--- In selling_stock_photography@yahoogroups.com, RK <rolf.krohna@...> wrote:
>
> What we are doing, still in an advanced planning stage, is to join
> forces on a personal basis. At this stage three photographers, we are
> hiring an upmarket office/studio to share costs, our equipment is
> largely portable with modern LED systems, not the old heavy strobes, and
> then we hire sales people on retainer and commission. Then we are
> setting up new web sites on a theme basis, not personal. It would be
> nice to see someone setting up a stock photography portal in front of
> that, but we are not going to do it as we like to "stick with the
> knitting' so to say, photography.
>
I like the idea. If you can provide your images via an RSS feed you will find that portals (Acclaim Images included) will be more inclined to include your images.
A key thing that nobody, to my knowledge, has done is to include image researchers and salespeople in the equation. It's easy to find talented photographers but try finding someone with a foot in the door with the major image buyers. I believe that if Photoshelter would do this they would be a major player as a place to sell images and not just a place to create a website.
Please feel free to use this group as a resource in your endeavor, within reason, of course. BTW, one thing you should always do is include your full url in just about every correspondence, including the http:// - the http:// may be the difference between the url being clickable or not.
Fred Voetsch
Group Moderator - Selling Stock Photography
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selling_stock_photography/
Owner - Acclaim Images, LLC
http://www.acclaimimages.com/
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