Jansos 684 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Hi all, Thought I should say 'Hi' and introduce myself. Have been taking pics since I was a kiddie but only recently started to delve into the world of stock. My first camera was an Olympus OM1 and currently I am using a Nikon D7100. Have started to use Lightroom quite a bit and am quite impressed with how easy it is to use. Don't use Photoshop at the moment as it seems very labour intensive and I'm not sure it would be labour/cost effective. Not really trying to pay any bills using Alamy (thankfully) more as a means of seeing if it will help supplement my pension on retirement. At the moment it is just beer money but I hope to make a few quid out of it and at least it keeps me out of the house and gives me some exercise. I actually quite enjoy walking around London and snapping away stock but it is still relatively early days and the attraction could wear off. The vast majority of my stuff is on Flickr, unfortunatley taken with a Nikon P7100 (although a 10 megapixel camera it is not suitable for Alamy quality control specs). Best wishes, John (aka Jan) Edited July 29, 2016 by Jansos Link to post Share on other sites
Allan Bell 2,418 Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Hi John, Welcome. The size of the camera sensor is more important and I do not think the 1/1.7 sensor in the P7100 would produce image quality good enough for Alamy. At least you would struggle to pass their QC. 4/3rd sensor is the smallest that seems to be acceptable. Most use bigger than that though to get the IQ to pass QC easier as well as giving the customer a better image and more likely get the sale. Allan Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Cheers Allan. BW John Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Towers 332 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Welcome to th Alamy family Jan, I hope you get plenty of beers from it Kind regards, Davey Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 Cheers Davey, Thanks - beer is always good! :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Alexandre Fagundes 55 Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 (edited) Welcome to Alamy Jan! I agree about the beer,....always good Edited August 5, 2016 by Alexandre Fagundes Link to post Share on other sites
AlessandraRC 110 Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 For the moment I am keeping photography and beer money separated. Photography is great but beer is greater. Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 (edited) For the moment I am keeping photography and beer money separated. Photography is great but beer is greater. Hi Alessandra - that sounds like a good idea! I hope I didn't upset the anyone by referring to people's hard graft as beer money. I was talking from a purely personal perspective. So far the earning's as much as they are welcome, have yielded very low returns on all the time invested in key wording, editing, post processing etc. I have had a number of photos in the national press but the return is paltry (peanuts - can go with the beer!). It is a labour of love. :-) Edited August 13, 2016 by Jansos Link to post Share on other sites
Ed Rooney 3,649 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 For the moment I am keeping photography and beer money separated. Photography is great but beer is greater. Yes, Vitamin B, my most important medication. Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted August 13, 2016 Author Share Posted August 13, 2016 :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Baker 473 Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 For someone whose majority of income comes from stock (Alamy and Getty), mine's a Belgian Trappist, thank you. Good luck and bottoms up. Richard. Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 For someone whose majority of income comes from stock (Alamy and Getty), mine's a Belgian Trappist, thank you. Good luck and bottoms up. Richard. Hi Richard, Cheers! Great pic BTW. I think the dachshund is looking away in disgust at those trappist contortions! Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 For someone whose majority of income comes from stock (Alamy and Getty), mine's a Belgian Trappist, thank you. Good luck and bottoms up. Richard. Richard, You mention 'the dark side' - I have heard nothing positive about them (paltry fees etc). Is that your experience? Link to post Share on other sites
Richard Baker 473 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Jansos, Maybe this isn't the forum to discuss G but briefly, I've only just migrated my Corbis work there so very early days. Ask me in a year! Richard. Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Robinson 1,143 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Welcome. Beer money and potential pension subsidy is a very sensible approach. Most of my sale these days come from photos I take during aimless wanderings around London - but I don't live there so you have the advantage. Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Welcome. Beer money and potential pension subsidy is a very sensible approach. Most of my sale these days come from photos I take during aimless wanderings around London - but I don't live there so you have the advantage. Hi Phil, 28,160 images is most impressive. How long have you been doing stock for? Aimless wanderings are the best and very therapeutic! :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Jansos 684 Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Jansos, Maybe this isn't the forum to discuss G but briefly, I've only just migrated my Corbis work there so very early days. Ask me in a year! Richard. Hi Richard, Will do. Thx :-) Link to post Share on other sites
Phil Robinson 1,143 Posted August 19, 2016 Share Posted August 19, 2016 Welcome. Beer money and potential pension subsidy is a very sensible approach. Most of my sale these days come from photos I take during aimless wanderings around London - but I don't live there so you have the advantage. Hi Phil, 28,160 images is most impressive. How long have you been doing stock for? Aimless wanderings are the best and very therapeutic! :-) Longer than I can remember, but really seriously for about 5 years. Link to post Share on other sites
Davey Towers 332 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 And they say never mix business with pleasure lol! Link to post Share on other sites
spacecadet 3,821 Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 (edited) I'll drink to that with a few sellers. BTW there is a 10-image posting limit. Edited August 21, 2016 by spacecadet Link to post Share on other sites
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