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Articles from June 2000

Impressive Income Growth for Stone Photographers

By Jim Pickerell | 561 Words | Posted 6/14/2000 | Comments
Between 280 and 300 Stone photographers earned in excess of $10,000 in 1st quarter 2000. Of these between 196 and 210 (70%) had 1st quarter 2000 earning that were 20% higher than 1st quarter 1999.

Random Thoughts 19

By Jim Pickerell | 785 Words | Posted 6/14/2000 | Comments
Short news items include: Survey of Number of Stock Agency Scanned Images, Digital Video Seminars,Monkmeyer Closes, New Photographer Relations Manager for Stone and French Govt. Attack on Press Freedom.

Keywording in Other Languages

By Jim Pickerell | 494 Words | Posted 6/14/2000 | Comments
If you think it will be a snap to keyword your images so people using other languages can find them -- think again. To get some idea about how hard it is to translate keywords into multiple languages consider some of the fiascos major corporations have had in trying to market their products in other countries.

Freelance Contributors Sue Boston Globe

By Jim Pickerell | 599 Words | Posted 6/14/2000 | Comments
Freelance writers, illustrators, and photographers of the Boston Globe have filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of one thousand freelancers, seeking an injunction in Massachusetts Superior Court against the Globe's unfair and deceptive trade practices.

Business Week Photographer Agreement

By Jim Pickerell | 1928 Words | Posted 6/3/2000 | Comments
Businenss Week has presented the details of their new working arrangements with photographers to many of the photographers who do regular assignments for the magazine. This agreement is a great improvement over Business Week's policies of a year ago. It is likely to set new industry standards which many publications will be forced to copy in order to compete.

Webshots.com

By Jim Pickerell | 754 Words | Posted 6/2/2000 | Comments
Information from Index Stock Imagery, other agencies and individual photographers supplies additional perspective on the way images are acquired and used by Webshots. It appears images are properly licensed, although for very low fees.

Getty Images/NGIC Deal

By Jim Pickerell | 850 Words | Posted 6/2/2000 | Comments
The gettyone.com representation of the National Geographic Image Collection is causing quite a stir outside the U.S. Some readers believe the foreign agencies currently representing the NGIC catalogs will no longer have ''exclusive'' rights to license the images which is not the case. Gettyone.com's rights to the catalog images are restricted to the U.S.

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This stock photography news site focuses on the business side of photography with a special emphasis on stock photography. Our goal is to help photographers maximize their earnings based on the quality of their work and the commitment they are prepared to make to the trade. The information provided will be applicable to part-timers as well as full time professional photographers. We’ll leave it to others to teach photographers how to take better pictures.

Jim Pickerell launched his career as a photographer in 1963. In 1990 he began publishing a regular newsletter on stock photography. In 1995 the information was made available online as well as in print and was gradually expanded to a daily service. Click here for Pickerell's full biography.

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