SnapVillage by Corbis: Amateurs make money selling photos
Posted on June 28, 2007
Filed Under Photo Websites & Services
I’ve always felt exceptionally irritated with websites that charge a bomb for buying or selling photographs. I mean c’mon, you got to at least stop putting humungous price tags on memories. I mean didn’t some wise guy say that “a thing of beauty is a joy forever?” Considering that phrase in today’s scenario, it looks like that’s no more the case. It’s more like “a thing of beauty is a pocket burner forever”( Oh I’m sure a lot of guys will agree, if you know what I mean).
Well, to embalm our pocket-burning wounds (well, at least to some extent), Corbis (a Microsoft enterprise), now brings to you something called SnapVillage (www.snapvillage.com), which offers royalty-free images ranging from $1 to $50.
Now you can adorn your entire creative project with affordable and great pictures without having to worry about the cost (well, at least without worrying too much).
I checked out the website myself, and ooh la la, that place has sure got some talented bunch! Gorgeous pictures I’d say and you have pictures for almost anything you’d possibly need. Sure, $ 50 per picture (which is the max it would cost on the site) might seem like a lot if you’re doing 10 projects a month, but hey, they’re at least doing something to contain costs.
Incidentally, it’s also expected to have something like a farm system, where editors of the website would pick photographers who show the most potential and make them part of their regular ‘great-work’ churners. So for all you amateur and semi-professional photographers out there, this is a great platform for you to rock at. (NiRa)
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