I already haven't had any images reviewed for a few months, so I'm hoping this is an improvement!

Two sales so far.

There were explanations of the curation and acceptance process in another long thread on here, which is where I got my understanding of the process from, and my experience has matched the expectations that they've set (though perhaps not in sales, but I haven't uploaded as much as I'd like to have by now as well).  They're extremely good at replying to support questions too, so if you're in doubt you could just ask them directly.

Anyway, back on topic, another of mine was curated on the front page today http://crated.com/art/19833/story-bridge-traffic-by-silkenphotography.  So far I have a few extra people "collecting" it, but no sales.

Thanks all, you've given me a lot of food for thought, and research to do.

 - Change from a character limit to a keyword limit, with keywords being comma separated so multiple word keywords count as one.

 - Allow more keywords while editing, with a red star/outline/whatever to show that we can't save until we're under the limit.  It's much easier to pick and choose what we do and don't want to keep when all the info is in the edit box to start with (see e.g. FAA's editing.  Or Crated's).

 - I can see a need for tiered keywords, but can it be two rather than three, and make it easy to select which ones are "essentials" with something similar to Zazzle's "power" keywords where you click on the keyword to toggle if a keyword is a "power" one or not.  The first 10 added are automatically top tier, but if you're a Lightroom user it's so easy to change.

Thanks for listening.

Here is a definition of "beautiful", from over 25 countries - Woman sent a photo of herself to 40 photographers with one Photoshop request: "Make me beautiful".  The variation is fascinating... and shows why it's a useless keyword http://www.estherhonig.com/#!before--after-/cvkn

Ooh I didn't know about Metabones, thanks Zeus and Paulie.  That definitely makes a change interesting.

Tror: it's exactly the "What about in five years" that makes me wary of the 7DmII.  Things like a touchscreen are called gimmicks by some by are actually really useful.  I've enjoyed using the 7D autofocus so that side of things does tempt me, but the 7DmII is going to look and feel dated in about ... hmmm... now.

PaulieWalnuts: Thanks for the recs, I'll check the Sony out. (P.S. always loved your name and icon!)

I primarily shoot landscapes and wildlife.  I currently have a Canon 7D which I'm increasingly getting fed up with, and a Fujifilm x100s which I love and carry with me every day.  I want to replace the 7D with another interchangeable lens system, but I'm torn.  I always thought my next camera would be a full-frame but I want more fps than the 6D and I can't afford the 5DmIII and upwards.

My x100s has given me a taste for what some of these newcomers are capable of.  Focus peaking! I friggin love that.  Small and light - why carry around a beast?  A typical photography day for me starts with me standing still for hours following by a lot of walking around trying to capture the local wildlife - we get a lot of birds around here especially - so I like the 7D's versatility there.

The 7DmII is even heavier and has nothing that exciting apart from the auto-focus system.  Do I ditch Canon entirely and go with a newcomer?  My research a couple of months ago led me to the Olympus E-M1 but I really should have another look at what's out there.  Has anyone else done similar already?

Handful of sales in two years, but they're a pain to upload to as they don't read IPTC.  Apparently that's deliberate to stop people mass uploading every snap on their harddrive, but there are better ways to prevent that (even FAA is theorectically better on that score, although the flakiness of their upload system negates that).

I noticed today that the dropbox sync is no longer a subscription-only feature.  Thanks for that.

Quote from: ana on August 27, 2014, 13:55

Lee do you mean for all contributors? i did my first upload 2 weeks ago and my portfolio still empty :-(

in my case, you have any estimated waiting time?

Hi Ana, sorry, no.  That's just for photo (raster) files.  Vectors is still just getting started. 

It's very difficult to give an estimated time given it's a process we haven't done before and the quantity of images keeps growing (we're proceeding in order of contributor signup date, but contributors ahead in the queue keep uploading).  It'll likely take us a few months to get to those who've just signed up recently. 

Is it possible to review in order of batch uploaded regardless of contributor, rather than contributor sign-up order?  Cause, well, contributors gonna contribute...

It's not just emails, it's real life too. I was called up 2 days before new years eve by a promoter. They were launching a new drink. They had sponsored a whole new year's eve party, had paid hostesses lined up for the evening to work the floor. She wanted a photographer from 9 pm and more or less the whole night. And her budget was less than 100 euro for the photographer! But the photographer would of course 'be at the party' and get free drinks, i.e. this is a fun event for you to hang at!

You should have gone, drunk as much of the free drink as you could manage, taken plenty of photos and sent them in with the comment, "This is what paying in booze gets you"