Dang
I wish I could get ANY Sales
I have been here 15 years and only have 6 sold Total!

Your doing great if you ask me

Gotta Love Shutterstock

Is this thread still alive?

Ill say it again, then.
rejections are about supply and demand.

If your pictures gets rejected, they are not in demand. Just forget the "official" rejection reasons.
And there is nothing mysterious about that, when there have 20 mill pics online.
Your pictures can be borderline with camera, postprocessing, legal documents, keywords and content.
Which is all "content".

The agencies sell "content", and they accept "content" that is profitable and reject the unprofitable "content", and you are likely to provide unprofitable  content if you photograph everyday things from western culture, have an ordinary camera/ lens combination and ordinary subject such as western looking woman with headset.
Now, feel free to call me an idiot, and feel free to continue whine about rejections of your splendid photos of garden tools, instead of stepping up some steps on the ladder and photograph something in demand and usefull, or even better, make a trend in colours and subject that can open a  floodgate of downloads for your pictures. It has been done before, but not by people stuck in whining, but by people who were kicked in the arse.

I say ANYTHING Photographed in and around the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Land of the Free Home of the Brave is a Good Photo and will sell like Hot Cakes on a Cold Swedish Winter Morning to a bunch of Hungry Vikings!
Just think Steaming Hot, Hot Cakes with Butter, Canadian Maple Syrup and Sardines. Yummy 
Ps Hi Jens

mike you're better than drugs!

I love the description of your photos!

Thank You

Got a Favorite?
Feel free to post it here with my permission

Its about time to bring in the communists and hear their suggestions.
"that we distribute wealth so that it the broadest shoulders that carry the heaviest burdens".
That means, Mike, that  I want half of the poodle, and you can have a wing of a swallowtail.

If negotiations become difficult.... and they might.
We can just go on raving, plundering and pillaging....

its in the genes.

RAPE PILLAGE AND PLUNDER I SAY!
No better way to start a PARTY!!!!!!
Oh yaaaaaaaaaaaaa

And No you can not have 1/2 of Jolie, I want all of her and her soft fuzzy fur
I can do the second best thing and Mail you a sample of her Luxurious fur from next time she goes to the Doggy Day Spa for her Spa Treatment.
I think I have your address still but if you e mail me and send it again Ill send some right out!


Always one to help out an old friend

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-201838201/stock-photo-a-friendly-veterinarian-holds-a-pure-breed-bichon-frise-dog-as-he-checks-her-heart-and-lungs-with.html?src=_t1pRN-_KIG9QJneEo_D9Q-3-37

Quote from: mike ledray on July 07, 2014, 10:43

Dang Only have accepted a mere 290+ in the last 3-4 days

When will Atilla go on vacation?



Thanks Shutterstock
You cats Rock!


Shutterstock is the Best Site in the entire world!

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-201842443/stock-photo-a-handsome-and-friendly-father-or-business-man-holds-out-money-as-if-he-is-going-to-give-you-your.html?src=xViyhf9YHXvn8bT1X9xTCg-3-10

Ja, I say the same. I uploaded 4 images this month (or was it last?) and 3 were accepted. So Attila 1 vs Jens 3. We can only hope he goes on vacation soon so we can have the borderline images of poisonous plants and communists accepted.

I LOVE how when there is a High Tide MY SALES GO UP .... WAY UP!

Oh Yaaaaaaa!

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-202409164/stock-photo-sebastian-the-well-traveled-skeleton-wears-his-sombrero-and-suns-himself-on-rocks-in-joshua-tree.html?src=xViyhf9YHXvn8bT1X9xTCg-1-74

Quote from: mike ledray on July 06, 2014, 12:27

Life is Grand!
Sales are Great!
Shutterstock is Awesome!
Need I say more?

A Mad Scientist attempts to make his own Two Headed Zombies by attaching an extra head to his Un-Dead Patient. Colorized Evil Dark Humor Images for all your needs.

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-202379398/stock-photo-a-mad-scientist-attempts-to-make-his-own-two-headed-zombies-by-attaching-an-extra-head-to-his-un.html?src=xViyhf9YHXvn8bT1X9xTCg-1-77

A friendly male Doctor, Surgeon or Health Care Professional. The Perfect image for all your Middle Aged Professional Doctor Images

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-202362511/stock-photo-a-friendly-male-doctor-surgeon-or-health-care-professional-the-perfect-image-for-all-your-middle.html?src=xViyhf9YHXvn8bT1X9xTCg-1-82

Love the Pig Doctor 

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-29524723/stock-photo-a-doctor-in-a-pig-mask-holds-a-large-cooking-thermometer-representing-the-mexican-swine-flu-pandemic.html?src=pp-photo-202379398-2

Thanks


dont worry about shady sue
she is just jealous

Fine new images Mike.
I like doctor Ledray, and also that Jeff is so hungry that he eats the mail.

Thanks Jens my friend.
Happy 4th of July


Hope your doing good.
We should skype one of these days real soon and catch up

I appreciate it

I took out the posts discussing one member's account/photos.  Not because it turned particularly vile or nasty (it didn't) but because I don't want to have a culture of pointing figures at each other here or using people's portfolio to ridicule them.

Thanks for "Defending" me (I guess)

The thing about Photography (and anything really, from Photography, Music, Games, Food Etc.) is Everyone and I mean EVERYONE around the world has their own opinion of what is "Good or Bad" depending on Their Perception and Opinions.

In fact the Photo In Questions (that has been removed) was Sold Overnight in Europe someplace (the SS Map is not exact but is a fun anyways)

I understand your censorship of your website, and am glad to be allowed to be part of the community.

For the naysayers I just wanted to say Another 38 images accepted overnight (the rejected ones are for Prominent Tattoo not cloned out, my mistake and a few other minor issues)

Thanks one and all

Like they say in England

   Keep Calm
       and
Take Stock Photos

 Quote:

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/post-2567896.html


I reviewed images for a popular Stock Photo Agency for a few years.

One day back in 2006, in total frustration, I wrote this rant as a way to rid myself of toxic stress caused by looking at junk images for hours and hours and to try to regain a sense of purpose to what was left of my day.

I allowed Laurin Rinder to post it on one of his forum threads here at Shutterstock. I didn't want to post it myself back then because I was working as a reviewer at the time and didn't want to broadcast it to everyone at the stock forum.

It turns out that my little rant was a popularly re-linked essay over the past 7 years. And now a nice lady named Svetlana Koryakova has requested permission to translate it to Russian so she can share it with her compatriots who do not speak or read English. I have given her permission to do so.

Yes, this is my essay, my rant, my stress-reliever ... whatever you'd like to call it, I wrote it. I confess.

Annie
North Port, Florida
October 2013



A Day in the Life of a Reviewer

Here's a small slice of one day in the life of a reviewer ...

I dont worry about rejections