Michael Ventura Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 29 minutes ago, Sally said: Sorry no further information specifically. I think the expressions are simply the product of the era. It’s taken at the turn of the 20th century in NY. Nothing sinister. My great-aunt is sitting on the windowsill left hand side. A small town school. I was thinking that was the case. I have plenty of family photos from the early 1900’s and rarely are there any smiles. I think it came partially from early photos being taken with slower shutter speeds and people had to hold still and not be so animated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marianne Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Two sales - the first presentation (since PU not allowed) The second, both from the same state park, is personal use: I'm suspicious of the uses, but got the full US price for each, which is better than the last several sales I've had, but will be watching out for online use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) Two low sales, in a month of same, showed up today: Editorial website (General Business Services, low $, a tiddler, Lithuania in perp) PU (third one this month), low$$ Edited December 11, 2021 by John Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Michael Ventura said: I was thinking that was the case. I have plenty of family photos from the early 1900’s and rarely are there any smiles. I think it came partially from early photos being taken with slower shutter speeds and people had to hold still and not be so animated. Every image I saw of my great grandparents were the same somber expressions. That’s just the way it was back then. It’s very hard to hold a perfect smile, it tends to distort and look unnatural after a few seconds. When you have a group of people, even harder. It took longer to take a photo then. Also, photographs were few and far between. Possibly true features were prized…the natural shape of eyes and lips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbimages Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Another micro sale............leaving me 52 cents. And a client with an image forever.Country: LithuaniaUsage: EditorialMedia: Editorial websiteIndustry sector: General business servicesImage Size: Any sizeStart: 01 November 2021Duration: In perpetuity Lithuania, Editorial website 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) 27 minutes ago, cbimages said: Another micro sale............leaving me 52 cents. And a client with an image forever.Country: LithuaniaUsage: EditorialMedia: Editorial websiteIndustry sector: General business servicesImage Size: Any sizeStart: 01 November 2021Duration: In perpetuity Lithuania, Editorial website Same buyer as mine (see above) -- Lithuania forever! Edited December 11, 2021 by John Mitchell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Betty LaRue said: Every image I saw of my great grandparents were the same somber expressions. That’s just the way it was back then. It’s very hard to hold a perfect smile, it tends to distort and look unnatural after a few seconds. When you have a group of people, even harder. It took longer to take a photo then. Also, photographs were few and far between. Possibly true features were prized…the natural shape of eyes and lips. Old photos of my relatives taken in the early years of the 20th century all feature dour expressions. Forced smiling in photos seems to be a fairly recent development. It's one of the reasons I usually feel uncomfortable when someone takes my picture. I'm not very good at faking smiles. Fortunately, this month's challenge has plenty of real ones. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Betty LaRue said: Every image I saw of my great grandparents were the same somber expressions. That’s just the way it was back then. It’s very hard to hold a perfect smile, it tends to distort and look unnatural after a few seconds. When you have a group of people, even harder. It took longer to take a photo then. Also, photographs were few and far between. Possibly true features were prized…the natural shape of eyes and lips. Film in them days was super slow! 25ASA(ISO) was considered fast so exposure times were long, the set up time was long, big cameras, focus on glass screen then load a darkslide with film onto the back of the camera, remove the slide, open the shutter... All very formal and precise. Nothing like what we can do today!!! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb photos Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Phil Crean said: Film in them days was super slow! 25ASA(ISO) was considered fast so exposure times were long, the set up time was long, big cameras, focus on glass screen then load a darkslide with film onto the back of the camera, remove the slide, open the shutter... All very formal and precise. Nothing like what we can do today!!! Phil I still have my 4x5 camera, a metal folding Toyo 45a field camera, plus around 30 DDS and 6 lenses. Also a Technika view camera with 2 metal DS, one leaks though. It came in a very nice velvet lined wooden cary case. It originally used 6 x 9 cm cut film. I used 2 of its lenses on the Toyo. The 65mm was nice and wide on the Toyo, but needed careful adjustment as it barely covered 4x5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, sb photos said: I still have my 4x5 camera, a metal folding Toyo 45a field camera, plus around 30 DDS and 6 lenses. Also a Technika view camera with 2 metal DS, one leaks though. It came in a very nice velvet lined wooden cary case. It originally used 6 x 9 cm cut film. I used 2 of its lenses on the Toyo. The 65mm was nice and wide on the Toyo, but needed careful adjustment as it barely covered 4x5. I've thought a few times about getting a large format for landscape work, then the cost, weight, time, build a darkroom/no space reality sinks in and I decide to stick with my full frame digital which gives an amazing quality and in lots of ways is favourably comparable to medium format film, and if I want that olde worlde film look there's lots of ways to achieve it using software. I do love film though!!!😏 Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 This is a little odd, or just a strange coincidence. The first image has licenced today for a few cents web editorial, followed by the second, as a PU. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Another presentation. This month so far is 100% PUs or presentations.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 5 hours ago, Abiyoyo said: Another presentation. This month so far is 100% PUs or presentations.. Tis the season for PU. I have only five sales showing so far this month -- three PU, one presentation, and a tiny editorial website one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abiyoyo Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Surprise surprise, another PU 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avpics Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 Web editorial, duration unlimited, for a fee that won't be troubling the taxman: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 (edited) Magnificent mosaics decorate the walls and ceiling of the Rotunda of Galerius, a popular tourist destination in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece - Image ID: PCYGTE Country: Worldwide Usage: Presentation or newsletters, Use in a presentation/talk (eg,Powerpoint and Keynote) or in a newsletter. Start: 11 December 2021 Duration: In perpetuity (must be a long presentation...!) $ Also thinking I should have raised the overall exposure for this, looking at it now..... Edited December 12, 2021 by Steve F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ognyan Yosifov Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 5 minutes ago, Steve F said: Magnificent mosaics decorate the walls and ceiling of the Rotunda of Galerius, a popular tourist destination in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece - Image ID: PCYGTE Country: Worldwide Usage: Presentation or newsletters, Use in a presentation/talk (eg,Powerpoint and Keynote) or in a newsletter. Start: 11 December 2021 Duration: In perpetuity (must be a long presentation...!) $ Also thinking I should have raised the overall exposure for this, looking at it now..... The question is if the raised overall exposure would raise the potential fee? Who knows! 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Caram Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) Ballarat Australia / Bags of horse manure for sale for use as garden fertilizer in Victoria Australia. - Image ID: D2MXEA Sold for Editorial Print and Digital Use for $23.35 There's money in Horse Poo..this is the second time this has sold https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjNvM6d6d_0AhVqxDgGHZ6HChMQFnoECA0QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.alamy.com%2Fstock-photo-ballarat-australia-bags-of-horse-manure-for-sale-for-use-as-garden-53320242.html&usg=AOvVaw3VGJAvf-dVvNruySgiiDuV Edited December 13, 2021 by William Caram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 This just in...PU for only barely $$ Gross so low $ Nett🙄 Phil 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David eastley Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 worth so little it was hardly worth posting here Country: WorldwideUsage: Editorial, For Editorial use on the customers website and social media platforms (excludes advertising)Media: Website, app and social mediaStart: 11 December 2021Duration: Unlimited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) Nice to have four drop in this morning, but prices not nice. My share for all about $12. Boo. For only $. Taken in St.Croix. Two others from this trip were sold along with this one. Culture trip? Also $. Backside of Buck Island, the area where we snorkeled the coral reef and I nearly drowned. $$ $ again Edited December 13, 2021 by Betty LaRue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 minutes ago, Betty LaRue said: For only $. Taken in St.Croix. Two others from this trip were sold along with this one. Culture trip? Probably. They are like termites who eat our foundations with little reward to us. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 On 12/12/2021 at 12:13, Steve F said: Magnificent mosaics decorate the walls and ceiling of the Rotunda of Galerius, a popular tourist destination in the city of Thessaloniki, Greece - Image ID: PCYGTE Country: Worldwide Usage: Presentation or newsletters, Use in a presentation/talk (eg,Powerpoint and Keynote) or in a newsletter. Start: 11 December 2021 Duration: In perpetuity (must be a long presentation...!) $ Also thinking I should have raised the overall exposure for this, looking at it now..... I think my usual clar/sat/vib recipé would have helped with that as well. Classical mosaics are usually very vibrant, and I've been to Ravenna! Similar period and style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1 minute ago, spacecadet said: I think my usual clar/sat/vib recipé would have helped with that as well. Classical mosaics are usually very vibrant, and I've been to Ravenna! Similar period and style. Thanks. I think my editing is better these days. But maybe I was thinking of keeping the mood the same as when I was actually there, rather than making it look like a more decent photo (??) - would go with better photo these days!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Death Valley Badwater Basin. Worldwide. Editorial website and app multiple use, in perpetuity. Low $. Btw already 2 of last month sales have been refunded and come back, fortunately at the same price. It does however skew the numbers a bit. wim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now