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Stock Library Launched
It’s been quiet for the last month and in that time I’ve set up my own Stock Resource for images to be licensed from me directly.
Why?
When any photographer, graphic artist or videographer put content on an online agency, they have to hand to the agency 50%-92% of the fees they should have received on each license sold.Not only does this mean that the creator only receives 8-50% of the work’s worth, they also have no say if the agency negociates a lower fee which means you get even less.
Recently iStock made a change to their terms where they said they weren’t able to survive on their current income and so were going to take a higher percentage.
This finally pushed contributers beyond breaking poins and instigated a backlash.
*strong language* : https://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=253522&page=1My stock library is online now (see the menu) … and new items will be added regularly, especially over the next few days
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Giving at Christmas
When I was young, we all used to go to church on Boxing day and give one of our new toys to the church to distribute to local families in difficult circumstances, so that their kids could have something special from an anonymous friend.
Years later and, although I don’t go to church any more, the simple act of giving remains just as important to me.
So, until 31st December, I have set up a small campaign page to help some of the 1billion people in the world get clean water.
This is my first fundraiser with Charity:Water, and so I’ve kept the goal modest and started the ball rolling with my own Christmas donation.To see how it’s coming along, follow the link: https://mycharitywater.org/CWCrimbo
If you have a look then let me know what you think of the project and if you wish to add to the campaign, then thank you.
CW
Photographer’s Vision
Just a quick mid-week post to illustrate how a photographer’s vision takes place beyond the camera. There’s the design and concept stage of an image, but this post is more on the execution and processing.
As an example, below you’ll see one of the images from my recent trip to Colonsay which I blogged about earlier in the year
The left image was as it came out of the camera. The right image is the image once I had finished post-processing it.
I knew when I saw the scene how I wanted the final version to look well before I set up the camera to take the shot and I took the picture with my camera set up to suit the post-processing I had in mind.
I was aware I already did this, but the recent photowalk I joined really brought it to my attention and it made me realise how much I think about realising the final shot before I’ve even gone near my camera.
It’s just as well it’s disposable 😉