Appendix C - Photographers Survey

An online survey of photographers was conducted during June 2001. The survey was placed at http://members.fortunecity.com/abracad/photos.html and advertised in various relevant USENET newsgroups. The USENET postings also included a text version of the survey.

In order to maximise the number of responses all questions were made optional and no client-side validation was employed. As with the Image Users Survey (Appendix B) some of the responses received contained inconsistencies, e.g. several users who answered no to "Do you ever submit images to stock libraries?" also answered questions beginning "If you submit images to stock libraries, do you submit…" All responses have been included in the results given.

Of the 38 responses received 36 respondents supplied e-mail addresses, 34 of those indicated they would like to be informed of developments to the proposed site.

What is your involvement in photography?

25 out of the 28 respondents describing themselves as professional or semi-professional wish to be kept informed of developments to the proposed site, as do 7 of the 8 serious hobbyists.

What kind of photographs do you take?

Most respondents take photographs belonging to several categories. 13 respondents take photographs of subjects other than those on the list, these subjects are: sport (2), motor racing (2), action/sports, construction work, the Netherlands, weddings, portraiture, tourist items, cuckoo clocks, t-shirts, keyrings, livestock, still life, m-bikes and automobiles.

What kind of images do you produce?

To the question Do you ever submit images to stock libraries? 11 respondents answered "yes" and 27 "no".

To the question If you submit images to stock libraries, is the stock library the main destination for your work? 2 respondents answered "yes" and 14 "no".

If you submit images to stock libraries, how many do you submit (annually)?

If you submit images to stock libraries, do you submit to?

To the question If you have submitted work to online stock libraries, which one(s)? the following received one response each: 1StopStock.com, Corbis, Photogenics Fine Photography, Getty Images, eurofoto.

If you have used online stock libraries, how successful have they been for you?

To the question Do you have your own web page? 21 respondents answered "yes" and 17 "no".

If you have your own web page, do you use it to:

If you don't have a web page, why not?

The other answers to this question were: too busy, not got round to it, finding right host, problem of image theft, no contacts and in progress.

If you don't have a web page, do you plan to produce one in future?