Bryan Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 Alamy has just leased one of my photos for $13. It's not a great picture, but it is unique and unrepeatable. I've searched here and big G and there is nothing equivalent. It's not really a MS subject. Many of my photos could be taken by anyone with a decent camera and adequate skills, but a few are special, maybe for historic reasons, or because of a unique opportunity. I would like to mark a small percentage of my collection as special, not to be sold for less than x $$. It might cost me in the long run as customers may not be prepared to pay the price, but that's a risk I'm prepared to take. How about allowing contributors to earmark a small percentage of their portfolio, say 1%, as not to be sold for less than an agreed amount ? These special collections could be curated and submission would have to include a case argued for their inclusion, or it could just be left to the photographer. Any interest ? 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 (edited) On 22/06/2021 at 13:12, Bryan said: Alamy has just leased one of my photos for $13. It's not a great picture, but it is unique and unrepeatable. I've searched here and big G and there is nothing equivalent. It's not really a MS subject. Many of my photos could be taken by anyone with a decent camera and adequate skills, but a few are special, maybe for historic reasons, or because of a unique opportunity. I would like to mark a small percentage of my collection as special, not to be sold for less than x $$. It might cost me in the long run as customers may not be prepared to pay the price, but that's a risk I'm prepared to take. How about allowing contributors to earmark a small percentage of their portfolio, say 1%, as not to be sold for less than an agreed amount ? These special collections could be curated and submission would have to include a case argued for their inclusion, or it could just be left to the photographer. Any interest ? Bryan, I've been pushing for being able to set a minimum license fee on "Really RARE Images for years." Alamy just licensed a portrait that I did in Moscow for a major magazine. It took months to set up and the person in the image is still in the news. Alamy licensed it for very low x$ (hard to comprehend...). It should not be up to the photographer, but for Alamy to understand the value of an image. For an agency/library to do this does not make any business sense. This year I have had several clients (Print and movie production companies) contact me directly about images that I have had for decades in another collection one that I left, but not yet on Alamy. They came right out and told me that they would pay me $350 per image for just preview scans from the 35mm chromes. Chuck Edited June 23, 2021 by Chuck Nacke grammer 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizBrown Posted June 22, 2021 Share Posted June 22, 2021 11 minutes ago, Chuck Nacke said: Bryan, I've been pushing for being able to set a minimum license fee on "Really RARE Images for years." Alamy just licensed a portrait that I did in Moscow for a major magazine. It took months to set up and the person in the image is still in the news. Alamy licensed it for very low xx$. It should not be up to the photographer, but for Alamy to understand the value of an image. For an agency/library to do this does not make any business sense. This year I have had several clients (Print and movie production companies) contact me directly about images that I have for decades in another collection one that I left, but not yet on Alamy. They came right out and told me that they would pay me $350 per image for just preview scans from the 35mm chromes. Chuck I cynically suspect that some of the low ball sales are to PA's owning newspapers. And some may be to ad agencies that PA papers want to encourage to place ads. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted June 23, 2021 Share Posted June 23, 2021 11 hours ago, Chuck Nacke said: It should not be up to the photographer, but for Alamy to understand the value of an image. Chuck This 100% @ALAMY Phil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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