Re: Selling Stock Photography RM is NOT Dead!

I've been selling my own stock photography for over 40 years, as well as through several agencies.  You don't have to be part of an agency to sell stock.  If you lease it yourself, you get 100% of the fee.  I do not lease anything myself for less than $250 per use.  All of my stock is RM.  Business has fallen in the last few years but it's still there if you work at it.

Tina

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Randy Major <randymajorphoto@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

I  dont think smug mug really counts as stock photography... most stock photo site you have to submit and get pics approved before they will post them they set the price not you.

 

I have never had a lot of luck with it .... I have pics on I stock photos.

 

sold like 20 in 6 years my commission is about $.50-$2.00 Per image. however I dont have a lot of stuff on there.

 

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From: Tina Manley <images@comporium.net>
To: selling_stock_photography@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 7:27:14 PM
Subject: Re: Selling Stock Photography RM is NOT Dead!

 

Hi, Fred -

Thanks!  I love SmugMug and can't see any reason to pay more for less storage.  I include my website in every communication.  SmugMug seems to be pretty good at SEO and my photos appear at the front of most searches.  I'm sure they know more than I do about how to optimize searches.  I blog http://fincadelaspiedras.blogspot.com/ and have other sites to promote my photos

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/tinamanley/ and http://www.main.nc.us/openstudio/tinamanley/

I will add the link back to your site as soon as I figure out how to do it.  I am not computer literate as far as links go!!

Tina

www.tinamanley.com

On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Fred <freddyv@yahoo.com> wrote:

 

> Tina
> www.tinamanley.com

Excellent site and Photos, Tina. You make SmugMug look good. :-)

The more I learn about SmugMug the more I like it. Can you tell us how you use your site to help generate sales? How do you get people to your site? (How) do you network with other photographers?

Your site is an excellent resource and I have added it to my photography resource page at http://www.acclaimimages.com/links_out.html - a link back tohttp://www.acclaimimages.com is always appreciated but not required.

Also, I see that you use small rangefinder cameras. I have been drawn to that method since way back in the 70's when I first got interested in photography. I now find myself using point-and-shoot cameras for much of my photography mainly because they are so unobtrusive. Have you switched to digital yet, now that high quality digital rangefinders are becoming more common?

Fred Voetsch

Group Moderator - Selling Stock Photography
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/selling_stock_photography/

Owner - Acclaim Images, LLC
http://www.acclaimimages.com/

--- In selling_stock_photography@yahoogroups.com, Tina Manley <images@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, Fred - I'm a RM only photographer and am hanging in there. Prices are
> definitely down but, in some ways, the extra reach of the internet is making
> up for lower prices. I've sold photos all over the world that I would never
> have been able to sell 10 years ago. MicroStock doesn't affect many of my
> sales because I'm a documentary photographer specializing in indigenous
> people in developing countries. Not many Micro photographers are willing to
> haul their cameras through mud and over mountains and live in tents to get
> their photos. I am not at all interested in "lifestyle" photography, thank
> goodness. I would love to go back to the prices I was getting 10 years ago,
> but I don't want to give up my sales to China and Japan and Greece!
> 
> Tina
> www.tinamanley.com
> 
> 

> On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Fred <freddyv@...> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > While Rights Managed licensing has taken a beating over the past few years
> > it is not totally dead. So far this month we have had a number of sales for
> > $300 and above, including one for almost $1,400.
> >
> > BTW, none of the photos are especially unique or special at first glance.
> > One of the photos, seen here,
> > http://www.acclaimimages.com/_gallery/_pages/0480-0908-1215-0642.html is
> > probably unique enough that the buyer may not have had many other choices
> > but some of the other sales were of cell phones and other common images.
> >
> > Of course just 4-5 years ago we made such sales on a much more regular
> > basis so the news is really not that good when viewed from the long term
> > perspective.
> >
> > I would love to hear from other RM sellers about your experiences and how
> > you are adapting to the MicroStock dominated environment.
> >
> > Fred Voetsch
> >
> >
> 
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> Tina Manley, ASMP
> www.tinamanley.com
>

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