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To be honest, I've soured on almost all social media sites for photo sharing, except occasionally on my own Facebook page. I've found that most of the FB groups, and Instagram, are little more than dumping grounds for mostly poor images by people desperate for "likes" to boost their egos. I learn little to nothing from them, and only rarely see a good image (not that I look much anymore). Sorry to seem so negative but that's been my experience - just call me an old photo curmudgeon!
To an extent I share your sentiments. Most sites are cluttered with crappy images and egotistical people. I’ve been on some Facebook groups over the years that have had some great images but it’s hit and miss. This group we have here, posts some outstanding images. Adobes Behance also has some fantastic images.To be honest, I've soured on almost all social media sites for photo sharing, except occasionally on my own Facebook page. I've found that most of the FB groups, and Instagram, are little more than dumping grounds for mostly poor images by people desperate for "likes" to boost their egos. I learn little to nothing from them, and only rarely see a good image (not that I look much anymore). Sorry to seem so negative but that's been my experience - just call me an old photo curmudgeon!
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That’s pretty much how I feel as well. Just wasn’t sure if I was missing something lol. Do you or have you ever sold images?
I ran a stock and editorial business for over a decade so I've sold a lot of images but other than some online stock agencies I never really relied on online sales. My images either sold locally as prints or largely through editorial channels where I'd sell stock or more often than not photo-story packages to magazines. I did have some unusual sales like when the USPS bought rights to one of my images for a postage stamp. They didn't print my actual image as the stamp, someone had used one of the images I published in a magazine as original art for a watercolor that then became a stamp and the USPS licensed my image as it represented the original copyright work.
Sounds like you definitely have tons of experience. That’s a definite plus about this site, in the fact that you can get answers and or help with just about anything.
I just post to this site. It’s the only site I belong to and it’s great. I do have a few friends that I share some photos with through email but I avoid all other social media experiences.
In the 80's and 90's, I used to sell slides to some small graphic design firms in Chicago. Back then, I used to get $300-$400 for an image and get credited in the publications where the images were used. Now everyone needing images uses stock agencies. The image market is saturated with images from photographers and from, it seems, everyone that has a cell phone. You get $.50 on the majority of images and occasionally sell images for $10-$30.00. Not much for the effort necessary. I get about $30-$50 a month as long as I keep uploading new images. If you stop uploading, there must be an algo that impacts how your images show up in searches.
I absolutely agree with everything you said. Certainly well said and thorough, thanks.
never have checked out behance guess I should take a look
It’s a super nice platform and easy to create and navigate. There are some amazing photos posted on there and it’s free.
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just loaded it so how do I find you on there?
Just type in my name Steven Haddix
It’s really easy to create projects with a series of images or single images.
Cool I found you ... will have to explore this platform more as time permits.
