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Hi everyone. I am just starting out on dreamstime. I have 12 pictures online so far. Many have been viewed, but none have been downloaded. I was wondering if anyone had any tips for me on how to take pictures that will sell well, or any tips on keywords, or any comments on my pictures so far. Here are a few of them.
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If you want to require criticism on your portfolio, please use the thread created and designed especially for criticism requests link.
As already said, it is too early to expect downloads but do not sweat too much, I am positive they will come. Photographers sometimes wait a lot at the beginning. Others are lucky. You have few photos in your portfolio for the time being. When you will have a large portfolio you will see that more photos are usually more chances to sell.....Good photos I mean :P.
For the rest, I would advise you to check what sells as stock photo but try to get a new approach, to create your own style, a personal touch and signature in whatever you do as photography.
For the keywords, I would not advise you to write as many as possible :). Just write the most relevant ones and some of their synonyms. Increasing the no. of keywords will definitely not improve the quality of your image.
So, mix stock-orientation, with creativity,... More) - posted by
Tangie
on September 06, 2007 |
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One thing I have learned to increase sales is to put the maximum number of Key Words with each photo. A good place to look for words is Roget's Thesarus. - posted by
Bwendy3
on September 05, 2007 |
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12 pictures in an ocean of more than 1,600,000 pictures means almost nothing. Your portfolio looks great! Keep shooting, editing and uploading. Downloads will come soon! It is only a matter of work and time. 
Also read for yourself
What do I want?
Best regards,
Regele IONESCU - posted by
Imagodigipix
on September 05, 2007 |
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I am new to dreamstime and I am trying to figure out how to get customers to start downloading my pics. I have noticed that once a picture gets one download, the views start going up and it gets downloaded again by another customer, and so on... So, I was wondering if I downloaded one of my most viewed pics, would it start getting downloaded by other people??? Maybe customers are more likely to download an image if it has already been downloaded before. Just a thought. Let me know your opinions on this idea, please.
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Very good advice. - posted by
Astargirl
on September 11, 2007 |
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There is no connection between view and downloads. Buying your own image will certainly not "boost" your sales... apart from that one which you've made.
Try to think in a more natural way, so to speak, when it's about downloads - more people will download an image when its really good, appealing, has a clear message, etc. Then this image will have more downloads, but at the same time be downloaded even more because it's good.
Yes, some people, when shopping for images might prefer to order their search by "most downloaded" and select from the first few pages, because they know that these will most of the time be very good images. The real key to having more downloads is simple: have more images with higher quality. Then remember to be patient. And things will slowly pick up. Once you have a good portfolio of several hundred images sales will be almost daily... And then it's good. :) Hope that helps! Greetings! - posted by
Petarneychev
on September 11, 2007 |
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I am hoping to use my free credits to purchase some good digital backgrounds for my portrait studio. I take family, children, seniors, and pet portraits. Please let me know if anyone has any good backgrounds for me to use. Thanks.
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For anyone who is wondering, you have to purchase the P-EL license (50 credits) to use a downloaded pic as a digital background for portraits. Thanks for all your comments!!! - posted by
Torie508
on September 14, 2007 |
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I really don't know if it is or not in the way shes using them. In a way isn't it kind of like someone buying a background for ad copy? They use it then essential sell the ad to a company. I know you can't purcahse them to use in images that your reselling say as art or stock photos, but as backgrounds for photos im not too sure. Should be something to look into. - posted by
Frontdoormedia
on September 14, 2007 |
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Thank you, I didn't know that! - posted by
Torie508
on September 13, 2007 |
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I have a very small studio, about 8x10 ft., and I use halogen shop lights for my lighting. I have 2 of the double lights with tripods and 2 single lights that sit on the floor. It seems that I do not have enough lighting still to take a good picture. Does anyone have any ideas on how to set these up to get enough light, and so that the lighting is not harsh or extremely bright on the subject? Right now I am bouncing one of the double lights off the ceiling and I have the other shining through a diffuser screen to try to create soft lighting, and using the other lights as background lighting. Am I diffusing the light too much? Please help me!!!
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Hi,
firstly can i know what is your subject, is it a product or talent and how big is the item. The 8x10 ft area is a bit small but should be fine for small to medium size subject . One more thing is the four wall painted in white? Light travel straight sometime when come to diffusing light with tracing paper or diffuser it is the distant where you place it. The closer it to the subject the stronger it be and away more soft.
You can still place it half half, mean half light pass through the diffuser and half direct to subject. It all depend on where to place your light and diffuser. Black card also very useful, you can mask certain area that you want the light lower. Again closer the card to the subject, you create a more harsh shadow that drop on the subject and away softer.
The things you should remember are DISTANT of your light, diffuser,black card and reflector from the subject make a lots of difference. Have fun. - posted by
Mailthepic
on September 13, 2007 |
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I took a picture of the mini blinds hanging in my office the other day. They were a very plain ivory color and it didn't really look like a picture that would sell. So, I went into photoshop and changed the color of them several times. The blue one has sold 2 copies so far. I figure maybe someone might like the picture, but want a color besides blue, so I uploaded two more colors. Hopefully, they will sell too. So, there is an idea for all you photographers out there. If you have a really good abstract picture or background picture that is just not selling, try a few different colors. It worked for me!
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Thanks so much Tonygers and Hobbyink for the comments! - posted by
Torie508
on September 19, 2007 |
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As far as providing different hues of an image, I agree that it is something we should be able to do, so long as we don't kill the image, so to speak. If we upload an image with a small handful of different hues or crops, then I believe it can actually help some designers. But if we upload an image created in every color of the spectrum, people might get tired of looking at it! It's a very fine line to cross, in my opinion.
Personally, I like that red mini blind :) - posted by
Kenneystudios
on September 19, 2007 |
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Hey Tonygers, include me in those, please. :) We can scratch each other's backs. ;) - posted by
Kenneystudios
on September 19, 2007 |
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Here is another example of how I used photoshop to change the color of a picture to make it more interesting.
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You can also change a picture from color to a black and white image, or even sepia color. This often makes some pictures more dramatic, than the color versions, and might be more sellable.
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I think tonygers is an excellent photographer! I bought one of his pictures tonight. I would like to share it, and two of my other favorites with you... This is the one I bought. I like it because it has so many uses. It could be used as a background for Easter cards, or a backdrop for portraits, etc... I also like these two pictures very much! Thank you for helping me out, tonygers. I hope we can all help each other in our times of need.
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All three are fantastic.....probably why I favorited him the other week! Super stuff Tonygers! - posted by
Gadgetat
on October 20, 2007 |
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Ooh! Even better!! - posted by
Kenneystudios
on September 20, 2007 |
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WOW! Thanks Torie. And that's no seagull........it's a space station!!!! - posted by
Tonygers
on September 20, 2007 |
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