Michael Ventura 7,191 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 And one for $114 too today Alex, now you may have to get a happier looking avatar for your Forum photo. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Ramsay 726 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 And one for $114 too today Alex, now you may have to get a happier looking avatar for your Forum photo. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Popular Post DDoug 2,960 Posted April 7, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 7, 2017 A commercial client licensed one of my images for $1640 for multiple uses. Fortunately it was RM, so the uses added up. They had a lot of good images to choose from so it was blind luck that they picked mine. My plan for the future is to continue to be blindly lucky. 10 Link to post Share on other sites
DDoug 2,960 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Thanks! The shot is of outdoor recreation on a lake in northern Minnesota -- motorboat, canoe and such. I wouldn't have thought of it as commercial in nature, but a food/bevereage company licensed it for TV, Web and an industrial film. There are some fairly large foods companies in the Upper Midwest, so I guess they didn't flinch at the rate. If it went through an ad agency, they'd always rather put their 15% markup on a higher sum than a lower one. Link to post Share on other sites
Doc 2,573 Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 A commercial client licensed one of my images for $1640 for multiple uses. Fortunately it was RM, so the uses added up. They had a lot of good images to choose from so it was blind luck that they picked mine. My plan for the future is to continue to be blindly lucky. Nice one Don! Congratulations! Kumar (the Doc one) 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DDoug 2,960 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Thanks, Kumar! Link to post Share on other sites
Arletta 367 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Wow Nice work and keep it going! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Colblimp 3,121 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 A commercial client licensed one of my images for $1640 for multiple uses. Fortunately it was RM, so the uses added up. They had a lot of good images to choose from so it was blind luck that they picked mine. My plan for the future is to continue to be blindly lucky. Wow, that's some number! Well done! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DDoug 2,960 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Thanks! Credit is due to Jemal Creary in the New York office of Alamy who negotiated the deal. It does leave me wondering how I can shoot in such a way that my work is appealing to commercial buyers, as they seem to be the ones with money to spend. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Sultanpepa 1,199 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Congrats Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MariaJ 460 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 That's fantastic Don! And thanks for sharing some info on the image and sale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DDoug 2,960 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 (edited) Thanks to all for kind words. Although editorial rates have been disappointingly low, this does show that Alamy will go to bat for higher amounts when the traffic will bear it. Edited April 9, 2017 by DDoug Link to post Share on other sites
Colblimp 3,121 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 After Doug's and Alex's huge numbers, my $30 sale which dropped in on the 7th seems insignificant, but I'm over the moon. There's nothing like a sale to keep one enthused! 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Foreign Export 527 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 a $370 sale this morning - my highest ever on Alamy - pleasing - i nearly didn't upload the particular image 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Robinson 1,552 Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 $ 420 sale just dropped in. Direct sale. Happy bunny Cheers, Philippe Good news. I suspect your collection has several pictures of happy bunnies. Good to know sales are popping up on a bank holiday - I'll keep checking every five minutes as usual..... Link to post Share on other sites
chrumu 292 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't Edited April 17, 2017 by chrumu 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Gabbro 383 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't How did you get His Majesty to sign the release form? Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Robinson 1,552 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't Do you know what search term was used? Link to post Share on other sites
chrumu 292 Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't How did you get His Majesty to sign the release form? It was an editorial sale of an RM license. I don't have a signed release of His Majesty, who is not only the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, but also Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance, and Supreme Commander of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (and probably also captain of the polo team). Today I sold a license of a picture of His Majesty, Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar Ali Saifuddien Sa'adul Khairi Waddien riding his polo pony Chesney. Alamy, if you thought increasing caption length from 128 to 150 characters solves all problems: it doesn't Do you know what search term was used? Not really. The location was Cirencester Park, and the picture showed up a few times for this search term, but was never zoomed. I assume the search term was something simple like "sultan of brunei". Edited April 17, 2017 by chrumu Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Ramsay 726 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 $108 direct sale for a pic submitted via the archive route Alex Link to post Share on other sites
losdemas 3,027 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 (edited) $193 direct sale just reported, which is nice as it's my best individual sale for a year & (by a tad) my best ever. Following on from the series of low-value sales this year, it's a relief! Edited April 19, 2017 by losdemas 3 Link to post Share on other sites
MartinCP 25 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Three figure direct sale this morning of a neighbourhood cat - taken just outside my back door 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Kebabselector 12 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Just had one pop up for $108 for Television (editorial - Jetpac - Sinclair Spectrum game cover) - will be interested to see what context it's used for!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Arletta 367 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 The good news is the client was interested in buying an exclusive license. Nice. The sad news is the offered price was not even close to reasonable to freeze the file (and the one more similiar, here and on any other agency) for ten years... Well, almost positive. Link to post Share on other sites
NYCat 3,176 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Things have been pretty dreary for me this year but I just got a direct IQ sale for $125. Cheered me up. Paulette 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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