| Mrallen |
| Full name: |
Steve Allen |
| Located: |
York, United Kingdom |
| Website: |
http://www.steveallenphotography.com
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| Joined: |
August 29, 2009 |
| Equipment: |
Canon 5D Mk111 with a Canon 5D Mk11 as my backup camera. Plus a wide range of Canon lenses and accessories from 15mm fisheye to 500mm telephoto. I also have a 90mm tilt/shift lens which is really useful for studio tabletop work and architectural photography. In the studio I use mostly Elinchrom lighting equipment.
My purpose built 900 sq.ft studio and office are very well equipped and my computers and laptops are all "high-end" Apple Mac Pro running Photoshop CS6 and Adobe RAW.
Every image is meticulously retouched and corrected to the highest standards. I make a continual investment in new technology and have a 100% digital workflow. |
| Favourite subjects: |
Worldwide Travel, Wildlife & Nature, Science & Technology, Medical, Food & Drink, Ideas & Concepts, Architecture, Business, Industry, Macro. |
| Bio / Artistic statement |
 | Featured photographer between September 22, 2010 and September 29, 2010. |
I was a professional Industrial / Commercial photographer for over 26 years, before retiring from commissioned work to become a full-time 'Stock' Photographer. Since early 2001 I have earned my entire income from shooting 'Stock' images. The majority of my work is available through mainstream Stock Agencies - I have around 31,000 images on sale and have my work on the following mainstream agencies:
Image Bank - Brand X - Stone - Digital Vision - Photodisc - Riser - Stockbyt...  | Featured photographer between September 22, 2010 and September 29, 2010. |
I was a professional Industrial / Commercial photographer for over 26 years, before retiring from commissioned work to become a full-time 'Stock' Photographer. Since early 2001 I have earned my entire income from shooting 'Stock' images. The majority of my work is available through mainstream Stock Agencies - I have around 31,000 images on sale and have my work on the following mainstream agencies:
Image Bank - Brand X - Stone - Digital Vision - Photodisc - Riser - Stockbyte - Creatas - RM Photolibrary - Foodpix - NHPA - Photoshot - Alamy - Science Photo Library
And also the following Microstock agencies:
Dreamstime - DepositPhotos - Pocketstock - Photolia
Dreamstime sales account for about 8% of my total turnover.
Have a look at my list of 76 great COLLECTIONS ------->
Well over half of my work is now Travel or Wildlife Photography.
I'm a 'travelaholic' and have so far visited 88 countries & territories on all seven continents, including both the Arctic and Antarctica.
The most recent country I have visited is Myanmar (Burma).
Have a look at the images I took by viewing my collection - MYANMAR (445 images) -------->
Steve Allen FBIPP, QEP, FBPPA(Master), FSINWP, FSICIP.
'The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page' (Quote: St.Augustine)  |
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| Mrallen's account statistics: |
| Uploaded files: |
5,063 |
Total sales:
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11,915 |
Portfolio exposure:
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13.99% |
Database exposure:
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0.32% |
| Downloads per image: |
2.35 |
| Message boards: |
65 |
| Monthly uploads: |
110.07 average |
| Uploads this month: |
107 |
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 I have 12,021 actual sales, but my profile page only shows 11,907. A discrepancy of 114 sales.This problem has been long standing for me. DT have 'fixed' the problem 3 times for me in the past, but the problem always returns. The gap in figures [ Read more...] posted in Total Sales Discrepancy I have 12,021 actual sales, but my profile page only shows 11,907. A discrepancy of 114 sales.This problem has been long standing for me. DT have 'fixed' the problem 3 times for me in the past, but the problem always returns. The gap in figures grows daily and NEVER catches up as DT say it should, unless I send an e-mail to admin moaning about the situation. posted in Total Sales Discrepancy
Bluwarrior, I could not agree more!
Unfortunately, any 'power' that contributors have is so spread out amongst hundreds of thousands of contributors over hundreds of stock agencies, that it is very diluted. Trying to get thousands of contributors workin [ Read more...] posted in My view on shooting for STOCK Bluwarrior, I could not agree more!
Unfortunately, any 'power' that contributors have is so spread out amongst hundreds of thousands of contributors over hundreds of stock agencies, that it is very diluted. Trying to get thousands of contributors working together to force the industry to change is, I fear, a non-starter.
I think the majority of the public worldwide (and many businesses too) have little knowledge about copyright and care even less. I think this is especially true of young people who have grown up with the internet, seeing images everywhere. Many seem to have a 'if it's on the net it's free' attitude. The proliferation of 'Free' images by microstock agencies just helps to reinforce this belief and devalue our work even more. posted in My view on shooting for STOCK
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