Switching From RM To RF

Posted on 2/14/2017 by Jim Pickerell | Printable Version | Comments (2)

More and more frequently RM photographers are receiving notes from their agencies, or the production companies representing their work, suggesting that they move some of their older images to RF. This make sense for images that might have been good seller at one time, but haven’t made any sales in the last year or so.

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Grant Faint Posted Feb 15, 2017
do not overlook that at GETTY RF images return %20 whereas RM can be either %40 or %30 depending on region sold. RF may be the way of buyers now however that is a nasty reality to photographers who see a lower selling price and a lower royalty return. There is no future in this business. I have been at this since 1984 full time and it is a nuclear winter out there now. grant faint

Tibor Bognar Posted Feb 18, 2017
While I agree with Grant that there is no long term future at all in this business, I still manage to earn a modest living by working with several less known but prefectly decent agencies who still pay 50% to contributors. Getty is NOT the only option, in fact they seem to offer the least favorable working conditions to contributors.

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