Microstock / Stock Photography

[Daleen]

Mine's Shutterstock, iStock and Dreamstime

[kgb224]

My top three is 1) Shutterstock- http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtm...nhanced_only=0
2)123rf - http://www.123rf.com/portfolio/kgb224/1.html
3)Dreamstime- http://www.dreamstime.com/Kgb224_info

[Philip Meyer (El Capitan)]

Just reached my first $500 on SS - and best month ever.
Glad to earn $0-33 instead of $0-25 per image.

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

well done Captain!

[NightOwl - Chris Fourie]

Congrats El Capitan

[EdDuck]

So I started thinking the other day "What are my images being used for...?" I found out that Google image search now allows you to search for images similar to one found on the web. So I simply took some links from my ms libraries and googled away! Well.... lo and behold I think I found three sites in Latvia and Romania who are trying to make a coin by reselling one of my images!!! I just sent DT a very polite email asking to investigate, lets see what happens... On a happier note, if I DID find some companies using my images! Woohoo! MS images seem to have an ethereal value to them, they are sold over and over but you never get to see what they are used for!

Anyway here are two links to two companies using my photos in their designs...
http://dnamicdesign.com/services.html - Ironically this my own eye!


http://www.joedogs.com/grimsby/menu - I never thought this pic would be on an American diners menu! I think I must go find this place


http://www.theholiday-house.co.za/the-view/ - On a South African website nogal



Anyway enough "bragging"... but please try this search to check that your photos aren't being used illegally!! All you have to do is goto http://images.google.com/ click on the little camera icon in the search bar and paste the URL of your pic or upload it to search

[EdDuck]

PS I just found two more online print stores selling prints from my shutterstock collection which clearly violates the shutterstock license and terms of sale!!

This is just making me more paranoid about putting any pics onto the internet...!

[NightOwl - Chris Fourie]

You can use Tineye as well to do reverse lookups for images www.tineye.com

[RoyC]

My apologies if this has been asked and answered but I was just wondering: If a magazine or publisher purchases one of your images from eg Shutterstock, do they purchase for one "print" or usage or can they use it as many times as they want e.g. 20000 magazine copies for only a few dollars?

Again my apologies if it is a rather dumb question but I have been wondering about this for a while.

[NightOwl - Chris Fourie]

Depends on the license and agency they purchase it from. Each agency has license terms on their site, that specify usage terms.

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Roy,

As Chris mentioned, the licences for each site differs, but you will generally find that it's something in the line of one licence per:

single client for 1-3 mediums (web + Flyer + ad) for a 3-6 month term for less than 10,000 prints... It rarely unlimited usage, and rarely exclusive... as soon as those come into play the pricing change ... sometimes dramatically.

It's a good idea to check your representing sites terms of sale/usage and licences before signing up.

[RoyC]

Thx Sean and Chris- much appreciated. I have contemplated getting into stock for some time but never seem to take the plunge....

[D&A Photography]

Hi all,

Im new to this and maybe the question has been asked previously. i do apologise if this has been answered.


MoneyBookers and Paypal seem to be the popular choice to recieve payment. Which one do you guys prefer or do you take payment by cheque?

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Moneybookers, personally...

[LeonMars]

Just the thing I need to know - thanks for asking D&A! I've just got on to Shutterstock. In SA, is Paypal only usable through an FNB account? Or are there other ways to retrieve the money? Any help will be much appreciated!

[Forgiss - Sean Nel]

Just the thing I need to know - thanks for asking D&A! I've just got on to Shutterstock. In SA, is Paypal only usable through an FNB account? Or are there other ways to retrieve the money? Any help will be much appreciated!

For Shutterstock... I prefer Moneybookers. FNB has yet to find somebody that actually know how their systems integrate to PayPal

[LeonMars]

Thanks Sean... I'll look into it. Looks complicated regarding the tax etc...

[andreklopper]

Just received my money through Moneybookers

[LeonMars]

I've just set up a Moneybookers account. Will hopefully have it sorted out soon. Thanks for the advice guys.

[DanieBenade]

Is it worth while for an amateur that shoots wildlife and avian to register on a stock site?