Here is a little video clip from BBC telling everyone how easy it is to have a second income from selling photos online.  Funny they didn't mention microstock though.. just getty and flickr

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9387518.stm

Here is a little video clip from BBC telling everyone how easy it is to have a second income from selling photos online.  Funny they didn't mention microstock though.. just getty and flickr

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/9387518.stm

Yeah I saw this too, very misleading. But the BBC are in to making money after all and have countless numbers of misleading and misinformed articles. How can they not mention microstock when talking about selling photos online!!

Click is just a very short programme that's shown on the BBC news channel.  They don't go in to things in depth, I really don't mind that they haven't shown microstock sites.  Why not let the amateurs use flickr and hope they get selected by Getty?

It's more of an ad for that Panasonic camera.  Wonder how many free ones they got.

Yup.

"Love to use the photo's you sent, oh dear, wot no model release, pity."

What? I can be a professional photographer and get rich selling photos if I just buy that camera?

Forget illustrations... I'm going to be a rich pro photographer! Yay!



Gotta love how they make it sound so easy but then they include a spot at the end about a real pro who is struggling to make a living anymore in stock.

ha,easy money??for someone not for me

Quote from: sjlocke on February 08, 2011, 06:46

It's more of an ad for that Panasonic camera.  Wonder how many free ones they got.

Yup.

"Love to use the photo's you sent, oh dear, wot no model release, pity."

Model release, Property release !!  No mention of ISO !  all taken at 1600 no doubt !!   

I'm going to buy a $69 microwave oven so I can make $250,000.00 per year as a master chef.

I'm going to buy a $69 microwave oven so I can make $250,000.00 per year as a master chef.

That's a brilliant idea. Seems like you're also qualified to be a BBC journalist.

I can't believe the BBC doesn't know about microstock - they are using it themselves on their website.

However, I am glad they didn't mention it.
Let 'em buy (advanced) p&s cameras for the price of a real entry level dSLR, and hope for $250 sales on flickr
No need for more competitors here in microstock (not that I am so afraid of tv watching newbies anyway...)

The GF2 is actually better than a real entry level DSLR, and although it may handle and look like a P&S, you need to go to a FF camera is you want any noticeable increase in image quality.  

Then I'm also qualified to be a highly paid comedian.

yes, I have a pencil.

Obviously it takes more than that to be a journalist.

You also need a hat like this one. That's what a real journalist looks like with a hat and a pencil.

What a muddled mix of infomercial and about 3 different stories! Leaving aside whether stuff like this hurts or helps us, it was just incoherent as a story.

They could have talked about a new generation of technology trying to provide users with a new way of getting what they want in a photo (although I think it's naive to think that most snapshot takers even know they want a blurred background in their shot).

They could have done a business story about how changing technology and sourcing of photographs has affected photographers and agencies.

They could have done a review of Panasonic's camera, micro 4/3, compared to DSLRs, or some combo.

But they mushed all these into one without really tying them together. They also didn't show whether any of the sold photos were taken with the camera they were profiling. I checked on the boy with a fish image they showed - it was taken with a Nikon Coolpix 8700 in 2006. In the US, the largest size (3264 x 2448) goes for $340, but this may be Getty's pricing games, that means it goes for more in other countries.