Licensing?

[monicasigmon]

I'm curious about licensing images. I have no experience or knowledge in this arena, but I do have some fine art images and I'd like to explore some options. Does anyone have some wisdom they can share? @CarolineJensen have you done this?

[CarolineJensen]

I want to do this, but I’ve heard mixed reviews on it. I do better with stock, historically, but even that is waning right now. The hard part is it isn’t regulated, so the burden is on us to get a good representative. 

[monicasigmon]

Goooootcha...so I think you're saying it would be best to work with an agent? Sorry if the question is dumb, I've literally not done ANYTHING like this 😊

[tonygale]

I find I do much better when I am able to directly license. The stock agencies all seem to have raced to the bottom, and everybody lost 

[monicasigmon]

That makes sense. Is that something you do on your own? Or do you work with agent/representative?