However, I needed to have a minimum portfolio size for uploading,  and those images needed to be not in the micro world

What was the required minimum, if I may ask?

Quote from: Rinderart on November 05, 2014, 00:09

Honestly...Not Interested. I search a lot. what I see is Images that would have been rejected for Lighting On SS in the past and especially Now. I don't get it. And...If there doing that well and folks who are there are doing that well, Then why don't they Look at ports that do very well and invite them??

Because the whole point of OFFSET was to be different, separate from run of the mill microstock.  If they started promoting the best or better selling microstock portfolios they would lose that flavor.    I have to chuckle when I see comments about somebody target shooting for OFFSET.  They have clearly stated they were looking for existing, working pros ie: assignment type shooters who had great outtakes.  Sound familiar?  To anyone involved in stock since the 70's, as I have been, this will ring true.  That is the very origin of stock photography.  This is how stock agencies in the 70's and early 80's approached photographers.  They sought out existing assignment pros who would be willing to market their outtakes.   This eventually morphed (mid and later 80's) to the image catalog mentality.  Where photographers would actually shoot to get image placements in the stock photo print catalogs of the day. 

Hm! Here's the quote from the offset, contribute page:

If you are sitting on a large archive of images or if you are just starting to build your portfolio, this is a great opportunity to generate revenue from your existing imagery. We work with exceptional artists who are the best in their class in the fields of photography and illustration.

While it's true what you said, it's only one side of the coin. The other side says that they would also work with someone who's just starting out but is very talented and - exceptional. At least that's how I interpreted that bold sentence.

My initial application was rejected, I was subsequently invited and accepted.  Their contract terms do not mention that their minimum payout is $500.00.  This is more than double of any rights-managed, macro or micro agency that I know of.  They are reinventing the wheel with their submission process � excel sheet, renaming of image files and release files, you must request an upload link for every submission.  Every inquiry is returned with  a response that seems computer generated or english as a second language.  Their edit of captions and keywords for accepted images also reflect a computer generated or english as a second language feel.  Anyone else have these experiences?

It�s always an ego check browsing through an agency collection and seeing average to poor images, in technical and creative quality, what started out as a good platform for unique images seems to be turning into just another agency with millions of images to wade through to find a decent photo.

They reply in an hour now. Just expect sugestion to join SS in back mail

haha.. got it! 

Quote from: etudiante_rapide on March 19, 2015, 18:22

i chose the colour brown because it is the colour of ...

chocolate ?

Yes, the kind you wipe off your shoe when you step in it.

I applied and they told me to apply to shutterstock.  Lol, I am already on shutterstock.

If you look at their curated collections they are quite nice and somewhat unique from shutterstock's guy shaking hands and iphone on white.  Not that that is all shutterstock has.

Now, if you do a search directly and bypass their collections then you see quite a bit of crap.  I inquired about this discrepancy and never got a response.  My take on it is that it is a "club" of sorts where they are trying to find some unique photographers who are pushing the envelope a bit so they can market that to the end customers.

Are they any better than the best at Shutterstock?  I don't know, maybe but I have seen quite a bit of junk also.  Oh and they also look for photographers with clout.  In other words, photographers who have a following on social media and who might have a podcast.  I am not mentioning any names mind you

I don't think it's a matter of not being good enough. I think Offset is for established photographers and illustrators who already get assignments from major ad agencies and publications. I see some work there that isn't particularly good. There are some much more accomplished (in terms of quality) illustrators on SS.

Go for Plainpicture, Trevillion or Arcangel or Sciensphoto instead. Different class.

What type of images were they? Offset is far from your traditional stock look.

I have a friend who has a portfolio but stock is by no means their goal with photography. She is an amazing photographer in the ski and snowboard industry which has drastically different ideas of what a "good" photo is.

https://www.offset.com/artist/Ashley+Barker

You can check out her portfolio here if you're interested in seeing the type of content they look for.

Good luck with your photos

Awesome portfolio!

I just submitted my application for ArcAngel. I'm really hoping I get in...

This is what I submitted: http://creativeangela.com

Not sure if I need more samples? If I don't get accepted I really don't know what to do anymore... Micro is going down the drain and not worth it anymore.

Thank you for looking. I think I have to come to realize I'm not a "snapshot" photographer. I want to be - but I can't seem to fight my style ...

I just submitted my application for ArcAngel. I'm really hoping I get in...

This is what I submitted: http://creativeangela.com

Not sure if I need more samples? If I don't get accepted I really don't know what to do anymore... Micro is going down the drain and not worth it anymore.

Nice portfolio, I guess that you have Arcangel style images there. I am quite new in Arcangel and about 35% on my images are approved (microstocks 85-100%). I just tried to Offset because I think it's better for RF images, but they reject my application. My Arcangel portfolio is still small because we shoot new material there. But I am frustrated for microstocks and I like to work rather for premium stocks in future.

Idon't see any amazingness in those snapshots.

Hence why I wrote.
"the ski and snowboard industry which has drastically different ideas of what a "good" photo is."