In response to changes in the industry and our clients requirements we have decided to take some radical steps regarding the pricing of our images.  As of today our new simplified pricing model comes into effect.  We have moved away from the complexities of licensing to enable us to offer clients a simple procedure  for establishing what an image costs.

Images are still sold on a single use, rights managed basis, but broad rights will be given with all licenses.  For example a license for using an image inside a book will now give rights for any size, all languages, all territories and any printrun.

We have also introduced a new license that enables multiple use of an image on various digital platforms – website/blog/social media.

To see the new pricing relevant to your country simply login to www.africamediaonline.com and click on one of the following:
General RM images
Historical images
and click CALCULATE PRICE

All existing price agreements will still be maintained and you have the option of continuing with your current price structure or switching to the new simplified model.  If you have any comments or questions relating to our new simplified licensing or would like the latest price list emailed to you please contact Robyn on pictures@africamediaonline.com

Africa Media Online was represented at this years CEPIC Congress in Warsaw, Poland. Over 400 representatives from the picture industry in 32 different countries attended. The annual CEPIC Congress is an opportunity to meet with other picture libraries who represent our images in their local markets. Meeting face-to-face once a year makes all the difference to the relationships functioning well and ensures that we provide each partner with the right images. The event also provides an annual opportunity to catch-up with what is happening around the world in this industry. We share ideas of what has worked, look at new ways of doing things in this digital era and evaluate where we need to change.

As a part of the Congress the results were announced of the first CEPIC Stock Photography Awards: http://tinyurl.com/ncywg55

Next year we need some African entries!

CEPIC Congress, Warsaw. Image supplied by CEPIC.

Africa Media Online has an amazing digital asset management system that we have been building over the past 14 years called MEMAT. We use it to store, safeguard and manage the collections we represent to publishing and broadcast markets through africamediaonline.com. What is less known is that we also make the system available to other organisations to manage their own digital collections (images, video, audio and manuscripts). What we have never done before is to create an introductory video to MEMAT to help you understand what it is and why it could help to solve a significant problem most of us face.

If you have photographs – old and new – that should be shared within your company and even across branches, this might just work for you.  It could save you money licensing images if everyone in your company were able to access (search, display, sort and download) the photos from the shoots you have already done.

If you have used africamediaonline.com for your picture needs you already understand the front end of the software – although, if you don’t want to sell use rights you do not need to have that feature included in your system.

To find out more watch the video below,  read more… or send me your questions – rosanne@africamediaonline.com

Sometimes we are so busy doing that we fail to communicate what all the doing is about.  This little video conveys what we as Africa Media Online are about and how our picture library fits into the bigger picture of “Africans telling Africa’s story”.

AMO What We Do from Africa Media Online on Vimeo.

Kenyan photographer, Felix Masi, just uploaded some intriguing images of the Kimbanguist Orchestra Symphony playing in downtown Kinshasa.  He says that they are self-taught group of classical musicians in Central Africa.  There are over 200 members, many of whom make their own instruments.

Orchestra Symphony Kimbanguist: Credit Felix Masi/Africa Media Online

Felix has some other images of the orchestra on the Africa Media Online site.  Lovely images of hope in the DRC.