Stock Image Help

[Keith Talbot]

Has anyone heard of or had any dealings with Akm images?

They are an american based stock image website and have contacted me via email saying they have found my website and wondered if i was interested in submitting some of my images to thier library,ive replied asking for more details.

Ive not put any of my pics with a stock image site before and was wondering if theres any do's or donts or anything i should look out for.

Thanks

Keith

[big bill]

Hello keith just had a look at there site not very impressive ,for a library that supposedly supports 50 proffessional photographers with over 40,000 pics on file they only have about 50-60 at the most for viewing on the website .
Myself never heard of them ,they do not give any idea as to how much payment you have to pay for use of an image or if looking to sell an image how much they would try to sell it for and how much the photographer would get paid .
Myself I would give it a miss but the ball is in your court but tred carefully before you make any moves

[Keith Talbot]

Cheers bill,

Ive just had a look around thier site and must admit im not impressed either,the site doenst fill me with any confidence,ive just been sent a word document from them stateing their terms,they pay 50% but they say the price varies on image,usage etc also they want the images sent to them on a cd? is that usual in todays modern world? plus of course they are in the u.s so dont think i'll be bothering to send a cd over there,

Does anyone use any other stock sites with any sucess?

[acherontia]

Alamy is a popular stock site and is used by many pros.

Be prepared to elevate the quality of your images beyond the 'usual' though.
IE - Not much post processing past the RAW stage and they will have to hold up at least 100% scrutiny. No chromatic abberations/ obvious manipulation etc etc etc..

Ghetty images are even more fussy - you'd probably have to be doing a degree in wildlife photography at Blackpool (A 'Wildie') or be an established pro to get in there. LOL

It's a hard life

Acher

[Jason Green]

Originally Posted by acherontia

Alamy is a popular stock site and is used by many pros

...except this isn't Alamy. It's AKM - whoever they are!

[acherontia]

Originally Posted by Jason Green

...except this isn't Alamy. It's AKM - whoever they are!

So do you put images on AKM?

I suppose you can go into who they're allied to and who they have deals with - I guess you can find out if you want to. It's all there available but I don't think this answers the OP.

Acher

[big bill]

There are a few one that I dealt with was good and they have a good site its Photographers Direct they have a wants list published every day and you can post pics onto the site ,they operate a type of fair trade system its worth a look if your interested

[pressld2]

Seconded! My three sales have all been through Photographers Direct. I joined Alamy a few months ago and now have about 650 images with them but so far not a sniff. Still, it's early days!

Dave P.

[Deer Hunter]

Keith -- STAY WELL CLEAR - won't say no more than that

[Keith Talbot]

Thanks Bill and Dave i'll take a look,

Originally Posted by Deer Hunter

Keith -- STAY WELL CLEAR - won't say no more than that

Thanks Deer Hunter,i presume you mean AKM?