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Newbie Discussion / how long for Alamy response?
« on: October 18, 2011, 23:19 »
I submitted my first 4 images on October 12, and still see "Awaiting QC". ???

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I read somewhere that the stocksites want "IPTC" keywording... But my favorite software right now is Windows Live Photo Gallery, which I understand uses "XMP" for keywording instead of "IPTC".

Is that a problem? Do I have to dump WLPG and go ahead and get some "real software" now?

This is not as clear-cut as some may think... the specifications ofr IPTC and XMP are inter-related... e.g. from iptc.org: "The IPTC Core standard defines the same set of photo metadata fields as used from IIM but its technical implementation is builds on Adobe's XMP technology."

The other question I have is... How do you organize your photos if you're not allowed to have extraneous tags? For instance, if I submit a photo to shutterstock I'd like to tag it "submitted-shutterstock". I assume they would reject this. How do you manage your collection if you cannot use tags for that purpose?

Thanks

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I've heard these two have no QC at all:
mostphotos.com
shutterpoint.com

And alamy.com only checks image quality, not contents.

Are there any other sites  with lenient or non-existent QC?

I figure I should start with one of these sites, then take only the best-selling images to the more picky sites like IS, SS.

Thoughts?

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Photo Critique / critique my subjects and style?
« on: September 28, 2011, 22:44 »
Hi All,

I take lots of pictures - for my own enjoyment, using as screen-savers, sending to family members, remembering an exotic vacation, etc - even before getting interested in stock photography.

I recently applied to iStockPhoto and got what seemed like a generic rejection letter (no image-by-image critique).

I'm interested in finding out if my subjects and shooting style are suitable for stock.

I know my images are not perfect, because I did not shoot them with Stock in mind, and also I did not do any post-processing besides very simple one-click image corrections, and also I did not spend much time tagging them.

Here are a few photos I selected: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjwiaF5u

What do you think?
Are any of them "stock material"?
What if I do some post-processing?
What if I re-shoot these same compositions with more attention to detail?

Or should I just give up on this stock thing and stick to photography as a hobby...

Thanks!!

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Newbie Discussion / women in bikini without model release
« on: September 23, 2011, 18:18 »
Hi all. I have a photo of some women at the beach, taken at my last vacation overseas. Do these have any value as stock photo? Do I need a model release? How about for Editorial Use Only? Thanks

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If so, would you mind to share which photos sold and/or for how much?

I'm interested in this microstock business but just not sure how much effort to put in.

Thanks!

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I have a collection of 30,000 images spanning 20 years of amateur/family photography and international travel AND international living (residents get different pictures than tourists).

The first 10 years are all film scans (which I plan to re-scan in higher resolution).

The second 10 years are mostly digital in progressively higher resolutions... 3MP, 5MP, 7MP, 12MP, 16MP.

The photos are tagged by country (includes U.S., Caribbean, South America, Europe, Middle East).

Any photos with people in them don't have model releases. Any photos from private places don't have property releases.

Where is the best macro/micro-stock site where I can simply "dump" all these images without having to organize them, and let the potential buyers sort through them?

Ideally the site should provide statistics so I can slowly over time tag the images that I think would be in higher demand.

Thanks

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