Comments on: The Truth About Microstock and Monkeys http://blog.microstockgroup.com/the-truth-about-microstock-and-monkeys/ Microstock forum highlights, microstock tips, and industry news and reviews Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:34:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rachael http://blog.microstockgroup.com/the-truth-about-microstock-and-monkeys/comment-page-1/#comment-994 Rachael Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:39:26 +0000 http://blog.microstockgroup.com/?p=296#comment-994 Thank you for this article! I can understand the disappointment of a seasoned pre-microstock photographer having to change, but really find the complete bitter devaluing of microstock by some of them really disgusting. Digital photography has changed photography forever and that is a good thing! Why should only an elite few be able to take great photos and make some money? I for one am a microstock contributor. I sell photos and abstract textures designed in Photoshop. I don't make a living at it, and also don't expect to at this point. It is a part-time activity for me. It makes me happy when people buy my images. Yes, at Shutterstock for example, I may only make $0.25 on most downloads, but I have images that over the last year have made a good $100 there. When you add in the earnings from iStockphoto, Texturevault and Dreamstime for that image, I'd say that's a pretty good return for the small amount of time it took to take/make, edit, and keyword that image. Long live microstock! Thank you for this article! I can understand the disappointment of a seasoned pre-microstock photographer having to change, but really find the complete bitter devaluing of microstock by some of them really disgusting.

Digital photography has changed photography forever and that is a good thing! Why should only an elite few be able to take great photos and make some money?

I for one am a microstock contributor. I sell photos and abstract textures designed in Photoshop. I don’t make a living at it, and also don’t expect to at this point. It is a part-time activity for me. It makes me happy when people buy my images.

Yes, at Shutterstock for example, I may only make $0.25 on most downloads, but I have images that over the last year have made a good $100 there. When you add in the earnings from iStockphoto, Texturevault and Dreamstime for that image, I’d say that’s a pretty good return for the small amount of time it took to take/make, edit, and keyword that image.

Long live microstock!

]]> By: Looking Back, Looking Forward | Microstock News http://blog.microstockgroup.com/the-truth-about-microstock-and-monkeys/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Looking Back, Looking Forward | Microstock News Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:01:09 +0000 http://blog.microstockgroup.com/?p=296#comment-60 [...] riddled with factual error and assumptions based on thin evidence. Tyler at MSG made rather a nice rebuttal to that [...] [...] riddled with factual error and assumptions based on thin evidence. Tyler at MSG made rather a nice rebuttal to that [...]

]]> By: Josh http://blog.microstockgroup.com/the-truth-about-microstock-and-monkeys/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Josh Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:05:35 +0000 http://blog.microstockgroup.com/?p=296#comment-38 The original post was desperately inaccurate, my mouth was wide open reading it the first time.. It was sad in a way. That somebody can be so inflexible and stuck-in-their-ways that they can't even adapt to microstock is a personal shortcoming and this article was the rantings of a person who is aggressively against change. I think the term 'micro-' stock is dated. There should be no such thing. This is stock. I imagine more licenses are being sold in 'micro' than in the traditional sector, a trend not likely to change. As the amateurs and professionals meet somewhere in the middle, it will be the quality of images that determine where and for how much they are sold, not the size of some has-beens egos. The original post was desperately inaccurate, my mouth was wide open reading it the first time.. It was sad in a way. That somebody can be so inflexible and stuck-in-their-ways that they can’t even adapt to microstock is a personal shortcoming and this article was the rantings of a person who is aggressively against change.

I think the term ‘micro-’ stock is dated. There should be no such thing. This is stock. I imagine more licenses are being sold in ‘micro’ than in the traditional sector, a trend not likely to change. As the amateurs and professionals meet somewhere in the middle, it will be the quality of images that determine where and for how much they are sold, not the size of some has-beens egos.

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