Welcome to Crestock !!! Trust me when I tell you that nobody in the world will be able to explain the Crestock acceptance/rejection policy.

Go back through some of the best/worse images of the day and you'll see that the 'judge' (whom I presume heads up their review team) hasn't got a clue about stock photography, although I'll agree with the vast majority of the worse ones, but I'm amazed sometimes as to what he/she classes as a great stock photo.

Can anyone tell me how to question a rejection with crestock? I have just started uploading there and have just gotten back a large number of rejections, some do make sense but others refer to "Unfortunately, there may be potential copyright issues with the characters on the eggs" except there are no eggs in the image or trade marks! Any help would be welcomed.

Thomasw, it seems like a case of human error and we apologize for this. It happens every few 1000 inspections that an inspector will forget to untick one box in the inspection system which leaves a custom rejection attached to that image. I will look into this and contact you directly with the outcome.

Also, Judge Ross isn't on the inspector team He's an external consultant.

Josh Hodge
The Crestock Team

Sorry that "Custom" might be causing some confusion. It indicates that the inspector has made a customized, more specific rejection reason, where a bit of extra explanation is required. The word "Custom" precedes every custom rejection.

Hope that helps!

Josh
The Crestock Team

Thanks for your concerns.

Unfortunately, we have a much higher number of users (clients and photographers) giving feedback to the contrary so we're not able to retire Judge Ross, yet.

Judge Ross works pro bono ...which is even less than a pathetic 25 cent commission sale

Judge Ross works pro bono ...which is even less than a pathetic 25 cent commission sale

So the guy thats judging photos is earning less than the photos he's judging sell for, wow I bet there was a queue for that job  

OK, fair enough. To explain though, the section 'Today's Best Image' isn't used to promote the more typical stock photos (ie. businessman on white background, laptop on black background etc.), these ideas are well searched for, and receive exposure that way. Crestock has them too, and we like them. But, the section gives us space to promote images that are a little different, with fresh ideas as an inspiration to buyers and photographers.

If you're still dissatisfied or would just like to contribute then feel free to send me some image numbers of some deserving images and I'll pass them on to Judge Ross.

Josh,

I'm not dissatisfied because it hasn't directly effected me, interesting though that you have to contribute your images, I presumed he just made his choice from ones the reviewers had highlighted as good/bad during the  assessment process, and all my images are deserving of praise  so tell him to pick any he wants.

I must say though IMO it would be better if you got somebody that knew a bit more about photography to do the judging, I looked back through some of the 'best images of the day' the majority are great I'll give you that, however some are utter s%*t and yet he waxes lyrical about them, maybe it's me, I never have understood the theory that if something is bad enough it can be classed as 'art' which then makes it good.

RT, before I start, your link to DT and StockXpert doesnt work for me.

Strange, they work for me and clicking on them brings up the right web address with my portfolio name at the end, I'll try from a different ISP address later, thanks for the heads up.

Josh,

I'm not dissatisfied because it hasn't directly effected me, interesting though that you have to contribute your images, I presumed he just made his choice from ones the reviewers had highlighted as good/bad during the  assessment process, and all my images are deserving of praise  so tell him to pick any he wants.

I'll be sure to let Judge Ross know that you want him to take a look over your portfolio
The best images are selected from approved images but not necessarily based on the rating given by the inspector.

I must say though IMO it would be better if you got somebody that knew a bit more about photography to do the judging, I looked back through some of the 'best images of the day' the majority are great I'll give you that, however some are utter s%*t and yet he waxes lyrical about them, maybe it's me, I never have understood the theory that if something is bad enough it can be classed as 'art' which then makes it good.

IMO Judge Ross picks some great images and even after viewing almost everything coming in, I still get a surprise every now and then. This is just a matter of taste, though, and Judge Ross has his own taste. I agree in not agreeing with every image that he picks, but hey, he's only human after all.

Thanks for your concerns.

judge Ross works pro bono ...which is even less than a pathetic 25 cent commission sale

first off, i have to commendate Josh for being here.  with other stock photo agency i know that some of the photographers are still waiting for a reply, never mind a visit to a forum to contact you. my colleagues have photos that are still being used even after they contact the ppl to ask how they can delete the photos or even close their accounts. i think it's been months since all they got was an auto reply saying : we usually respond to you within one business day   

one last question if i may Josh. do ppl like judge ross also contribute to your agency. if so, perharps the judges may be preventing others submissions to boost their own sales.

just wondering.
 

Quote from: josh_crestock on April 01, 2008, 06:11

but hey, he's only human after all.

So the rumour about being a lemur with glaucoma isn't true then   

I'm sure he can't wait to look through my portfolio 

The Bush Baby is upset that you would mistake him for a Lemur. 

I think if people read between the lines, starting from the beginning, you'll understand that Judge Ross is none other than... (oops, I see a black limo and some guys with Sun glasses are at the door and I hear invisible helicopters above the office. Have to go now)

I'll answer in the form of a question. What do these three people have in common? Betty Crocker, Sherlock Holmes and Judge Ross? And they all have many things in common!

For anyone new to Crestock, Judge Ross is responsible for choosing his favourite image every day.

Check it out here:
http://www.crestock.com/todays-best-image.aspx

Let Judge Ross know what you think about the images he is choosing thru the comment system, too.

I've had some surprising rejections at Crestock.  And some surprising accepts.  While rejections are no fun (and I'm awaiting what happens to a batch that I uploaded the other night), I've learned to pick and choose which battles to fight.  If I feel strongly about an image, I'll question it.  If not, I'll usually just let it go, chuckle to myself (because more-than-likely the image has been accepted elsewhere), and not worry about it anymore.

As for Judge Ross, I've thought about getting a tee shirt with the grumpy photo on the front and a big "I <heart> Judge Ross" on the back.     I may not always agree with what he says, or the images that he selects, but it's oh-so-fun reading the "Worst" section.  I don't get as many sales as I'd like there...it's either their upload procedure or that scowl that keeps me returning.