Author Topic: Rejections may actually be something good (Read 2382 times)

melastmohican · « **on:** March 18, 2010, 11:54 »

Looking at my portfolios at different agencies I noticed that there is not much similarity between them. There are very few images that are universally doing well across the board. Otherwise portfolio sizes, content, best sellers vary. If I try myself I would not create so different sets of images. For last two years I have been submitting same images everyday to couple agencies. There is no standard good photo prototype as the one we got for metre in Sevres :-) One agency claims photo has bad lighting, another that composition is bad, third dislikes description or keywords, fourth one likes everything and takes it. Next day it is opposite. First one likes the photo and others reject.

louoates · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2010, 12:02 »

Yes, 10% of your portfolio does 80% of your business. Join the club. Problem is finding more of those top 10%.

stockastic · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2010, 12:16 »

This is why IS will never rule the universe. There will always be a huge inventory of highly salable photos which they refused, looking for a marketing channel. And all the sites are using some degree of popularity-based ranking, which I think is not very sophisticated at this point has a large element of 'luck'. A photo happens to get some early buys at one site, and takes off; the same photo sinks at other sites; it's just chance, not smart marketing.

WarrenPrice · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2010, 12:24 »

Quote from: melastmohican on March 18, 2010, 11:54

Looking at my portfolios at different agencies I noticed that there is not much similarity between them. There are very few images that are universally doing well across the board. Otherwise portfolio sizes, content, best sellers vary. If I try myself I would not create so different sets of images. For last two years I have been submitting same images everyday to couple agencies. There is no standard good photo prototype as the one we got for metre in Sevres :-) One agency claims photo has bad lighting, another that composition is bad, third dislikes description or keywords, fourth one likes everything and takes it. Next day it is opposite. First one likes the photo and others reject.

I have spent much of this morning, Mela, coming to the same conclusion. It is another good example of why to NOT go exclusive ... IMO. Surprisingly, to me, DT is accepting images that are getting rejected at SS and 123rf. I think it goes in cycles. Usually DT offers the most stringent reviews .. of my images. Not so the last few weeks. Go figure?

microstockphoto.co.uk · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2010, 16:40 »

agree... evaluation criteria change from site to site and from day to day

sometimes there's a good reason for rejection, sometimes not, but after a while one stops worrying and it's alright in the end

UncleGene · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2010, 21:42 »

I've looked at my top 10 by earning

#1 not accepted by SS
#2 - by IS
#5 - by DT and FT
#8 - by both IS and SS
#9 - by IS

What is interesting, IS and SS were consistent in their reviews (tried to re-submit with minor fixes)

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