Is Flickr giving away your photography lunch?
Using the new image search function from Google, it looks like my Flickr account is the biggest source of unauthorised use of my images. I have traditionally used utilities such as Tineye to assist in determining where my images are being used. They do an excellent job of identifying images or portions of an image, [...]
Is your Royalty Free stock photo pricing in the ballpark?
Pricing of my stock photography is something I am continually thinking about … am I too high? … am I too low? … am I using the correct licensing model? Reviewing the pricing of my images recently, I searched for a solution that would indicate if I was even in the ballpark. First I had [...]
Microstock Photography – From the Buyers Perspective
Confined to the office today while waiting for the next cyclone to hit, I decided to update some images on one of my commercial websites. Browsing various microstock sites, I was struck by the variation of image quality and lack of creative content. I decided to update some of the images on one of my [...]
Microstock and Stock – Nuances and Observations
Over the last week I have been updating my microstock libraries and stock photography, and thought I would share a couple of interesting observations and nuances I have come across in the process. Microstock Newsletter I have been a subscriber to Lee Torens newsletter from Microstock Diaries for a few months, and there is quite [...]
Stock Agency Reviewers
Stock photography agency reviewers do a good job of quality control, but sometimes the inconsistency between them drives me crazy. I can understand that different agencies are looking for different picture styles, but some quality comments leave me totally bamboozled, including:- An image is rejected because of “Limited commercial value due to composition”, when the [...]
