makemorelove Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Hello there! I have a genuine question, do you believe there's a decent market for my type of art? It's already on Alamy :https://www.alamy.com/colorful-sugar-on-oiled-feet-image486886278.html?imageid=3C2DAB93-1AFC-43C6-8623-EE04A128AA95&p=1969388&pn=1&searchId=1bd8aa536b5771d89a57449394e386f5&searchtype=0 I'm not sure if I should keep uploading and taking photos in general. What is your overall opinion about potential use of my work? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorilla Dave Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Literally all kinds of stuff can sell on Alamy. I have uploaded plenty stuff that I didn’t think anyone would be interested in but they have sold. Bear in mind you will need hundreds of images on-line before you generate regular sales and your likely commission rate will be 20%. My last five sales have averaged $14.50 gross. My return will average something like £2.50p per sale. The three images you have on-line all look a bit dark. Try a search on “Hands or feet”. (over 5 million) “female feet” 146,000 They all tend to look a lot brighter and with perhaps more attention paid to composition and copyspace. GD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Although it has wider aspirations, Alamy is primarily (!) a secondary editorial agency, whereas this material strikes me as what might euphemistically be referred to as "specialist". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 (edited) Ditto comments above from GD and Space Cadet. Dark images are fine, but only when done properly. Composition could be better as well as the lighting. There's lots of magazines and (likely) YouTube videos about artistically photographing the human body. No idea if there's a market for this - it's not exactly the sort of thing you'd normally see published - but Google is your friend for researching.... Edited October 24, 2022 by Steve F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makemorelove Posted October 24, 2022 Author Share Posted October 24, 2022 Thanks for the constructive replies! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nacke Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 On 22/10/2022 at 19:16, makemorelove said: Hello there! I have a genuine question, do you believe there's a decent market for my type of art? It's already on Alamy :https://www.alamy.com/colorful-sugar-on-oiled-feet-image486886278.html?imageid=3C2DAB93-1AFC-43C6-8623-EE04A128AA95&p=1969388&pn=1&searchId=1bd8aa536b5771d89a57449394e386f5&searchtype=0 I'm not sure if I should keep uploading and taking photos in general. What is your overall opinion about potential use of my work? Thanks! A sort of friend of mine (Photographer) from the Pacific Northwest, near Seattle, did a book called "FootOGraphs" I think he just photographed his own feet at news events? Good luck to you. Chuck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 Images like that probably aren't the best way to get your foot in the door (sorry for the bad pun) here. As mentioned above, Alamy's forte still appears to be "second editorial" imagery. However, they are trying to gain a foothold (sorry again) in other markets, so I guess you never know. 👣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooth Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 they didn't get off on the right foot implementing the new website... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 24, 2022 Share Posted October 24, 2022 33 minutes ago, sooth said: they didn't get off on the right foot implementing the new website... True, they didn't exactly put their best foot forward. Fixing things would be a real feet. Time to stop this... 🙃 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Crean Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 There's nothing wrong with defeat... 😁 Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 You better cut it out, John. Don't make me come out there and step on you or kick you! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ed Rooney said: You better cut it out, John. Don't make me come out there and step on you or kick you! You're going sole-o on this one, Ed. Stop being so ped-antic- you've nailed it. Toe the line. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) It sounds as if something sinister is afoot. Too bad, I was getting a kick out of this thread. 🦵 Now I feel like a heel... Edited October 25, 2022 by John Mitchell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Put a sock in it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) After all these corny jokes the OP may decide to give Alamy the boot...... Edited October 25, 2022 by spacecadet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 (edited) Yeah, and he did state that it was "a genuine question." 🤔 Now I'm sorry I stuck my toe in this. Edited October 25, 2022 by Ed Rooney Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 For sure, we've all been a bit footloose Especially featuring sprinkles of puns Enticing though to step To each other genre of photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted October 25, 2022 Share Posted October 25, 2022 Yes, it was a fair question but a difficult one to answer when the OP has uploaded only three images. You need many more than that in your portfolio in order to test the waters. Alamy seems to be looking for different types of "creative" imagery now, so I'd say that it's probably worth the plunge, especially if the OP has a lot of images ready to submit. That said, it's really difficult these. I wish her or him good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Seems to have a foot fetish. (Obsession) Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: Seems to have a foot fetish. (Obsession) Allan Allan, you may have missed the puns..... Edited October 26, 2022 by Steve F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Just now, Steve F said: Allan, you may have missed the puns..... Nope! laughed at all of them. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 Just now, Allan Bell said: Nope! laughed at all of them. Allan A direct man, you're not an engineer too are you? 🙃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Steve F said: A direct man, you're not an engineer too are you? 🙃 YUP. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony ALS Posted October 26, 2022 Share Posted October 26, 2022 How can I resist a footnote🤷🏻♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phillip Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 On 23/10/2022 at 10:16, makemorelove said: Hello there! I have a genuine question, do you believe there's a decent market for my type of art? It's already on Alamy :https://www.alamy.com/colorful-sugar-on-oiled-feet-image486886278.html?imageid=3C2DAB93-1AFC-43C6-8623-EE04A128AA95&p=1969388&pn=1&searchId=1bd8aa536b5771d89a57449394e386f5&searchtype=0 I'm not sure if I should keep uploading and taking photos in general. What is your overall opinion about potential use of my work? Thanks! I thought the idea was original and appealing and I smiled when I saw it. I believe that is well worth exploring, and an idea I had was a calendar using feet with different sparkles etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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