Starting out - looking for help

I wanted to do it myself so that I remain in control at all times.

> Let others do the donkey work.
>
> http://www.istockphoto.com/introduction_photographer.php



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Fleeing from the madness of the Road Runner High Speed Online
http://www.rr.com jungle
rhys sage <abuse.TakeThisOut@127.0.0.1> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
and said:

> I wanted to do it myself so that I remain in control at all times.
>
>> Let others do the donkey work.
>>
>> http://www.istockphoto.com/introduction_photographer.php
>

I get confused really easy these days - some might say it's an age thing
(but they usually only say it once). Please don't post upside down - it
really doesn't make any sense.

Now then - some thoughts.

#1 There's a chap posts here (from time to time) that has a photo site
(pics of his travels in Malaysia IIRC) - damned if I can remember the URL
though. You may wish to take a gander at the archive and see if his posts
contain any pointers.

#2 Decide if you really want to be a competent webmaster.

#3 let the established shops take the strain whil you get the feel of
things.

#4 Good luck.
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jmc <NOnewsgroupsSPAM.TakeThisOut@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in
news:4jh3smF7v2d2U1@individual.net:

> Suddenly, without warning, William Tasso exclaimed (03-Aug-06 7:33
> AM):
>> Fleeing from the madness of the Road Runner High Speed Online
>> http://www.rr.com jungle
>> rhys sage <abuse.TakeThisOut@127.0.0.1> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
>> and said:

>> Let others do the donkey work.
>>
>> http://www.istockphoto.com/introduction_photographer.php
>>

> This actually looks interesting, but I can't figure out the pricing.
> The photographer only gets 20% of the image price? For a large
> photo, that'd be a dollar; seems pretty low. The most it looks like
> a photographer can make is 40%, but I can't read the exclusivity
> info without signing up...
>
> Are there other sites like this that a photographer can use who's
> trying to see if their photos are saleable? I have a photo website

My son-in-law makes ~$500 a month from selling photos on
http://www.istockphoto.com/. Add skashkin to the URL to see his
diverse work. He's a chef so many of his photos are of food. Prepare
to become hungry.

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Suddenly, without warning, Uncle Pirate exclaimed (06-Aug-06 12:57 AM):
> jmc <NOnewsgroupsSPAM DeleteThis @NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in
> news:4jh3smF7v2d2U1@individual.net:
>
>> Suddenly, without warning, William Tasso exclaimed (03-Aug-06 7:33
>> AM):
>>> Fleeing from the madness of the Road Runner High Speed Online
>>> http://www.rr.com jungle
>>> rhys sage <abuse DeleteThis @127.0.0.1> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
>>> and said:
>
>>> Let others do the donkey work.
>>>
>>> http://www.istockphoto.com/introduction_photographer.php
>>>
>
>> This actually looks interesting, but I can't figure out the pricing.
>> The photographer only gets 20% of the image price? For a large
>> photo, that'd be a dollar; seems pretty low. The most it looks like
>> a photographer can make is 40%, but I can't read the exclusivity
>> info without signing up...
>>
>> Are there other sites like this that a photographer can use who's
>> trying to see if their photos are saleable? I have a photo website
>
> My son-in-law makes ~$500 a month from selling photos on
> http://www.istockphoto.com/. Add skashkin to the URL to see his
> diverse work. He's a chef so many of his photos are of food. Prepare
> to become hungry.
>

Wow. But then he's offering one of the 'istockphoto wants these' types.
I'm an animal and landscape photographer (and flowers), all of which
are on the "don't bother" list. sigh.

Guess I'm more of a postcard photographer than a stock photographer, eh?

jmc
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jmc <NOnewsgroupsSPAM.DeleteThis@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in
news:4jlr72F8gm6eU1@individual.net:

> Suddenly, without warning, Uncle Pirate exclaimed (06-Aug-06 12:57
> AM):
>> jmc <NOnewsgroupsSPAM.DeleteThis@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in
>> news:4jh3smF7v2d2U1@individual.net:
>>
>>> Suddenly, without warning, William Tasso exclaimed (03-Aug-06 7:33
>>> AM):
>>>> Fleeing from the madness of the Road Runner High Speed Online
>>>> http://www.rr.com jungle
>>>> rhys sage <abuse.DeleteThis@127.0.0.1> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
>>>> and said:
>>
>>>> Let others do the donkey work.

>> My son-in-law makes ~$500 a month from selling photos on
>> http://www.istockphoto.com/. Add skashkin to the URL to see his
>> diverse work. He's a chef so many of his photos are of food.
>> Prepare to become hungry.
>>
>
> Wow. But then he's offering one of the 'istockphoto wants these'
> types.

I'm amazed at how many types of pics he takes. Of course, besides
food, another of his favorite subjects is my beautiful granddaughter,
the little blond hair, blue eyed cutie in some of his work.

> I'm an animal and landscape photographer (and flowers), all of
> which
> are on the "don't bother" list. sigh.

I don't know why they wouldn't sell. I buy from iStock when I need
something for a website I'm working on. I didn't realize it until
later, but I even bought one of Sergey's without realizing it.

>
> Guess I'm more of a postcard photographer than a stock photographer,
> eh?

You never know. Sign up on iStock and give it a try. You will need a
very good camera though; Sergey uses a 12 megapixel Canon with more
lenses than I would ever want to haul around. I take pictures for fun
using a 3.2 Kodak autofocus, no changeable lenses and fits in the palm
of my hand.

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Suddenly, without warning, Uncle Pirate exclaimed (07-Aug-06 3:37 PM):
> jmc <NOnewsgroupsSPAM.RemoveThis@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in
> news:4jlr72F8gm6eU1@individual.net:
>
>> Suddenly, without warning, Uncle Pirate exclaimed (06-Aug-06 12:57
>> AM):
>>> jmc <NOnewsgroupsSPAM.RemoveThis@NOjodiBODY.HOMEus> wrote in
>>> news:4jh3smF7v2d2U1@individual.net:
>>>
>>>> Suddenly, without warning, William Tasso exclaimed (03-Aug-06 7:33
>>>> AM):
>>>>> Fleeing from the madness of the Road Runner High Speed Online
>>>>> http://www.rr.com jungle
>>>>> rhys sage <abuse.RemoveThis@127.0.0.1> stumbled into news:alt.www.webmaster
>>>>> and said:
>>>>> Let others do the donkey work.
>
>>> My son-in-law makes ~$500 a month from selling photos on
>>> http://www.istockphoto.com/. Add skashkin to the URL to see his
>>> diverse work. He's a chef so many of his photos are of food.
>>> Prepare to become hungry.
>>>
>> Wow. But then he's offering one of the 'istockphoto wants these'
>> types.
>
> I'm amazed at how many types of pics he takes. Of course, besides
> food, another of his favorite subjects is my beautiful granddaughter,
> the little blond hair, blue eyed cutie in some of his work.
>
>> I'm an animal and landscape photographer (and flowers), all of
>> which
>> are on the "don't bother" list. sigh.
>
> I don't know why they wouldn't sell. I buy from iStock when I need
> something for a website I'm working on. I didn't realize it until
> later, but I even bought one of Sergey's without realizing it.
>
>> Guess I'm more of a postcard photographer than a stock photographer,
>> eh?
>
> You never know. Sign up on iStock and give it a try. You will need a
> very good camera though; Sergey uses a 12 megapixel Canon with more
> lenses than I would ever want to haul around. I take pictures for fun
> using a 3.2 Kodak autofocus, no changeable lenses and fits in the palm
> of my hand.
>

I'm somewhere in the middle, but good enough for istockphoto's
requiremements: a Nikon Coolpix 8700, it's 8MP, but not a DSLR like your
friend has; I don't like carrying around all those lenses.

jmc
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