Microstock agencies are like girlfriends
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Tag: "stock rejections"
Why bother?
When one agency rejects a photo that I have already spent time on editing, do I bother to edit the image again according to how they want it? I often don’t bother. For the photo below though, I did and it was accepted by Dreamstime the second time round. Since it was accepted it has been downloaded 6 times on DT, netting me $20.46.
Oct 14, 2010 | 3 comments | View Post
This Microstock Site is a “Joke”
Sometimes I hear the words ‘microstock has revolutionised the stock industry’. It’s not microstock, it’s the advent of the digital camera..
Aug 03, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
Is it time to give Crestock another try?
Acquisitions of microstock agencies by more traditional stock agencies have been a common trend over the past few years. Both micro and macro..
Jul 05, 2010 | 0 comments | View Post
Poetry for the Struggling Microstocker
Oh why did you reject my photos again? I gave you my best but you said it was lame…
Apr 01, 2010 | 4 comments | View Post
Keywords and Images to Avoid
The use of the following keywords will trigger off sirens at BigStock’s Head Quarters and a cage will be dropped over the reviewer who is examining your image. The reviewer will not be released until the suspect keyword or image in question is fully screened…
Jan 14, 2010 | 2 comments | View Post
Interview with Microstock Photographer Tatiana Morozova
© Photographer: Friday | Agency: Dreamstime.com My only communication with other photographers is online and most of them have been through microstock sites. I met Tana 8 months ago on Dreamstime. She informed me on how much she liked Bali, in her own words “I am in love with Bali”. I started to go through [...]
May 17, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
April Showers
April is known for having frequent showers in the UK. However, I don’t think even 30 days of rain could get me down this month, as I had a lot of good news. As you know from the last post, I had 4 images accepted for the “In the News” page on Dreamstime. I think [...]
Apr 30, 2009 | 4 comments | View Post
Super Gaffes
We all make mistakes. God knows I make plenty and before you all shout in chorus “Your blog, it’s a mistake!” I would just like to point out some larger gaffes. There was an article on Smartmoney recently called “Small Business: How to Beat a Goliath“. It focused on how a microstock company was the [...]
Mar 24, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
Hurry! Snap Up My Snapshots.
I generally wish that the agencies would offer a little more accurate information when sending rejection reasons. Instead of, your pic. was rejected because of this or possibly this. What? Does the reviewer not know the reason?
Feb 11, 2009 | 3 comments | View Post
What? Keywording? I thought I was a photographer!
So you’ve done your shoot and if like me, you’ve toiled with Photoshop. Right, lets send those amazing pics to the world. Wait, you can’t. You have to keyword your images, using words that you think a potential buyer will use in their search. What if I spent my youth bunking off school and my spelling is terribul?
Jan 09, 2009 | 8 comments | View Post
They said, “turn photos sitting on your hard drive into cash!”
Having teething problems, but staying resilient none the less. I’m new to all this and a little surprised, at how difficult it is to get images accepted on these sites. Wasn’t the Microstock industry a way of turning photos, sitting on your hard drive into cash? It’s not as easy as they make it sound. [...]
Jan 03, 2009 | 2 comments | View Post
I reached 50 recently :[
No, not my age, but my uploads on Dreamstime :] Although 50 years of age is not that far away too, if I think about it. Ok 50 uploads, big deal! Before you say it, why am I writing a post to say I have 50 uploads on a website that has millions. Well hopefully [...]
Jan 02, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
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