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Author Topic: I want to be good at this, but I'm just missing something. Advice, please.  (Read 35872 times)

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« Reply #150 on: September 10, 2014, 06:41 »
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trevarthan, histogram looks quite ok for me, and your photos as well, concerning quality. I think the problem is somewhere else. Example - you have a lots of photos of a bridge, but who is interested in that? I mean, what did you want to tell with those photos? If you photograph a famous bridge on a nice light it's something different, or if you've seen interesting detail on a bridge, or interesting reflection, etc, etc...


« Reply #151 on: September 10, 2014, 08:00 »
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JPSDK, can you maybe share that action? :) I still didn't figure it out completely...

The very next moment when I start thinking that I got it finally, and got a few batches accepted, I get my next batch 100% rejected  :D

Im the kind of quy that lent out my things, fx my camera is away from home on a mission in another mans hands.
But exactly that photoshop action, is a strong competitive tool, and I must admit that im a bit reluctant about feeding my competitors.
But PM me, and convince me your are not competition and we shall see.

« Reply #152 on: September 10, 2014, 08:09 »
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. . .Thats the moment when you press the button to the "pep and pop for shutterstock" photoshop action.
Is that the action that guarantees hundreds of sales as well? I didn't trust the horns and cloven hooves on the salesman! :)
There a no sales in any postprosessing, it is, as I said earlier all about coherent content *, and of course the impact of that coherent content.
The action only takes care of the small part of an imagesimpact that comes from postprocessing.
Then again, postprocessing is more important than equipment.

* the coherent content, is the part the OPis missing. And people are still discussing histograms and lenses.

Let us discuss coherent content instead, or maybe - better not?- because thats where the money and the competition is, and I should better keep my mouth shut, and let this obviously talented photographer waste a couple of years to find out by himself..

« Reply #153 on: September 10, 2014, 09:12 »
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Quote from: samards link=topic=23035.msg393303#msg393303
I think the problem is somewhere else. Example - you have a lots of photos of a bridge, but who is interested in that? I mean, what did you want to tell with those photos? If you photograph a famous bridge on a nice light it's something different, or if you've seen interesting detail on a bridge, or interesting reflection, etc, etc...

I've seen people who are interested in advertising real estate events in town buy them.

« Reply #154 on: September 10, 2014, 09:21 »
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Well, there you go. The squeaky wheel gets oiled (And noted in the intranet system as being a total pain in everyone's ass):

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic.mhtml?id=216088459


I didn't get an explanation this time. I was just told to resubmit it and given an admin code.

cuppacoffee

« Reply #155 on: September 10, 2014, 11:50 »
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You probably wore them down. Let us know if it sells.

« Reply #156 on: October 29, 2014, 03:43 »
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I like your photographs very much, but I believe you'll need to change your mindset to do well at stock.  I went through just that sort of adjustment since I started doing this, beginning by shooting and submitting most everything and seeing what stuck.  Beyond getting the technical aspects right (looking for flaws at 100%, small apertures to put most everything in focus, not overdoing the saturation and contrast in post-processing), think commercial use.  Stay away from trademarked products; concentrate on photos that can help tell a story, or at least be an element in a work that will tell one.

Thanks!

« Reply #157 on: October 29, 2014, 06:19 »
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You probably wore them down. Let us know if it sells.

Three times so far. Shrug. It's not nothing.


 

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