I guess I am an example of that myself. I target specific markets and clients, and I am not on the web.
I did not know it was getting that common.
My thought, for whatever it is worth, was that maybe that idea could be expanded a bit. I have seen some of these log-in sites and have asked to have access, but only found a very ordinary stock photography site, nothing extraordinary in quality, a lot of photos just dumped into a huge "bag", with a search engine, and with the extra hassle of getting a password and logging in every time.
On 04-Sep-2010 4:01 AM, Brian Yarvin wrote:
> a boutique stock photography where each photographer has a theme. We have not done
> that very well yet.
Rolf:
I was under the impression that boutique stock agencies are both growing in number and
thriving in the current market. As far as I can tell, you don't hear about them for two reasons:
1) They stay away from the internet as much as possible. The ones that I know about don't
even allow searches without a password.
2) There is no need for them to promote themselves to the wider community. Part of their
success is intensely targeted marketing.
As I see it, the problem seems to be the internet itself. It breeds price wars and seems to
make it difficult for higher quality producers to make their case. So the agencies that target the
high end just stay clear.
Brian Yarvin
Author, Educator, Photographer
http://www.brianyarvin.com
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