I come from a portrait background but have recently moved and I'm trying to get the ball rolling with setting up a stock portfolio.  I do not currently have photos with any agency although I did get accepted about 2 years ago to the Flickr Getty Pool.  Every time I decide I'm about to submit images there, Getty ends up in the news again for something shady so I keep coming here and trying to find out my next step.  I have really enjoyed seeing the excitement around Stocksy and love the look and feel of their collection as well as Offset.  Unfortunately I come from an off camera flash background and think I'm probably not suited to either. 

I did submit a collection to Stocksy and was rejected.  I went back through the collection and found a ton of mistakes and tried to clean it up a bit.  I just submitted the new version to Offset but after following this forum for a while I am pretty sure I'd fall more into a "traditional" stock track rather than a Stocksy or Offset.

My next step is to try submitting to Shutterstock because of all the good feedback but I also understand that they are the most difficult to be accepted with.

Also for traditional stock agencies should I ditch all the photos where people are looking directly into the camera or is that more of a Stocksy/Offset thing?

My collection is here:  http://melissashelby.com/stock  If anyone can take a quick look of it's overall picture and tell if any agency jumps out I would appreciate it.  I would love to try submitting to Shutterstock but if I'm heading down the wrong road and would be better suited to the Getty flickr thing or another agency it would be beneficial feedback and greatly appreciated.