Inchiquin Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Gosh, well done. I think the most important part of this story is the repeat fee. I had a sale for $1164 a few years ago. Another pic of the same subject on the same day (landscape version thereof as opposed to portrait) has sold a further four times but only for a total of $250 between them. Still, it was in total a nice return for pics snapped while I was sitting on a bench eating lunch on my way somewhere else! Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Waller Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Terrific. More than my gross for the year. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Congratulations. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Wow, nice one! Makes us all feel "It could be you"... (I guess more chance of this than winning the (it won't be you) National Lottery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Richmond Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Well done, Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelbennett Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Congatulations, good news is always welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Robertson Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 19 hours ago, geogphotos said: I am pleased to see a sale reported today for a gross of $1139.71 This same image was licensed a couple of years ago - looks like the same use/ user - for $965.35 Country: United Kingdom ; Usage: Advertising and promotion ; Media: Television (advertising) ; Industry Sector: General business services ; Placement: National ; Start: 21-December-2023 ; End: 21-December-2024 ; Additional Details: Television, VOD and online (advertising) Duration: 1st January 2024 - 31st December 2024 No I won't be sharing this one. Let's just say it was the last subject of a long day and very much an afterthought. So, keep shooting when you think you have done. 😀 I made the effort to walk a couple of hundred metres when all I really wanted to do was stop for a pint. A reminder why I stay 100% Rights Managed. Hopefully, they will still want it in 2025 for another year. That's fantastic Ian, congratulations! It shows that those afterthoughts can be really worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 A well-deserved Xmas present, Ian. Hope it sticks. 🤞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KellyC Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Congratulations!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAROL SAUNDERS Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Many congratulations that's brilliant, worth raising another glass or 3 have a great Christmas 😄 Carol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 On 21/12/2023 at 14:19, geogphotos said: It really is a numbers game... in past, both volume scheme AND quality scheme could produce stock sale riches, netting $100K+ US annually; when one's average stock net license dropped below about $150US net, it became more & more a volume scheme... somewhere out there maybe someone is still making multiple $150US net stock sales daily with highly curated smallish collection... IDK who... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Yarvin Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Jeff, 25 years ago, netting a hundred grand a year put you on the bottom of the stock photo world. Contributors were expected to have tight and well thought out collections and the manual editing of submissions made sure that happened. As far as I can tell, the people who were on the top back then are still thriving, they're just not doing stock. I would be stunned to learn that there are photographers following the methods of 25 years ago are doing well today. Are there people trying? Maybe ... but I haven't heard much about them. And besides, what little I know would require the naming of other agencies - a clear violation of forum rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Stirling Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Congratulations. Yes, keep shooting and don't give up. I need that advice, back with the Black Lives Matter demos in Bristol I had been following for a few hours and as the march started through city centre I decided to leave. I was tired, had enough. Took a parallel road and heard some loud cheering but didn't go back. This was when the Colston statue was token down then dumped in Bristol Harbour. Could have had rather a lot of photos of that but had none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 On 27/12/2023 at 07:46, Brian Yarvin said: 25 years ago... oh BrianYamish, friend of All Amish 📣_ 📣_ 📣_ 📣 our answers will always be exactly opposite; each of us blasting comments thru bullhorns from our own islands; yours is intensely curated commercial mine is unreleased moderately curated volume 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: oh BrianYamish, friend of All Amish 📣_ 📣_ 📣_ 📣 our answers will always be exactly opposite; each of us blasting comments thru bullhorns from our own islands; yours is intensely curated commercial mine is unreleased moderately curated volume Getting very close to 150k now Jeff. What an achievement!😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Yarvin Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 28/12/2023 at 13:59, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: oh BrianYamish, friend of All Amish 📣_ 📣_ 📣_ 📣 our answers will always be exactly opposite; each of us blasting comments thru bullhorns from our own islands; yours is intensely curated commercial mine is unreleased moderately curated volume Problem with this is that "intensely curated commercial" has pretty much ceased to exist and "moderately curated volume" didn't become a real possibility until the digital era was in full swing. Imagine shooting four or five hundred rolls of 35mm a month, and then captioning them, and then packing them up and shipping them out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 28/12/2023 at 14:03, geogphotos said: Getting very close to 150k now,,,What an achievement For just one's own images, I suppose. I've previously opined that some who are massive public domain sellers are netting >$100K annually, even $200K+ Look at this individual with dozen+ pseudos; prolly has near 5M LoC freebies total online... https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/?comp=1&mode=0&name=The+History+Collection&pseudoid={3F845B26-EBD7-4634-A61C-45CBD3D502FF}&sortBy=relevant anyone can pursue this scheme to the max, not many do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: Look at this individual with dozen+ pseudos; Just out of interest. Alamy is selling 'high resolution' copies of expired copyright images. How does this guy get hold of a high res copy? Although maybe it's not because Alamy caveats it by saying that because it's archive, it can have 'imperfections'... Edited December 29, 2023 by Steve F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 34 minutes ago, Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg said: For just one's own images, I suppose. I've previously opined that some who are massive public domain sellers are netting >$100K annually, even $200K+ Look at this individual with dozen+ pseudos; prolly has near 5M LoC freebies total online... https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/?comp=1&mode=0&name=The+History+Collection&pseudoid={3F845B26-EBD7-4634-A61C-45CBD3D502FF}&sortBy=relevant anyone can pursue this scheme to the max, not many do... Jeff, Don't be shy. You have 150,000 of your OWN images. That talent and dedication should be celebrated. I for one am in total admiration. You are a stock photography LEGEND ( that is a good thing) All the best for the next 150k Ian 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 5 minutes ago, geogphotos said: Jeff, Don't be shy. You have 150,000 of your OWN images. That talent and dedication should be celebrated. I for one am in total admiration. You are a stock photography LEGEND ( that is a good thing) All the best for the next 150k Ian well said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sultanpepa Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) Congratulations on a healthy sale. Did you make (net) more or less from the $965? 🤔 Edited December 29, 2023 by Sultanpepa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geogphotos Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 30 minutes ago, Sultanpepa said: Congratulations on a healthy sale. Did you make (net) more or less from the $965? 🤔 40% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Nelson Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Congratulations! It's great to hear that such sales are still possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betty LaRue Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 (edited) On 21/12/2023 at 12:43, geogphotos said: I had just finished chatting to my daughter about how business was nowhere near as good as it used to be etc and that we would be eating stale bread and water for our Xmas meal. 😜 I'll treat myself to another glass of home-made elderberry wine to celebrate. Be careful with homemade wine. I never got sick from drinking anything until I drank homemade wine. I had to take a walk in a cold mist to keep everything down. Cold sweat & a bit of zigzagging (you might call it staggering) walk on a campground road. One 8 ounce plastic glass. I think the staggering was more from feeling so sick than being inebriated. I feel ill just thinking about homemade wine. Kudos to you for a winning image, twice! Now you can afford to buy a bottle from the shop. Edited December 30, 2023 by Betty LaRue Misspelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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