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Comment on An Over Due Review: Digital Railroad vs. Photoshelter Collection by Jonathan Mitchell

Jonathan Mitchell — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 12:23:00 +0000

Hi,

I thought DRR.net were a bad company and they only sold one picture and so I lost a lot of money on monthly fees for very little in return.

When I asked for an accrediation letter in 2007, they refused to supply one - an action that could have landed me in hot water - and were mostly awful people to deal with.

Not the case for all, of course, though I never even got any resolution of my dispute with them - trying to cancel my contract with them.

Agencies like drr.net are bound to go under, as they are more Internet than Photo people and managing these systems needs great skill, especially in the first three years of business.

Fotegrafik.com - another stock/software company may have a promising replacement in the coming weeks, which may not involve monthly fees and have a portal linked to it.

Still, passing on more to photographers is great, though not at expense of poor sales and marketing. Otherwise, things like drr.net become a burden.

I realised drr.net were rubbish a few months after signing the contract with them and then learning this was 12 months, like it or not! Which was not clearly explained at the time.

So I do not mourn the passing of drr.net, as I always thought them awful people to do business with and probably drinks too!

I use a normal stock agency, TopFoto.co.uk, with 7,000 pictures I make hardly US$200 a month and I think this business is pretty messed up and sadly not worth bothering with, as the returns are terrible for all the hard work required to build a good, professionally-edited stock image collection.

Comment on A Community With Out Borders by A Community With Out Borders | JMG-Galleries - Jim M. Goldstein … | Nature Photography, Scenic Landscape, Prints for SALE

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:01:52 +0000

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Comment on Lunar Impact, Get Ready for it! by A Community With Out Borders | JMG-Galleries - Jim M. Goldstein Photography: travel, landscape, and nature pictures - stock photos and fine art prints

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 04:01:46 +0000

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Comment on Thanksgiving on an Exponential Order by kevin mullins photography

kevin mullins photography — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:25:33 +0000

I’m from the UK Jim, but Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family and thanks for some great posts.

Kevin

Comment on Best of 2005 - Lands End Labyrinth by Mazes - Ace Games - Free Mobile Downloads

Mazes - Ace Games - Free Mobile Downloads — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 21:16:38 +0000

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Comment on Thanksgiving on an Exponential Order by Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images

Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:08:16 +0000

Jim:

These have been great posts!

Hope you have a great Thanksgiving!

Cheers,

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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:24:15 +0000

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Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:01:53 +0000

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Comment on Isolation and Discovery by Mark

Mark — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:25:07 +0000

I share much of your same excitement Jim - and still sit amazed at the images that have come back from Mars. Pictures taken on Mars! - it still has a weird ring to it. And to think it is feasible in my lifetime that perhaps human beings will set foot on that planet.
I certainly don’t know if humans are the first living beings to set foot on these celestial bodies - I would like to think we are not alone in the vastness of the universe or in the appreciation of such discoveries.

Comment on NYC Christmas Madness by Ruthanne / 1bluecanoe

Ruthanne / 1bluecanoe — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:58:46 +0000

love the energy that all these people add to the image…you captured the fun!