flickr message - someone wants to use an image

onefivenine · 28-02-2009, 10:36 AM

I finally got a request to use an image which has something in it for me!

A publishing company offering $200 to use one of my recent rollercoaster images in a calendar.

So I sent them a selection of 10 images to look at - and they want to use 3!

Happy days!

T0MAT01 · 28-02-2009, 10:39 AM

Nice one!

My fee is 10%

onefivenine · 28-02-2009, 10:44 AM

Sorry! All proceeds go straight into the 'next lens' fund.

I've got my eye on a TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II

Need to sell a lot more images though

dazza74 · 28-02-2009, 10:55 AM

Well done Dave, not a bad return at all

T0MAT01 · 28-02-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by onefivenine

I've got my eye on a TS-E 24mm f/3.5L II

Me too! That or the 17mm. Bit pricey though, I'll have to save up for a few years!

Holowlegs · 28-02-2009, 10:56 AM

Nice one Dave

onefivenine · 28-02-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by T0MAT01

Me too! That or the 17mm. Bit pricey though, I'll have to save up for a few years!

Nice isn't it <drool> ... pity the 17mm can't be used with filters though. It's one bizarre looking lens.

RichardT · 28-02-2009, 2:01 PM

Congrats,Nice to earn some money

lightpainter · 28-02-2009, 2:19 PM

I see, prostituting yourself for a few dollars, is there no ‘Art’ for ‘Arts’ sake anymore? Lol

tontoshorse · 28-02-2009, 2:21 PM

Well done Dave.

good to see they had the courtesy/savvy to contact you prior to publishing - I'm in "discussions" with a large establishment who used one of mine without consent!

allymac123 · 28-02-2009, 5:00 PM

AT least someone is benefitting from the hike in the price of the US$

Nice one. You should get a free calendar too!

Paulie-W · 28-02-2009, 6:48 PM

Well done Dave

I bet they'll look you up for their next one too. Well deserved IMO.

iGiDK · 02-03-2009, 12:16 PM

Nice one Dave, well done!

mark.carline · 06-03-2009, 9:06 AM

well done onefivenine !

As a new member to flickr and a new owner of a 450d I am thinking of using flickr to possibly earn a little pocket money (lens fund etc!) and I wondered if your willing to share any tips you have regards getting your images spotted on flickr to these prospective buyers ?

I only have one image so far (last months competition!)

thanks!

Mark
Flickr: Mark Carline's Photostream

allymac123 · 06-03-2009, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mark.carline

well done onefivenine !

As a new member to flickr and a new owner of a 450d I am thinking of using flickr to possibly earn a little pocket money (lens fund etc!) and I wondered if your willing to share any tips you have regards getting your images spotted on flickr to these prospective buyers ?

I only have one image so far (last months competition!)

thanks!

Mark
Flickr: Mark Carline's Photostream

That's an interesting proposition, I think if you want to make money you may be better off with a decent stock agency like alamy. Or perhaps a microstock agency (which I'm personally against) like fotolia or shutter stock.

Saying that I've made a little bit of money through flickr but I don't use any stock agencies as of yet. I think I might hit alamy hard for a while and see if that can drum me up some cash.

vulkan75 · 06-03-2009, 2:35 PM

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Originally Posted by onefivenine

I finally got a request to use an image which has something in it for me!

A publishing company offering $200 to use one of my recent rollercoaster images in a calendar.

So I sent them a selection of 10 images to look at - and they want to use 3!

Happy days!

Congrats Dave......nice one

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark.carline

well done onefivenine !

As a new member to flickr and a new owner of a 450d I am thinking of using flickr to possibly earn a little pocket money (lens fund etc!) and I wondered if your willing to share any tips you have regards getting your images spotted on flickr to these prospective buyers ?

I only have one image so far (last months competition!)

thanks!

Mark
Flickr: Mark Carline's Photostream

Tags Tags Tags.

When youve uploaded your images Tag them....with every relevant or linked word you can think off.
When people search google images etc you'll have better success of redirected clicks if the are tagged.

Similarly title the image and description.

Also dont think that the wow images are the ones that get snapped up.

I sold two images to a dutch mag who were doing a piece on the Hotel I stayed at in turkey.The pictures they bought were distinctly average.

mark.carline · 06-03-2009, 3:26 PM

thanks vulkan75 - Amazing pictures on flickr by the way !

onefivenine · 07-03-2009, 1:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark.carline

well done onefivenine !

As a new member to flickr and a new owner of a 450d I am thinking of using flickr to possibly earn a little pocket money (lens fund etc!) and I wondered if your willing to share any tips you have regards getting your images spotted on flickr to these prospective buyers ?

I only have one image so far (last months competition!)

thanks!

Mark
Flickr: Mark Carline's Photostream

Hi Mark.

The image I was contacted for is in one flickr group (rollercoasters). It has no tags, only has 36 views to date, and the title is something like IMG_3459. The buyer must have just gone straight for the rollercoasters group to search for potential images and bingo - right place, right time for me. I could have added lots of tags and splattered it across umpteen groups but I doubt that would have increased its 'sales potential' much. They found me with little or no effort on my part.

It's true if you want to get your images seen by many on flickr just add them to lots of groups and add lots of tags, description, interesting title etc, as has already been suggested, but I wouldn't expect too much in the way of direct sales from this approach.

Microstock (fotolia etc) may be a better way for you to sell some images.