Brian,
You are of course right. But until now the "micromen" have come out with stats etc. to show that it's business as usual. Now even that arcurs fella is keeping quiet. I know the history (I think I learnt it from you). I know you fear the floodgates opening up from the micros and them heading our way. But I think many hobbyists are giving up macro too for lack of sales. It's a full time job, any way you look at it. Any half-hearted attempt, any "I will do it on the side to make extra cash" approach is doomed to failure. Anyway, it's good to hear your thoughts, as ever.
Peter Forsberg
--- In selling_stock_photography@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Yarvin" <brian@...> wrote:
>
> > I found this chart. I can't really tell much from it, seems like searches have
> > gone done and getty has given up much of its business over to micros (a
> > mistake??). But again, I am not sure if any conclusions can be drawn from this
> > and if so what kind. Maybe someone else can say something about it (micromen are
> > eerily quiet on this one now):
>
> Peter:
>
> The problem is that it makes lots of sense for Getty to stress micro and very little for either of
> us to follow along. There is no need to explain or defend Getty, they do a fine job of that
> themselves. Our job is to justify what we charge through the quality of our work.
>
> There's one other issue here; when it comes to internet discussion, people tend to go where
> they're warmly welcomed. Nobody is going to think "I''ve got important information that other
> people really need, I'll share it with people who openly want me out of business." If you want to
> have public conversations with the microstock community, you'll have to adopt a warmer tone.a
> "Buck a shot crowd" and "micromen" will only attract potshots.
>
> Remember, many early adopters of microstock did so because they were kept out of
> traditional agencies and wanted to fight back - others might not remember that history, but
> they feel the heat in groups like this one.
>
> The only thing we know for sure is that commercial microstock is the core of the stock photo
> industry today. For agencies, it's where the growth and revenue are. To them, the rest of us are
> irrelavent, dinosaurs, or worse; editorial.
>
> Brian Yarvin
> Author, Educator, Photographer
> http://www.brianyarvin.com
>
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