waaaa...i accidently hit the quote button sorry...

my point is only to help people with rejection, i made around 1000 submission so far, im no expert, but after 1 year of stock photo im getting a good grip of what is accepted or not...

On response to my first post in here, im willing to give back tot the community that helpped me, and give comment on rejected images to help people perfecting their skills.

I don't know why that in anyways should get my name "blacklisted"

Most comment that i heard of is, like i was saying in my reply, that most people go by the key phrase:

"Submitted 15 images, all rejected, go to hell reviewers"

Dont forget that these reviewers are seeing thousands of images per day, and even if they accepted to do that job, it can be hard for them, as it is hard for us to upload all these pictures and finding salable content.

So, if you get 30, 15 or 10 images rejected in row (it happened to me quite sometimes), you are probably doing something wrong , or you are maybe not meeting the standard or content needed by the company you are submitting to. To lighten your path, post samples of the pictures you got rejected: my pleasure and the pleasure of others in this helpful forums, will be to help you understand why you got rejected and perfect your skills.

On this, i hope, helpful note, have a good night,

Math

p.s. im sorry for typos or strange phrases, its getting late and im french, sooooooo, be nice with me

I would like something from you guys:

when you say: my last batch of pictures was rejected for this and this reason...post a sample of the pictures you just uploaded...

At least, we can figure out if the reviewers were "really not on point" or if they were RIGHT ON...and i'm not only saying that for StockXpert, it goes for every other sites..

I'm not "dissing" or "stabbing" anyone but it's easy to upload 25 pictures of your cat, get them all rejected and say: all my pics were rejected , reviewers are a$$holes...

If they were right on, at least we can help you with some constructive comments....and believe me, sometimes, rejections are dumb, but i would say that 90% of the rejections  i got had the right to be rejected...try to make something constructive out of it, you're the only person responsible for the quality of your work.


Judging your own art and having it judge by someone else are two REALLY different things...

Think about it,

Math

i don't get it...

my image was in the second page of the "christmas" keyword search and on the first page of the "santa" keyword search...

now it don't even show in the christmas keyword search and its on page 8 of the santa search...... /cry

Just want to know if there's any development with the payment at StockXpert..

StockXpert is getting is really doing well for me, but like someone said, if i cant cash out the money, what's the point?

My payment is pending since Nov29th and i emailed support...nothing.

Anyone else experimenting that?

p.s. my top seller there is this image:

http://www.stockxpert.com/browse.phtml?f=view&id=6535661

if someone want to give it a rating don't be shy (cause i got a crappy 7) i can rate yours if you PM me the link!

Congrats leaf!

I know how it feels, i have a rather small portfolio at istock (470 images) and it took me a looooooooooooooong time to fins the courage to disambiguate (or whatever you spell it) them all.

Grats again

Math

Well it depends how you cut out the background.

I don't have a lot of time to give explanation cause I'm going to sleep but you can check this thread on the Shutterstock forums.

Cheers,

Math

well guys and gals,

*clears throat*

got 18/20 of my last batch accepted at Istock!!!!! I was in shock....lol

you can see these shots on Shutterstock (not updated yet on istock) by Clicking Here

It's the santa series (my dad is actually in the costume, he really fits in the role don't you think?), tell me your comments

I'm amazed because about the 18/20 because all the shots are isolated on white..and usually they are UBER picky on that subject..

So for those who usually have this problem with istock, cheer up, miracles can happen!

Cheers,

Math

Hi guys,

was wondering your thought on this one:

Ive been submitting with the Istock release for over a year now...and today DT decided to reject my pics be cause the release stated:

"governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada".

O and the funny thing is, it was a batch of 10 images...9 got rejected 1 approved...

Anyways, my question is:

Should i bother arguing with them, or simply reupload?

Cheers,

Math

Congrats! Nice portfolio you have there

Yes I'm from Quebec. I'm based in Montreal right now.

I made a light table (i wanted to backlit objects) with a simple 2x4 white acrylic sheet that i place in the empty space of an expendable table (i know it sounds ghetto)...it cost like 20$ and works really well. You can also simply "clamp" it at the edge of a table and bend the sheet by pushing it on a wall (i don't know if I'm clear enough, maybe i should make a picture of it lol)

I also use a black acrylic sheet which cost the same.

I made also a white reflector for my flash heads out of a tropicana plastic 1.81L can that looks like that:

http://www.alienbees.com/ubr.html

Tropicana can = 3$  them: 30$

Ill try to think of more stuff

Cheers,

Math

** i hit tab lol*

Hi guys,

Its been a year im in stock photo now and ive been reading these forums for quite sometimes.

I finally decided to register! So i'll try to be a bit more active with my posting, since i recently quit my day job and work full time as a commercial photographer/stock photographer.

So, I'll be there to help with *huge* 1 year stock experience, but ill do my best,

if you want to see my stock folio: http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-72853p1.html


Cheers,

Math
www.fotografik.ca (english version coming soon)