Getty Images?

[Chris Kennedy]

I was wondering if any of you use the Getty Images option on Flickr. Is so, has it been a good experience, bad experience, or more importantly, have you made any money?

[jslugman]

I've exercised the option but never been contacted by either Getty nor by anyone claiming to use their services (although I do get the occasional direct contact). I understand you can submit a handful of images monthly to catch the attention of one of their employees but honestly haven't explored that very thoroughly.

[Matt Ottosen]

I use it, but it is now pretty hard to get images accepted.  I have about a dozen with them, and I have made around $500 from them over the last year and a half.

[Chris Kennedy]

I think part of the problem in not getting much response is that there is a very narrow market for aircraft pictures and relatively little interest in them in general.

Among my thousands of aircraft pictures on Flickr I have a very few photos of fire trucks that happen to have responded to the airport while I was there. With the exception of a couple of planes that have crashed, those fire truck pictures get more views than any of my aircraft shots.