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« on: May 07, 2006, 08:11 »
As the subject asks, does Shutterstock allow editing of the title, description, & keywords after an image is approved?
1227
« on: May 07, 2006, 08:06 »
I feel for you. The microstock industry can be brutal at times. I am on six sites at the moment, and about to submit to Shutterstock in the next week or so. Weird thing is that I originally had wanted to apply to Shutterstock as my first stock agency, but when I found out they wanted 10 photos I decided to try a few others first. I had actually asked them if I could submit one photo at a time (instead of all 10 at once) so that I could learn from the process and they basically said that I had to submit all 10. So it is odd that they actually did your review before you had 10 up. You can read the thread here: http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/about7908.html&highlight=
1228
« on: May 07, 2006, 08:01 »
Seems like an interesting concept. What type of prices are you submitting for your images?
1229
« on: May 04, 2006, 06:54 »
I was up around 4:00a and went to iStock. There was a site mail waiting for me so I clicked on it. This brought me to the sign-on page, which I thought was odd. But everytime I tried to sign in, it just brought me back to the sign-on page. I then tried to take a look at my portfolio without logging in, and it couldn't find it. At that point, I started to panic. I thought that they had booted me off the site. I started to try a bunch of different things, until I finally found a thread on one of the forums that said that there were problems starting to occur.
Phew! What a relief!
1230
« on: May 04, 2006, 06:51 »
Maybe you might want to try and clone out the steam 
1231
« on: May 03, 2006, 15:57 »
Isn't it the case with most, as in 80% of cameras available (or more) that they are noise prone at night or in blue sky situations?
Yes, that is true. Anytime the visual amplifier is turned up on a camera, you will get noise. It's sort of like turning up a stereo real loud without any music on (you get a lot of hissing). Blue sky situations are a little different though. Noise results from the multitude of color variations. So it really isn't noise, it just looks like noise.
1232
« on: May 03, 2006, 14:51 »
or if you are jacking up the ISO...
1233
« on: May 03, 2006, 12:35 »
Maybe you already stated this, but what kind of camera are you using Ichiro?
According to the EXIF info from some of his photos that he posted, he is using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT.
1234
« on: May 02, 2006, 18:12 »
I just read a forum thread on Dreamstime that spoke about a company (called WizData) that is uploading thousands upon thousands of images. I have found them on iStock as well. I wonder how many other sites they are on, and if this is going to become a future issue with other photo companies joining the fray. Here is the thread: http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_3871
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« on: May 01, 2006, 12:55 »
I think that it is too early for me to report earnings at this time (since I have only been at this for a little over a month).
But I find it extremely interesting that the earnings vary so drastically for each site between all of you.
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« on: May 01, 2006, 06:56 »
Yes, it does matter (at least according to the website). One of the upload pages states "Classify keywords in order of importance, the most relevant words go first". Here is a web page on Fotolia keywording: http://blog.fotolia.com/us/guideline/editing/key_words.html
1237
« on: April 28, 2006, 18:32 »
I like the ideas of the photos and think that they should do well once they are touched up a bit.
I don't particularly care for the arrow. I don't know why, but it just bothers me. Maybe because the arrow is leading my eye out of the picture frame and away from the subject. I would suggest just circling the area without the arrow.
The last photo has a Texas Instruments logo and needs to be removed.
Also, the paper looks a little blue. You might want to check the white balance on the photos.
Hope that helps...
1238
« on: April 27, 2006, 18:44 »
I have Neat Image (because it was the first to offer a plug-in for PSP and PS), but they are very similar. I used to only apply noise reduction on photos where it was obvious, but lately I have started to apply it on every image (even ISO 100 images). When viewing images at 100-200% you really start to see things that you wouldn't if reduced to a full-screen size.
1239
« on: April 27, 2006, 18:10 »
I use IrfanView. It is really easy. You open the image, hit the "I" key twice, and then enter the IPTC info.
1240
« on: April 27, 2006, 17:26 »
Sorry for the broken links on my images (on the first page of this thread). I have corrected them now. If you go back to the previous page, you should be able to see them now.
1241
« on: April 27, 2006, 05:42 »
I have also had the same "split personality" from BigStock. 8 out of my first 10 photos were accepted, but now 3 out of 4 were rejected. One of the rejections was for "We have enough of this subject already" and the other two rejections were for "Subject not evident enough - hard to tell what the subject of the photo is". Here are the two photos that they thought had no subject: Hot Green Jalapeno Pepper On Fire: Holy Spirit Turning Bible Pages: Maybe it's just me, but the subjects look pretty evident to me!
1242
« on: April 21, 2006, 14:20 »
Actually, the new Fotolia site makes you tab three or four times to move from the login field to the password field.
1243
« on: April 21, 2006, 11:48 »
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I have never done a shot with a model or property release yet. I am thinking about doing them, but I am not sure how much work they will add.
If I take 100 photos of someone, do I need to send the release 100 times, or do you just send the release once and then have each photo "point" to it somehow?
1244
« on: April 21, 2006, 05:31 »
Does StockXpert allow you to edit keywords after they have been accepted?
1245
« on: April 19, 2006, 21:17 »
Yes, you can put your photos on more than one site as long as they are RF (royalty free) and you are not exclusive at any one site.
1246
« on: April 19, 2006, 06:19 »
I believe that they do. Lightboxes offer another way to search for images, and if your images show in a lightbox, then the odds will improve that your image will be downloaded.
1247
« on: April 13, 2006, 09:24 »
I have uploaded ten files and have been waiting for 8 days so far. It seems to be quite a long wait for a smaller stock agency. Usually the smaller agencies review images faster. I was expecting a 3 or 4 day wait, so this has been a little frustrating. Hopefully most, if not all, of my photos will get through and they will start selling like hot cakes... 
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« on: April 09, 2006, 15:45 »
Shutterstock requires 10 photos for the registration. iStockphoto requires 3 photos. Dreamstime, 123RoyaltyFree, and Bigstockphoto don't require any.
I currently submit to all of the above except for SS at this time, but I will be soon. SS and IS are the top two. They will usually make up between 50% and 80% of total sales. Dreamstime is a great site and might become a solid third.
1249
« on: April 07, 2006, 10:27 »
Canon 10D, but I just purchased a 30D.
1250
« on: April 07, 2006, 10:26 »
I believe that I read on the iStock forums that you can't even search by categories yet.
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