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Applying to Stocksy - some help needed please
jen:
--- Quote from: Anonystocksy on November 13, 2015, 12:42 ---Thank you, Do I need a large portfolio to apply?
When is the next CfA? April 2016?
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You don't need a large portfolio, but if your current portfolio is not representative of the type of work you would be submitting to Stocksy, then you should wait until you have more relevant images to show.
The 2016 CTA will be announced next year; there is no set date yet.
MichaelJayFoto:
I'd say if you can come up with 20 unique images (not similars from the same series) within a few weeks, you don't need to wait. That alone would show that you are good (and willing) enough to build a larger portfolio quickly if you'd get accepted.
The key however is that you need to find a unique non-microstock style. You'll find all of the styles/types of images you mentioned on Stocksy, there is no benefit in focusing on something someone else tells you. Do your own thing.
(Then again, I never applied. So maybe I don't know what I'm talking about ;) )
onepointfour:
I submitted around 20 photos; 20 of my best photos. Just submit the stuff that you normally shoot, but the best photos you have. If you shoot food, send those shots that look like they come from Jamie Oliver's magazine. If you shoot hipsters or lifestyle, make sure they as good as from Kinfolk etc. If you shoot travel, landscape or wildlife; well look at Lonely Planet or NatGeo for reference. My point is, don't send stuff that you think look good only on flyers or banners, but good enough for editorial section in popular magazines. Nothing wrong with those photos for flyers and banners, but you can save them later after you got in :).
anathaya:
--- Quote from: Anonystocksy on November 13, 2015, 12:42 ---Thank you, Do I need a large portfolio to apply?
When is the next CfA? April 2016?
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June-Dec, 2016
https://www.stockperformer.com/blog/interview-series-brianna-wettlaufer-co-founder-and-ceo-of-stocksy/
MichaelJayFoto:
--- Quote from: anathaya on November 18, 2015, 02:06 ---June-Dec, 2016
https://www.stockperformer.com/blog/interview-series-brianna-wettlaufer-co-founder-and-ceo-of-stocksy/
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She doesn't say 2016 in there. She just mentions the Call To Artists as it is right now and the numbers that were received during that period in the past. Though I would not assume it will start again earlier next year, I would also not take this as an assurance it will open again in June.
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