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Messages - Shank_ali
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« on: August 05, 2011, 16:22 »
I wish them both well in there new jobs and relocations.
It will not effect me in the slightest as i will just keep contributing my photographs and hopely make a decent second income from an enjoyable hobby.
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« on: August 05, 2011, 16:14 »
The payout script has just completed. By far the worst month this year. The decision to pull all my files was right, how long it'll take them to delete them is another matter.
Did you not consider ALL your options before joining the PP. A few more contributors are now seeing regular payments for there work via the PP.Why else would you have your work available on the internet if is not for sale. I like the fact that all my content, available for sale on the PP, is also still available on Istockphoto.If that option is removed in the future i would like to think that i will be compensated in some way for the loss of exposure.....
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« on: August 05, 2011, 14:00 »
They probably think that by putting better quality stuff on there they can save the site. I wonder where they'll get that better quality stuff from?
The very name "Clipart dot com" sounds very 90s to me.
I know but....
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« on: July 22, 2011, 23:36 »
Need to focus on my photography.FOrums are distracting me.How do i close my MGN ACCOUNT?
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« on: July 22, 2011, 23:23 »
actions speak lounder than words.........
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« on: July 22, 2011, 23:20 »
Quick hint on istockphoto application.3 various images(portrait/still life/conceptual/macro/landscape/night/fashion/sport) with the theme of K.I.S.S throughout.
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« on: July 22, 2011, 23:13 »
I have no member on ignore,never will to be honest.Can't see the point ! I love everyone will equal contempt 
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« on: July 22, 2011, 22:39 »
Bye !
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« on: July 22, 2011, 09:50 »
"The Istock forum will never again be the place it once was.Sad for some but of no concern to the majority.The negatives have outweighed the posatives these past 18 months.They will be further developments this year.I might of inadvertly mentioned some of those in the Istock forum and a slight panic ensued along the line of me being a whistle blower.That was never going to be the case..."
The forum is a business tool, how can doing business be negative??
The customers are not going over to Shutterstock because they like the Shutterstock forum more. There is very little forum traffic compared to before but that is not bringing the customers back.
Are you trying to say that they are planning to close the forums down???
I would take just about everything shank is saying with a big big grain of salt...in London, at one seminar we all had a brief discussion about the tone communication (or lack of it) has taken in the forums. a few contributors expressed their frustration with forum communication and TPTB responded with feedback about their perspective, and that was that. Shank seems to think he was privy to all sorts of big secrets...guess the rest of us must have been snoozing during those disclosures 
+1
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« on: July 22, 2011, 00:57 »
The Istock forum will never again be the place it once was.Sad for some but of no concern to the majority.The negatives have outweighed the posatives these past 18 months.They will be further developments this year.I might of inadvertly mentioned some of those in the Istock forum and a slight panic ensued along the line of me being a whistle blower.That was never going to be the case...
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« on: July 21, 2011, 14:37 »
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35528366/GreyHeron.jpg
I would be grateful for comments re the suitability of this picture for an iStockphoto application. Thank you.
It would fail.The artifacts present do not look they came from shooting ISO 200 on your Canon 7D.Have you used any type of noise reduction ?
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« on: July 21, 2011, 11:19 »
Cogent- " my account has been banned from ISP" =Had his posting privileges removed.Glad that's sorted out  .Had a good day at work and picking up the grandson(9 months) later as he's staying the night.So my day should be perfect... What your previous posts on this thread have highlighted to me and is indicative of the web today is thus:People write what they like when posting on the internet,especially on forums and blogs.If most showed the same respect and decency they would to a neighbour or friend when having a normal conversation it would make life a lot easier for people reading said posts. Try to be accountable for what you type to a stranger .... Hope you have a nice day also.
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« on: July 21, 2011, 01:21 »
Cogent - I am really sorry to hear about your (and your team member's) experience in the ISP forums. Hope you are finding what you need at the other sites you are going to now. I will never understand why Istock is so indifferent to its buyers' concerns. 
Shank - I realize that you didn't start this thread as a place for buyers to air issues, but frankly, I think Congent Marketing has answered your original question quite handily. The liberal use of the ban hammer is a big reason that the ISP forums are so quiet. Considering you yourself have been banned, doesn't that make sense to you?
Seems Cogent is still smarting from having his account closed on Istockphoto.A series of events led to that account being closed and if many people from the company had access to it why allow them to post on the forum? .Buy and use the content. Where is the logic is posting inflamatory remarks on a companys forum (quote) ripping the P### out of Lobo) and directing them at a well respected admin of that company.It's like DUH.
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« on: July 20, 2011, 17:03 »
I was hoping for a more general disscusion at to why the forum has seen less activity this past year.Talking about individual Admins,who no doubt will not be able to defend themselves, is pretty crass .
For the record i've had a few site mails from Lobo these past four years..Very direct and to the point but always cival and polite.No problem with the guy what so ever.
Sorry you had your account closed though !
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« on: July 20, 2011, 16:35 »
OP,You have already got some sound advice but i would like to add some insight especially in regards of the composition.It's pretty poor.You want to take a picture of a castle, so the picture should be of a castle and not chopped of houses in the foreground.Yes?
You can and will get rejections for composition on Istockphoto.It is not always possable to have the right lens to hand or move closer with your feeT.So you must crop it or clone out the clutter.Please take care with what's presented to the viewer in your final presentation.
Hope you continue with your application to Istock and get accepted.Good Luck.
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« on: July 20, 2011, 13:43 »
It depends on what you consider to be fine ? One guy stated recently said he use to get 150 sales a day with a portfolio half the size it is now.He might struggle to get 20 sales today.That thread was LOCKED with.... more contributors/more content/it's summer-No mention of shutterstock . Just keep uploading what you consider to be useful stock and you might start to see a steady stream of sales come into your account.The sales show pretty instantly in your balance.
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« on: July 20, 2011, 11:09 »
Oops,just popped over to Istock to check sales and i get an editorial sale  .That's the thing though i doubt that image will take off in best match and start to give me a regular income.The only images the company are crowing about are products shots on white.
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« on: July 20, 2011, 10:47 »
Am i the only one disappointed that editorial sales have not taken hold on Istockphoto.
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« on: July 20, 2011, 10:42 »
When I joined iStock, many years ago, there was a group of "original" contributors who were disgruntled about the change in the forums. They thought the tone of the forums, and the contributors posting in them, had changed since the days when images were given away. They moved on and the forum carried on without them and became the vibrant place the OP is nostalgic for. I think that's the nature of forums. People come and go, forums evolve and what they change into might not suit you.
I do wish it would return 'to the good old days' but realise it wont happen now.Still some hidden gems of information, just under the surface,which have helped me in recent years with my photography.Available to all within the forum !
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« on: July 20, 2011, 01:44 »
I do think moderators are over protective,viewing the forum as Istockphoto's shop window as we say to the outside world.Most designers and buyers using the company for commercial purposes do not even venture into the forum.
The credit card fraud.The Redeemable credit targets.Bugs and less sales in general for it's contributors has slowly worn down the nerves of most .....
I think the company should implement a chat room/games room/ live feed to HQ to get back some interest.
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« on: July 20, 2011, 01:32 »
I voted no.I do not need a thread ignore button.I ignore a large amount of threads as it is for the simple fact most do not interest me.
Adding the feature to save time.. "in my busy business day " is such a weak argument, bordering on pathetic.Just dont log on !!
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« on: July 19, 2011, 14:00 »
Reviewers are inspectors and as they are human they see things differently.If you upload 3 photos from the same shoot and the first two get accepted along comes inspector two and inspects image 3 and rejects it for poor lighting.Which inspector would you buy a pint for and which would get a kick on the shin.
Hopely Scout will let my third image into the Istockphoto collection.Small impasse.Please continue.
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« on: July 19, 2011, 10:14 »
I think anyone who has me on ignore is missing out big time ! I'm just finding my feet on this forum and in time i will be dropping in on the other microstock site threads and my fans can expect lots of site mails in the coming weeks 
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« on: July 19, 2011, 10:04 »
I stopped participating the morning I woke up to a site mail from Lobo warning me about a forum post. It was an honest question about where IS was going and it got locked pretty fast. Just not worth the time and treatment.
Yep you dont want a site mail from Lobo on istock.Had a few weekend passes OFF the forum as a result....
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