100% students – great news for student photographers
Are you a photography student? Our 100% student project is a great way to earn some money while you study. We give students all of the money from any sales they make through Alamy for 2 years – we normally pay 50% commission. We see it as a great way of investing in the next generations of talented photographers. The project has been running for three years and we’ve been to over 250 schools across the UK and US to talk to students about both buying and selling stock photography. Since we started the project in 2012 we’ve seen over 20,000 creative and well produced… Read more
Are you a photography student? Our 100% student project is a great way to earn some money while you study. We give students all of the money from any sales they make through Alamy for 2 years – we normally pay 50% commission. We see it as a great way of investing in the next generations of talented photographers. The project has been running for three years and we’ve been to over 250 schools across… Read more
. Christina explains the joys and the challenges of photographing people and animals – and reveals one of the key skills needed to create a successful shoot. Everyone takes photographs of family and friends (and pets), so what is it that separates the amateur snapper from the professional? Los Angeles-based photographer Christina Gandolfo has carved out a successful career photographing people and animals. “I like shooting people,” she says, “I like making that connection and I enjoy the challenge of trying to capture their personalities, quirks and idiosyncrasies. With animals, there’s that anthropomorphic thing, where they show human emotions and personalities.” Christina started out as a journalist, but a life-changing event led to her switching to photography, when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2005. “I decided that I wanted to document my experience, […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/portrait.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Interview with Christina Gandolfo&utm_medium=facebook)
. We’ll remove all the contact details we find. This is an automated process and we can’t promise the rest of your metadata will stay as you originally entered. We know some of you have your camera set to automatically contain your contact details in the IPTC. Remember to remove these from your captions, keywords, descriptions etc before uploading images to Alamy in the future. Our customers find it confusing and sometimes don’t know who they should be dealing with resulting in a poor experience, which none of us want! It’s also in the Contributor Contract (it’s clause 4.12 in case you want to check it out) so, if you have your contact details on your Alamy images please make sure you remove them ASAP.&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image1.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Contact details in your metadata&utm_medium=facebook)
. Get the best from your camera and shoot in RAW – Even though the quality of ‘in camera’ JPEG files has progressed leaps and bounds in recent years, we still recommend that you shoot in RAW. Shooting in RAW means that you have much greater control over your images. This is especially important when you are using a camera with a smaller sensor. Using Compact/Mirrorless/Micro 4/3rds cameras with interchangeable lenses? You still need to clean your sensor, much like DSLR cameras they are susceptible to dust and the sensor needs to be cleaned on a regular basis. Yes, many of the automatic sensor cleaning settings achieves great results, but they are not going to get rid of any oily residue that might have got onto the sensor, like a wet clean can. If you are unsure of how to do this then leave it to the professionals. Using a Nikon D800/800E? See here for how to […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image5.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Improving your workflow&utm_medium=facebook)
 works. Our QC policy is still the same – you can still send us anything you want so long as it meets our technical criteria. We have a three star ranking system that is based on your QC history and how often you pass or fail QC. The more stars you have the more quickly you pass QC. If you’ve got three stars you’re doing really well and your submissions will be looked at as quickly as we possibly can. A two star ranking and you’re nearly there, just be sure to take the time to really check those images to gain that extra star. One star means you fail QC a lot and your work takes longer to be looked at. If you do fail, your account will be frozen for 10 days before you can upload images again. For more information on passing QC click here. You can see your QC rank in your ‘Alamy dashboard’. It’s easy to […]&picture=https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image2.jpg&?utm_source=social&utm_content=website-share&utm_campaign=Alamy QC. How it works – updated for 2017&utm_medium=facebook)