Leading stock shooter Jonathan Ross has released a 48-minute online video that duplicates his recent presentation at a PACA event. The video offers interesting insights into where the business is today and where Ross believes it is headed.
In the
previous story
we discussed four major trends in the stock photo industry and listed
eleven other related issues that photographers should consider
carefully as they try to determine the future prospects of their stock
photo business. Below I have discussed each one of these eleven in some
detail.
It is time to revise previous estimates of industry revenues based on what has happened in the past year. For several years, we have estimated the size of the worldwide market for still images and illustrations at about $1.8 billion.
This story offers a number of negotiating times that are useful for anyone who needs to establish a price for an image based on how it will be used.
Getty Images awarded three photojournalism and two student grants for the 2009 Grants for Editorial Photography Program. Currently in its fifth year, the program has awarded over $500,000 in project grants to 24 recipients.
In most industries the manufacturer sets the price for his products
based on his manufacturing costs. Of course if he sets his price too
high consumers won't buy. Therefore, he certainly has to be sensitive
to consumer demand.
We recently covered creating online magazines that have a similar look and function to print magazines, and how easy and inexpensive it has become to create such digital publications with currently available technologies. Stock Index publisher Robert Prior offered a perspective that adds balance to these stories. Prior has some experience in this area, and his very thoughtful comment on "The Backcast Concept" suggests that some of the points made in the article need additional discussion.
A lawsuit that began in 2005 and was seemingly settled last year is still making waves, particularly in Europe. On Monday, the European Union is holding a hearing to discuss the effects of the Google book settlement on Europe-and the Coordination of European Picture Agencies is weighing in on behalf of the image industry.
Corbis announced a contest that offers Internet users a chance to win a trip to France or one of five Olympus EP-1 cameras.
New Jersey-based Image Warehouse is exiting the stock-image business in a fashion reminiscent of the demises of Digital Railroad and the Photoshelter Collection. The company sent its customers a 30-day notice of intent to cease operations on September 30, reports Photo Business News.
While the transition from still photographer to television commercial producer is difficult, David Scott Smith's odyssey illustrates that an image creator and storyteller can find satisfaction in shooting and producing video.
Getty Images, through its Contour brand, now represents celebrity portraiture of the
Los Angeles Times.
Corbis has announced the addition of several prominent news and sports shooters to its contributor roster. The announcement was made during this year's Visa pour l'Image in Perpignan, France.
New Hampshire-based iSyndica, an automation service that allows photo and video producers to batch-upload content to multiple stock-selling and photo-sharing Web sites, has launched two service enhancements: a separate iSyndica Illustrations platform and access to all of iSyndica from six popular social sites.
With new digital technologies, how old do you have to be to become a professional photographer? Not even 10, according to one experience.
As prices for stock photo uses drop, the joke has been that pretty soon, publishers will start asking photographers to pay for publication of pictures. That idea may not be as ludicrous as it sounds.