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Friday, September 30, 2011

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Microstock CEO Calls For Photographers’ Union

Tony Donaldson | 09/30

At least one microstock company seems to get the fairness issue

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Linda Johannessen, CEO of microstock website YAY Micro, realizes something that most microstock photographers don’t. That the photographers are getting a very unfair deal.

YAY Micro, located in Oslo, Norway, is doing something really right. They split royalties 50/50 with contributors, something traditional stock agencies do. Most microstock agencies offer contributors as little as 15 cents on the dollar that they make. And when they license an image for $3, the photographer gets 45 cents. I don’t know about you, but that’s not a lot. If you factor in your costs of producing images, from buying cameras and lenses, plus the time you spend honing your skills, working in Photoshop, archiving, paying for computers, software and upgrades, not even touching on insurance or other expenses or trying to make a living from it… You have to sell a lot of images, tens of thousands, to just break even. I don’t know of too many that are making that, as a matter of fact, I think I can count them on zero fingers.

She thinks that photographers should band together to work to get a better deal.

“The marketing channel in microstock leaves the photographers powerless, except for the largest contributors. It’s an unfortunate situation, and I think the only way to combat this is for microstock photographers to join together in a global union.”

Johannessen and company are at least trying to make it more fair and realistic with a 50/50 split on royalties. They are also offering packages that make it attractive and fair to buyers of the images.

That’s a really good step in the right direction in my book.

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Cuba! People-to-people 2012 dream trip for photographers

Sara Frances | 01/19

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An great opportunity for an amazing (and legal) culture and people-to-people travel experience awaits a limited group of lucky photogs Everybody knows the mystique of old Habana. Colorful past,…

Canon Launches the Flagship PIXMA PRO-1

PVC News Staff | 10/24

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Canon today announced the launch of its new flagship PIXMA Pro series model, the PIXMA PRO-1, which is the world’s first A3+ printer to feature 12 separate inks. Featuring an EOS-inspired…

A Developed Instinct

Matt Brandon | 03/31

A rule can feel binding but can bring liberty when it has to do with composition.

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Henri Cartier-Bresson said “In photography, visual organization can stem only from a developed instinct.”  I think what he meant here by visual organization…

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Hands-on with the HP Envy 110 e-All-In-One

Tony Donaldson | 01/06- 09:01 AM

It prints, scans, copies and faxes, more wirelessly than you even expect.

I’ve had the chance to use HP’s new Envy 110 e-All-in-one printer/copier/scanner/fax, and I love it. It’s amazingly easy to set up, has it’s own touch screen to walk you through connecting it to your Wi-Fi (and a LOT more, but we’ll get to that in a bit).

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Tony Donaldson | 01/06- 12:33 AM

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Unless you’ve lived under a rock for the past 20 years, you use computers. And if you’re like most of us, you’ve replaced, upgraded or just added new hard drives. And you’ve kept the old ones. There’s stuff on there you’re using for a backup, archiving specific projects, or just saving it. How do you keep those drives safe and organized?

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