you know what pisses me off more than anything?

a guy who cannot say anything about rejecting your photographs but "this is a snapshot!"

why is it that the other approvers can write you to explain properly something like, "this is an excellent photograph, but it is not something that is in demand by our buyers. if you try to select a more marketable object to use, i will be happy to look at your new submission again, thank you".

now, why can't that guy say something like that?
i get 5 good evaluation and i get 15 "this is a snapshot, this is not a stock photo".

who is this guy anyway? does he even look at the photos or what?
how do you reject 10 photos all different in 15 minutes?

anyone have the same response?

There are only 2 rules in life we are required to follow and obey:

#1 Life ain't fair

#2 You can't change rule #1

You ask why can't the reviewers say something nice before the make the axe come down?

First because they are not required
Second "That's the way you want it" We are all required to live life on life's terms....not ours.

Acceptance might be the key to alot of our problems. If we accept the things we cannot change, we stand a better chance living our lives contented.

The MIZ

Just remember, there's photographs and then there's stock photographs.  I agree - something about the word "snapshot" is insulting.  But if you look at it in their terms - they want a photograph that is for the most part, pretty boring.  Evenly lit.  Hopefully some copy space.  White teeth, big smile.  etc, etc.     

I look through magazines I so many times I think Look at that lighting - and, oh my God, can you see that NOISE in her black skirt?  That would never get accepted at _______!    When in fact, it is quite lovely lighting - it is just not a "micro"stock photo, and would have got a snapshot rejection.

Sometimes if you take another look at the rejections, something as simple as new cropping, or cloning out a distracting element can turn a "snapshot" into a marketable stock photo.  And to be honest, it does get easier to swallow rejections as long as you learn from them and don't continue getting the same ones over and over.  I bet we all have "snapshots" in our portfolios - I do, and I can tell you they certainly don't sell, they just bring down my RPI.

So, don't take too much insult from the word snapshot.  It's just one fo the buttons they have to push.  It just happens to be the fave button of the reviewer that you got today.

Nothing surprise me...

I have just reciebed a rejection at SS for Too sharpened background...
... Isolated object with clipping paths. The background is pure white 

We have to live with that. Another site will accept and sell what others dont

you know what pisses me off more than anything?

a guy who cannot say anything about rejecting your photographs but "this is a snapshot!"
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anyone have the same response?

Occasionally I get crazy rejections, but never this type. Can you show us the pictures getting that response?

I've had a few of these. It is usually as a result of the strobe being pointed too directly at the subject, creating shadows in the background (my fault, I know). But after Photoshopping the shadows out and re-submitting, most were accepted. Hope this helps...

I've had a few of these. It is usually as a result of the strobe being pointed too directly at the subject, creating shadows in the background (my fault, I know). But after Photoshopping the shadows out and re-submitting, most were accepted. Hope this helps...

ya, me too like anon and a.k.a tom,
and i get "this is a snapshot..." 
must be the same guy for all of you.

but at BigStock, the reviewer actually took the trouble to advise me to forgo using flash as it "creates ugly shadows".

now that' s what i call someone who really wants to work with the photographer(s), not drive them away.

I've never gotten this rejection either, didn't even know that it existed.  I would think that an issue with poor flashing would be addressed with a lighting rejection, which I have had (from natural light, though not in a very long time, pay attention to the shadows and minimize their impact on the photo and the rejection goes away, even used creatively, heavy shadows are tough to get through).

MIZ....     I'm ROFLOL!!!    ha ha ha ha ha....    =tom

Quote from: a.k.a.-tom on April 12, 2008, 23:50

MIZ....     I'm ROFLOL!!!    ha ha ha ha ha....    =tom

i think miz is right!
what else can you do but laugh at it. 
what bang your b#lls    the guy's probably too dumb to care anyway
lmao

I guess so. Thx all , even Miz LOL .. good graphics
Let the fella continue his powertrip to use his finger rather than his brain LOL. If that's what make him so superior.

c'est la vie! live and let live . thanks everyone for your input... MIZ good design... i won't buy that illustration , though LOL