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An important feature of web-based stock photography collections is that the images have been embedded with
meta-data, therefore making the images searchable by using keywords.
Is the supply of photographs licensed for specific uses . It is used to fulfill the needs of creative assignments instead of hiring photographer.
Period of consolidation: Getty Images and Corbis becoming the two largest companies.
Stock photography had become a specialty in its own right, with photographers creating new material for the express purpose of submitting it to a stock house
RobertStock, the first major stock photography agencies, was founded
Written press was the first one to use phothos instead of drawings
A Rights-managed image usually allows a much larger print run per image than a Royalty-free license
The terms of the license are clearly defined and negotiated so that the purchaser receives maximum value
The value of a license is determined by the use of the image, which is generally broken down along these lines
Size
Print Run
Specific Use:
Usage
"Free" in this context means "free of royalties (paying each time you use an image)". It does not mean the image is
free to use without purchasing a license or that the image is in the public domain.
- Pay a one-time fee to use the image multiple times for multiple purposes (with limits) - No time limit on when the buyer can use an image - No one can have exclusive rights of a Royalty-free image (the photographer can sell the image as many times as he or she wants). - A Royalty-free image usually has a limit to how many times the buyer can reproduce it.
These two companies are the most important and powerful agencies in the stock photography.
Average process for a photograph
3. The photograph is published in the web
2.Pricing is determined by
The type of license
Country or region where the images will be used
How long the image is to be used
Size of audience or readership,
1. Images are filed at an agency that negotiates licensing fees on the photographer's behalf in exchange for a percentage
What defines a company as a microstock photography company is that they (1) source their images almost
exclusively via the Internet, (2) do so from a wider range of photographers than the traditional stock agencies
(including a willingness to accept images from "amateurs" and hobbyists), and (3) sell their images at a very low rate
(anywhere from $.20 - $10) for a royalty-free (RF) image.
some photographers believe that they will end up earning as much income from many small sales as they would from a few large sales on a traditional stock photography site.
microstock agencies do not accept all submitters or all photographs
