PennPix Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I really am intrigued with the Forum - photos found in June 2018 etc ... I find it a fascinating feed. Years ago I would deliver my roll of film to the picture desk hopefully negotiate a fee and then go buy the paper in the morning ! As a newbie to Forum is anyone kindly able to explain how photographers can search the internet for possible usage and any tips to mark ones photos when editing ? Really appreciated. Matt / PennPix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Google reverse image search, and also a general search on "My Name" Alamy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Yes. I use both Google image search for reverse image searches and I also Google "Michael Ventura Alamy". I have found many uses that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Try: Michael Ventura Alamy -site:alamy.com The -site:alamy.com excludes Alamy itself. You do get the odd Alamy.de image though. There's probably a syntax to exclude them both at the same time. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ventura Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 8 minutes ago, wiskerke said: Try: Michael Ventura Alamy -site:alamy.com The -site:alamy.com excludes Alamy itself. You do get the odd Alamy.de image though. There's probably a syntax to exclude them both at the same time. wim Great advice Wim! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, wiskerke said: Try: Michael Ventura Alamy -site:alamy.com The -site:alamy.com excludes Alamy itself. You do get the odd Alamy.de image though. There's probably a syntax to exclude them both at the same time. wim Unfortunately I've just tried that and for some reason it excludes a number of my published images whilst, as Wim says, catching all the Alamy European language sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanDavidson Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Good tip, I just found one of my pics in the Daily Express that I was not aware of (or have been paid for) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MandyD Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I tried this...and it still catches all the international listings....so doesn't help me much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 3 hours ago, wiskerke said: Try: Michael Ventura Alamy -site:alamy.com The -site:alamy.com excludes Alamy itself. You do get the odd Alamy.de image though. There's probably a syntax to exclude them both at the same time. wim 1 hour ago, spacecadet said: Unfortunately I've just tried that and for some reason it excludes a number of my published images whilst, as Wim says, catching all the Alamy European language sites At my end a search string ending in -alamy.com - that is without the site: works better - and seems to solve the problem with other site names. Haven't tried everything, though. In my opinion you have to search in a lot of different ways to find uses, which also includes Google Search by Image (extension with the little blue camera) - Google book searches ( a Google text search - choose more - and books - probably only your name or pseudonym as you most often is credited by name), - various other text searches - and perhaps also the Tineye extension to the Firefox browser. Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Niels Quist said: At my end a search string ending in -alamy.com - that is without the site: works better - and seems to solve the problem with other site names. Haven't tried everything, though. In my opinion you have to search in a lot of different ways to find uses, which also includes Google Search by Image (extension with the little blue camera) - Google book searches ( a Google text search - choose more - and books - probably only your name or pseudonym as you most often is credited by name), - various other text searches - and perhaps also the Tineye extension to the Firefox browser. Niels True. Can one still search within Amazon Books somewhere? That used to be a good one too. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 16 minutes ago, wiskerke said: True. Can one still search within Amazon Books somewhere? That used to be a good one too. wim I don't know. I wasn't helped by searching for it. Would be nice to know, actually. Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 My Google search string looks like this. (Pseudo1 OR Pseudo2) Alamy -www.alamy -de.alamy.com -Frames -dijitalimaj.com I also use the Tools option in Google Chrome to restrict the date range to the last month to avoid looking through all the old usages I already know about. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sally Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, M.Chapman said: My Google search string looks like this. (Pseudo1 OR Pseudo2) Alamy -www.alamy -de.alamy.com -Frames -dijitalimaj.com I also use the Tools option in Google Chrome to restrict the date range to the last month to avoid looking through all the old usages I already know about. Mark It helps if you have a relatively uncommon name, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.Chapman Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 12 hours ago, Sally said: It helps if you have a relatively uncommon name, of course. Good point. When I chose my pseudos I deliberately used made up words which returned zero results in Google search. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 9 hours ago, Sally said: It helps if you have a relatively uncommon name, of course. Yes, if I search for "John Keates Alamy", google always asks "did you mean John Keats Alamy" No I meant what I searched for!! John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 52 minutes ago, Stokie said: Yes, if I search for "John Keates Alamy", google always asks "did you mean John Keats Alamy" No I meant what I searched for!! John. Ever thought of writing some poems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokie Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Niels Quist said: Ever thought of writing some poems? I used to be a poet but I didn't know it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janis D Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 What am I doing wrong? I type in Firstname Lastname Alamy - site:alamy.com and get what looks like a portion of our collection straight from the Alamy site. When I try it without the spaces in front of and behind the hypen, I get an error. And when I try Firstname Lastname Alamy-alamy.com, I get pretty much the same as with - site.alamy.com. Suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptoprocta Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 8 minutes ago, Janis D said: What am I doing wrong? I type in Firstname Lastname Alamy - site:alamy.com and get what looks like a portion of our collection straight from the Alamy site. When I try it without the spaces in front of and behind the hypen, I get an error. And when I try Firstname Lastname Alamy-alamy.com, I get pretty much the same as with - site.alamy.com. Suggestions? Tht's all the versions of Alamy other than the .com entity, like alamy.de, alamy.co.uk etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanDavidson Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 26/06/2018 at 14:19, wiskerke said: Try: Michael Ventura Alamy -site:alamy.com The -site:alamy.com excludes Alamy itself. You do get the odd Alamy.de image though. There's probably a syntax to exclude them both at the same time. wim Thank to Wim’s tip I found another usage I was very pleased with. My photo of the winner of the London Marathon was used in the 2018 BAFTA Film Awards program in an advertising feature. (as were a couple of other Alamy photos.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 3 hours ago, LawrensonPhoto said: This works for me Paul Lawrenson Alamy -site:alamy.com -site:alamy.it -site:alamy.pt -site:twitter.com -site:alamy.es -site:alamy.de -site:en-gb.facebook.com you can add more sites as well Great! Alamy.fr seems to be alamyimages.fr I leave both Facebook and Twitter in or even do a special search because you may get stuff you would never find otherwise. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 12 minutes ago, wiskerke said: Great! Alamy.fr seems to be alamyimages.fr I leave both Facebook and Twitter in or even do a special search because you may get stuff you would never find otherwise. wim That is true Wim. After entering the modified search with my name all I get is two images at dijitalimaj which I believe is an Alamy distributor. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ MCR Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 Some uselful minsuses to put in google -site:www.rf123.com -site:www.alamy.com -site:www.pinterest.com -site:www.pinterest.co.uk -site:www.alamy.com -site:alamyimages.fr -site:de.alamy.com -site:alamy.es -site:alamy.de -www.alamyimages.fr -www.alamyimages.it alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 6 minutes ago, Allan Bell said: That is true Wim. After entering the modified search with my name all I get is two images at dijitalimaj which I believe is an Alamy distributor. Allan Yes adding -site:dijitalimaj.com will make them go away. I once found an image on Twitter pointing to a short video on Facebook. The video showed a book launch party where guests were given books with an image of mine as the cover. To search for a specific site: just use Alan Bell site:Twitter.com. (Not all sites use www.) wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACC Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 On 26/06/2018 at 14:19, wiskerke said: Try: Michael Ventura Alamy -site:alamy.com The -site:alamy.com excludes Alamy itself. You do get the odd Alamy.de image though. There's probably a syntax to exclude them both at the same time. wim I took Wim’s string and added to it, which has worked eg Angela Chalmers Alamy - site:alamy.com -site:alamy.de -site:alamy.es -site:alamy.pt Needs a bit more work to exclude all the alamy derivatives but you get the idea. I tried using &&& as a wildcard but that didn’t work. I was trying to get to syntax which would exclude any alamy domain without having to list them all. Thanks Wim 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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