January 7, 2016
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on EyeEm: Distribution by Alamy – And Change to Non-Exclusive
As sent out today by EyeEm to their contributors, Alamy will be added as the second distribution partner for their EyeEm Collection. In a second major step, EyeEm confirmed what has been rumored for some time: The exclusivity requirement for … Continue reading
October 21, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The Mobile Stock experiment continued
Two weeks ago, I decided to test the waters in “mobile stock”. What I call “mobile stock” is any kind of image licensing platforms that are mainly supplied through apps on my iPhone (or Android phones, of course). So let us take … Continue reading
October 13, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Making money from mobile smart phone images? An experiment.
For maybe a bit more than two years, mobile sourcing of images for licensing to commercial and editorial customers has become a bigger topic. It’s hard to say where things started to get serious but when
October 7, 2015
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on The state of the microstock world and me in it
Dear readers, you haven’t been forgotten. I have been dreaming about updating my blog more regularly again but there are two reasons I haven’t been more active: For one, while a lot of things are changing, nothing seems really to … Continue reading
September 22, 2014
by Michael Jay Fotograf
Comments Off on Four days of Photokina
I arrived back home last night from Cologne where I visited Photokina for the first time ever. I never made it there because there is no point in looking at sales presentations when you don’t have the budget nor the … Continue reading