Tag: Microstock

PhotoNetCast #49 – Revamping the pricing model for Rights-Managed Licenses

Are photographers who license images under Rights Managed losing a slice of the market? Find out on this episode with our guest Jim Pickerell.

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In there an easier way to license your photos?

 

One of the complains we hear from photographers and buyers who are in the stock business has to do with the complexity of the Rights-Managed Licenses. From the usage type, run, duration, sizes, etc it all becomes a nightmare to manage in the long run. In that sense, and although not quite as simple as it may seem, Royalty Free sounds much less complex. But is there something in between that would allow photographers to still manage the usage rights in a less complex way, and at the same time tap into the budget market? Our guest Jim Pickerell thinks so and joins us on this episode to explain the why and how.

As always, if you have any comments, we’re here to listen.

Enjoy the show…

 

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PhotoNetCast #31 – Stock Photography and different Licensing Models

Rich Legg and David Sanger take us into the business of a stock photographer and discuss the different business models and licensing types in stock photography.

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The World of Stock Photography and the different Licensing Models, with David Sanger and Rich Legg

 

 

When choosing your path into commercial photography, and in particular stock photography, it’s wise to define your business model and know exactly what each of the different approaches will pay off, having into account your style of photography, the market (or niche) you’re trying to break into, and even the investments your prepared to make, whether time or financial.

In this episode we have the pleasure of having with us Rich Legg (@leggnet), a well-known iStockphoto contributor and big name (although he doesn’t want to admit it) in the microstock field, and David Sanger (@davidsanger), an achieved and outstanding travel photographer and Getty Images contributor.

Our guests takes into the inside of the life of a stock photographer (microstock and traditional) and discuss at length their current business models and their reasons for choosing them, advantages and disadvantages, marketing their photography, licensing photography on a Royalty Free (RF) or Rights-Managed manner, amongst other things on what was a great conversation.

And if we have any questions regarding any of the topics approached, please feel free to drop them on the comments sections as both Rich and David will probably take a few minutes to try to develop further on them.

We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did and again we have to thank David and Rich for their prompt willingness to join us on PhotoNetCast.

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On a personal note, the PhotoNetCast Crew wants to whish a fast and healthy recovery to Bengt Båvegård (paradox66 on Twitter) from Bild och foto, a colleague photographer, blogger and PhotoNetCast listener. Get well soon.

PhotoNetCast #12 – What’s the Future of Stock Photography?

Following the shutdown of Photoshelter Collection, we discuss the future of stock photography.

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What’s the Future of Stock Photography?

And it’s time for another dose of your audio photography. In the beginning of this episode Brian tells us more about his recent adventures on increasing hard disk space for his photos. It’s something that from time to time we all have to go through and Brian gives a few tips on how to avoid problems in the process.

Due to the recent announcement that Photoshelter Collection will go offline on the next October 10 and Corbis reducing on employees, we decided to share a few thoughts on stock photography. Is the future just really microstock?

And as always, our regular episode feature with another four great articles.

Thanks to all our listeners…

Enjoy the show.

 

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Increasing hard drive space, Brian Auer style

Some of the companies selling products make it easy to increase drive space and keep redundant backups:

Future of Stock

 

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