Microstock photography is an offshoot of traditional stock photography , in which most stock photographers work. Companies working in this direction are characterized by:
- receiving images is often only via the Internet ;
- receiving images from a larger number of photographers than traditional stock agencies (including the willingness to accept images from amateur photographers);
- the implementation of these images at a very low price (usually from 0.2 to 10 dollars per image) according to the system without additional fees ( Royalty Free ).
Many microstock sites sell vector images , and some sell Flash animations and videos , along with photos.
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Practice
- 3 See also
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
History
The pioneer of microstock photography was Bruce Livingstone , who in May 2000 opened the iStockPhoto photo bank , an original project for those times, which quickly became an industry phenomenon . The microstock market was most actively formed in the period from 2003 to 2009. During this time, photobanks were established that dominate the industry today: Shutterstock (2003) [1] , Dreamstime (2004) [2] , Can Stock Photo (2004) [3] , Fotolia (2005) [4] , Depositphotos (2009 ) In February 2006, Livingston sold iStockPhoto Getty Images for $ 50 million. [5] In December 2014, Fotolia was acquired by Adobe , and the deal amounted to $ 800 million. [6] .
Practice
Each microstock uses its own pricing and payment schemes. Photographers can upload the same images to several photo banks, or, in some cases, become an exclusive photographer and receive increased commissions [7] .
There are no payments for transferring images to the microstock photobank. However, photobanks do not accept each of the submitted photos. Each image is checked by a team of inspectors. , which check its technical quality, artistry and commercial value. Photographers add keywords to images that help potential buyers search the database of the photobank [7] .
The main idea of microstock is that quality is very important and photographers can earn as much from a variety of small sales as they could earn from a small number of sales in a traditional photo bank.
With the advent of microstock among photographers, it has been suggested that microstock devalue a photo because most images for all occasions are sold for a nominal fee. Stock photographers regard the development of microstock as a reason for the decrease in their income [7] .
See also
- Stock photography
- Copyright
- The photo
Notes
- ↑ Shutterstock (English) // Wikipedia. - 2016-10-18.
- ↑ Dreamstime (English) // Wikipedia. - 2016-10-13.
- ↑ Can Stock Photo (English) // Wikipedia. - 2016-10-17.
- ↑ Fotolia (English) // Wikipedia. - 2016-09-14.
- ↑ Thomas Hawk Digital Connection »Blog Archive» Getty Images Buys iStockphoto (link not available) . thomashawk.com. Date of treatment October 25, 2016. Archived October 25, 2016.
- ↑ Adobe acquires stock photo giant Fotolia for $ 800 million in cash . VentureBeat. Date of appeal October 25, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Eric A. Taub, “When Are Photos Like Penny Stocks? When They Sell , New York Times, June 5, 2007
Links
- Microstock photography , Igromania Magazine No. 2/137 2009
- Game of images , Money Magazine No. 39 (595) of 10/02/2006