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I've finally been accepted into Alamy and had my first 10 images pass QC. I've also been through and keyworded the first 10 today, and am preparing my next batch for sending in.

Just looking through the Alamy website, I came across Alamy Distribution.
Has anyone else opted into this? I'm tempted but I can't see any drawbacks (if any), of me opting in and choosing to allow 'All territories'.

What dya reckon?
 
damn need to be registered to view the link - sounds interesting though
 
Hi Marcel,

I have also been looking into trying to get in on the Alamy act.

Can you tell me, whilst reading their technical specs for approval, it states that jpg files must be a minimum of 48meg.

I am using a D50, what's the best way to 'upsize them' - is it to simply use Photoshop with the bicubic thing ticked?

Congrats on getting through!! Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Anth.
 
Still a little confused on this ...

Are Alamy then saying they want a JPG that is 48mb or a level 12 jpg which is equal to a 48mb tiff?

Excuse the ignorance - only just got my head around raw!!!!!

Anth.
 
They want a jpeg which is 48 mb minimum when it's opened. :) If it's then saved as a level 10-12 compression jpeg it'll only usually be about 1.5 mb or so sitting on your hard drive.
 
Ok ... I think I'm with you now.

So basically, I have just been playing around with some images and done this .. tell me if this is correct.

opened image from RAW and saved as a tiff without any alteration .... 17.2 meg (3008 x 2000 pixels)

opened tiff file in cs3 and enlarged (using bicubic smoother (i know there's been a lot of talk about this too!)) - image is now 5100 x 3391 and 49.5meg as a tiff - obviously less as a jpg.

The jpgs are then sent on a CD to Alamy. Correct?

All I need to do now is take 10 stunning images!!!!

Cheers

Anth.
 
What camera is it? 17mb is about the minimum which Alamy recommend for upsizing to 48mb without interpolation artifacts. I wouldn't say that's carved in stone, but it's not a bad indication of what you can get away with, so avoid any cropping at all costs for your 10 quality control shots.
 
I opted in for alamy distribution thingy, the only drawbacks are that some countries have different copyright laws to us and so may well use your image more than once and only pay for it 1 time.
 
Hi guys, and thanks for the help.

I'm using a Nikon D50 - 6meg - so can just about get away with it.

All I need to do now is select the pictures. Anyone got any ideas on what type of things 'impress the judges'?

Cheers for all the advice so far.

Anth.
 
Gary Bagshawe said:
I opted in for alamy distribution thingy, the only drawbacks are that some countries have different copyright laws to us and so may well use your image more than once and only pay for it 1 time.
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Thats the sort of thing I was thinking Gary, but then again, I also thought, that if I didn't opt in, then they wouldn't have bought the shot in the first place?

Am I correct?
 
magpieant said:
All I need to do now is select the pictures. Anyone got any ideas on what type of things 'impress the judges'?
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Alamy aren't really concerned with the picture content, it's purely the technical qualities of the shot which will get it turned down. They obviously don't want to see a pretty well identical series of shots, but other than than that it's up to you and what you think may be saleable.

All Alamy will do is open your pics at the full 48 mb res and look for interpolation (upsizing) artifacts and even dust bunnies, so make sure your shots are immaculate. Alamy don't do any editing at all, and if they reject one shot out of your initial 10 they reject the lot.
 
Marcel said:
Thats the sort of thing I was thinking Gary, but then again, I also thought, that if I didn't opt in, then they wouldn't have bought the shot in the first place?

Am I correct?
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Afraid so, but at the end of the day it is still money and you do get a fairly decent price anyhow and as you say, they wouldn't have bought it in the first place, personally I wouldn't worry too much about it.
 
i'm having quite a good year from Alamy so far, it looks like it will be better than last year (and I was pleased with that).
 
I might have to have a look into this :suspect:

What does the average image pull in?
 
As much as a donkey walks in a day, in feet, inches, and miles.

Times 4.
 
You have to have a lot of images on Alamy to bring in any substantial dosh.

I think Alamy say the average is 17 quid per year per image. I suspect that's using the entire library divided by total sales, and obviously lots of them never sell at all.
 
Maybe so . but its the best pension you will ever get. and thats how i look at it.
 
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