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Lee Torrens
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4 months ago
in How many photographers are “professionals”? on Taylor Davidson
iStock actually refer to their contributors as either 'professionals' or 'hobbyists', saying that 'amateur' implies they're not being paid. I think that's a clear and clever way to define the two groups. Particularly given the quality of some of the hobbyists is equal to, or above, that of many professionals (in rare cases).
I tend to agree with your thoughts on FlickrStock being more in line with the Flickr ethos. I'm very curious about how the Getty deal was more appealing to Flickr.
I tend to agree with your thoughts on FlickrStock being more in line with the Flickr ethos. I'm very curious about how the Getty deal was more appealing to Flickr.
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7 months ago
in “It’s neither good nor bad, it just is.” on Taylor Davidson
In relation to my own choices, 'good' and 'bad' are words of morality, just like 'right', 'wrong' and 'should'. Outside that, something either works for me and what I'm committed to, or it doesn't, or somewhere in between.
If "we are who we are by doing what we do" then we can change who we are by changing what we do. Stop going to the office and start surfing and you 'are' a surfer instead of an attorney. When you actually 'get' the possibilities for 'being' different things, life starts to look a lot longer. Who do you want to be today?
If "we are who we are by doing what we do" then we can change who we are by changing what we do. Stop going to the office and start surfing and you 'are' a surfer instead of an attorney. When you actually 'get' the possibilities for 'being' different things, life starts to look a lot longer. Who do you want to be today?
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Taylor Davidson
Change is a matter of defining priorities and making choices, as hard as they may be. I still believe we own our right to change ourselves; and we define that by our actions. We are what we do, as much as we may like that or not.
I used to be a bit more strident in my positions in life; right was always right and wrong was always wrong as defined by my morality. But I've realized that multiple moralities exist: especially when compared across cultures, traditions and different times in history. I often wonder what conventions we hold as absolute will be either proved wrong or viewed very differently in the future: and if I've learned anything from history is that shifting moralities is not a possibility but a guarantee.
I used to be a bit more strident in my positions in life; right was always right and wrong was always wrong as defined by my morality. But I've realized that multiple moralities exist: especially when compared across cultures, traditions and different times in history. I often wonder what conventions we hold as absolute will be either proved wrong or viewed very differently in the future: and if I've learned anything from history is that shifting moralities is not a possibility but a guarantee.
7 months ago
in What will the stock photography business look like in 10 years? on Taylor Davidson
Cutcaster meets a lot of the requirements you mention. Flexible pricing based on market forces, open and transparent marketplace, all that stuff...
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Taylor Davidson
Pretty close... but:
1) The bidding model creates more interaction and price uncertainty, not less.
2) I think there is still an opportunity for a more distributed marketplace to allow photographers to host their own images if they desire.
1) The bidding model creates more interaction and price uncertainty, not less.
2) I think there is still an opportunity for a more distributed marketplace to allow photographers to host their own images if they desire.
I would love to know the full details behind the Getty - Flickr - Yahoo negotiations and understand the full trade-offs involved...