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Title: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: tab62 on January 16, 2013, 16:08

No pics to post since All Top Tier and Middle Tier Accepted them but here is Veer's Favorite Rejection on People Shots- I am deciding if I will contact them...


"Model's pose and/or expression appear awkward or forced. We prefer to see more natural, authentic body language."

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: CD123 on January 16, 2013, 16:50

Told you they where not supposed to blink when the flash goes off  ;D

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: tab62 on January 16, 2013, 17:26

Maybe next time I will hold out a $100 bill to make them smile thus a very natural way  ;D

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: ShadySue on January 16, 2013, 17:50

Quote from: tab62 on January 16, 2013, 17:26

Maybe next time I will hold out a $100 bill to make them smile thus a very natural way  ;D

Then put it back in your pocket and photograph a quite different natural emotion.

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: Perry on January 16, 2013, 17:54

Can you please post an example of a rejected image?

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: tab62 on January 16, 2013, 18:14

Reject-  :-\

http://s1343.beta.photobucket.com/user/tigerpix62/media/IncomeTaxHeadache_zpsafb735c4.jpg.html (http://s1343.beta.photobucket.com/user/tigerpix62/media/IncomeTaxHeadache_zpsafb735c4.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: ShadySue on January 16, 2013, 18:59

I searched on 'Man' on Veer.
The first image to show on their default site was just the sort of thing I see every day, very unposed natural looking.  ;D ::) ???

After that, I'd say there was a much higher proportion of 'natural' looking photos than on e.g. iStock and SS, but still some obvious stock-y setups, like all the people crowding round and smiling while looking at a laptop and the office photos. Certainly fewer isolated images.
By comparison, most of the first page of 'relevant' SS and best match iS images were very obviously posed setups.

Based on this search only, Veer definitely has a different aesthetic, which I'd have thought your image would fit into. Maybe it depends on which inspector you get?

Added: on another note, they seem to be more spam-ridden. I searched "Blue Tit" and 23 out of the top 50 relevant photos didn't have a Blue Tit in them.
SS had only 2 wrong out of 100, and iS, only 4 wrong out of 200.

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: CD123 on January 17, 2013, 01:05

Quote from: tab62 on January 16, 2013, 18:14

Reject-  :-\

[url]http://s1343.beta.photobucket.com/user/tigerpix62/media/IncomeTaxHeadache_zpsafb735c4.jpg.html[/url] ([url]http://s1343.beta.photobucket.com/user/tigerpix62/media/IncomeTaxHeadache_zpsafb735c4.jpg.html[/url])

Very unnatural. Place subject in bed please.

PS Ok, I also see now why your heading is "Heads Up" - the head is clearly down...  :o

Title: Re: Veer Rejections on People- Heads Up
Post by: tab62 on January 17, 2013, 12:44

Thanks CD! I am sure they would say I am sleeping in an unnatural way in bed...