tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.comments2023-03-30T05:30:37.866-07:00Fair Trade PhotographerFair Trade Photographerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11863872408067887327noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-22867236237407674942021-03-22T09:22:08.676-07:002021-03-22T09:22:08.676-07:00Oh nice!!! Thanks for sharing!Oh nice!!! Thanks for sharing!MJhttps://www.businessfotograf.click/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-86130621882790502020-04-10T14:39:49.998-07:002020-04-10T14:39:49.998-07:00google can search for duplicates . just add your i...google can search for duplicates . just add your image to their search boxJULEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626885709476296700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-74230061589130979672019-01-20T03:45:11.248-08:002019-01-20T03:45:11.248-08:00Thx for sharing!Thx for sharing!Martinhttps://www.martinjordan.atnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-26487385793873476322016-08-25T06:47:20.709-07:002016-08-25T06:47:20.709-07:00This is actually sickening, the biggest most expen...This is actually sickening, the biggest most expensive (ludicrously expensive) stock agency in the world RIPS me and everyone else off with a mere 20% commission. What a stab in the back. Unless you schmooze your way in through some partner agency into an RM contract Getty will just continue to screw you and smile all the way to the bank. I am removing all my stuff from Getty and placing it on Alamy. This is not the first article I have read about Alamy's commission rates. I'm a bit tired of Getty now as clearly they are not there to support photographers or help them grow, merely to fill their own back pockets.Mitchell Kroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07284653213470513528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-10732377170479370122015-05-01T02:11:07.791-07:002015-05-01T02:11:07.791-07:00"I believe it is an easy problem to avoid bec..."I believe it is an easy problem to avoid because 'dodgy' sites will only ever pay the absolute minimum they can for images, and that means they will only ever use microstock."<br /><br />You're being a little optimistic here... dodgy sites will simply right-click and steal images, so while they're at it, RF or RM makes no difference to them<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-75990490747015286222014-10-08T17:57:44.908-07:002014-10-08T17:57:44.908-07:00Terrific info, thank you for sharing. LTBTerrific info, thank you for sharing. LTBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-18007732212199909022014-07-14T02:42:42.479-07:002014-07-14T02:42:42.479-07:00I know a way to prove whether or not the images ar...I know a way to prove whether or not the images are licensed....send them to the companies from which they were sourced. Ask them whether or not they have sold them to anyone else, and point them in the direction of Stormy Seas website.peluang usaha kecil sampinganhttp://goo.gl/9Dp5ZXnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-37362271483927645042014-04-19T11:11:12.570-07:002014-04-19T11:11:12.570-07:00Wow, just wow.
Found this today, and am shocked b...Wow, just wow. <br />Found this today, and am shocked by the obviousness. <br />I guess most people browsing the internet do not even realize how big of a scam such pictures are. Sad.<br />Thank you for making it that obvious.<br />PS: Like the writingJustin Miehlehttp://xn--clubs-mnchen-jlb.denoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-75487599753683861912013-11-05T02:27:54.679-08:002013-11-05T02:27:54.679-08:00Hi
I completely agree with commentators totally ni...Hi<br />I completely agree with commentators totally nice<br />Very interesting article that you’ve posted. It’s been a while since I posted in my G+ account.Found the views to be quite informative and intriguing. Thanks for sharing.<br />photographer Seattlehttp://dandjstudio.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-4365570155764085472013-08-02T16:21:07.915-07:002013-08-02T16:21:07.915-07:00Ah! Too funny! I found your blog years ago when I ...Ah! Too funny! I found your blog years ago when I was fed up and mad at myself for being a sucker and getting involved in microstock. I lost track of it, but I just found it again, and very glad I did.<br /><br />Jonathan Timarhttp://inthelimelight.net/stop-google-image-search-from-hotlinking-your-photos-without-a-plugin-bing-too/http://noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-7737665685851187242013-07-05T05:41:18.775-07:002013-07-05T05:41:18.775-07:00Well, I landed here from Zack Arias' site. A p...Well, I landed here from Zack Arias' site. A post that manages to be amusing and depressing at the same time. The range of comments is intriguing too; I sometimes forget how the troll population has grown with the intrnet.<br /><br />Unless I've missed it though, no-one has mentioned a possible significant problem for the companies using the image. That of misrepresentaion(in short words, fraud or lying). By using this image in promo materials the users imply that these models are their staff. As it's pretty clear they aren't what does that say about the integrity of, for instance a finacial advice company who chooses to misrepresent themselve in this fashion? If they use the defence "we didn't realise this was as generic as a Times New Roman lower case "a" then that implies they're wilfully incompetant too.<br /><br />I think, for simple unrecognisable things like textures, digital background cloths etc. microstock is a great idea. For anything else it's a farce.<br /><br />For the record, I've been shooting assignment and stock for over thirty years.Simon Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-60808871056709732452013-04-06T14:41:06.211-07:002013-04-06T14:41:06.211-07:00Dreamstime is the worst of the very worst. They...Dreamstime is the worst of the very worst. They'll rip you off if you do business with them in anyway and give you a computer virus to boot. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380907602231247740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-66250531139399884232013-03-12T09:45:36.949-07:002013-03-12T09:45:36.949-07:00I was going to say...These companies that use thes...I was going to say...These companies that use these images HAVE GOT TO KNOW! Because they're purchasing a license that allows them use it in certain situations etc. It's not like they're purchasing copyrights. But like the good ol saying goes...you get what you pay for.<br /><br />I couldn't help but laugh at this post. The sarcasm you put into this article made me chuckle. Thanks for the laugh.<br /><br />Jesus bless you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-90774053393747105592013-02-27T12:30:34.520-08:002013-02-27T12:30:34.520-08:00well, at least they are famous in the business wor...well, at least they are famous in the business world :)arnohttp://www.extrarot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-5679858074650474902013-02-02T17:22:24.529-08:002013-02-02T17:22:24.529-08:00Who contacted you? what is that person's name ...Who contacted you? what is that person's name and contact info. Why would that person not email me to ask? Why would they need to go thru you? Nevermind, don't answer, its irrelevant. You are hiding behind some good samaritan that contacted you, yeah that's real believable. Please no need to answer just<br />Listen BOY.... you been scratching at this thread for 2 weeks. My email is clearly on my site. I've gotten nothing legally. No know why because ..... you can fill in the blank.<br />If you have any information that I am doing something wrong, then I will suggest it again that you need to contact the proper authorities. Its been some time now. More than 2 weeks since you post this crude. I've not gotten any type of emails or cease and desist letters. I mean tons of ppl have seen this post.<br /> Not many have believed your claims. A few have.. no doubt. There are always a few but not everyone. If anyone out there does think I stole the images on my site based on the cobbled together information on this post then please contact the police, the national guard , the fbi, cia somebody because this post is no authority and I'd be damned if I have to explain where I get my pictures from to some wet behind the ear jerk who got a fur up his ass about me. <br /><br />Last response , I'm done with this.STORMY SEAS PHOTOGRAPHYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722080649360709681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-16040052000241216152013-01-30T09:25:07.514-08:002013-01-30T09:25:07.514-08:00I know a way to prove whether or not the images ar...I know a way to prove whether or not the images are licensed....send them to the companies from which they were sourced. Ask them whether or not they have sold them to anyone else, and point them in the direction of Stormy Seas website.<br /><br />Is that OK with you, Stormy?<br /><br />It should be great fun explaining to them about "fair use".<br />Anthony Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965294066043970098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-5475345593340357362013-01-29T12:24:52.465-08:002013-01-29T12:24:52.465-08:00Stormy Seas, you already know the answer:
On Link...Stormy Seas, you already know the answer:<br /><br />On LinkedIn "another group member... emailed me privately to say that they believed the images on Stormy Seas' website were not his."Fair Trade Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863872408067887327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-16334756181134100612013-01-29T12:23:18.956-08:002013-01-29T12:23:18.956-08:00Stormy Seas, you seem to be putting a huge amount ...Stormy Seas, you seem to be putting a huge amount of time and effort into writing these responses. Why not just answer the question?<br /><br />Stormy Seas, where did you licence the photos you are using as background images on your website?Fair Trade Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863872408067887327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-16724424697673789372013-01-29T12:22:18.810-08:002013-01-29T12:22:18.810-08:00Stormy Seas, where did you licence the photos you ...Stormy Seas, where did you licence the photos you are using as background images on your website?Fair Trade Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863872408067887327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-45173211602917792992013-01-29T11:41:50.413-08:002013-01-29T11:41:50.413-08:00Indeed AIM, indeed.....Indeed AIM, indeed.....Fair Trade Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863872408067887327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-4115059424565123982013-01-29T09:11:33.900-08:002013-01-29T09:11:33.900-08:00If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around...If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?AIMStudioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119270808701310854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-79387597594474939362013-01-29T06:48:17.367-08:002013-01-29T06:48:17.367-08:00I simply do not need vindication from you or your ...I simply do not need vindication from you or your crew. <br /><br />What you've done is wrong on several levels.<br /><br />Here is a question , what initially made you think to ask if my pic were licensed ?STORMY SEAS PHOTOGRAPHYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722080649360709681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-73424233560530027882013-01-29T05:57:50.606-08:002013-01-29T05:57:50.606-08:00You know Chris there is a such a thing as how to l...You know Chris there is a such a thing as how to lie with statistics. And while the statistics maybe sort of right how you've cobbled them together is wrong. I've used many Avatars and Aliases online. I don't know many ppl that don't. The internet is an unknown element and I think to put your name out there is actually quite stupid. People are strange so I've used Avatars for safety. Many honest ppl online use Avatars. It doesn't mean they are hiding. <br />If I'm doing things the hard way then you need to understand that's how I do. You don't know me. You need a time out kid.<br /><br />I believe if we were in a photography club and not an online group. A club that we'd be able to see each other face to face ... I know you would of never pulled this crap.<br />I'd never do the things you did here. I threatened you to get you to back off but it was only a threat. You automatically entered that linkedin post looking for anything to catch me on. You basically used your research skills to skew things with ppl you knew would listen to you. You must be some catch to your significant other. I would never claim you stole images .. I would never do what you've done here. You got ppl emailing me calling me a fraud , photographers who've never met me. Nothing I've explained is inaccurate , a lie ,or a fraud .... nothing. My business pays my mortgage. I don't have another job. This is what I do and you are saying my house , my car basically everything physical i have is a lie an only after I wanted to help photographers. Chris I will be vindicated in this and I don't need have to get angry at what you are doing. You are going out of your way and I don't have to. I don't know who taught you how to behave but this isn't the way. All I've shown is that I'm just as human as the next guy. I got upset just like the next guy. A simple response to stimuli. What is your reason for being an jerk here ? <br /><br />Online my competition is websites like ART.com not photographers and let me tell you , they sell quite alot more than 20 prints a day. I know where and for what keywords they are ranked and those keywords are my target keywords, this is where my sales come from. I'm not top ranked for all of my target keywords but my site is indexed for them. The keyword art prints and other related keywords. My sales are a drop in the bucket compared to all the keywords art.com is ranked for. I think my sales numbers are incredibly weak. 50 sales a day is this years goal Chris. You picked a fight out of jealousy or fear or whatever and I'm still not telling you what you want to hear. The only FRAUD here is you Chris Barton. Again this has not impacted my business. LOL , this has only impacted the opinion of my business from a small group of people(your people). I don't know if I have the energy but I'm going to do my best to get rid of the stock industry. I think you are running scared because photographers won't submit to you if they know how to sell for themselves. You think I'm here to take your bread basket. I am and you just gave me a bit more focus. STORMY SEAS PHOTOGRAPHYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722080649360709681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-702385120985088852013-01-29T05:55:58.779-08:002013-01-29T05:55:58.779-08:00You are a bully in the purest sense. You haven'...You are a bully in the purest sense. You haven't been honest. You claimed I was thief with no proof. BTW how is that proof coming. Its been a couple weeks. You stole images from my site after claiming I did the same thing. You are a walking contradiction. You said here on this post that my site gets no traffic after I posted stats directly from my Google Analytics. <br />And yes you have been professional and even polite. Sry I'm not made of the same stuff. I get pissed when called a liar. I don't put on a mask of professionalism and use it to lie about ppl with no proof. Yes you have been professional and polite but in no way have you been honest. I have not been professional and polite but everything I've said has been HONEST. Absolutely everything and thats how I know I will come thru this unbothered. You on the other hand are showing your true colors and it shows thru your haze of professionalism and politeness. Like spraying perfume over crap. Can't cover crap with professionalism.<br />The only person I've threathened with legal action is you and if you were a citizen here I could sue for defamation of character. You live in a fantasy world Chris Barton , just like those childrens books you've authored. If anyone reads this they will see. I don't have to be angry, its very obvious what you've done. You aren't even posting all the things I've written.STORMY SEAS PHOTOGRAPHYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722080649360709681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9213446361239627293.post-69667159145028418272013-01-28T11:23:28.027-08:002013-01-28T11:23:28.027-08:00Stormy Seas, you seem to believe that if you repea...Stormy Seas, you seem to believe that if you repeat something often enough, and loudly enough, eventually it becomes the truth.<br /><br />Regarding CyberBullying, I have tried to be nothing but honest, professional and polite throughout this issue. Considering the multiple people who have complained that you have threatened them privately (often over the most innocuous comments here) I think maybe you need to take a good look in the mirror.<br /><br />All I have asked is that you produce evidence that you have licensed the photos used as background images on your website. you will then be vindicated, and you can hold your head high.<br /><br />If you have nothing to hide, why do you refuse to take this simple route?Fair Trade Photographerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863872408067887327noreply@blogger.com