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Selling photos across agencies

December 5, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
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The evil plans of agencies

  Oh, how often do we hear those stories: “My agency has changed their search, so they show images of contributors they have to pay less.” The most re-incarnation made me laugh: “Shutterstock is capping the number of downloads per … Continue reading

June 13, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
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Stocksy launches new Call to Artist – should you apply as contributor?

You probably have seen it as it has been going around pretty quickly: Stocksy United has announced their new Call to Artist page and is ready to find new artists for 2014. As you might know, I have been lucky … Continue reading

April 23, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
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RPI, RPD and the eternal question: What to upload where?

Easter means a four day weekend with no child care. Nice opportunity to spend quality time with your kid. But also a couple of days with limited opportunities to work. Unless you are a photographer, of course. Happy us, we … Continue reading

April 12, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
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The Heartbleed bug – for stock photographers

Many of you have read or heard about the Heartbleed bug in recent days. If not on Facebook or from your friends, it is likely that you received some information from at least one of the internet services you are … Continue reading

November 18, 2013
by Michael Jay Fotograf
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October Sales, Royalties, Downloads

The partner program numbers from iStockphoto were added early in the month, so I have now a complete overview of my monthly returns. As I had already reported in my preliminary report for October, the month has set a new … Continue reading