Comments on: Keeping it real. Research vs Guesstimation.

By: Yuri Arcurs

Yuri Arcurs — Sat, 02 May 2009 21:32:24 +0000

To Comatosed: GREAT Portfolio!!!

By: Comatosed

Comatosed — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:21:35 +0000

To be honest, three hours ago was the first time I heard your name Yuri. I’ve been learning from your videos and posts ever since. You take excellent shots, and the fact you are so willing to share tips, tricks and techniques makes you both a great photographer and teacher in my eyes. Thanks so much. Please, when you have a minute, check out my website and let me know when I can come and apprentice

Cheers,
-Comatosed

By: Yuri Arcurs

Yuri Arcurs — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:34:43 +0000

fun

By: cat

cat — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:37:32 +0000

be entertained

By: Christoph

Christoph — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 14:10:43 +0000

Interesting Post.
I also just saw one of your pictures on the “deutsche Bahn” homepage (bahn.de) : )

By: Chris Nuzzaco

Chris Nuzzaco — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:40:07 +0000

Thanks for the Dreamstime lightbox tip, its a neat feature EVERY site needs to have for contributers. I do see some potholes with this method though. It doesn’t account for the fact that not every shot from a shoot will be represented at each agency, nor does every shoot sell equally well at all the sites. In a way, it’s not quite guesstimation anymore, but it’s still an estimation none the less.

By: John

John — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:48:31 +0000

Good point X. However I still lost becuase 1.3 times 16 equals 20.8, which is alot higher than 12.

BTW, typo on my earlier post…should be 1.3 and not 1.2.

By: X

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 14:40:29 +0000

I think that the 3.3 months takes in account all the stock sites he submits to. Dreamstime is 1/16 of his income per month. Factoring in the revenue from the other sites, his return on the cost of production for the given shoot will be re-cooped in 3.3 months.

By: John

John — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:50:07 +0000

Great infor and thanks for sharing.

I think you have a math error in column L – “=round(K3/(G3*12);1)”; should it be “=K3/(G3*1.2)” (BTW, you can use formating instead of the round function; it make spreadsheet maintenance easier). There is no way you are getting your money back in 3.3 months with only 124 DL/month; using my formula, it comes to 30.4 months.
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By: X

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:37:27 +0000

Thanks for the post Yuri. Great info as always. If your willing to share I am curious to know what type of system do you use for managing your stock uploads and files. Are you using a custom built solution or a commercial product to manage your uploads and stats. Thanks