Lol, I wanted to check how far my new images (approved over 12h ago) have fallen under "women" on SS. And I just saw Yuri dumped approximately 450 photos. That's a bit more than I managed to upload in a year. Nice to see just how much I get outclassed or better said "outnumbered" . If I did upload so many similars I could have uploaded thousands, but that just didn't seem like a good idea to me even on SS (and I really don't have the time nor the will to pp that much, for a few extra $, that you get from the average-worst shots of the series)

Almost all of the creative imagery I have ever tried to upload got rejected for 'not suitable for stock' or something similar (of course much of my artwork gets funny looks from the art geeks, as well).

I don't really want to sell it for $2 a pop, anyway.

Maybe some of those photographers you are talking about shoot the more formulaic stuff for microstock and make artwork solely for galleries or personal work or whatever. That is certainly what I decided to do almost right away (but I came from a fine art background first then stock, not vice-versa). Like I said, I don't want to almost give away stuff that comes from the heart, but also can't afford to spend a ton of time on images that have very little use for 99% of microstock customers. And, it just plain keeps me sane to separate the two (commercial & art) portfolios.

I haven't looked enough at other photographers' work (or googled them) enough to tell anything more than if they can make a decent stock image, so maybe they do, and maybe they don't have other styles in different worlds. But the fact that the people you named are so prolific in the stock world makes me wonder if they have time for anything other than stock photography (eating, sleeping, long walks in the park, etc.).

I have seen a few microstockers who have impressed me with more artistic commercial work. It makes me think that there may be a place for more creative work in MS. Because it really does get boring making photos that look like an example in Kodak's old "Taking Better Pictures" guide.

IDK, food for thought. I found the path this thread deviated onto interesting.

Almost all of the creative imagery I have ever tried to upload got rejected for 'not suitable for stock' or something similar (of course much of my artwork gets funny looks from the art geeks, as well).
...Because it really does get boring making photos that look like an example in Kodak's old "Taking Better Pictures" guide.

IDK, food for thought. I found the path this thread deviated onto interesting.

Therefore I started my own Project, I simply got terribly bored ... www.artshader.com

And a search for "Vintage Car" brings up a woman in black boots, in a modern artsy restroom.  Vintage? Which is the first word. Glad to see that the site has NOT fallen into the trap of relevant keywording.  

Quote from: Michaelp on July 02, 2011, 09:27

Quote from: Catastrophe on July 01, 2011, 23:03

Almost all of the creative imagery I have ever tried to upload got rejected for 'not suitable for stock' or something similar (of course much of my artwork gets funny looks from the art geeks, as well).
...Because it really does get boring making photos that look like an example in Kodak's old "Taking Better Pictures" guide.

IDK, food for thought. I found the path this thread deviated onto interesting.

Therefore I started my own Project, I simply got terribly bored ... www.artshader.com

Are you sure you actually started it?

coming in here and and talking about how unoriginal MS is the dumbest thing in the world. The name of the game in Micros is volume business where pennies add up. To appeal to mass consumer market, you make it as generic as possible to attract the different buyers in different markets. stop hating and get a clue about how to be successful in this business

Quote from: VB inc on July 11, 2011, 12:43

coming in here and and talking about how unoriginal MS is the dumbest thing in the world. The name of the game in Micros is volume business where pennies add up. To appeal to mass consumer market, you make it as generic as possible to attract the different buyers in different markets. stop hating and get a clue about how to be successful in this business

I am sure that isn�t directed to me but I feel a lot of anger inside of you  what�s the problem?

Just keep reading what i wrote and maybe you will undertand. but i doubt it

i tend to over react 
sorry for the angry post but its really refreshing from time to time and the anger is outside of me now so no more anger inside