Posted by Stan McCann on 07/15/06 23:08

"Michael Laplante" <nowhereman@twilightzone.net> wrote in
news:oZRtg.135423$S61.11931@edtnps90:

> "Stan McCann" <me@stanmccann.us> wrote in message
> news:Xns980074393FD90stanmccann@216.234.192.142...
>> "Michael Laplante" <nowhereman@twilightzone.net> wrote in
>> news:9zPtg.110673$A8.80132@clgrps12:
>
>> Why reinvent the wheel? Check out http://istockphoto.com. My
>> son-in- law brings in about $500 a month from his pics. If
>> interested in seeing his work, try
>> http://istockphoto.com/skashkin/.
>
> Nice one. Interesting approach -- watermarking, lo-res images
> combined with some sort of scripting to keep the images "behind the
> window." I'll have to study that for awhile.

On the website, only the lo-res pictures with watermarks are shown.
After logging in, you are then able to download one of three sizes
spending credits that you have to buy first. The minimum purchase is
$25.00.

> My images are going to come from local sports leagues and tourist.
> They aren't going to be stock photos such as your son-in-law
> produces so the istockphoto thing doesn't work for me that way, but
> I may try my hand at it for general photos. Thx

If you know some PHP, it shouldn't be too difficult to write something
similar to the way istock works.

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