Agencyportal

Agencyportal

Welcome to the BIA Image Distribution System Your agency portal will display images that are currently only available through BIA. You have the possibility to download these images and include them in your archive. In accordance with our contract, you … Continued
Login / Signup / Logout

Login / Signup / Logout

Login You must be logged in the system as a customer for any orders. Signup New customers have to register first. Please note that the data entered during the registration process will be used for the billing address. Logout Click … Continued
Media Search

Media Search

Tips for a successful media research Search Box – Suggested SpeciesWhen entering one or more letters into the search box, our system will suggest bird species starting with such letters. You can search for English or Scientific species names. If … Continued
Pricing

Pricing

All birdimagency images are licensed and priced as rights managed images. Use fees are determined by factors defining the manner and magnitude of use. These factors include: use, print run or circulation, distribution, image size, placement, duration of use. The … Continued
Direct download

Direct download

Depending on your wishes and agreement with us you have the option to download HighRes images directly.After you have logged on to the system, there are two ways to do this. In the thumbnail view, you will find the icon … Continued
Shopping cart

Shopping cart

Click the cart symbol (1) to add items to your cart. Click the trash symbol (2) to delete items from your cart. The number of media in your cart is displayed in the upper right hand corner of the site. … Continued
Payment methods

Payment methods

The following payment methods are available: Account PayPal Prepayment SofortÜberweisung Our preferred currency for payments is Euro.
Order

Order

Once you have made your selections in your cart, click the button “Checkout”. You will be prompted to select the payment method. Confirm your selection by clicking “Continue”. The summary of your order will appear for confirmation. By clicking on … Continued
Your ordered Media

Your ordered Media

If you are paying via “Account”, “Paypal” or “SofortÜberweisung”, your media files will be available immediately. If you select Prepayment, your media files will be ready for download after your payment has been received. You will be notified via E-Mail. … Continued
Download invoice

Download invoice

You can download your invoice in your account. Look in “Latest Orders” for “Details” to open Details. Click on “Download invoice” to download your invoice.
Credit line

Credit line

Please use always this Credit line: Photographer name / BIA
Specimen copy

Specimen copy

Please send us a copy of your publication to: BIA birdimagencyChris RomeiksThuenenstr. 29k18209 Bad DoberanGERMANY
Apply as a BIA Photographer

Apply as a BIA Photographer

We are always looking for new photographers who can supply outstanding bird photographs. Most interesting for us are photographers with a very large portfolio of many different bird species. You can check out our Species List to see which species … Continued
Requirements for images

Requirements for images

All images should be in JPEG format highest resolution (at least 300dpi) and highest quality (level 12) files size > 4 MB recommended color space AdobeRGB 98 (preferred) or sRGB keep all exif- and metadata in the images 3×2 ratio … Continued
What kind of images are we looking for?

What kind of images are we looking for?

We are looking for images of males, females, pairs, chicks, young birds, nests, eggs. Birds in all situations: singing, flying, foraging, preening etc. Missing bird species are colored red in our Species List.
Do we also accept other nature photos?

Do we also accept other nature photos?

Yes, we do. From which genres can I send images? We do accept images from all areas of nature photography: – animals, – plants, – landscapes, – macro photos, – etc. Since the market is flooded with nature photographs, the … Continued
How many images do we accept per submission?

How many images do we accept per submission?

The number doesn’t matter. Sorted submissions by species are very pleasant. So we would prefer to take 20 pictures of a Common Chaffinch than of 20 different species.
How to encode filenames

How to encode filenames

The file names should contain the most important informations to the image, e.g. to: country, region, species, name, gender, age, date created… Please note: Don’t use any spaces or special characters in file name. Examples: USA_OH_common_starling_adult.jpg (or USA_Ohio….jpg) CA_BC_common_eider_female.jpg (or … Continued
Login

Login

Address: https://www.birdimagency.com/admin/ Enter your Username and Password.
Browserupload

Browserupload

Backend → Article & Store → Upload Directory Step 1 Choose the media type (Images, Videos, Audios, Others) you want to upload and select the files on your computer to upload. Step 2 If your upload is done click on … Continued
FTP-Upload

FTP-Upload

Create a connection to our server to open appropriate media folder and load the single files into there (e.g. image files into “image”). Please don’t create or upload any subfolders. If the upload is done, login into the Agency Backend, … Continued
Release / Rejection

Release / Rejection

We have to release your images after your upload. Unfortunately sometimes we have to reject images. There could be several reasons for this. Usually we explain the reason for the rejection in releasing. A “rejection” is not a rating of … Continued
I have found a mistake

I have found a mistake

I have found a mistake in the keywording of an image. Please send us an E-mail and describe the mistake. We will fix it immediately. You will find a link “Please tell us” below the detail view of each image.