I'm also a little disappointed by the shortlist. Surely there were better entries? For example for me the lighting is pretty poor in the frog image although the subject is obviously brilliant; the architectural shot from LA looks like a snapshot and the English Lido image is a bit boring. Makes me think that some of the most established photographers here should enter.


My top 3:

- Shepherd
- Ring fire jump
- Synchronised Swimmers

I understand that Milinz. I wasn't really being serious.

Thank you for the reply leaf. 

Ideally I would like the photos to be useful universally, as you say, and therefore more popular, but even if this was not the case, to gain access to these kind of high-profile expensive and incredibly popular events would be great.

Hi everyone,

I started my Zazzle store about 2 months ago and it seems to be coming together quite nicely. Any critique/comments would be greatly welcome- especially from those who also sell on the site.

Thanks a lot guys,

www.zazzle.com/shuttersnaps

Hi,

I recently went on a trip along the garden route of South Africa with my new Tamron 17-50mm f2.8 VC lens. I didn't have a laptop out there with me so i couldn't see the photos at 100% after i'd taken them. I was happy with them.... on the trip.

When i got home a large % were slightly out of focus. Since i have been home i have found this review of the lens (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tamron/17-50mm-f28-vc.htm), where he said this:

"This Tamron's VR/IS/VC system works only if you have the time to wait a moment before you snap each and every photo. There is a huge flaw if you make a photo before waiting a second for it to settle down. If you snap a photo without waiting for the VC/VR/IS system to settle, it will blur your image worse than if you had no VC, VR or IS! This is because this Tamron's VC system jumps as it locks and unlocks, so if you don't wait a moment with your finger half on the shutter for it to settle, it will blur your photo in the process of settling! Nikon's VR and Canon's IS systems don't have this problem. This blurred a lot of shots for me before I figured this out. Therefore, this is a horrible lens for news, sport, action and people shots unless you turn off the VR/IS/VC system. If you don't, and if you shoot at a moment's notice, the VC system will blur many of your shots!"

I'm guessing the only thing i can do really is turn off the VC as i didn't specifically think i was rushing the shots.

Has anyone else got this lens? Any work arounds?

Cheers,

Thanks Sue, do you have any experience with FAA or Zazzle?

Thanks. I've emailed support but it sounds like they should be back soon.

I just sold a bunch of tiffs on DT as subscriptions in the past week - level 4 and 5 images that would have earned me around $12 or so apiece under normal circumstances. I had my BME on DT last month so don't want to quit there but I'm really annoyed that my full sized tiffs are being licensed for peanuts. I assume they make the tiffs from jpegs, although I have uploaded RAW files there as well with the understanding that they would sell for more. If they are giving away tiffs made from my large RAW files (I shoot with a D700 and a D5100) then I may want to remove the RAW files from the site. So frustrating.

$5 a month with 180 images? That sounds so discouraging - even if you left off a zero that seems awfully low. Hope you were joking!?!

I'm getting a ton of subscription sales now and I guess the volume is making up for the regular high-level sales I used to get, but it is really discouraging that they think they have to give away our images for next to nothing to make any sales. 

Nope, i unfortunately wasn't. Here's my portfolio:

http://www.dreamstime.com/portfolio.php?clientun=tridgers&page=&sortcriteria=6

I know alot of these aren't great stock images but surely that figure is taking the piss a little.... Honest opinions please

I've recently asked to leave exclusivity at Dreamstime and i've just been accepted at Istock. I know that i have to wait 30 days (about 2 weeks left) before i can sell photos on other stock sites, but would this agreement be breached if i uploaded photos to Istock but didn't make them public during this 30 day period?

I've heard and read that this is possible to do with Shutterstock (where i should be hearing back from my application soon) but i can't seem to find anything related to Istock. I obviously don't want to breach my agreement with Dreamstime but 2 weeks is a long time to wait if it is possible.

Thanks

They're just photos of cities marked from an Atlas...

From what you are saying can i upload these as RF as long as i state the atlas name/edition etc? If so, where would i put this0 in the description?

Thanks. I've seen that some maps have been accepted on Shutterstock as editorial now. Way Forward?

Thank you for your replies, i'll have to do a little more research i think then.