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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Software => Topic started by: fra0039 on October 30, 2013, 09:55

Title: "Glossy" look of many stock bestsellers?
Post by: fra0039 on October 30, 2013, 09:55

Hey everybody,

until now my approach to stock has been more on quantity than on quality. Although I had some good results, most of my photos have never been sold :-(

So I started looking at the bestseller shots on the different sites to learn from them and I noticed that most of them have a kind of "glossy magazine" look. Now I do not know how to exactly explain this, but my photos usually have a very "digital" look and are either blurry or sharp. The bestsellers on the microstock websites have a more traditional film look, with what seems a mix of (glamour) glow, soft focus and often slight desaturation.

I wonder if there is any photoshop filter or trick that allows to achieve such a look?

Thank you very much!

Title: Re: "Glossy" look of many stock bestsellers?
Post by: topol on October 30, 2013, 12:12

Try showing some examples both from you and those bestsellers, otherwise it will be hard figure out how the look is achieved...

Title: Re: "Glossy" look of many stock bestsellers?
Post by: Copidosoma on October 30, 2013, 12:28

My guess is:

High quality lighting, attention to details and good post processing skills.

No real secret.

I don't buy the whole "digital look" vs. "traditional film look" thing. It is all to do with how the image was shot and processed.