Photographers trying to license rights to their pictures are constantly
looking for ways to make contact with potential customers. Any given
image is potentially marketable to buyers worldwide. Individual
photographers are unlikely to ever meet most of these potential
customers. Thus, photographers tend to employ a variety of middlemen
operations to assist them in finding customers. One such operation is
Photographers Direct (PD) which has helped more than 15,862
photographers (about 5,000 currently active) make contact with over
20,280 unique buyers worldwide.
Pixmac has removed its exclusively restrictions for its contributors and
raised commission rates. Contributors will now receive 30% of the
revenue collected or at least $0.25 per download for the first $200.00
in earnings. Once their total earning exceed $200.00 they will receive
40%.
When the Huffington Post starts lampooning what they call “Ridiculous
Stock Photos” will art directors judge the concepts as something to
avoid in the future?
Image Source has announced the immediate appointment of Simon Woodthorpe as Group Sales Director to
head up both the Image Source direct sales team and the strong
distribution network of over 200 distributors worldwide.
Due to an expansion of its state-of-the-art hosting environment, Capture has spare space and
is offering to supply and host dedicated servers for BAPLA and CEPIC members on a first-come-first-served basis.
Do educational publishers place much value on the pictures they use
in their
books? Based on
what they are willing to pay for such images, the role pictures play in
the educational process has declined significantly over the
last 10 to 15 years. The fees paid for images used in textbooks have
not kept up with changing usage demands. There may be little
photographers can do to alter this trend, but they need to be aware of
and understand the problem as they plan future production for this
market.
iStockphoto has introduced its new round of price increases for 2011.
For those in the macro world (RM and traditional RF) who like to argue
that it is impossible to make money selling images on a microstock site
it may be time to take another look at what iStock is doing.
Readers new to this site want to know what they should read to get an
understanding of the stock photo industry. Sometimes regular readers
miss important stories due to the demands of their busy schedules.
Consequently, we’ve put together this list of 52 stories published in
the last eighteen months that outline what has been happening in the
stock photo industry, where things stand at the beginning of 2011, and
how the industry is changing. We hope you’ll find this list helpful.
The 2011 CEPIC Congress will take place in Istanbul, Turkey from 18 to
22 May. This annual event, held in a different European country each
year, draws stock photography professionals from all over the world. The
2010 Congress in Dublin, Ireland welcomed 700 attendees from 352
companies, 37 countries and five continents. The Halic Congress Center,
on the banks of the Golden Horn in Istanbul will be the venue for this
Congress.
Masterfile,is hosting a ‘Master Finder Contest’ designed to promote the
company’s subscription plans while touting the benefits of their
revolutionary Endless Media search platform.