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Unsuitable camera list

@ 7 October 2009 at 12:27 by QC Team

The Quality Control (QC) team see images from a vast range of digital cameras. In our recent 'Alamy Recommended Digital Camera List' blog we listed our recommended cameras. We have now compiled a list of cameras which will never produce images of the required standard to pass QC. More...

Image use and typical lead times

@ 8 September 2009 at 13:11 by James Allsworth

We often tend to get emails and calls from contributors worried because they have seen an image being used without it yet showing up on their sales summary. In order to help alleviate those worries we'd like to let you know of the typical lead times associated with certain types of publications. More...

DACS: Help with claiming for payback 2009

@ 16 July 2009 at 16:32 by James Allsworth

It's that time of year again where you can apply for royalties from the Design and Artists Copyright Society's (DACS) Payback scheme and after speaking to DACS themselves, we have advice for you on how to make a claim from your Alamy sales. More...

Excessive similars

@ 25 June 2009 at 11:11 by Ben Gray

There have been a few complaints recently from customers regarding excessive similar images. More...

Description field no longer searchable

@ 12 June 2009 at 13:57 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

As previously announced we can confirm that the description field is no longer searchable. More...

Alamy Recommended Digital Camera List

@ 19 May 2009 at 16:55 by QC Team

The Quality Control (QC) Team come across a huge variety of digital cameras used by contributors who submit to Alamy. This varies from compact cameras through DSLRs to medium format digital backs. More...

The National Trust's photography policy

@ 9 April 2009 at 14:35 by Ben Gray

We have previously blogged about ensuring all images submitted to us have the correct permissions More...

Funds transfer payments

@ 10 March 2009 at 11:02 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

As there are no longer any fees associated with your payments from Alamy, there hasn't been a better time to opt to be paid by funds transfer. More...

Updated - New QC procedures as a result of persistent failures

@ 2 February 2009 at 10:32 by Patrick Ashby and Rob Singer - QC team

As a follow up to the "New QC procedures as a result of persistent failures" blog (July 2008), we are now going to start freezing online upload privileges for a period of 30 days for those contributors who continually fail QC. More...

New Year

@ 19 December 2008 at 16:39 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz + Picture Research team

This month’s picture needs covers situations related to the New Year and coinciding with availability of props and timing of actual celebrations. As with Christmas requests we recommend contributors to look at current home and décor magazines like Country Homes, Ideal Homes and Fashion magazines (for UK and US markets), to see the contemporary styles that are popular and which will be somewhat dictated by trends in interior design. More...

Some guidance to help you pass Alamy Quality Control

@ 10 December 2008 at 14:55 by Patrick Ashby - QC team manager

We’ve put together a few general hints and tips as a result of the most frequent reasons for Quality Control (QC) failure. This is to help you get the best results possible from your equipment and to ensure that we make it as easy as possible for you to pass QC time and time again. More...

Sport

@ 6 October 2008 at 15:27 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz

Our latest issue of picture needs covers the area of Sport and related themes. Sport has been entering for some time into a new dynamic phase where it has galvanised a global, enthralled audience with passion and commitment. More...

Annotation – problems we have found and tips to avoid them

@ 7 July 2008 at 11:03 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

We introduced our new annotation structure to enable us to improve the quality of our search results, launch a number of new features and to improve our offering to the commercial market. More...

Image Keyworder software customised for Alamy Users

@ 24 June 2008 at 09:46 by Pippa Greig

Annotating your images in line with our requirements is essential if you want to maximise the sales potential of your images. If you submit regularly to us, you might be interested in some new keywording software called Image Keyworder which has been developed by keywording specialists OnAsia. More...

Are you having issues passing Alamy Quality Control?

@ 30 May 2008 at 12:33 by Patrick Ashby - QC team

At Alamy we like to have happy contributors as well as happy customers, which is why QC is such an integral part of the process. A happy contributor is one whose work passes our QC and a happy customer is one who can purchase images knowing they are of the highest standard. More...

Industry

@ 10 April 2008 at 12:50 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz

For this issue of picture needs we are looking at the subject of Industry and industrial themes. With economical, political and social changes in the world combined with globalisation, more countries are experiencing tremendous growth and development to compete industry wise in the global market place. More...

Having difficulties with keywording your images?

@ 28 March 2008 at 13:04 by Ben Gray

If you haven’t got the time, motivation, linguistic talents or inspiration to keyword your images then why not get someone else to do it for you? More...

Christmas

@ 13 December 2007 at 17:10 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz

This month's issue covers situations related to the Christmas season and coinciding with availability of props and seasonal considerations. We recommend contributors to look at current home and décor magazines like Country Homes, Ideal Homes and Fashion magazines to see the contemporary styles that are de rigueur but enduring and latest interpretations of Christmas. More...

Permissions: Museums and Heritage properties

@ 10 August 2007 at 15:40 by Pippa Greig

It may surprise you to know that there are a number of situations in which you require permission in order to take photographs for stock. More...

Editing and enhancing your collection

@ 12 June 2007 at 14:37 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz

If you are preparing a portfolio to sell your work, the 'less is more' approach generally works best. A buyer is more likely to remember the one or two impressive images over the other 15 mediocre ones, so best to include just the memorable ones that will linger in the reviewer's mind. More...

Science and research

@ 11 June 2007 at 10:37 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz

This month our picture needs cover the topic of Science and research, a broad subject area which has been distilled into 3 primary categories. More...

Single life

@ 15 March 2007 at 16:13 by Alexandra Bortkiewicz

We are pleased to introduce our eagerly awaited new version of picture needs, researched and compiled by our picture research department. More...

The wonderful world of Jpeg submissions

@ 22 February 2007 at 13:25 by Alan Capel - Head of Content

Our required file size for submitting Jpegs seems to cause an incomprehensible amount of confusion with a high volume of photographers. Put simply, we are flabbergasted as to how many times we are asked, daily, of what format and size of images we require! More...

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