David Kilpatrick Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Looking back at my recent Web use sales, they are almost all horizontals. Thanks, David, for pointing this out. However, yesterday a vertical $168 postcard company sale popped up, while most of my Web use sales are for peanuts. So I'll definitely keep shooting both formats when possible. That is almost funny, because nearly all postcards are horizontal,as the RACKS they are sold from display them that way - never ever managed to sell a vertical postcard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 Looking back at my recent Web use sales, they are almost all horizontals. Thanks, David, for pointing this out. However, yesterday a vertical $168 postcard company sale popped up, while most of my Web use sales are for peanuts. So I'll definitely keep shooting both formats when possible. That is almost funny, because nearly all postcards are horizontal,as the RACKS they are sold from display them that way - never ever managed to sell a vertical postcard! True, most postcards are horizontal. But I guess that in the Netherlands they look at postcard racks while lying down: Country: Netherlands Usage: Consumer goods Media: Postcards Print run: up to 2,500 Start: 22 May 2013 End: 22 May 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustydingo Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I'm going to sound totally ignorant asking this (and I'm only mostly ignorant), but . . . 1. Do you shoot more horizontals or verticals? 2. Why? I try to shoot about 50/50. I like to increase the options for possible use and thereby the chances of selling a license, and I like to challenge the grey matter to come up with good composition both ways. I was also encouraged in a former life to always present photos with lots of copyspace, and for me vertical is the best way to do that. I submit about a third vertical here, but only about 17% of sales are vertical. At another place, I submit over 50% vertical, and about 40% of my sales there are vertical. Different market, different customers, different results. dd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 I just had a look at my Alamy sales for the past year and they were roughly 50/50, horizontals/verticals. Of my website sales, about 75% were horizontal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I've got 58% landscape and 39% portrait with 3% square ones but sales over the last 12 months are 71% landscape and 20% portrait with 9% square. The low figure for portrait surprises me. I'd never thought about it before. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted June 4, 2013 Share Posted June 4, 2013 I've got 58% landscape and 39% portrait with 3% square ones but sales over the last 12 months are 71% landscape and 20% portrait with 9% square. The low figure for portrait surprises me. I'd never thought about it before. John. I had never thought about this much either. The preference for horizontals on the Web is definitely something to take into account. However, print (and e-book) sales still usually pay the best IME, so I will keep shooting plenty of verticals where appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dlmphotog Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 When I'm "working" an image I move around and try different angles, heights, backgrounds/foregrounds as well as both vertical and horizontal orientations. Digital “film” is cheap so why not have more options to chose from when editing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Kuta Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I have 69% horizontal and 31% vertical in sales (began with Alamy in 2004), but in the earlier years it was 67%/33%. I have no idea of the breakdown for my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semmick Photo Posted June 9, 2013 Share Posted June 9, 2013 Basically the answer is shoot both as they represent 20-50% YMMV of your sales. Who wants to miss out on 20% of sales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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