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mounatinpix · Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 143 Location: Switzerland

unfortunately Shevs, this is what you'd expect with customers not being able to buy new OD's on english speaking SS pages now. I hope that SS reinstates OD's before you lose too much money on this.

I received a residual OD yesterday, but I don't expect many more.

nder · Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 2:33 pm

shevs · Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 825 Location: Belgium

14ktgold · Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 409 Location: Holland, MI

Got 3 today.

mandy · Joined: 08 Jul 2005 Posts: 1650

I'm still getting the same amount of OD sales as usual. If you average out the amount I've had so far this month over the whole month I am actually selling more than last month.
If other people are seeing the same then maybe that is why not many people are worried about it yet.

kenny123 · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:04 am

How about if OD's are going to be canned, at least can we be compensated by being allowed to submit "real world",Editorial Images, (ie; Images that do not necessarily need to be newsworthy, but can be used by magazines,periodicals, books etc., to inform as per this description:)

"Editorial stock photography is so called because it can give insights into the human condition, events and vignettes. Editorial stock photography shows people doing things, features specific geographical locations and/or gives a real look at every aspect of human activity and the world of nature. Editorial stock photography shows the viewer something that you haven't seen, or touches the viewer in some emotional way.

Editorial stock photography is pretty much the complete opposite of commercial stock photography. Commercial stock photography would be a slick scenic product image that can be used for advertising. Commercial stock photography generally has to conform to what will sell for advertising or marketing needs. The commercial stock photographer engineers their stock photo images to fit into commercial clients' individual needs, trends in the industry, and to appeal to a wider general audience. The resulting photo images are often called generic images because they can fit a variety of uses.

Editorial stock photography images are produced with a different approach. The editorial stock photographer follows his or her own interest areas and targets certain segments of life and culture that they enjoy photographing rather than appeal to the commercial needs of a client. The photographer then sells these photos to markets that use images in those specific subject areas. Buyers in the commercial field of stock photography include designers at graphic houses, corporate art directors, and ad agency creative directors. There is a lot of turnover in these positions, so developing consistent working relationships with these markets is frustrating and difficult.

In the editorial field of stock photography the buyers range from photo editors at books and magazines, to photo researchers. These people are hired by publishers and art directors to seek out highly specific stock pictures so there are fewer turnovers and more longevity with editorial buyers and editorial stock photographers can enjoy strong long-term working relationships with their buyers, which translates to more consistent sales. Model releases are not needed, in most cases, for editorial photos, since their purpose is to educate and inform."

Regards Ken

rinder99 · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:21 am

I agree Ken.And good forbid it might even include some art Images. Oh heavens.

dzain · Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 2659 Location: The Netherlands

photosoup · Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 303

trialhuni · Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 1

I had 5 onDemand yesterday :D

peterkozikowski · Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 7:58 am

I really don't understand why SS doesn't do anything to clarify the situation, are we that unimportant?

PaulCowan · Joined: 24 Feb 2005 Posts: 1529

I suppose they don't want the opposition to know what they are up to.

What people do not seem to understand is that if this continues the number of ODs is likely to decline by a modest but significant percentage each month - say 10% to 15% - as they get used up, but that is likely to be hidden by the normal variation in sales for the first couple of months.

In the recent past, a good OD month for me has had double the earnings of a bad one and an average one has been midway between them - it is a huge variation. But that cash will certainly be missed when it all dries up.

Checking the numbers now, this month looks as if the OD earnings will be near the bottom of the normal range (but ELs are up).

miker · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 267 Location: Minnesota USA

bradhughes · Joined: 01 Aug 2009 Posts: 100 Location: Vancouver, Canada

Any new news on the OD front?

ajancso · Joined: 18 May 2009 Posts: 394 Location: Brazil

I have not had an OD for the past 10 days...something for sure has changed!