Author Topic: Rejection- Too much Space and rule of Thirds (Read 3425 times)

tab62 · « **on:** March 07, 2011, 11:25 »

Hi Stock Folks,

I was rejected this morning on a photo (two coins on white background) due to having too much space- they want me to crop tighter. In my stock photography course my teacher told us to leave as much space as possible due to the fact that buyer want this space to write text on if they need to do so. He told us to think like a potential buyer and not so much as the artist photographer thus a big difference on how you crop and use the thirds rule.

The teacher told us that if we have and isolated object such as my coin shoot that you can put in the center of the photo. Any thoughts on this from you guys?

Thanks.

Tom

stockastic · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2011, 11:36 »

Remember that your image has to look good a thumbnail, or it's not likely to sell. A coin surrounded by a lot of white space becomes a dot. I think white space in stock photos is falling out of favor. Just my own opinion, I'm a small potato in microstock.

tab62 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2011, 11:51 »

I kind of agree with you on the White space part.

Sean Locke Photography · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2011, 11:52 »

Quote from: tab62 on March 07, 2011, 11:25

In my stock photography course my teacher told us to leave as much space as possible due to the fact that buyer want this space to write text on if they need to do so. He told us to think like a potential buyer and not so much as the artist photographer thus a big difference on how you crop and use the thirds rule.

Buyers are not dumb. They can add all the white space they need. If you were thinking like a buyer, you'd not want to spend extra money on empty pixels. It has nothing to do with the rule of thirds or anything else.

BImages · « **Reply #4 on:** March 07, 2011, 12:11 »

Buyers are not dumb. They can add all the white space they need. If you were thinking like a buyer, you'd not want to spend extra money on empty pixels. It has nothing to do with the rule of thirds or anything else.

Exactly, blank space doesn't apply to isolated on white (or black). Isolated objects must basically fill the frame, with minimum filling color around it...