Please share some examples of your rejected images.  We may be able to provide some impartial feedback.

Thanks,

Mat

Yes, I agree with you all...the 24-70 f/2.8L II is a great lens.  Very sharp, very fast.  Others lenses I use about as much are the Canon 16-35 f/2.8L II and the Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS.  If you plan to only have one lens, then the 24-70 is really the only choice in my opinion. 

You will love the 5D Mark III, it's worth every penny!

-Mat

Thanks for watching and for the feedback Tom.  I made the transitions quick so it wouldn't get boring and so that you couldn't spot my photography flaws 

Have a good one!

Mat

You are choosing the easy way out here Ron.  Of course we wouldn't upload our photos if we didn't think they were up to snuff.  I've been a photographer for a pretty healthy chunk of time and I've accomplished some things that I've never though possible.  That being said I look at photos I've taken in the past..heck, even as recent as this year and vividly remember thinking that photo was amazing when originally posted.  When I look back at it without the passion involved I see my work with fresh eyes and often cringe. 

Personally, I welcome honest, productive critiques.  I am constantly looking for ways to improve my skills as a photographer.  I've been around some of the very best shooters on the planet and I have yet to meet a perfect photographer.  We've all got room to grow.  The minute you start to become complacent and over-confident is the minute you get passed up by hungrier and harder working photographers.

This is not a career path for people with thin skin.  Rejection is an ever-present part of our reality.  You can choose to take it with a grain of salt and learn from it or you can get defiant and bitter.  Sometimes I do the latter as I suspect does everyone from time to time.  I make a conscious effort however to accept my rejections with humility.  Life it too short to get wrapped up in the negative. 

-Mat

Come on  Matt, you know the rejections at Fotolia are nonsense. The laundry rejection list makes no sense 90% of the time. Fotolia is notorious for its rejection madness.

Tax rates are governed by the tax treaty between the US Government and countries outside the US.  As far as I know, Fotolia has no control over that rate.  The commission on images sold to US buyers would be subject to the withholding determined by the treaty between your country and America.

-Mat

I'm told you can apply this to your existing account.

-Mat

Hi there,

It sounds like either someone at support spoke out of turn or what they said was misunderstood.  Regardless, the information Mellimage shared is not true. 

If an image has not sold at least one time within six months it's price is reduced.  Photos do not need to sell 3 times every six months to maintain current pricing.  I would encourage you to go straight to the source for any questions like this:  http://us.fotolia.com/Info/Contributors/ImagesPricing

Thanks,

Mat

I had informed support as I had several images that were reduced in price even though  they sold within the past 6 months. The announcment states: images that haven't sold within 6 months will be reduced in price. etc.

The answer I received from support indicated that an image needs to be sold 3 Times within 6 months in order not to be reduced in price. (I knew it needed 3 sales to get back to minimal pricing (not the price you had previously set) after a reduction) - but I did not read their statement as meaning if an image does not sell three times within 6 months it will be reduced in price.

With the search engine as it is - and the market situation as it is (and the results research has shown) - I am pretty sure sooner or later 80%+ of the images will be locked in price at the 1-6 credits price range (and I am pretty sure if that does not go fast enough search engine tweaks will ensure that this applies to pretty much the whole FT collection sooner or later).  This is a step this specifically will target gold status contributors and higher, exclusive contributors as well as contributors who provided image exclusive content - for as long as they set the base price to their images at 2 and higher. They see the largest reductions in income on existing files.

My personal consequence from this is - no uploading to FT of any new images for the time being - and removing files who sell well elsewhere. Further steps to be considered. 

Good luck Yuri!  That is a huge move and you should be seriously proud of all you have accomplished!

I am assuming that this means Getty has purchased People Images from you and I am hoping that also means that you will be able to open up shop for other shooters now.

As mentioned in the thread....

Every time you upload an image you have to click a box that states you agree to the conditions of the contract.  The top line of the first section of the contract reads as follows:

"The Uploading Member hereby represents and warrants that he or she owns all right, title and interest in and to the Work, including all copyright and other intellectual property rights. "

I don't understand how you could claim to "own" the right, title and interest to those elements created by NASA. 

If I were you and it was this important to me as it is to you I would contact the person listed after the paragraph you quoted in the thread and get explicit, written permission from NASA.  I would forward that to support at Fotolia and refer to it in every submission I made using the NASA elements.  This is to cover your but, not Fotolia's.  As I also mentioned, I have no idea why your image was rejected.  Maybe the editor's knew it was a NASA image, maybe they just didn't like it.     

-Mat

After submitting my 10 the night before last I was just rejected 

Ha Ha Gillian, you are wise!   

You get a flu filled snot ball in the mouth...

Check out what happened to me the other night.  Has anyone here had anything worse happen during a shoot?

http://seattlemusicinsider.com/2013/02/13/marilyn-manson-takes-a-cheap-snot-at-showbox-sodo-photo-slideshow/

-Mat