without the bridge thing? 🤪 Edit: Just counted - 78. Andy go to your dashboard, download sales report, select "Date of Invoice" on the drop down (I think date paid is first option) Go back as far as you want on the select dates as far back as you want, select "GO" instead of download. That will give you all the licences, just scroll through them. Well that's what I did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, aphperspective said: Andy go to your dashboard, download sales report, select "Date of Invoice" on the drop down (I think date paid is first option) Go back as far as you want on the select dates as far back as you want, select "GO" instead of download. That will give you all the licences, just scroll through them. Well that's what I did. Import the data into a spreadsheet of your choice (I use Excel) and set up Pivot tables to analyse the raw data. Lots of web guidance on how to set them up but it will easily allow you to extract data such as number of sales for every sold image and total earnings per image. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 This statue has paid the car park fee in various forms a few times, I don't mind sharing him now, after he tripped and fell in the water. Stay safe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blinking Eye Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 10 hours ago, wiskerke said: Yep. I will share 2 though: My highest grossing, which was with 1 sale: (At a much better rate, because it was long ago.) And one of the runners up, which has been licensed 53 times for a total of 3797 gross, but which has since dried up. (Also at better rates through the years.) Now try to find out who licensed them and see if you can shoot for that market/client. If it still exists at all. wim WOW. I think the main lesson is it pays to take mindboggling amazing photos, whatever the topic. These are works of art. Have you ever had an exhibit of your work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blinking Eye Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 9 hours ago, John Mitchell said: I'm guessing that UK contributors have the most problems when it comes to copycatting as there are so many of them in a relatively compact area. Trekking to the Yukon to duplicate a shot is far more challenging than just popping over to the next county or village. 😎 Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 My best seller has still hardly been copycatted after 8 years and it would be so easy to do. The occasional similar ones occasionally dribble in but I still have half the images for that search term. It's about 10% of my total revenue. And mine are slightly better IM(H)O. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, The Blinking Eye said: WOW. I think the main lesson is it pays to take mindboggling amazing photos, whatever the topic. These are works of art. Have you ever had an exhibit of your work? Thank you. And yep, until it became too expensive. And when a museum director and curator told me: You're not a real artist are you? I decided you know what, you are right, I get just the same satisfaction out of taking commercial images. So that was that. I figured out I am in it for the problem solving mainly. Here's a brilliant video of someone facing something of the same dilemma on a live broadcast recently: Adam Savage (of MythBuster fame) wim Edited December 17, 2020 by wiskerke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I quite like that handy Adam Savage bloke. The question really reminds me of all those times I struggled when meeting picture researchers in gatherings. Always they would ask"what do you specialise in?" usually I would be rescued by some clever wag who would chime in "He specialises in lost transparencies!" I wouldn't dare say I do general photography so would go for Megalithic Archaeology as an response but of course that was a very incomplete answer and I would have starved if that had been factual. In fact, stock photography is a very handy way of wearing several hats according to circumstances. And if you do it badly, nobody is going to give you grief, it will just sink out of sight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizBrown Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 8 hours ago, The Blinking Eye said: WOW. I think the main lesson is it pays to take mindboggling amazing photos, whatever the topic. These are works of art. Have you ever had an exhibit of your work? It's interesting to see the other examples of the same thing below that photograph. Very much proves your point, I think, and goes against the "art" professor or whoever who told you stock photography would spoil your eye. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert M Estall Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 6 hours ago, spacecadet said: My best seller has still hardly been copycatted after 8 years and it would be so easy to do. The occasional similar ones occasionally dribble in but I still have half the images for that search term. It's about 10% of my total revenue. And mine are slightly better IM(H)O. But slightly better is all it takes. I often remember my mate Mark Burns who worked as picture editor at Stony Stone who said "Second best hardly ever sells" It's not 100% the case, but it'll do as a working principle. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 30 20 10 (x3 different ones) strangely are my 3 best sellers. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I have a healthy handful of repeats. Strangely enough, the best-selling of those is an activity I saw, ran for my camera and captured. Totally unplanned. I think the spontaneity of those might be recognized by buyers. I have more spontaneous images that are repeats also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertSnapper Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I've had 13 sales and 15 sales from individual images with Alamy. Both bland subjects. Another library, different pictures, I have a twelve, which has netted me £1779.79 so far. Some impressive numbers in this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edd Westmacott Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 I have best selling collection from years ago a dozen images of the same subject (taken on a 6mp Canon). They have sold regularly for over a decade making in excess of $20k. Ive tried re-shooting the photos every way and variation I can think of, but its only the originals images that sell. I think they must have reached escape velocity!. I had a image of a castle in Serbia that sold every month for around $20 it lasted about for years and hasn't sold since! My best selling image went for $2865 just before lockdown. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kuta Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Two 7 three 6 two 5 a bunch of 4 & 3 Of the best sellers, one is of a one-time event. All the others are easily replicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blinking Eye Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 10 hours ago, MizBrown said: It's interesting to see the other examples of the same thing below that photograph. Very much proves your point, I think, and goes against the "art" professor or whoever who told you stock photography would spoil your eye. Did somebody tell me that? Or was it a question that appeared in my own mind? 🙂 It takes a lot more work (for me) to take mindboggling amazing photos though. A lot more. And I'm not sure Alamy feels like an appropriate outlet if I were to go to such lengths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizBrown Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 minute ago, The Blinking Eye said: Did somebody tell me that? Or was it a question that appeared in my own mind? 🙂 It takes a lot more work (for me) to take mindboggling amazing photos though. A lot more. And I'm not sure Alamy feels like an appropriate outlet if I were to go to such lengths. It takes everyone a lot more work to take mindboggling amazing photos. Patience, people handling, getting the right lighting, natural or otherwise, framing, talking people into being interesting in front of you and your lens, or capture a rare moment when they're unconsciously being mind-boggling amazing themselves. I think it's good for people to try to take mind-boggling amazing photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blinking Eye Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 5 minutes ago, MizBrown said: It takes everyone a lot more work to take mindboggling amazing photos. Patience, people handling, getting the right lighting, natural or otherwise, framing, talking people into being interesting in front of you and your lens, or capture a rare moment when they're unconsciously being mind-boggling amazing themselves. I think it's good for people to try to take mind-boggling amazing photos. It also takes a lot more thought. And practice. I'm grateful for the people who do it so I can enjoy their photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blinking Eye Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 14 hours ago, wiskerke said: Thank you. And yep, until it became too expensive. And when a museum director and curator told me: You're not a real artist are you? I decided you know what, you are right, I get just the same satisfaction out of taking commercial images. So that was that. I figured out I am in it for the problem solving mainly. Here's a brilliant video of someone facing something of the same dilemma on a live broadcast recently: Adam Savage (of MythBuster fame) wim I rotate between artistic media - music, film, photography, dance, poetry and others, on and on, my whole life. I finally decided that's my inherent nature and I had to stop resisting it because being a generalist doesn't build the resume very well or lead to many accolades. Now it sort of fascinates me where my energy gets pulled. Lately, I've been into making handmade collaged postcards. It's fine to not fit into someone else's mold and to escape definition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniMarkus Hasa Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) This one has been licensed four times. Finnish media, distributor sales. It has earned me almost $ 7. You are all very welcome to copycat. Edited December 18, 2020 by JaniMarkus Hasa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 On 16/12/2020 at 23:47, Mr Standfast said: This statue has paid the car park fee in various forms a few times, I don't mind sharing him now, after he tripped and fell in the water. These statues also have a tendency to trip and fall in Denmark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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