I assume this is the way it has always been - most agencies don't have reviewers on site do they?  It is the perfect job for working at home.  It is interesting that they want so many hours per week and with no mention of pay or benefits - I can't imagine it would be attractive to many people.  They also don't require you to be a contributor so they could take people with no understanding at all of the industry from the contributor's side.  OTOH, they won't be competitors with the people they are reviewing so I guess that is a plus.  Also strange that they don't mention training - I assume they would have some sort of extensive training but that is not mentioned.  The other test is just for internet speed - nothing on how good you are at determining image quality, etc.  I suppose if you really want to know more about it you can apply - might be easier hitting "Reject" a few thousand times a day than producing images, and of course it would tell you how to do better yourself as mentioned already.

Any of the Canon Digital Rebels are quite small and light.  The T5 only weighs about a pound without a lens but still had good image quality.  My girlfriend bought one specifically for travel because it is so small and light but still good enough for stock.

When I first moved to Indiana there were train tracks through town and I couldn't believe the number of cars and people that were hit every year - almost always because they ignored the warnings and often drove around the barriers.  Incredibly stupid and they don't get a lot of sympathy.  They have since solved that problem by moving the tracks but it's too bad you have to spend millions of dollars to save people from their own stupidity.

I wonder how much longer it will be before Canva gets a number in the poll at the right and where it will be.  I predict it will be during the next couple of months and that it will start out in the middle tier.

I've taken photos in both states and own property in North Carolina so go there a few times a year.  Humidity is not such an issue EXCEPT if you take a camera straight from an air-conditioned house to outside - then you will have some serious fogging until the camera warms to the same temperature.  Let the camera equilibrate to the same temperature before taking off the lens cap and you will be OK.  Of course the same thing happens in winter if you go from outside to in.  The main problem I have in both states is salt spray and sand because I am usually at the coast - I always keep a filter over every lens and clean that when necessary.  It sounds like you won't have a problem with that with the cities you mentioned.

Hurricanes are not usually that big a deal unless you are right at the coast - the main damage is from the storm surge, buildings in the US are designed to take that kind of wind.  Of course if it is a category 5 then all bets are off.  The other problem is falling trees, so don't buy a house with big trees nearby if you are worried about hurricanes (not such a big issue in Florida).

There are tornadoes almost everywhere in the US including Charlotte.  Where I live now they have tornado sirens that they test the first Saturday of every month.  A lot of tornadoes have been nearby but they so far have not damaged my house - their damage is usually over a very small area so the chance of getting hit is low.  In Charlotte they are even less common so not worth worrying about.

Good luck!

maybe they aren't telling because if they do it we can manipulate it by someway

Or because a competitor could copy it I think is more likely

I've had them a couple of times so they definitely happen - no idea how they are used, though.  I've also had some editorial SODs.  I figure it's up to the buyer to use them correctly so haven't worried about it.

More or less normal (i.e., with large swings from day to day) over the last week except for the weekend which was dreadful - I had 0 DLs on Saturday which is very unusual even for a weekend.  So far this month DL numbers are good but the proportion of ODs, etc., is very low - one in every 15 DLs so far this month as opposed to one every 7 DLs last month.  No ELs, SODs or video sales so far this month either, whereas last month was great.  Hopefully that will change soon...

I'll trade my thoughts for one year of unlimited access to your articles. 

LOL!

If you want to sell RF definitely remove them - you don't want a farmer suing you for selling images of their property, which they could identify absolutely with the bar code.

Thanks for posting, Pete.  Let's hope the message gets out throughout the country.

Based on how sales have been there recently I don't think upload problems are going to make any difference, unfortunately - it seems to be on life support just waiting for the end