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Originally Posted by polo
Can anyone tell me the best company or library to sell my photo's? I had a look at Upixa which is advertised at the top of this web site and they look quite good. They dont charge you for uploading your pictures or signing up with them either but i'm just wondering if anyone knows of a better one. My boyfriend keeps telling me that my pics are really good and "people would pay good money for that" but i dont know if i've got what it takes as some of the photos on there look like they're out of my league! My real passion is macro too and i cant see any photos like that. My Dewy stamen pic looks good but could i cut it with the big boys?! Cheers, Polo
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Selling your photo's is a cut throat business these days, there's so many people out there that have good camera equipment and digital output is so cheap. Many are only too willing to let their images go for a song, or even nothing at all just to get their photo and name in print, editors have never had it so good. The bird watching magazines are a good case in point, there's an headlong rush to be first with a picture in those magazines, the price for a photo in those magazines has been kept so low for so long that it's barely worthwhile making a submission when you take into account the amount of work necessary. If you do decide to send in some of your images make sure it's a reputable image library you send them to, many of the web links that offer to post your images for free and sell them for you are ripoff merchants who plagerise your work and sell it on to various outlets without you even knowing about it. Many have been used in TV commercials for high bucks, but the photographer gets nothing. Try approaching magazine editors direct, tell them what you've got and ask if they have any particular want's, try to specialise. Lead in times can be several months ahead of the magazine production, Winter shots should be sent in as early as June. Offer to send them a portfolio of your work, send only your best images, make sure they are well presented and follow a theme, also that they are fully documented and complete with your full name and address. Make sure you include full post and packing to cover return of your material if it's not required. Don't get disheartened by what appears to be little interest in what you thought were superb photo's, you will probably have to keep plugging away for some time before you make a sale. Be prepared to wait for a reply to your submissions, picture editors are notorious for dragging their heels, after about a month make a casual enquiry as to whether they liked your work, it may just prompt them to either use it or return it, in any case you may pick up some tips from the editor that could be usefull for future submissions. Sometimes they may sit on your material for years before it's used, sometimes they sit on it for years and then it suddenly drops through your letter box unused with a return slip.
nirofo.