Have you started thinking about Y2K. Rohn Engh of PhotoSource International explains how it may impact photographers and stock agencies, even if they aren't heavily computized.
The Stock Market (TSM), announced that it has installed a Live Picture Image Server, Enterprise Edition for securely distributing and viewing high resolution images across the internet.
PNI has launched a new site at www.picturequest.com, and images from FPG and TIB can now be found there as well as all the Publishers Depot images. Photographers for FPG and TIB take note. The percentages you receive for sales made by PNI in the U.S. may be different from other U.S. sales made by your agency.
This issues contains: New TSI Photographer Contract, Similars, The Classroom in 2005, Graphic Design:USA Survey, Stock Agency News, and Myths About An Electronic Future.
This interview with Jonathan Klein deals with many of the issues that have been raised by photographers in connection with the new Tony Stone Images contract. This contract is likely to set precedents for many stock agencies as they move toward on-line marketing.
At their site www.stockmarketphoto.com, The Stock Market has a weekly survey question that gives some interesting insights into on-line users.
Definitive Stock is launching a new agency in September that will supply both Rights Protected and RF images to the stock photo market. Ellen Boughn joins the team as VP/Managing Director.
In their annual survey 20% of graphic designers prefer to find their images on CD-ROM or on-line. Another 40% prefer to use a combination of print and electronic means to locate stock images.
DreamWorks wants to stop stock agencies from acquiring and reselling publicity materials after an unauthorized frame from ''Private Ryan'' appeared on a Newsweek cover.
The question of ''What is a Similar?'' is becomming a serious issue for photographers as stock agencies define it in broader terms. Many photographers are finding it difficult to earn enough from the images they are allowed to license to offset their costs of production.