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Now guys and gals,

i want to run an idea of mine past you all to see what you think.

I have been thinking for sometime about starting a stock library here in the uk that specialises in environmentally related issues from photographers around the uk.

The aim is to produce a high quality set of images that will be available for purchase to show wildlife, environmental, geographical,geological and natural images of the UK.

What do you think?? i feel if i get enought photographers interested and build a large collection, we would have a good enough collection to compete with other libraries that dont cater for the environmental sector,

I see a lot of requests for natural environment shots for all sorts of publications, its something that would take around 6 months to build up before purchases start rolling in.

The problem i have do i do it as micro stock? charge £2 - 3 an image for limited use and the photographer gets a percentage or do i do it as royalty managed? shutterstock and fotolia charge peanuts but make there photographers alot of cash.

i would welcome any thoughs and also if you are interested a pm.

Sorry if the site doesnt let me talk about this. im just thinking out loud
 
This sounds like a great idea. A lot will depend on how much admin costs are that you will take in return.

I have looked at stock libraries before, and contributing a few pictures (my standard will need to rise before i would expect anyone to pay for my work) but have been heavily put off by "your image has now earned you 60p" and you have to have £5.00 in your account to withdraw - or like.

I like the look of the site mentioned above, with images costing £10 upwards, this is far more reasonable to the photographer, esp when he's trying to invest in more new kit, but 50% admin costs is a bit much IMO. Maybe the photographer sets his price of £10, and you as the host charges 25% on top of that as your costs ?

Plan for a happy medium before investing time and effort into such a project. Yes, you are not going to please everyone, so you'll need to consider whats best for the photographer, and proffitable for yourself.

Also, marketing. Its ok having 3000 pictures in your library, but unless you market the project correctly and promote it, then customers are not going to see it.

This is a huge project, if i can help, i will.
 
some good ideas there, i think im on to something that may work here, its going to take time to build up, but once its got a good selection of images then i think promoting it is the easy part, im quite good at bugging people and using online advertising
 
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