Hi guys,
I read all the posts even though I was not very active in the answers ... I do not usually respond to people who make derogatory comments and do not bring anything good in a discussion. No need to name it ... But, It allowed me to understand the reality and the fight for professional photographers or those who are more than amateurs (vs stocks vs amateur like me) ...
I also want to add that I did not start with 160 or 300 photos on stock, I uploaded around 20-30 pictures per week (more or less) ... since my debut 2 months ago.
But since you are much more advanced than me in the field of stock photography, I will share with you my SS portfolio. I am open to reviews ... Many of my pictures were taken before buying my Panasonic G85 and my photography courses.
http://www.shutterstock.com/g/Christian+Ouellet
Then, English is not my first language, so excuse me in advance for mistakes!
Have a great weekend.
i have nothing against you i wanted to point.
i ws just critic the agency that still add contributor and images who only have the merit of steal some sales from other contributors. i have seen your portfolio. When i begin stock photography probably 95% of your images would have been rejected. It's not an offensive point.
The north korean photos are the only one who add something, cause there are not many. the rest are snapshots, because they are shot in dull light and subject is uninteresting.
I don't have nothing against you, and i'm sure in some years your skill will be much better with practice, but if afte 11 years this industry still add this kind of portfolio is clear that there is something going on who is not ok
i don't fear competition, i fear the fact that anything new is buried in 10 minutes by 10000 files with wrong keyword, and totally subpar image quality. that's why right now I'm selling just popular photos shot years ago despite my new files are much more stock oriented.
example: search for " smoothie bowl " the first 20 pages are all but smoothie bowl. mostly fruit and other stuff. do you think a buyer will bother searching through new files or just switch popular ? thats why most establishedd contributor still sells good, cause they have popular files. but for those wh try to diversify is practically impossible nowadays even with top notch image quality.
the fault is not new contributor as i said and want tell again. they want a free pizza , good for them. The problem are the agency. but as we say pulling the rope...the rope break at certain point.