Comments on: The Photography of Sam Bloomberg-Rissman http://thomashawk.com/2006/09/photography-of-sam-bloomberg-rissman.html Sat, 26 May 2012 02:31:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thomas Hawk http://thomashawk.com/2006/09/photography-of-sam-bloomberg-rissman.html/comment-page-1#comment-12011 Thomas Hawk Mon, 18 Sep 2006 09:44:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1803#comment-12011 Darth, I think the difference between the paid vs. free thing in social networking has to do with the ancilary nature that stock photography would be to a social network. <br /><br />Netscape is trying to buy news diggers for the sole and primary reason of getting them to contribute on their site. I would hope that stock photography on Zooomr could be an ancilary benefit for photosharers and entirely optional. We would merely be fascilitating this market for those already talented enough to be in it.<br /><br />It would not be here we are giving you money to make Zooomr better and for no other reason. It would be more like lets partner together so that you can get the true value of your photography in an inaccesible market. <br /><br />It's still a ways off for us but it's definitely doable. Darth, I think the difference between the paid vs. free thing in social networking has to do with the ancilary nature that stock photography would be to a social network.

Netscape is trying to buy news diggers for the sole and primary reason of getting them to contribute on their site. I would hope that stock photography on Zooomr could be an ancilary benefit for photosharers and entirely optional. We would merely be fascilitating this market for those already talented enough to be in it.

It would not be here we are giving you money to make Zooomr better and for no other reason. It would be more like lets partner together so that you can get the true value of your photography in an inaccesible market.

It’s still a ways off for us but it’s definitely doable.

]]> By: darth http://thomashawk.com/2006/09/photography-of-sam-bloomberg-rissman.html/comment-page-1#comment-12012 darth Sat, 16 Sep 2006 14:08:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1803#comment-12012 If Zoomr (or even Flickr) can successfully navigate the fine line between web 2.0-style social network/photo sharing, and commercial stock photography marketing, it could be huge. Besides all the issues you mentioned, how do you do it without running into the whole paid contributors vs. free thing which tends to roil the social networking crowd (not too unlike that Digg/Netscape thing)? If Zoomr (or even Flickr) can successfully navigate the fine line between web 2.0-style social network/photo sharing, and commercial stock photography marketing, it could be huge. Besides all the issues you mentioned, how do you do it without running into the whole paid contributors vs. free thing which tends to roil the social networking crowd (not too unlike that Digg/Netscape thing)?

]]> By: Chris http://thomashawk.com/2006/09/photography-of-sam-bloomberg-rissman.html/comment-page-1#comment-12013 Chris Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:54:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/thomashawk/?p=1803#comment-12013 Thanks for that report Thomas; I hope zooomer can crack this problem because there are many talented photographers out there. Thanks for that report Thomas; I hope zooomer can crack this problem because there are many talented photographers out there.

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