photo libraries.

 
Be aware some of these libraries give the photographer a very very poor deal. No point in having your pictures published all over the place if you're getting next to nothing for them - and only the library is getting fat. Beware.
 
Ive got a few on Alamy. Really need to upload more, but most of the stuff I take isn't really stock photography.
 
Messiah Khan said:
Ive got a few on Alamy. Really need to upload more, but most of the stuff I take isn't really stock photography.
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How much do you get per shot (i know it depends on size etc, but they charge £55 for a small image, how much of that would you see? and have you sold any?

Ta
 
dundiggin said:
I have made my first ever sale! I have a couple of photos with Picture Nation (www.picturenation.co.uk). The sale was of a medium res image, which sold for £35 +VAT and I got £14 for it.
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This is one of the libraries that are most harmful to professional photographers - they are selling images from 30 PENCE! The buyer of your picture can use it as often as they like - anywhere they like - without paying you any further fees. I think you're lucky to get as much as you did - but that is the last you will get for that picture from that client! :thumbsdown: You also got a petty low % - sorry to be so negative but this is NOT a good deal.

The commissions are a disgrace. Sites like this one make money - for the site owner and no-one else. They are harmful to professional photographers because they lower the value of our work. They only give you 'up to 40%' of the sale - which can be as low as 30 PENCE an image. They are giving the photographs away - once 'bought' each image can be used over and over again without further payment. Is it really worth getting paid pennies for your images? You can do better - there are other libraries around who pay photographers properly and restrict the use of the pictures.

While it might be nice to see your pictures published and earn a few pennies (literally) - sites like this should be avoided at all costs.
 
I get your point, but if you use PictureNation wisely, you can upload images and mark them as restricted as "not for commercial use" - i.e. largely for education and editorial use, markets where budgets may be tight.

If you have killer, high quality images, that you feel could be popular and make money in commercial markets, then another agency would make more sense.

It's horses for courses, I guess.
 
now you just have to sit back and be patient! the more you put up the more chances though - good luck with it.
 
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