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Are wide images mostly the result of the photographer or the customer editing.  The shots used on the top of web pages that extend across most of the web page? 

Thanks for answering another dumb question for an old crow.

Are there any internal key word links that the agencies do automatically,  such as sand and dirt ?  Or is it all up to keyword skills?  The keyword generators,  are they problematic and cause rejection? Some of the stuff key generators do seems odd.   How do I educate myself on keywords that are neccessary but most new folks wouldn't even think about?

Thanks for your help.

Several times inside agency forums I see customers complain that images are getting to expensive.  Can someone explain this,  do the customers realize who are in the forums and how much they get??  What task are they accomplishing that they're budgets are stretched ??  If they are using that many images there business must be good right. 

There are times I feel as though half the forum is biting their tongues,  kicking the dog and everything else to keep from cussing these people out.  Some of this stuff is used in big places.

Maybe I need a lesson in who buys images,  how much they cost the customer and what types of customers there are.  Sometimes I wonder if some guy with a BMW M6 in his driveway is complaining of image cost.

Thanks

Photographers are supposed to see the light,  I guess in the literal sense only.  Prices have gone down, down, down and special offers have poped up. Some photographers that said they would never  .....   actually did, others sold out, others changed, some quit.   The ever changing landscape of microstock keeps people asking why did they, how could they,  did they just do that.   Shutterstock was always the rock of gibraltor.   Going public made Oringer and others very rich.  It reminds me of young people with internet start ups that grew the business then sold out.  In an article by xconomy, Oringer says the reason for going public was to elevate Shutterstock.

  http://www.xconomy.com/new-york/2013/05/23/ceo-jon-oringer-speaks-about-deciding-to-take-shutterstock-public/

Now some of the profit goes to share holders,  will any more of it ever get to contributors??
Is the truth right there in front of everyone and no one wants to see it,  was there some true substance to going public?   

Everytime I see an article asking about unionizing photographers several people jump in and kill the thread and make the OP feel ashamed.  Then I saw that everyone had actually unionized after all,  It was called the dollar photo club union,  and it got results.   What is a union?  dues paying line picketing sign carrying auto workers that need a shave ??   Maybe there is more than one kind.
The ride from here on out is going to be rough, unlike mustard and ketchup that need to be manufactured, driven to the store and placed on the shelf,  digital images never go away.  Microstock photographers are being lead around by the nose, and the *B*****s* that are getting rich do not give a *d** about you.

Now can you see the light   

Are the first few key words or the image name weighted in the search.  With all the really far fetched key words it would seem that sites / agencies should give (for example) the first 5 words special weight.  Fine art america could especially use this.

So are all the key words given the same weight during search ??

As a guy who likes all things blue,  a dark work area and cool colored things I am often told my images look a little blue.  I have warmed things up over the last year but before I make my 10 shot submission I wanted to ask about white balance.  Working with NEF's makes WB subjective.  Do you have any words of wisdom on white balance you would like to offer ??

Thanks for any help.

I have quite a few years at learning photography but never turn my nose up at any possibility to learn.  When Shutterstock emailed the "skillfeed" free month offer I said why not.  As I proceeded through the "not working so smooth" sign up it ended up wanting a credit card number.  That pi**ed me off.  Should I be angry  ??

I was going to write about the website and the quirks it seems to have.  Then I realized that people here earn part or all of their living there and I did not want to be negative toward them.  Is the website still in transition to the new layout ??  Listening and reading for a year now I know they were changing but the site seems as though it is managed by a skeleton crew now.  This format is not the end result of the changes right ??

Good Morning,   
I would like to ask if DOF calculators are accurate enough for stock images?  is there a rule of thumb by which you reduce the calculators measurement to insure the images in focus acceptance? 

Thanks to all who help.