....It's almost as if I have wandered into room 12a by mistake ...(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkzjBfTDH20)

yes, u took the wrong detour n fell off a cliff

Quote from: ann on July 31, 2014, 12:27

I'm surprised editorial is worth submitting to SS, with or without hoop-jumping.
Or is it they tend to attract POD?

I always wonder how many "air show" and "parade" images actually sell.  It sure doesn't seem like it would be worth the time to dump the cards.

TheDrift said
Given your talent maybe not worth your time, but probably worth mine I'm afraid, got 50 DL's from a handful of shots last year (that they accepted no probs!)


not to rain on ur parade, 50 dls ... i get in a week, some isolated zero cost images, without having to go out to the airshow. and for Mr.Locke, i am sure he gets 50 dls a day.
SS is not giving you anything much, if it is 50 dl a year.
and i am sure Mr.Locke is not being vicious, nor am i. just that he is saying SS is not the place for such things, and u may be selling urself short, even if u think u lack the experience, which maybe not.

Quote from: Goofy on July 30, 2014, 21:31

Quote from: PixelBytes on July 30, 2014, 20:09

Thanks for info but very disappointing.  Yesterday I had a windfall, now only a light breeze.

You don't have to buy the beer for us anymore 

Thanks.  But may drown my sorrow in some beers anyway...

you just reminded me of Ancient Chinese Saying, " wait till end of thunder shower to see if rain not cause erosion n flood before first to celebrate with dance and fervour. windfall can be shortfall if dancing too soon".

P5    what improvement you should make

when CanStockPhoto first started, i joined them clicking Tyler's ad here. i found out they existed in the very city i was posted. it 's really a small business but anyway, they did not sell much 4 me either, so i fell asleep at the wheel and after many years of slumber, i woke up to delete my account telling them to keep my money for feeding the gulls at the waterfront.
i am not posted there anymore, so i don't know how they are doing or being run. but i would say 4.1% isn't much enough 4 me to do a resurrection shuffle with them or the other site who is also based in my glorious land mass.

I suspect it does need one.  As a buyer i'd want to closely examine a photo before paying for an EL or high value SOD and so on. Other agencies seem to have it.

However, its very hard to secure.  If someone is determined enough if they can view it on a screen they can steal it (screen shot button etc).

i like the idea of a magnifyer zoom, ie. u can only zoom in on a specific area. a buyer like u say, can then inspect for noise or fringe at the area that is usually prone . i don't like the idea of what say, Flickr has , download in all sizes. but many on Flickr has no qualms of giving away their hard-work, it's their choice.
but yes, right click disengaged does not prevent a ctrl c  . still, as one of my peers pointed out many years ago , 600*900 px should be the largest u give away on your site. sure, it runs the risk of being used in blogs,etc... but at least it is pretty much useless for even an 8by10. you can print it, but it won't be much good for a commercial print.  not fail-safe, but then again, as we already know,
if someone wants to steal your work, they can and will find a way.

anyway, they r more likely to ripoff Yuri, or Mr. Locke's work, then little ole kookoo cher choo me
so, just not be too famous !!!

lovely, and congrats. so, it is editorial and tourism stuff they are looking for, right?
which is much in the line of my work and interest . yes, and i do have images similar to what won you this award. ruins, ancient,etc.. 
i never thought there is much saleability in these stuff, as i travel alot and shoot them  mostly for myself, although i did have some of my stock tourism being used in travel brochures and travel agencies catalogue. but as i said, i never investigated much aside from the top 5 which do not pay 200 for these sort of work, and so, i did not give them any.

thanks for sharing. i will certain use your link when i do find the time to join them, and give you the affliate honors. but first i have to get those out of my arquival.

well done sir, jolly good show !  smashing job , 200 bucks!!!

u have asian ethnic models, so i am surprised u r not trying to submit to agencies that r looking 4 those sort of subjects. eg. to your right of this page, Tyler has a sponsor "Asia Inspired". also, a while back, there was another agency based in Singapore looking for asian stock images.
i can't remember their name, but these r the agencies u should be building your portfolio with.
it is a good start, instead of choosing someone like Stocksy, as Mr. Locke says, a look at Stocksy will tell u it is not what they r looking for.

ATB.

DROGA ! the stench smells of IStock before they sold it.
Really,  lower management have well been asleep at the wheel a long time ago,
(Rinderhart's thread as well as on Ss own forum, which also has 2 threads on this topic.

But who really cares,huh???  Lower mgtment, IT, Terminator Reviewers, etc their paychecks still get deposited.  ho hum !

Quote from: marthamarks on July 24, 2014, 00:45

Quote from: a1bercik on July 24, 2014, 00:39

I don't know man. Personally, I have no issues with them, everything works including review process, which is fair - I mean I have to agree with rejections.

I agree. No objections here about the review process. SS still accepts most everything I offer them, and when they don't I tend to understand why. Plus, on the few occasions when I've requested a re-evaluation of an image (or set of images) that was rejected, the second reviewer has agreed with me.

I like dealing with SS, and I earn more there than anywhere else. Just wish other companies could do as well.

I agree completely. I love Shutterstock. The reviews are more than fair, they are easy to deal with, I have no problem with them. They sell my images so well, and my sales and earnings keep increasing. If anyone has a problem with them, why don't you email them directly? Or address the issue at the SS forum? Why complain here, and expect a prompt reply, it doesn't even make sense?
If you should put all the time and effort spent here complaining into learning to shoot the right type of images, and improving your technical skills you would have more images accepted, it would be easier and faster and you would earn more.

ahem, cough, cough... lemmings much??? 

so i guess u r all correct.
oh, btw, did any of u dudes checked Mr. Rinderart's portfolio or resume?
afaik, this dude is not a newbie and knows how to compose a stock photograph, no doubt been able to do that longer than most of you have been alive, never mind be on Shutterstock.
and i am pretty much convinced , he knows how to WB
... unless lately he has developed amnesia or alzheimer.

i doubt that.

Quote from: etudiante_rapide on July 28, 2014, 16:58

Quote from: ShadySue on July 28, 2014, 16:17

Don't change what I said.

LOL,  when u examine the net too closely u miss the fish

Not only do I know people within and outwith MSG who get very few non-sub sales at SS, the fact that cheap sub sales are there (and elsewhere, obviously) perpetuates the idea that images are, and should be, cheap.
Stocksy's minimum price is a more realistic $10.

don't get wrong. i am not supporting the plunging earnings of contributors. i welcome anyone who is trying to raise the bottom-line for us all.  but until i see the money coming in, as opposed to vapor promises , i remain incredulous.
as i said, we had veer, cutcaster,etc.. who gave us "a more realistic $10, or whatever",
and others giving a more generous %-age . but %-age or 100% of nada is nada.

until i see actual proof, ie. like PixelBytes in the other thread on P5,
the rest is only vaporware

They can't be taking on Getty, they are partnering with Getty. In Getty's forum, 30 days ago there was an announcement Flickr will renew the relationship with Getty. Flickr will now be referred as Getty's Image Partner just like Blend Images or Nat Geo.

But I'm surprised Flickr didn't mention Getty in their announcement.

Update! Opps they did mention here https://www.flickr.com/marketplace/
"Get connected to opportunities to license your work to
photo editors, designers, and agencies including Getty Images"

so what is it?
are they taking on Getty or are they still part of Getty?
as Paulie says, "interesting times".
as with Zeus "an incestuous pack".
this is as interesting as an enema 

Should we all hurry to upload to Flickr Now?  They gonna have watermarks and start to check for releases?  What about stolen or unlicense content?  They get these issues under control?

i do not upload 4-16MP to Flickr. i just give them my 600*900 at the most. and i do not allow downloads. anyone who sees my work will know the quality from them, and if Flickr tells me there is a client, i will upload the 4MP-16MP accordingly.
presently i use Flickr just to show my potential clients my work. and if they like what they see, they hire me locally.
but i welcome a global network , and Flickr is just the sort of middle man i welcome.

definitely, i will also like to see watermarks as well. as for releases, i only use flickr for editorials not requiring credentials , so i am not sure about MR or IPR. but i too will expect them to deal with this accordingly.

Congrats PixelBytes!
Hope there are others?
Cant possibly happen to me though as i dont have a Pixmac account 

u can start today,  n maybe next year u can do the same thing as PB here with ur own goodnews.
i too have taken PB's news as an impetus to upload to P5. if they have enough good contributors
the draw of a larger clientele will help all of us.