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 09/23/2008 08:10:03 PM · #76
Wow...didn't know you were in Fort Worth! Funny thing is that there is another DPC member that lives 2 blocks away in the same neighborhood as me and I have never met them!

Take a look at my portfolio on Shutterstock... you can see my images there are alot different than what you see here. Seems like I freeze up and shoot horrible images for challenges, but get better results everywhere else.

MY SHUTTERSTOCK PORTFOLIO

Message edited by author 2008-09-23 20:12:13.
 09/23/2008 09:15:30 PM · #77
Billy - lots of nice pics at Shutterstock. I like that snorkel and scuba divers one. I want to be there NOW. As far as the real world goes, that is where you really want to do well. :)
 09/23/2008 09:23:42 PM · #78
Sometimes it works that way! I didn't realize that David ey lived here in Cowtown until I left a comment on his b/w abstract entry and he was surprised that I did not recognize it as a sculpture at the Kimbell. Terrel isn't too far. We have a pretty good D/FW meetup group from Flickr that gets together regularly. You should join us sometime. If you are not on Flickr, I can just let you know when we do the next one. It's a lot of fun.

Originally posted by Truegsht:
Seems like I freeze up and shoot horrible images for challenges, but get better results everywhere else.

Know what you are talking about! A result of trying too hard perhaps. I sometimes do that myself. I overprocess an image in the effor to try and get the magic wow-factor and it ends up looking awful.

Message edited by author 2008-09-23 21:28:11.
 09/23/2008 09:25:43 PM · #79
Originally posted by yospiff:
I find this interesting, as your scores here show way more skill at the art than mine do. Meanwhile, Truegsht whose average is 4.78, says he's had about a 30% acceptance rate. I suspect there are significant differences in what does well here and what the stock sites want. Might be interesting to try and quantify what they look for that is different from what does well on DPC.


The stock sites definitely want crisp, clear, straightforward shots. My problem is getting the crisp ones lol.

I'm keeping track of what is being accepted and what is not - and there is definitely some inconsistencies. But whatever - it will be interesting to see what sells.

BTW - I just check 123rf who just accepted all of my photos 2 days ago and i already have one download hehehe. So someone out there likes it :) (Of course, for as cheap as it is, who wouldn't?)
09/23/2008 09:30:00 PM · #80
I have a question. It's about lightboxes on the stock sites. What is it exactly? Is that something that you would want to use? I saw that my download was added to a lightbox.
 09/23/2008 09:34:32 PM · #81
Originally posted by ANGELERA:


Thanks for the information. I knew I posted the question to a good source. This makes me very happy. Now, if only I could find someone who's uploading with Aperture and the plug-in for iStockphoto.

Thanks for your time guys.

-Ange


I think that Aperture may be the same as iPhoto. You can make a file in "Finder", then use "file" in Aperture and export the chosen image/s to the file in finder. A pop up will ask what type of file you want there, and what quality/size. After the export, you can upload to the net from there.
09/23/2008 09:39:02 PM · #82
Originally posted by colorcarnival:
I have a question. It's about lightboxes on the stock sites. What is it exactly? Is that something that you would want to use? I saw that my download was added to a lightbox.

I noticed that myself, but had not gotten around to investigating them yet.
 09/29/2008 07:29:10 PM · #83
Well I have bitten the bullet and finally applied at Shutterstock after testing the waters for a month or so at Dreamstime (9 files online), Fotolia (15 online) and iStockphoto (10 files online). I have submitted my 10 images and I am just waiting to hear back now. I hear that iStock is the most difficult, so I hope Shutterstock will be kind in comparison, but 10 spot-on images is difficult for a newbie like me.

Wish me luck!
 09/29/2008 08:01:24 PM · #84
Originally posted by Lonni:
Well I have bitten the bullet and finally applied at Shutterstock after testing the waters for a month or so at Dreamstime (9 files online), Fotolia (15 online) and iStockphoto (10 files online). I have submitted my 10 images and I am just waiting to hear back now. I hear that iStock is the most difficult, so I hope Shutterstock will be kind in comparison, but 10 spot-on images is difficult for a newbie like me.

Wish me luck!


I think ShutterStock only needs at least 7/10 to be OK. I have had all rejected till date... but your work is far better than mine...since I heard iStock is the toughest and you are up there;-)

Good luck!
 09/30/2008 01:04:14 AM · #85
Only 4/10 were accepted...oh well. I knew I should have waited a bit longer - 30 more days it seems!
I guess my iStock acceptance really was a fluke!

I think my mistake was to submit a few that hadn't yet been through the iStock review, although they still rejected a few that had passed with iStock. I think all the sites have different requirements, so just keep trying and improving I guess :)
 09/30/2008 03:52:09 AM · #86
yeah, shutterstock and istock have fairly different image requirements.

Shutterstock happily accepts heavily edited photos but is very strict on noise.
Istock accepts a reasonable amount of noise but is really strict about over editing.
 10/09/2008 03:21:40 AM · #87
Originally posted by leaf:
yeah, shutterstock and istock have fairly different image requirements.

Shutterstock happily accepts heavily edited photos but is very strict on noise.
Istock accepts a reasonable amount of noise but is really strict about over editing.

I have my ISO100 image rejected by iStock due to noise at shade area. Go figure...
 11/02/2008 04:38:40 PM · #88
Well I waited a month and tried again - accepted this time! This time I had 8/10 approved, so now to upload the rest of my stuff :)
 11/02/2008 05:26:54 PM · #89
Originally posted by leaf:
yeah, shutterstock and istock have fairly different image requirements.

Shutterstock happily accepts heavily edited photos but is very strict on noise.
Istock accepts a reasonable amount of noise but is really strict about over editing.


I have found exactly the same.
 11/03/2008 09:35:55 PM · #90
Wow- Shutterstock are pretty strict about what they accept - but the sales take off fast!
 11/04/2008 02:04:52 PM · #91
Originally posted by Lonni:
Wow- Shutterstock are pretty strict about what they accept - but the sales take off fast!


that is awesome! welcome to Shutterstock.....It is a really good place to make extra money
 11/04/2008 07:27:11 PM · #92
Lonni, Congratulations and welcome to Shutterstock! Shutterstock is my best earner. Good luck with the sales!

Message edited by author 2008-11-04 19:27:21.
 11/06/2008 07:02:50 AM · #93
Originally posted by Lonni:
Wow- Shutterstock are pretty strict about what they accept - but the sales take off fast!


yeah, they are strict when it comes to noise, but they accept at lot of things that other sites do not.
 11/13/2008 12:27:41 PM · #94
I finally decided to submit to Shutterstock as well. I was rejected on all the images because of my model release. I used the model release that I had and I guess they didn't like it. There was no other explanation as tho why they were rejected. I was hoping for some more feedback. Do you have to use their model release? Is that the same on all the stock sites when submitting a model release? Are the model releases all different? I am a bit confused right now. :o/
 11/13/2008 02:12:31 PM · #95
Most of the stock sites will accept any legal form of a release, but it may need to name them (the company) specifically, not just you, the photographer.

If you have your own release form, you may want to modify it to include a list of stock companies you submit to, maybe by reference to a list at the bottom.
 11/13/2008 02:25:52 PM · #96
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Most of the stock sites will accept any legal form of a release, but it may need to name them (the company) specifically, not just you, the photographer.

If you have your own release form, you may want to modify it to include a list of stock companies you submit to, maybe by reference to a list at the bottom.


Thanks for the advice. I will try that. In the meantime, I have to wait the 30 day period to try again. :O(
 11/13/2008 04:39:56 PM · #97
Shutterstock accepted the standard iStock release form that I used. I was surprised, because it had the istock logo and everything, but I'm not complaining.
 11/25/2008 10:19:57 PM · #98
Looks like I actually made something on stock. Istock had accepted only 4 of my uploads, and I decided it was more work than it was worth to try and please them. Well, I checked in tonight and one of my four images sold once. A whole $2.70. It's something.

I may upload some more, but I won't kill myself trying to meet their moving target criteria.
 11/25/2008 10:23:18 PM · #99
I uploaded few and waiting for approval, we'll see hot is goes from there ..
Who knows :)
I've sold one print on DPC for 6.15$, after putting the print on DPCprint for 3 months. Not bad .. not amazing .. but it is a way to start :)
If I can just get what I spent on camera gears and lighting equipments, I would be more than happy, then if I can make more to get more gear, I'd be happier.
 12/11/2008 10:02:40 PM · #100
I've almost given up on uploading to istock. Of the four i'm with, their process is the most annoying and timewasting. I did'nt notice this b4, (because i dont upload there much)but they add sub-tags for the tags. And the submission process cant be complete, until u check at least one tag that matches the image. Now on one image i had about 30 tags (keywords)that had about ten subtags each to go through. Most of the subtags were not relevant to the image. So my only alternative would be to check an irelevant subtag or delete the originating tag.
Then theres the one to two week wait for review LMFAO. Hats off to u guys that do well there. Me, I'm thanking god for shutterstock. They certainly got some intelligent people to lay out their system and two day turnaround review time is unbeleivable. No wonder their number one. If SS were ever to reward for loyalty, I'd close all my other accounts in seconds.
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