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madelaide:
I've recently had many submissions reviewed, emptying my queue.  I was surprised however with the large amount of rejections.  I haven't checked everything yet (I should download the excel file, it's much easier than looking online), but it seems the main problem were "similars".

I can accept that in some cases, but when one image is horizontal and the other is vertical, I believe they should be acceptable variations.  Also a series that has the same composition but different currencies in each image.  Anyone having these problems?

I don't normally have more than 4 images in a series, varying angle of view and rotation.  Is that too much?

It's really a pity, as sales in Zymm give us a good return.

Regards,
Adelaide

Pixart:
Keith, it would be interesting to hear your opinion on this. 

I can totally understand an agency's reasons for rejecting too many of the same, but designers value having at least 1 vertical and a horizontal option of each shot.  Especially for magazine layouts, photo editors very quickly fill their holes, and if the perfect vertical photo that they have found does not perfectly fit the horizontal hole in their layout, you have lost a sale.  It is also very hard for many to visualize a horizontal photo on a vertical magazine cover, or a tall product. 

I blogged about it here   One designer did reply:   (in part) I've seen so many gorgeous images on stock sites I just can't use, either because the shot axis is wrong or the cropping makes me insane.

And, I also encourage you to read this photo editor blog called "Fill In The Blank Stock".   (You must read this entry!)

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--- Quote from: Pixart on March 12, 2008, 19:28 ---(in part) I've seen so many gorgeous images on stock sites I just can't use, either because the shot axis is wrong or the cropping makes me insane.
--- End quote ---

Off-topic. Didn't realize the MS Junction was yours. Added it here anyways ;-) - you need a feed button for RSS. The first thing in the morning is to hover over all my feed buttons in Firefox.

zymmetricaldotcom:
We recently added the Editors names with the button to PM them directly with any concerns or inquiries about rejections/approvals, this would be the best method to ask about specific submissions.    Be sure to include the Submission ID #'s to make things easier for the Editor to look it up.

I personally am not doing so many reviews these days as we have brought on more pros to handle this, and I am falling back into my proper role as CEO/systems engineer. Dealing directly with Editors is the quickest and most accurate way to get editorial-type questions resolved.

thanks

peep:
And how long does it usually take you to review the pictures? About two weeks? More? Less? I have a few waiting there for rather a long time...

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