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Samantha Skelly

Are models release forms required?

Alamy:  if you don’t have a release, we can still sell your images for editorial uses. If you’re sure the image can only be used editorially, they sell lots of unreleased images to editorial customers like newspapers, magazines and book publishers because they don’t need a release. However, if you do have the relevant releases your images can be sold to commercial and editorial customers

If the person in your image can recognise themselves in any way, you’ll need a model release to sell for commercial use. This includes crowd scenes, parts of the body or silhouettes.

Getty: This stock company requires model releases on any and all images featuring people. “Getty Images model and property releases are designed to clearly indicate that the model or property representative grants his or her permission to use his or her likeness or property for commercial uses. This legally binding document helps models, photographers and the client or end user of the image by ensuring that each is aware of what has been agreed to.” This company have no loop holes on model releases like alamy does.

Is property Release forms required?

Alamy: Only when there is a recognisable property of company involved, example if you had an image of an iphone then you would need to sign a property release with apple. Much like the model release section previously alamy also offers a written document of a property release form ready for you to use. So you’ll need this property release in order to sell for commercial use.

Property is not just limited to buildings, it’s anything identifiable that’s copyrighted/trademarked e.g. logos and branded items. This release must be signed by the property or brand owner.

Getty: Getty also has the same rules of needing the property release when using a company, brand, logo, or business name in any kind of images. One thing getty has done better is their release forms for us to use comes in 23 different languages so that they have given a wide variety for the public to use and that they also have no excuse for not having a form as it is mandatory.

Do they have similar policy?

As I said above getty and alamy do have very similar policy’s on release forms for models and for property’s, the only slight differences I can spot are that alamy is slightly less harsh on the model release forms for clients that don’t require them, where in getty its compulsory to have model release forms for any and all images featuring them. Another slight difference is that Getty seems a little more professional given that they made a point of having their release forms in 23 different languages showing that their company expands internationally.

What is the first submission volume min / max e.g. 50 images?

Alamy: have a first submission of 3 images, this way they can go through the quality control quickly and easily to see if the photographer understands what check lists they need to complete before uploading more images.

Getty: Getty on the other hand allows first time users to submit a minimum of 15 images that meet the criteria and pass the checklists such as resolution and quality. They can also upload a max of 3 videos which stands out from alamy as they do not give the option to upload video content.

Technical requierments

Accepted capture options?

Alamy and getty accept digital jpegs for submissions and do not accept film prints. Although Getty does take submissions for video or clips that the photographer wishes to submit.

Iso Advice

Advice is the right word to use for both of these companies as on my research It seems that they both accept a range of different iso’s from low to high. However what they don’t accept is an image that is too noisy, unsharp, or over exposed, also all images that you submit need to have the ability to be blown-up to a huge degree and still keep its detail and focus, so an iso that is too high and compromise your images is best not to submit.

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http://www.alamy.com/contributor/how-to-sell-images/guidelines-for-submitting-images/?section=3
http://www.alamy.com/contributors/alamy-qc-failure-reasons.pdf

File Type-JPeg
Resolution-Minimum 6 megapixels
Colour Space-Adobe RGB
Bits-17MB or more
Retouching-Make sure it can't be seen when zoomed in 100%
USM accepted values and correct practice-Double edges, or artifacts. Don’t sharpen, leave it to the customer
Interpolation requirement-Artifacts & degradation of detail that can look noisy and soft
Captioning/Metadata-Must Contain valid camera data, minimum of 5 tags per photo

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Alamy Contractual Agreements
http://www.alamy.com/terms/Contributor-Contract-26042017.pdf?v=5

Alamy - Rights Managed (RM) & Royalty Free (RF)
http://www.alamy.com/contributor/how-to-sell-images/understanding-stock-image-licensing/

Alamy will ask for your copyright on every image/footage that is published on their site. Then which Alamy will put their copyright marks on the image that you published, to prevent copyright infringement,

Alamy does ask for a License and a License Fee, depending on the rights that are granted for an image/footage.

The Alamy License agreement doesn't have a set closing date. You can cancel your licence of an image/footage file if you haven't used it. To cancel a licence, you would contact Alamy with this emai - sales@alamy.com You will also need to include the invoice number.

A photographer (contributor) earns 50% commission of their work that gets licence.

An interesting aspect of the Alamy contract: There is another type of license that is offered on Alamy. It is called "Novel Use License". If your grant Alamy your work for Novel Use License, they decided the appropriate prices for the certain sell.

If your image/footage includes a model portrait, you must have a Model Release Form before you can upload the images onto Alamy.

You will also need a Property Release Form if you plan to publish images of private properties onto Alamy.

The first images you upload onto Alamy are to be analysed if they are suitable to sell on their site and if you're acceptable as a contributor. The max amount for your first submission is 4 images.

When you purchase a stock image/footage from Alamy, you must state what the purpose of what the use of the image/footage is for.

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Alamy - Image Example 05 - Long Exposure Trails

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Alamy - Image Example 05 - Long Exposure Trails

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Contributor: Christoph Lischetzki / Alamy Stock Photo

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Contributor: Sarah-Jayne Webb / Alamy Stock Photo

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https://contributors.gettyimages.com/img/articles/downloads/71facbad-13be-4103-a9a8-37253074f0ee.pdf
https://contributors.gettyimages.com/img/articles/downloads/submission_req_one_page.pdf
File Type-Jpeg
Resolution-minimum 3 Megapixels
Colour Space-24 bit RGB
Bits-47.5-52MB 300 PPI
Retouching-

All images must be retouched to remove all isolated visible logos

All images must be retouched before submission to be free of any visible imperfections

like dust, hairs and scratches. Images must also be free of excess grain, banding, pixelation, or unnatural color separation, file faults which cannot be retouched and instead require rescanning, reprocessing or reshooting before submission

Image quality must be checked by enlarging the image on screen to 100% in Photoshop.

USM accepted values and correct practice-

1. Application of Unsharp Mask (USM)

2. We accept a very limited amount of Photoshop sharpening on digitally captured images only. These images must be sharpened in the Lightness Channel in LAB color, which we consider to be the only place where you can safely use the USM in Photoshop. You can do this by converting your image into LAB and highlighting the Lightness channel. Once in LAB you can apply USM sharpening within these guidelines:

Amount: 0 – 100%

Radius: 1 – 2 pixels

Threshold: 0 – 4 levels

Once you have done this simply convert the image back into RGB before submitting. Please note that sharpening is not recommended for all digital images; only use it when absolutely necessary.

If you are shooting negative film or transparency, the original analog image should be professionally scanned with zero USM applied and cropped to appear without any visible or black borders at the edges.

Interpolation Requirement- Interpolating the image up to our 47.5-52MB requirement is best achieved using a Fractal algorithm like “Genuine Fractal Print Pro”. However, in some circumstances simply re- sizing in recent versions of “Photoshop” (6 and above) is better. As such, it is important to experiment with different techniques. Ultimately, the quality of the final 47.5-52MB file you prepare for submission is your prime consideration: no noise, artifacts, distortion, or moiré should be visible. Remember the largest file size your image can be sold at is 300MB, so image integrity is critical when interpolating digital source material.

Captioning/Metadata-

Number of People: Select the icon that represents the nubmer of people for each image

Person Composition(s): Select the icon that represneds the composition, if applicable, to the people in each image

Facial Expression(s): Select the icon that represents the facial expressions, if applicable, to whomever appears in your shot.

Keywords: Please add additional keywords to describe what is taking place in your shot.

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Contributor: Action Plus Sports Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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Contributor: Adam Burton / Alamy Stock Photo

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Alamy - Image Example 01 - Architectural

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Alamy - Image Example 01 - Architectural

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Contributor: John Peter Photography / Alamy Stock Photo

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Alamy Image Manager - Help video overview

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A brief overview of the Alamy Image Manager including how to select images and manage tags. For full instructions on how to use the Alamy Image Manager, please click on this link: http://www.alamy.com/myupload/help/AIM-InstructionManual.pdf For any questions, please email the team via contributors@alamy.com and they'll be happy to help.

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How do you get your photographs accepted by Alamy

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How do you get your photographs accepted by Alamy

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Uploaded by Oktaviana Mayasari on 2016-08-31.

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Tutorial on how to get registered on Alamy

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Tutorial on how to get registered on Alamy

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How to register with Alamy - Alamy Vlogs

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Learn how to register with Alamy in this quick tutorial! http://www.alamy.com/ http://www.alamy.com/blog Twitter: @Alamy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Alamy LinkedIn: Alamy Instagram: Alamy Music: All Is Worth http://allisworth.bandcamp.com/ Contact: Email: sales@alamy.com

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(Edited version) PhotoBizCoach Beate and Alamy about The State of Stock

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http://PhotoBizCoach.com/Alamy - Is stock photography still a viable business model? PhotoBizCoach Beate and James Allsworth discuss The State of Stock. Questions include: Is the stock photography market dead? Are there any new business models? How many images do I need to get into stock? If I had $100,000 production money what would I produce (RM/RF, Microstock)?