Being a Slim Jim

We're not caught in the rush to be the biggest, the fattest, the most anonymous image resource in town. Hec, we're small, we're slim and we're tuned in to offer the personal touch that means we know who you are and what you're creating. You're more than welcome to contact us at any time because we're just the usual fallible humans you find everywhere. The difference is we love our photographers work and we can convey that to our clients. Trigger is the sum of it's parts, a combined effort where ego's are out the window and talent speaks volumes. That's why we have a creative base of photographers that covers the widest spectrum of experiences from raw students to award winning mega talent, no names, but you know who you are. It's that vitality, that constant sense of creative rebirth that makes finding the right photographers for Trigger so exciting for us.

We've seen thousands of folios from prospective hopefuls and we get daily requests to review portfolios from folks who also want to be a part of Trigger. It's not a bunch of fun telling 99% of them that they're work just doesn't fit, but that's just the way it is. Taking a crit personally rather than professionally can hurt those less used to it but hey, move on, there are other image libraries that will be a better fit for them. We're picky, we edit hard and that's why our clients come to us, to find just inspirational images.


Jimmy Williams - Images by Trigger Image

Being small and niche means finding the right fit is vital if Trigger is to stand out from those other libraries so we take a lot of time mining deep into the heart of the internet to unearth the gems. As we're all aware the web is awash with digital imagery and 'photographers' so while you may think you're easy to find the truth is often much murkier. If you're relatively 'fresh' making contacts that develop through to commissioned work takes time and effort. So the ethos at Trigger is to provide a platform where you can show your folio for FREE to our database of contacts and exploit the opportunities offered through licensing. We'll also pass-on client requests to commission imagery if they can't find the specific image in your collection so what might have been a small job could turn into a worthwhile long term contact for the future.

In a competitive marketplace you need to update your images as often as you can, sending in your low res samples as email attachments to studio@triggerimage.co.uk is vital, our hard-nosed editors will then review them and get back to you. Old content is just that, so be proactive to keep clients coming back to your work. New work also goes to the top of our 'Just Arrived' gallery so you'll be seen first. To get your folio further afield Trigger also works alongside a number of distributors and Fine Art print on demand publishers to increase your marketing and sales potential, these now include Alamy, Age, DPA, Polfoto, Bonne Image, Mauritius, Glasshouse, Art.com and ArtFlakes and we will be looking to add new names to the list this year, so keep an eye on the Blog for updates.

Thanks for all your input
Tim

New distributors to work with Trigger

Just like every other business on this little spinning planet we're always on the lookout for new customers. Thanks to the web and digital techno stuff artists are in the fortunate position of being able to communicate, sell and deliver imagery in an instant, any time of day or night to anyone with a computer and a credit card. This is the easy bit of course, the tough part is finding the new clients who want to part with real cash. This usually means investing our money or a great deal of time or both in the pursuit of people who want to use your images in exchange for hard currency. As a small agency with a niche licensing art product we have to search even harder to find those specialist clients who recognise the value of creativity. We're not providing the safe, standard stock image you can find on most sites at knock down prices. We're filling our galleries with new inspiring emotive imagery that will captivate our audience.

Trigger clients include the BBC, The Almanac Gallery, Random House Publishing in England, Germany and Spain, Transworld, Orion and Little Brown Publishing in UK, L'Espresso Editoriale in Italy, Espasa Calpe and Editoriale Planeta in Spain, jewellery designers in Paris, interior designers in Sweden, Harlequin Publishers in Australia and JWT advertising in Dubai. Our reach is broadening and we're becoming a real resource for art buyers who are looking for something different.

In our first 18 months of business we've been putting out the feelers, dipping our toes in the water and sometimes getting our fingers burnt. We've doubled our library to 9000 images and now we're attracting attention from other much larger image agencies who see the value in our highly selective image content. This is an exciting time and over the coming months we'll be working closely with image agencies ic.worldwide in USA and Polfoto in Scandinavia to broaden our reach to new clients by utilising their extensive marketing power. We've spent the past few months working day and night preparing all our contributors images. Now we're ready!

To benefit from this new marketing opportunity all our photographers need to update their FREE subscription at: http://triggerimage.co.uk/form.html . You don't have to do anything else, we have done all the work for you and it's totally free. This will ensure more clients see your stock imagery and ultimately your folio.

Best
Tim