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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board anyone ever heard of this OnRequestImages stock agency? John Lee, Photographer San Francisco | CA | USA | Posted: 12:42 PM on 01.04.06 ->> so i just ran across this company while looking thru some asmp stuff. http://www.onrequestimages.com anybody ever heard of them? and if so, any thoughts? i'm a bit conflicted on how i feel about these guys. the entrepreneur in me (which is tiny, regrettably) thinks "cool", but the photographer in me (hopefully most of me) is appalled.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Matthias Krause, Photographer Brooklyn | NY | USA | Posted: 1:50 PM on 01.04.06 ->> "The entrepreneur in me thinks 'cool'"... Why is that? If I got it right from their website you would have to shoot an assignment as one of up to five photographers. Then the client picks what he likes best. If your images are not picked you've worked for free. If they are picked you get only a 50% cut. What's "cool" about that??  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions John Lee, Photographer San Francisco | CA | USA | Posted: 2:43 PM on 01.04.06 ->> cool only in the fact that i kinda wished i was the guy who came up with the idea of the website itself, but only in that sleazy donald trump kinda way ; ) yeah, i agree that a bunch of photogs competing for the same job is horrible. it's evil. the site says that they have a database of up to 1,500 photographers. who are the 1,500? just wondering what's the deal with this company.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Ian L. Sitren, Photographer Palm Springs | CA | USA | Posted: 3:07 PM on 01.04.06 ->> There is a good discussion about OnRequest and it's business model by the ASMP as follows: http://www.asmp.org/news/spec2004/customstock.php  This post is:  Informative (1) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Allen Lester, Photographer Norfolk | VA | USA | Posted: 3:33 PM on 01.04.06 ->> "Picture" five lawyers competing for the same client...  This post is:  Informative (1) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions andrew wilz, Photographer Aspen | CO | usa | Posted: 4:15 PM on 01.04.06 ->> I've sent them stuff, and it's ridiculous. LOTS of competition, not much creativity.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Michael Pimentel, Photographer Fremont | CA | USA | Posted: 5:09 PM on 01.04.06 ->> Yes, I remember this one ... I chatted with a friend who submitted a lot of her clients' baby photos to to requestimages.com agency, she never got paid from this for years. She said that this owner of onrequestimages.com used to be a co-founder with www.picturestock.com ... I am not sure if that's true or not.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Wesley Hitt, Photographer North Little Rock | AR | USA | Posted: 5:56 PM on 01.04.06 ->> Let's say you are short in file of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. You could give out a fake request to five photographers for photos of the Arch for a book. All five shoot it, no one gets paid, OnRequestImages gets to keep the submitted images for stock and fills their files with images, and maybe one day the five photographers will get some money from stock sales. Once again, an agency making money off of inexperienced photographers. Bad deal.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Mark Loundy, Photo Editor San Jose | CA | USA | Posted: 6:09 PM on 01.04.06 ->> I gave this a mention in my August 2003 column: http://www.loundy.org/commoncents/2003/cc_08-03.html It's at the bottom, under "Leftovers."  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: anyone ever heard of this OnRequestImages stock agency? Thread Started By: John Lee Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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