haha, I'm surprised it was bought up in a rejection notice on a microstock site.  In what context did they use it?

To explain it though, don't worry so much about the math.  When applying it to art... it's not that important.  What's important about it is that using the golden ratio (I know it as the Divine Proportion) makes it more pleasing to the eye because we find it everywhere in nature.  Like fractals... the spiral fractals that you see are a result of the Golden Ratio and they're everywhere in nature.

Applying the actual ratio and mathematics to your artwork (or photography in your case), is pretty simple...  I've drawn it below to make it easier to understand.


 
Take your rectangular canvas (or your viewfinder in your case) and draw a diagnal line from one corner to the other corner (as in the longer dotted line that I've drawn).  Then draw another 'dotted' line from the opposite corner and meet the first dotted line so that it creates a right angle.  Where the two dotted lines meet, draw a vertical line down the page and a horrizontal line across the page.  It's these two last lines that are relevant.  The main focal point of your artwork (or the subjects in your photographs), should be at the intersection or along these lines.

If you want to see this applied to artwork, study da Vinci's work.  

BUT... I still can't believe it was bought up in your rejection notice lol

PS.  Don't actually draw on your viewfinder

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Quote from: pseudonymous on August 02, 2011, 20:56

What if you go exclusive with DT and next month they plotz and SS booms?  I suppose it all boils down to money.  Are you in this for the money or for the fun of it? 

Yes that's the risk.  Or DT could just go crazy and start rejecting everything I submit.   I'm currently thinking about DT exclusivity because my (tiny) sales there are increasing, and they're not increasing at SS, and SS has just now started rejecting a lot of stuff for weird reasons, while DT continues to accept almost all of what I submit.   But exclusivity is a decision I could easily end up regretting.

Well, I suppose if your sales there now are just tiny, I'm assuming you have other sources of income and so the risk wouldn't be that great for you as for someone that could potentially lose a huge chunck of income that they're living off, yeah?

If that's the case, it's not as big a deal.  Furthermore, people like you and I with smaller ports won't find it so bad having to reupload at every site again if they regret exclusivity in the future.  Uploading is a pain in the arse which is one of the big reasons people consider exclusivity in the first place.  I only have about 120 files and thinking about having to reupload them all again if things go wrong is a huge deterrent on it's own to go exclusive.  Imagine how bad it is for those with thousands of images.  Also you're likely to lose your place in search engines if you have to start again on other sites. 

another one: stockmediaengine.com
Sounds like they bill on bandwidth usage?

Not just bandwidth...


[/quote]Pricing depends on your needs. With StockMediaEngine, you only pay for the resources you use. As your business grows, you can easily scale up your resources. You can set a limit for the resources your system will use. And you can set a monthly fee limit.

These are the factors that will determine the fee:
�Edition
�Hits per month
�Active users per month
�Uploads per month
�Amount of content
�Bandwidth per month

We send you a bill each month with full details on the resources you have used, and you prepay for the following month based on this usage. At the end of the month we then calculate the difference and bill or refund you accordingly. Payment is expected within 2 months of the date of billing.

So that you have a guide, we can estimate your monthly fee based on your needs. If you would like this estimate, please fill out the following details and we will contact you with the details.[/quote]

http://stockmediaengine.com/pricing/

There's no real indication at all unless someone asks for a quote.

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@csproductions, that's hilarious!

Borderline images always can go either way.  People aren't robots.

They were in the same batch so unless this reviewer has a serious case of dimentia, it has nothing to do with being 'borderline'.  Either both images have poor lighting or both don't.

Quote from: pseudonymous on August 02, 2011, 04:55

Not only does Dreamstime not allow you to sell RM, but they don't even allow you to sell products on POD sites with your own images on them.... despite the buyers of your images being allowed to if they purchase the right licence... that's nuts!

Lirch, you may be interested in this post made by Sparticus where he expresses his disappointment after 6 years of being exclusive and only earning $1.27 in July from 3 subs, after having a BME in June.  If these sort of highs and lows bother you, then I wouldn't go exclusive.

http://www.dreamstime.com/thread_28151

I personally wouldn't go exclusive anywhere.  One month your favourite best performing agent could change their policies and become your least favourite worst performing agent.

First of all a little more civilized behavior will be much appreciated..... regarding the absence is a personal matter.... regarding exclusivity i become exclusive less than a year ago.... regarding the earnings.... what can i say;... yes i earned  $1.27 in July from 101 sales.... .

what can i say...nobody is perfect like you.

Nicku,

What . are you going on about?  My post clearly refers to Spaticus's comments on that thread talking how he only made $1.27 from 3 subs in July after a BME in June after happily being an exclusive for 6 years.  I was clearly referring to the volatility of being exclusive, nothing about the man's ability as a photographer so calm down toots.

If anyone is being uncivilized it is you but I accept your apology

No worries Lisa,

Dan, just one more thing you may want to consider.  If I were you I wouldn't use the word "purchaser" because the person using your images might not be the person who purchased it, but their client.

Lisa, your site's looking good... yours too Cory, very impressive and clean.

Dan, great stuff, you're almost there, check your inbox

Hey guys,

I'm in the process of creating my photo store and I've noticed a small but serious error in the licensing template that a few of you may need to fix.  I noticed that Cory and Dan (warmpictures) need to fix this.  I only know of three stores so I only know of two with the error from here.  Anyone else who has a ktool store should double check theirs too.

The error is in the second paragraph of the template that I've made bold:

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT (EULA) ? By downloading any image or material from our website, you hereby agree to the following terms and conditions as outlined herein, and as listed elsewhere on our website:

This agreement is made by and between {COMPANY_NAME} (otherwise listed herein as You or Your) who creates an account for the right to access, acquire, and use Materials from this website.

This should read something like this:

This agreement is made by and between {COMPANY_NAME eg. 'Bogus Company Inc.'} (othewise listed herin as (shortended company name if applicable eg 'Bogus') and the end user, either an individual or entity (otherwise listed herein as You or Your) who creates an account for the right to access, aquire and use Materials from this website.

I haven't read anything else in the EULA but seeing an error in the first part of the agreement about the parties involved, doesn't give me great confidence over the rest of it.  I googled some of above paragraph and noticed hundreds of ktools store (I'm presuming) have the error in their EULA.... shocking!

This is your legal agreement so I highly recommend people go through it with a fine toothed comb (if they haven't already) and make sure you're happy with every word written in there. 

Cheers.