Agency seeking photographers

[jamesfc]

I just discovered this agency through the current Photographer's Market guide - Painet. The are based in North Dakota and have been around since 1978. They have been online since 1996 and also host websites for photographers. However, they are currently in the process of building their collection of images and are seeking new photographers. They pay a comission of 60% - same as Alamy and pay out daily!

The web address is http://www.painetworks.com/helppages/searchtips.htm. You will need to print out the agreement form and email, fax or mail it in to them and begin uploading images via FTP.

They prefer TIF images, but will accept JPG as long as they are no more that 12:1 compressed (a 60 MB uncompressed image must be 6MB or larger compressed!). Also, they DO NOT want you to uprez your images! Yea!!!! Finally someone who makes sense - I never understood why Alamy and some other agencies want an image to be artifically enlarged. I don't understand why any buyer would want to buy one that was. If I were a buyer, I would prefer the native size and if I needed it bigger, then I would enlarge it myself. Anyway, the size requirement is no less than 24Mb uncompressed - which is pretty much any DSLR sold today that is 8 megapixels or larger.

[Lug1]

Thanks for the resource Jim. I need time to read over all the particulars but it looks like a pretty decent site. I guess in the world of stock photography joining more agencies cant hurt.

Bob

[aprillove20]

what are the possible qualification of a photographers there looking for?

and any resume that must be submitted? or anything else?

i will visit the site before i tell this to my best friend. just want to be sure

thanks a lot

[jamesfc]

what are the possible qualification of a photographers there looking for?

and any resume that must be submitted? or anything else?

i will visit the site before i tell this to my best friend. just want to be sure

thanks a lot

No resume - just good images! I suggest you subscribe to our new podcast - http://www.thefotobug.com as we occasionally discuss stock photography. I can also recommend Alamy http://www.alamy.com - just submit 8 - 10 photos by uploading them - follow the instructions for size, etc. very carefully - and within a day or so you will know if you have been accepted!

[aprillove20]

Thanks for the links information James. This post is very comprehensive. It helped me a lot.

[honeyjames]

Thank you for the resources to Jim. I will tell my visit to this site to my best friend. Finally someone who makes sense - I never understood why Alamy and other agencies want an image is artificially enlarged.

[ericwatson]

Thanks for posting that link James. It would be helpful for us. You have provide some nice information to me as well as others. I really appreciate for it. Thanks a lot.

[saramorse031]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful information about photographers..Taking picture is very interesting to learn..