Archive for the 'Stock Photography' Category

Alamy Measures primer: The individual Pseudonym and CTR % screen

photo credit: lumaxart
Delving deeper into the meat and bones of the rather handy Alamy Measures tool PP explains the individual Pseudonym screen, what the columns on this screen mean and how to read them.

Tags: Alamy, Alamy Measures, Photography Business, Statistics, Stock Photography

Alamy Measures primer: Understanding Views, Zoom and CTR

photo credit: lumaxart
Those of you contributing to the Alamy stock library may have started exploring the Alamy Measures screens and may be confused by all the talk on forums about CTR and what it means.
This mini-tutorial is for you.

Tags: Alamy, Alamy Measures, Photography Business, Statistics, Stock Photography

It’s stock Jim but not as we know it a.k.a. Are Photoshelter having a laugh?

photo credit: Mzelle Biscotte
As I’m sitting here typing this, my other monitor is displaying a slideshow of contemporary images from the Photoshelter stock agency. Photoshelter is a new agency that launched in November 2007, promising a fresh take on traditional stock to their image collection.
So why are so many professionals who post on [...]

How to effectively delete an image off Alamy straight away

photo credit: ycr ?
Here’s a small tutorial on how to effectively delete an image off Alamy straightaway. If you submit to the Alamy stock library you’ll be aware that when you request an image to be deleted you have to wait a full six months for that image to completely disappear from the [...]

Is my income from selling stock photography tax free?

photo credit: Joshua Davis (articnomad)
A few days ago I happened to post some advice on the Alamy forum in a thread where a person had just sold their very first image. Overjoyed though they were, I pointed out that among other things they had better save some of the money for the…the…I [...]