Comments on: 5 stock and photography business do’s and dont’s for 2010 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/ tips, tricks, tutorials, comment and insight on the business of photography Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:25:24 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: PP http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 PP Sat, 22 May 2010 08:12:54 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1539 Good point Sean, Always read the terms of entry first. Some are thinly-veiled rights grabs. Pro-Imaging have a list of competitions with less than wonderful entry criteria which can be found here: http://www.pro-imaging.org/content/view/291/154/ Worth checking any competition out there first to see if it's been reported and/or if you find anything that sounds like a rights grab, file it with them using this form: http://www.pro-imaging.org/component/option,com_fabrik/Itemid,224/ PP Good point Sean,

Always read the terms of entry first. Some are thinly-veiled rights grabs.

Pro-Imaging have a list of competitions with less than wonderful entry criteria which can be found here:

http://www.pro-imaging.org/content/view/291/154/

Worth checking any competition out there first to see if it’s been reported and/or if you find anything that sounds like a rights grab, file it with them using this form:

http://www.pro-imaging.org/component/option,com_fabrik/Itemid,224/

PP

]]> By: Sean http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Sean Sat, 22 May 2010 00:54:37 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1538 On competitions, we wary too of what your signing up for - the recent tourism australia's campaign - http://nothinglikeaustralia.com/index.htm has terms and conditions that are particularly draconian - not just for winners (which maybe fair enough) but any photo entered. Agree on the micro stock thing, its ok to play with starting off but not a way to make any cash for most people. On competitions, we wary too of what your signing up for – the recent tourism australia’s campaign – http://nothinglikeaustralia.com/index.htm
has terms and conditions that are particularly draconian – not just for winners (which maybe fair enough) but any photo entered.

Agree on the micro stock thing, its ok to play with starting off but not a way to make any cash for most people.

]]> By: Photographer http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1518 Photographer Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:10:57 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1518 That's true. Learn what to charge for your photography services and licensing. That’s true. Learn what to charge for your photography services and licensing.

]]> By: Alex http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1483 Alex Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:03:43 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1483 Agreed, finding an as yet untapped niche is definitely the aim! Alex Agreed, finding an as yet untapped niche is definitely the aim!

Alex

]]> By: PP http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1481 PP Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:22:39 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1481 P., Thanks, I never went away :) PP P.,

Thanks, I never went away :)

PP

]]> By: PP http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 PP Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:21:59 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1480 Thanks Alex, Think "subject" rather than style when it comes to stock. Everybody snaps travel and flowers so find yourself a niche area, something that everybody and their dad can't do. Despite there being more stock images in the world than the world actually needs (lol) there are still gaps. You just have to find them. PP Thanks Alex,

Think “subject” rather than style when it comes to stock. Everybody snaps travel and flowers so find yourself a niche area, something that everybody and their dad can’t do. Despite there being more stock images in the world than the world actually needs (lol) there are still gaps.

You just have to find them.

PP

]]> By: Alex http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 Alex Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:52 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1479 Some great advice; particularly on the need to work smarter to try and produce fewer but more distinctive images. There is an element of gamble in this approach though; if the style a photographer adopts doesn't find any favour amongst buyers they could end up worse off than the generalist. Some great advice; particularly on the need to work smarter to try and produce fewer but more distinctive images. There is an element of gamble in this approach though; if the style a photographer adopts doesn’t find any favour amongst buyers they could end up worse off than the generalist.

]]> By: P. http://www.thephotographybiz.com/comment/5-stock-and-photography-business-practices-dos-and-donts-for-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1471 P. Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:26:17 +0000 http://www.thephotographybiz.com/?p=189#comment-1471 Good to have you back :) Good to have you back :)

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