I think you are right in that we may need to look in the mirror at times, but it just may be nice with some improvements in that image too sometimes. The idea with the web shopping mall for photographers still give you the same individualism as before, but with the added value of the group.
That top end must be very tiny though, judging from all the moaning a hear all the time about prices.
I agree about the present stock-photo price web cutting mania, but that is caused by the present stock-photo systems, so why not try to come up with something better.
So we have three choices basically, we can keep looking for improvements and coming up with new ideas, or we can stand still and stare at our own image in the mirror and think we and everything is wonderful as it is, or we can go and jump off a cliff (figuratively speaking).
I guess I am just one of those half brained idiots that belong to the first group. I just can't stop to try to find better ways of making that proverbial mouse trap.
On 04-Sep-2010 3:03 PM, Brian Yarvin wrote:
> I guess I am an example of that myself. I target specific markets and
> clients, and I am not on the web.
Rolf:
I think so. Sometimes we find what we are searching for by looking in the mirror.
> I did not know it was getting that common.
It seems like it to me. While the high end of stock photography remains tiny, it is lucrative
enough to attract serious sales efforts.
> My thought, for whatever it is worth, was that maybe that idea could be
> expanded a bit.
I've been mulling your idea over ever since you first proposed it and suspect that it can't avoid
falling prey to internet price cutting mania. This sort of effort requires elite positioning and I've
never seen that work on the internet.
Brian Yarvin
Author, Educator, Photographer
http://www.brianyarvin.com
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