"Flickr users hit paydirt Flickr, a popular online photo-sharing site owned by Yahoo, is teaming up with Getty Images to offer shutterbugs a chance to turn their hobby into a moneymaking endeavor. Under a partnership announced this week, Getty's editors will peruse Flickr to find pictures that may appeal to newspapers, magazines, book publishers, advertising agencies and other businesses. Getty will then contact photographers who posted shots with sales potential to see if they're interested in licensing the pictures. Any ensuing sales will be split between Getty and the participating photographers. The arrangement marks the latest example of how the web is creating opportunities for people outside the traditional media industry to get paid for their photographic, writing or reporting skills. The phenomenon is sometimes known as "citizen journalism." It's the first time that Flickr has set up a sales channel since the site started four years ago. Yahoo bought the service for about $US35 million in 2005. Since then, Flickr has established itself as one of the internet's leading spots for amateur photography. More than 2 billion pictures have been posted by the site's 27 million members." my thoughts for those in pore paying markets, there's a lot of potential for them to earn more than the local market pays for those in high paying markets, there's a potential for keen amatuers to undercut . I'd imagine a Lao photographer would be very happy with $10 for a photo - that's a fortnights wages there. Austalian photographers who already sell images for $50-$100 would be happy competing with US prices. of course local-image markets might be safe, but who knows what traveller with a P&S could be passing karl
