my point is only to help people with rejection, i made around 1000 submission so far, im no expert, but after 1 year of stock photo im getting a good grip of what is accepted or not...

On response to my first post in here, im willing to give back tot the community that helpped me, and give comment on rejected images to help people perfecting their skills.

I don't know why that in anyways should get my name "blacklisted"

Most comment that i heard of is, like i was saying in my reply, that most people go by the key phrase:

"Submitted 15 images, all rejected, go to hell reviewers"

Dont forget that these reviewers are seeing thousands of images per day, and even if they accepted to do that job, it can be hard for them, as it is hard for us to upload all these pictures and finding salable content.

So, if you get 30, 15 or 10 images rejected in row (it happened to me quite sometimes), you are probably doing something wrong , or you are maybe not meeting the standard or content needed by the company you are submitting to. To lighten your path, post samples of the pictures you got rejected: my pleasure and the pleasure of others in this helpful forums, will be to help you understand why you got rejected and perfect your skills.

On this, i hope, helpful note, have a good night,

Math

p.s. im sorry for typos or strange phrases, its getting late and im french, sooooooo, be nice with me

i don't get it...

my image was in the second page of the "christmas" keyword search and on the first page of the "santa" keyword search...

now it don't even show in the christmas keyword search and its on page 8 of the santa search...... /cry

Congrats leaf!

I know how it feels, i have a rather small portfolio at istock (470 images) and it took me a looooooooooooooong time to fins the courage to disambiguate (or whatever you spell it) them all.

Grats again

Math

well guys and gals,

*clears throat*

got 18/20 of my last batch accepted at Istock!!!!! I was in shock....lol

you can see these shots on Shutterstock (not updated yet on istock) by Clicking Here

It's the santa series (my dad is actually in the costume, he really fits in the role don't you think?), tell me your comments

I'm amazed because about the 18/20 because all the shots are isolated on white..and usually they are UBER picky on that subject..

So for those who usually have this problem with istock, cheer up, miracles can happen!

Cheers,

Math

Congrats! Nice portfolio you have there

I made a light table (i wanted to backlit objects) with a simple 2x4 white acrylic sheet that i place in the empty space of an expendable table (i know it sounds ghetto)...it cost like 20$ and works really well. You can also simply "clamp" it at the edge of a table and bend the sheet by pushing it on a wall (i don't know if I'm clear enough, maybe i should make a picture of it lol)

I also use a black acrylic sheet which cost the same.

I made also a white reflector for my flash heads out of a tropicana plastic 1.81L can that looks like that:

http://www.alienbees.com/ubr.html

Tropicana can = 3$  them: 30$

Ill try to think of more stuff

Cheers,

Math