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General Stock Discussion / Mobile photos at Shutterstock and others, how picky are they about them?
« on: January 28, 2016, 12:21 »
I have read multiple times here and in different places that supposedly all major stock agencies accept mobile photos from contributors. Well, I personally never submitted any mobile pictures but I wonder how it works in practice. For example, let's talk about SS since it is one of the major earners for the majority of folks here. We all know they are very picky about photo quality. Many would probably say even too picky, and that is when a contributor submits shots from DSLR. So shots from mobile phones many times can be much worse in technical quality as compared to DSLR simply due to the limitations of mobile photography technology. Pictures from mobile cameras are often quite grainy, lack resolution, and prone to all sorts of technical flaws. That makes me think that the majority of mobile shots would be rejected by SS and other major agencies simply on the ground of its lack in quality even if the composition/topic/concept is worthy. What do you think? Has anyone tried submitting mobile shots and with how much success? Do people really buy them? Am I missing something maybe?