Author Topic: How long did it take you to get on Shutterstock (Read 8231 times)

gillian vann · « **Reply #25 on:** November 25, 2012, 17:54 »

half of my original subs have sold. one that was rejected but later accepted has outsold the originals though.

heywoody · « **Reply #26 on:** November 26, 2012, 10:45 »

They accepted my first 10 BUT, took 3 attempts at IS and used 10 IS acceptances for SS.

morning.light · « **Reply #27 on:** December 03, 2012, 11:01 »

They accepted me on the first application! I'm still shocked as I'm no genius photographer or something.

I bought my first DSLR and began shooting stock pictures just 2 months ago. Istock rejected my application so I thought I should send some pictures to Shutterstock too so I could improve my pictures based on their rejection reasons. And yesterday when I checked my email...I had the biggest shock of my life to see that 9/10 of my pics were approved ( only one was rejected for copyright issues ). I still think it's some kind of prank and I'm waiting for them tell me that I'm not actually a real contributor or something

Either that or the reviewer was drunk.

uvox4 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 09, 2013, 15:00 »

Just got in. 7 accepted.

Very Happy.

Timbo · « **Reply #29 on:** February 10, 2013, 06:11 »

We must have had the same drunk reviewer morning.light.

I was also accepted first go 9/10 with very little DSLR experience. I've really only just started to work out how to use my 5d and take reasonable shots in January.

After reading many posts here and elsewhere on how hard it is to be accepted into SS, I was actually looking forward to a tough time of being rejected and learning more from the experience. So I was most surprised being accepted first try.

All but 2 of my photos I uploaded to SS have been rejected at other sites. The one SS rejected has been accepted quite well elsewhere. The two other top tier's I've uploaded to seem much tougher with around 50% rejection. Very inconsistent but quite the norm for micro stock I understand.

Now I have a second batch of 11 photos waiting to be approved at SS.....

nicku · « **Reply #30 on:** February 10, 2013, 08:45 »

Accepted on the first attempt 9 out of 10.

OLJensa · « **Reply #31 on:** February 10, 2013, 09:04 »

Quote from: uvox4 on February 09, 2013, 15:00

Just got in. 7 accepted.

Very Happy.

Congratulations!

Now the hard part begins!

Mantis · « **Reply #32 on:** February 10, 2013, 09:14 »

Quote from: OLJensa on February 10, 2013, 09:04

Quote from: uvox4 on February 09, 2013, 15:00
Just got in. 7 accepted.

Very Happy.

Congratulations!

Now the hard part begins!

Yes, indeed. Each site has its own quirkiness regarding what they accept and reject. SS has a lot of (low Commercial Value) LCV rejections (less now that in the past, though), focus rejections (they do not like shallow DOF), lighting rejections (often crazy to understand) and so forth. They also seem to have 1-2 rogue inspectors whose primary satisfaction is to reject as many as possible no matter how good the images are in terms of technical quality and saleability. Dreamstime, on the other hand, has a horrible "similars" policy that they have taken to an unfair extreme, but aren't as picky on LCV & focus. So your challenge will be to learn the reject reasons for each site and try to shoot with those in mind. Good luck.

BK · « **Reply #33 on:** February 10, 2013, 10:52 »

Took me 3 tries and I was really excited. Had to recheck it a few times to be sure. The good news is they'll be your best earner. The bad news is the emotional roller coaster you ride with their reviews. 1 batch 100% accepted and "I'm a good photographer!" Next batch 0% and "I suck!" They're inconsistent but probably get it right most of the time. Problem is they always reject the ones that are certain to make me a millionaire!

EmberMike · « **Reply #34 on:** February 10, 2013, 11:10 »

I got in on the first try, but that was 5 years ago with vectors. Back then I think anything with an .eps extension got you in.

hotwalkn · « **Reply #35 on:** February 15, 2013, 13:11 »

I'm on round 3 now..............and waiting........ and waiting

Round 2 gave me 6 out of 10.
I think I have every cross-able bone on my body crossed! lol

joyfnp · « **Reply #36 on:** February 23, 2013, 14:45 »

It took me SEVEN tries...

Joy

Zethinova · « **Reply #37 on:** March 09, 2013, 19:44 »

Lucky for me, or maybe just cause I'm an illustrator, it took me one try to become an SS contributor.

It was around Christmas time and I quite a few winter/Christmas images. 8/10 were accepted and I started seeing sales after a day or two of them being accepted(maybe overnight, don't remember that well).

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Author Topic: How long did it take you to get on Shutterstock (Read 8231 times)

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