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

By: PP

PP — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:54:59 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts Chuck,

Yes, I’m not sure “sponsors” (i.e. ads) have any place in a professional stock library. You have to ask yourself just why they are there?

Is it perhaps, because Photoshelter currently has the feel of an online camera club? Whole thing is way too “community” based. If it wasn’t for the prices it could be iStock…. :)

By: Chuck Nacke

Chuck Nacke — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:51:14 +0000

Just my OP, but what PhotoShelter (PSC) really needs is “Adult Supervision.”

I have deleted most of the images that I originally submitted to PSC because my other agents were making sales on them. Unfortunately I did receive a lot of pretty Gold Stars and I never had an image rejected by PSC or any of the agencies that I allow to represent my work.

I have not been impressed by the “Editors” at PSC

I am also bothered by any agency that posts ads on their pages.
Have you seen the “Sponsors”?

Chuck

By: PP

PP — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 07:55:08 +0000

Yes i did Noni,

I thought it was going to be another good non-exclusive outlet at first. Then I saw what was getting “gold stars” :)

Thankfully I haven’t put too much time into it (the taxonomy screens are very slow) and so I’ll wait on the sidelines and see if their much vaunted transformation of the stock industry into a hybrid of “art and photography” actually starts making regular sales.

By: Noni

Noni — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:16:41 +0000

PP,
did you sign up with PhotoShelter?

By: Cynic101

Cynic101 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 18:49:15 +0000

PhotoShelter are on the slippery slope me thinks…It’s a nice idea that buyers were just waiting to find contemporary art stuff so they could snap it up. But they’re not! That’s the stuff they commission! They buy stuff that looks like all the other stock on all the other agencies! You know…How did PhotoShelter’s one & only ad campaign (did that really cost $1million?!)go…Photos you won’t find on Getty…Yes, well there’s two reasons for that 1)It doesn’t sell so Getty won’t take it & 2)You might not be able to find it on Getty but you can find the exact same images on Alamy & loads of other stock agencies because Getty is exclusive & PhotoShelter isn’t…..