This story looks at three major segments of the stock photo market and analyzes where digitally created images are likely to have their greatest impact in the near future and why.
This begins a series of stories on the potentials for using digitally created images as stock. I am convinced that it is currently possible to get better reproduction results from digitally created images than from film. Learn why.
Dynamic Graphics (DGUSA), a division of Creatas, has moved their Clipper and Designers Club Royalty Free brands to an online site called Liquidlibrary.com. Customers get at least 150 images a month for a $125 subscription price.
This issue contains stories on Sales Growth at Workbookstock, Image State fiscal 2002 Financial Results showing significant losses, a new browser software called Fotoshowpro that will help photographers set up their own searchable web sites, and more.
This story examines the issues related to reproduction of digitally created images and explains why the quality is so much better from files that are much smaller than the accepted standard for drum scans of film. This fact offers some significant creative options.
This story outlines useful online resources for photographers who are trying to get started in digital still photography. It also provides resources for those already be shooting digital who have questions.
One major advantage of digital capture is the ability to easily store caption and keyword information with the image and to use this info to locate, track and market images. This story discusses workflow issues related to this process.
This issue contains a New Selling Stock Survey, story on how the Economic Climate is likely to affect our industry, RF Rights Standardization, Tight of Loose Editing, National Geographic Goes Online, several short articles on RF, Creatas Worldwide Network, PACA Name Change, favorable court ruling in Massachusetts, AD Industry Projections for 2003, Protecting Your Property, analysis of The Big Players and more.
Selling Stock is launching a new survey to assess stock income trends from the photographer's point of view, and to hopefully draw some conclusions for the future from this data. We urge all stock photographers to respond to this simple survey.
This article on 11 of the world's largest stock agencies was written by Pat Hunt and first published in the Picture Magazine in New York. Pat surveyed these companies and sumarized and reviewed their responses. Pat is a Stock and Marketing Consultant, former owner of Light Sources Stock in Massachusetts and currently VP, Sales at Index Stock Images.
This issue has short items on: The launch of Nat. Geographic's web site and the participation of Panaoramic Images on that site; Printing Industry Sales Statistics, Ad Industry Sales Projections for 2003, a Court Decision Upholding a 5 Times Multiplier For Unauthorized Use; Several Items Relating to RF Uses, and more.
Technology advances make it easier than ever for buyers of photography to cheat. Sellers need to be more vigilant in protecting there rights. I asked Gary Elsner, a consultant for photographers and stock agents, to outline some of the things sellers can do to protect their copyrights.
What rights do you get when you purchase an RF image? Many buyers think they can do whatever they please with the image, but if you dig through the fine print in the licenses that isn't true. The RF industry is losing money through misuse of their imagery. Some RF producers are calling for a standarization of license terms and new enforcement procedures.
Is a period of deflation coming? What impact will the economic climate have on the stock photo industry? This story explores the current RM photography environment and how a continued weak economy my impact the future for both photographers and agents.
This edition has stories on: Digital Vision Sales, Future of RF CD-ROM's, Comstock Flat Fee Pricing, Getty Moves to NY Stock Exchange, PACA Changes Name, Delay In Royalty Payments, ImageState Funding, Sheldon Marshall's back, Market Size and more.
Which type of online site do professional photo buyers prefer -- one that is tightly edited with a limited number of images or one with lots of images that may give them lots of hits on any search? Four photo buyers provided some perspective on this issue at the PACA International Conference in Miami.
This edition has stories on: Creatas Rolls Out Worldwide Distribution Network, StockArtistsAlliance, ACE Photoagency in Liquidation, imageshop and imagesource Enter Partnership, BullseyeImages.com and Getty's Website Companion.
This issue contains stories on Getty's Photographer's Choice, Creative Eye Update, Getty Revenue Up, Image Return Nightmare, Veer Launches New Company, Stock Index USA, Editing For Online, New Marketing Strategies, Sub-Agent Percentages, Ten Year Licenses in Publishing, and Masterfile Sales Force.
Getty Images reported revenue of $118.2 million for the 3rd quarter, up 4% over the 2nd quarter, and exceeded analysts expectations for earnings. RF sales were up significantly. TAXI and TIB did extremely well.
This edition has stories on: Veer Launches New Company, Stock Index USA East 2003, Interpublic Forcasts Lower Earnings, Creative Eye Update, Naturepl.com Enters North America and Towery Publishers Closes.
Getty & Corbis are talking. There are no official statements, but given the impact any agreement between these two companies will have on the industry it is useful to examine what might happen. This story explores a number of issues related to the talks.
This issue has short items on Getty and Corbis in Talks, Copyright Watch, Stock Catalogs Or Art Books?, Mayes Joins ImageSource, Veer Directory - First and Last Issue, and Insuring That Customers Delete Digital Files.
More and more book publishers are insisting on ten year usage licenses for the images they want to purchase. This story discusses the implications of licensing for such long terms when the way these images will be used is likely to change dramatically over the usage period. It also suggests strategies for framing the license.
Confused by sub-agent percentages? Want to know what the industry standards are for splits between selling agent, producing agent and photographer. This story explains current practices.
In response to photographer complaints that Getty's editing has been too tight Getty has launched ''Photographer's Choice''. Photographers are now allowed to put a limited number of images of their choice on the Gettyimages.com site and get the benefit of the major international distrubution it offers.