Sunday, April 27, 2008

Prostockmaster

I just wanted to write a review about ProStockMaster, a software I have been used for almost a year now to submitted my pictures to microstock.

ProStockMaster saves me a lot of time because I organize, keyword and upload my pictures to nine microstock agencies simultaneously. It is particularly useful when submitting to Istockphoto to put pictures directly into the queue. When I start with a new category of pictures, the semi-automatic IPTC keywording works very well to provide me with a first set of keywords. With ProStockMaster I can also keep track of my records and avoid resubmissions.

The most addictive feature of all is most certainly the statistics which allows you to check your stats just in one click. Technical support is very helpful and because of the open communication with their customers, ProStockMaster is getting better at each version. Because of all these things, I highly recommend including this software in your workflow. Try it, and you will not be disappointed.

You can download the trial version and later decide to buy the full version by clicking on the banner below.


Stock Photography Workflow Management Software

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Experiment 8 : Your photos in action, how to find them?

After selling hundred and thousands of pictures, it is always gratifying to see where and how they have been used but you will be able to find only a tiny fraction of them....


Your microstock pictures can be found in a number of media: website, magazine, leaflet, brochure, mugs, mouse pad, billboards or even TV commercials....
Only Fotolia so far, allows you to know the company or individual who bought your picture. The next step is then after few days or weeks to do a search on google with some luck find your photo in action.
The other option is google search your full name between commas, or your porfolio's nickname. If you are lucky enough, buyer can contact you or you got informed by another stock photographer via a forum. Recently, a group called "your photos in use" was created on facebook, you can have a look here.
If you are even luckier, you can stumble on your picture on line (it happened to me once) or on a magazine.

Here are my tear sheets so far, find with a Google search and random browsing. I will update this post if I found more of them.



Bought most probably on Fotolia. Found by Google Search



Bought by Mostphotos ! Found after random browsing....


Web links found with Google:


http://www.addlarose.com/content/blogsection/5/80/


http://www.epuzzle.info/warsaw_skyline

http://www.wday.ru/cekc/psycho/_article/vesennee-obostrenie-ulichnyh-izvrashencev/

http://goeasteurope.about.com/od/poland/tp/mustseewarsaw.htm

http://www.niezalezna.pl/index.php/article/show/id/1507

http://www.motorradwallpaper.de/motorrad_info/Fahrertipps/Helmabnahme_nach_einem_Unfall.php


http://www.fathermag.com/907/light/

http://www.bbcgreen.com/Travel/European-Holidays/Europe-by-train/Poland/Travel/European-Holidays/Warsaw-itinerary

http://www.apoverlag.at/DieApotheke/2008/07/seiten/haupt02_schlaganfall_0807.html

http://www.luft-zum-leben.de/lzl/content/aktiv_leben/umwelt/themenarchiv_umwelt/asthma_und_ozon/index_ger.html


http://www.catholicgreetings.org/Create.asp?card=926



http://backandneck.about.com/b/2008/12/17/scoliosis-stapling.htm

http://www.ehow.com/about_5050252_word-organic-mean.html


Thanks to TinEye

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