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Yeah I have a feeling I'll do a lot of experimenting before all is said and done lol

And as for the auto settings, I'm glad I'm not the only one who found that odd... I mean just for aperture how would the camera know if I wanted just the subject in focus or if I wanted the background in focus as well...

But ISO I dunno, maybe the camera can tell? I never tried it so I honestly didn't know if I was doing something wrong for years lol  of course I dont change ISO TONS... mostly just aperture, shutter I mostly leave alone as well as most my pictures are done in similar light and without a tripod, but still none are set for automatic

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Hello, Im new to selling photos but not new to photography... so if you dont mind I would like to ask a couple of questions

Ive been looking over a lot of sites and have submitted a good photo or photos to get past the preliminary test phase and for everywhere I have tried I have passed...

Beyond that from what I've been able to gather so far, QC is an interesting case... Seems from the forums that none of them are very consistent in their QC, in fact one person I spoke to said that what will pass at Alamy for instance will fail adobe at times, and what passes at adobe will fail at alamy... and what fails some places will pass in the same place a month later with no editing to what you originally submitted...Which brings me to Question Number 1

1. Is there any good guide I should go by when submitting to the various locations?  Also if you get failed at lest say adobe stock... is it actually safe to submit it again later, edited or unedited... or would that be image spamming?  Basically where should I draw the line when an image gets failed... do I edit it, try to resubmit... etc  That is assuming of course that it is a decent picture :)

2. Also... Other than the exclusive sites, are there any that are better avoided?  I was thinking of going for shutter, 123rf, alamy, adobe, getty, and probably the other top/middle earners according to the list on the right side of this forum.

Next question for experienced people. 

3. How do you organize your image files and such... I have been using lightroom but keeping track of what is submitted where and earnings may get troublesome... I dont need exacts but just some tips so I get started on the right track from the start.

4. As for editing of files... From what Ive gathered, and I may be wrong, alamy does not mind creative editing..ie removing background, changing backgrounds, going black and white etc.... whereas adobe stock from what they said to me when I asked this question was that they want NO editing other than to brighten things up or very minor changes... they claim they will fail any obvious edits such as black and white and such because that was up to the customer to do not me... I personally disagree with that idea in that if the customer whats a black and white photo that is what they will buy... not one that takes extra work on their part but alas I do not make the rules.... so which sites allow editing and which dont?  Its amazing how uninformative some of these FAQs are lol

Anyway I would appreciate any advice you can give me on those questions and any other tips that would be good for me to know going into this.  I love photography, I dont plan to get rich selling stock photos but I wouldn't mind a small income from my passion :)  I do a lot of nature walks and pictures of animals and landscapes and everything really so if I'll be doing it anyway I may as well try to get something from it :)

Oh, 1 last question for you guys on the actual photography part... Ive learned to set the ISO, shutter speed, and aperture for each location I find myself taking pictures... I was talking to a professional photographer the other day and he said for the most part he leaves the camera set to auto.  I have never done this and am curious if you guys have?  I always just assumed the camera would get the settings wrong... I may try to leave it in the cameras hands sometime but out of curiosity do you guys set your stuff manually or do you allow the camera the job?

I typically use a Canon EOS Rebel T4i  If I am taking wildlife pictures I usually use a 400mm lens But I have others as well depending on what mood Im in :)


Oh... and 1 last last question :)   As I said I usually use the above camera and I am guessing I already know the answer to this question but are the cheaper smaller cameras say 1-200 dollar sorta cameras good enough for any of the stock sites? 

I ask cause sometimes it just isn't practical to get my normal camera out and shooting at the drop of a hat so I was curious if I carried around a pocket size camera would they pass QC ... anywhere really... I saw on alamys faq about sensor size neeing to be over 1" but are they the general rule about contributing and if so are there any exceptions?

For instance for household family get together and such I use my Wifes camera normally which is a samsung wb35F  its pretty compact and actually gives decent pictures for what I use it for.... would that camera pass QC anywhere?  I would love to buy say a Fuji X100T for having a small camera that is good.. but honestly I dont have a spare grand to throw at a camera at the moment :)  So I ask about the camera that I have at hand lol  I also have a Nikon Cool Pix L20 that I somehow inherited but it is similar to the samsung.


Anyway thanks for any answers, tips, and advise anyone can provide.  It is appreciated :)











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