SHsheff Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Apparently there are websites where one can upload ones fav photos, and if anyone happens to want to buy one, one gets paid. I've had a quick look and, yes, there are a lot of sites like that! Does anyone know any more? What's the difference 'tween uploading your pics to one of those sites, and (for example) Photobucket? Except that with Photobucket anyone can snaffle and then use your pics for free? Or have I missed something somewhere? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunzi Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 As the founder of the SF Photo group I think you should have waited to post this in there (when its set up) You can upload your pictures to websites to sell. I know you can do this at http://www.fotki.com. Basically you have an option for people to buy prints of your work at the cost that you set. You have to make sure that people can't download the original images though, only the previews or they can just get the big one and upload it themselves. I think there are quite a few people who make money doing it on Fotki, a lot of people get thousands of hits a day. When you co-brand and everything it can look really professional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHsheff Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 As the founder of the SF Photo group I think you should have waited to post this in there (when its set up) Thanks for that, GazE, I'll bear your comments in mind. As it happens, it was a question I was hoping to get answered today, rather than if and when the Group is set up. I'd still like to know whether it's possible to protect the photos one uploads to Photobucket. Are they indeed 'grabable' by anyone who sees and wants them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunzi Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 I'd still like to know whether it's possible to protect the photos one uploads to Photobucket. Are they indeed 'grabable' by anyone who sees and wants them? I'm not sure what you mean by grabable to be honest. On every photo hosting website someone can download the image to their pc and use it for their own means. I know that on Fotki you can stop people getting to the original "big" image and dictate what size preview they can see. I've had a quick browse over Photobucket just now and it seems as though you can print anyones images off. It's about the quality though. All the images I'm looking at are fairly small and would look only ok on a standard 4x9. With my camera I can print off upto A3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 try http://www.iStockPhoto.com - you place your images online, and you get hard cash when people buy them, and you can only view previews. I use it (to buy images) quite frequently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHsheff Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 I'm not sure what you mean by grabable to be honest. On every photo hosting website someone can download the image to their pc and use it for their own means. Then, that's answered my question as to whether I've missed something about the photo hosting sites - obviously I haven't. I'm interested in the stock sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHsheff Posted September 6, 2006 Author Share Posted September 6, 2006 try http://www.iStockPhoto.com - you place your images online, and you get hard cash when people buy them, and you can only view previews. I use it (to buy images) quite frequently. Ahah. Thank you Phan! That's more along the lines I was thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunzi Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 try http://www.iStockPhoto.com - you place your images online, and you get hard cash when people buy them, and you can only view previews. I use it (to buy images) quite frequently. Got to admit this does look like a decent website, got lots of really nice pictures on it. Out of interest Phanerothyme what sort of images do you buy and typically what size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Got to admit this does look like a decent website, got lots of really nice pictures on it. Out of interest Phanerothyme what sort of images do you buy and typically what size? Generally speaking I search for the image I need. For example, I recently did a website for a nanny/childminder agency and needed lots of pics of happy kids with carers/parents. Once I had selected a couple of dozen for my lightbox, I picked the best eight, and then downloaded the max resolution versions. It's not just photographs either, but illustrations too. It is, however, a stock images site and not a art photo site, so the images are pretty cheap (compared to traditional stock image libraries (always used Tony Stone images back in the day, but that was working for a company with deeper pockets). So people who do well out of iStockPhoto are the ones who tailor their images to the needs of the consumer, providing good illustrative images whilst avoiding the most egregious visual cliches (although there are plenty of those on iStockPhoto, they don't sell half as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunzi Posted September 6, 2006 Share Posted September 6, 2006 Thanks Phanerothyme. It looked like an interesting site, not really come across anything like that before. I must admit personally I'm not interested in selling my photos as they aren't really good enough and I get more enjoyment out of sharing them than I ever would selling them. If however people want to offer me millions for my work, erm, form an orderly queue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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