Almay

Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

Jim

JimKramer wrote:

Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.


I have no need of cosmetics. ;-)

I recommend that you should try "Alamy" instead.

JimKramer wrote:

Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I assume you aren't talking about the moissturizing creme.
:-)
http://www.alamy.com

On Sep 15, 6:45 pm, Tony Polson wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I have no need of cosmetics. ;-)

I recommend that you should try "Alamy" instead.

That's what I get for being dyslexic. But, yes any experience?

JimKramer wrote:

On Sep 15, 6:45 pm, Tony Polson wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I have no need of cosmetics. ;-)

I recommend that you should try "Alamy" instead.

That's what I get for being dyslexic. But, yes any experience?


Yes, but I am in the UK.

On Sep 15, 6:49 pm, Paul Furman wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I assume you aren't talking about the moissturizing creme.
:-)http://www.alamy.com

Yes, I'm an idiot, but now someone should read this. :-)

Oh wait, you know you smear it on your lens for that creamy bokeh that
eveyone just loves. Yeah that's it.

On Sep 15, 7:06 pm, Tony Polson wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
On Sep 15, 6:45 pm, Tony Polson wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I have no need of cosmetics. ;-)

I recommend that you should try "Alamy" instead.

That's what I get for being dyslexic. But, yes any experience?

Yes, but I am in the UK.

I said especially interested in outside of the UK because I am.
However, I am interested in any experience(s) as well. Thanks.

JimKramer wrote:

Paul Furman wrote:

JimKramer wrote:

Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I assume you aren't talking about the moissturizing creme.
:-)http://www.alamy.com

Yes, I'm an idiot, but now someone should read this. :-)

Oh wait, you know you smear it on your lens for that creamy bokeh that
eveyone just loves. Yeah that's it.

I tried searching it for an obscure latin name for a particular native
California plant and was surprised to see several matches. Pretty nice
shots though mine are better :-) There were a few different
photographers in the match too so I'm pretty impressed that I was able
to find a selection of matches for such a narrow subject.

--
Paul Furman Photography
http://edgehill.net
Bay Natives Nursery
http://www.baynatives.com

JimKramer wrote:

On Sep 15, 7:06 pm, Tony Polson wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
On Sep 15, 6:45 pm, Tony Polson wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I have no need of cosmetics. ;-)

I recommend that you should try "Alamy" instead.

That's what I get for being dyslexic. But, yes any experience?

Yes, but I am in the UK.

I said especially interested in outside of the UK because I am.
However, I am interested in any experience(s) as well. Thanks.


OK. Alamy used to be great.

Now Alamy has a ranking system, AlamyRank, which means that new
photographers start out in a lower rank. Picture editors' and other
photo buyers' clicks and purchases decide which images rank highest.
That means that the search results that come up first are in the upper
ranks, which is composed of work by photographers who have been
successful with Alamy and have a good track record in selling images

Only if picture editors cannot find what they want in the higher ranks
will they bother looking further. That now makes it very much more
difficult than it used to be to start selling pictures with Alamy.

Alamy was very successful, but that attracted a lot of amateurs as
well as professionals. There were too many amateurs trying to sell
uninspiring images, and picture editors complained that the images
were not only of low quality, but also poorly tagged, meaning that the
editors had to trawl through enormous numbers of images to find one
that they wanted. Alamy felt that they were losing business as a
result, hence the rank system.

It's still good if you are in the upper ranks, but less good than it
used to be if you are starting out.

All the other information you need can be found on the Alamy site.

JimKramer wrote:

On Sep 15, 6:49 pm, Paul Furman wrote:
JimKramer wrote:
Anyone here using Almay?

Any experiences to share good or bad?

I'm especially interested in people's experiences outside of the UK.

I assume you aren't talking about the moissturizing creme.
:-)http://www.alamy.com

Yes, I'm an idiot, but now someone should read this. :-)

Oh wait, you know you smear it on your lens for that creamy bokeh that
eveyone just loves. Yeah that's it.


Cold cream (for example Ponds brand) is very good at removing fungus
from lens elements, and it also has the benefit of killing the fungus.

(seriously!)