Hi,

Does anyone know anything about Age fotostock (a traditional agency)?

I?ve recently been accepted there, and even if I can?t find much information about it I always read good things. I also read a comment that their value per photo is much higher than Alamy although the smaller portfolio ends up generating les income.

One thing is for sure, they require (demand) creative work and their rejection rate is over 70% in my first submission (travel RM basically)!!! OUCH! :shock:

At other Trads. I usually get 90% to 100% acceptance?

So, does anyone know anything or has experience with them?

Regards,
Jos? Elias's Photo Galleries at pbase.com

I've got no answer to your question but did you read the part on the exclusivity? They are basically saying that images sent to them shouldn't be sent to any other agency be that micro or traditional

Yes, I know about the exclusivity. And they even mention similars, so I must be carefull to what I send to other agencies...

But that's no problem, as what I send to Micros is totally different from my traditional agencies work.

Was the 30% acceptance the best images of the lot you sent? Maybe they only need the cream of your photography, clients, good clients, don´t want to see many uninteresting images as a result of their searches..., so they say...

Yes, they selected some of the very best of my submission, even if some of the rejected images where better than most of the similar subject they have on the site. Maybe I'll make a second attempt for those.

And it's curious thay they have chosen mostly a specific type of composition I sometimes use, and that I always though it's a bit different from the usual compositions seen of the same subjects.

It's hard to take a +70% rejection, but there I felt they know what they're doing and know exactly what they want. Hope it reverts into sales...

This traditional agencies have been in the business for so long and receive images from so many people and many photographers that have been submitting to them for years, therefore they have images that are several years old, from those days when digital photography was not as popular as it is today. They should clean their files, but I assume that deleting images from huge databases takes time that they don´t want to spend. Hey! Good luck with them...

AGE is on my list of traditionals to watch. I'm just now getting started with RM, so I don't have anything to offer just yet. Let us know how it goes. :-)

And welcome, Jose! I've been following your posts about microstock on the Alamy board and am glad to have you join us.

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I agree. And some trads. should consider this seriously, like Alamy, which is plagued by very poor images.

In the case of Age this may not be so important because they have a tight selection of images, and from what I've seen, many are already historical. At least images from Portugal which is what I watch closely. They have many images of monuments prior to restoration and thus have gained some value.

You can see this in monuments like Mafra or Jeronimos Monastery.

GOOOOOOOOOD, those Alamy forums!

I?ve said to myself so many times not to enter in these kind of discussions? But I can?t help it when I read so many BS (not Bigstock ) written? I?ve written in two or three threads and I believe I have made some new worldwide enemies?:-D

Fortunately, the mails I?ve exchanged with the owner of AGE shows that he has a more open mind regarding Micro, despite being in business for about 30 years. He?s obviously not happy, but not hysterical like Alamy contributors.

Thanks for your welcome.

Yes,, but after reading the site, it is impressive. They offer editing and keywording and some other bonus features to make the pictures even more marketable. It looks very positive.

We require worldwide exclusive rights for the exploitation of all selected images. This means that the photographer may not send the same image or any similar ones to another stock agency, or sell it directly or indirectly to third persons without the written authorization of age fotostock. We are, however, flexible with promotional exhibitions and other personal activities.

This was interesting also: The high-resolution files we accept must be of images taken and sent to us in RAW format (never use JPEG format).

I'd mark this site as serious and with serious potential.

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