Comments on: Monetizing Flickr

By: craig

craig — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:43:20 +0000

Ryan McGinnis,
I am utterly confused at your reply to my comment that had nothing to do with pricing, and everything to do with obtaining model releases. Maybe you meant to reply to the original post?
How many of these flickr crowd shots are properly released? I’m going to guess… statistically insignificant amount.

By: Tim Chuma

Tim Chuma — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:49:06 +0000

Didn’t Virgin already get into trouble for using someones photo from Flickr for advertising? Google Adsense performs exceptionally poorly on photo galleries due to it needing text to display the right ads. Photo licensing is hard to make money out of also. To make any sort of money you will have to have several different methods of selling your photos.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:09:19 +0000

excellent post – you should consider writing as well as taking pics.

By: Ryan McGinnis

Ryan McGinnis — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:05:12 +0000

Craig,
If you don’t know pricing info, it’s not because the info isn’t out there. Self licensing is only a “stab in the dark” if you don’t flip the lights on. There’s software (Fotoquotepro, for example) that gives you detailed info on pricing by industry and use. You can even cheat by going over the psc.photoshelter.com and checking the pricing on any image there — the prices there mirror Fotoquote’s prices. Use that as a starting point. You won’t always get those prices and it’s always up to you what your basement price is — but it’s not a stab in the dark.

By: craig

craig — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:15:02 +0000

If I was an ad agency, I’d be worried about a model release for the few front faces in that crowd picture. Editorial usage, no problem. Commercial advertising though? Just asking for trouble.
I’ve shot plenty of crowd pics for agencies, its quite a bit of work to get everyone properly released. We’ve rented out bleachers at local stadiums on days where nothing is happening there to do them…

By: Charles C Stirk Jr

Charles C Stirk Jr — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:24:55 +0000

Well said …

By: Toby Forage

Toby Forage — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:54:37 +0000

Hey Dan
Thanks for the insight. I’ve been wondering how I can make some cash from my images, and hoping to perhaps nuture my limited talents to something closer to yours. This is all great info.
BTW – that’s my mate Charlie Brewer taking photos of the prosthetic butt in this post. Too funny