We all hate rejection.
No matter how thick my skin gets I still hate getting images rejected by stock agencies. Sometimes though, it’s all for a good reason and something great comes out of the whole learning experience.
Yesterday was one of those days.
I’ve been trying to get a whole lot of model isolated on white images accepted at all the microstock sites this week. They were shot in studio with four lights. The background was over-exposed by enough stops to make it look white for just about anyone using the images for anything.
The trouble is that microstock inspectors must be playing the levels adjustment in Photoshop when they review images. There is almost always some residual sensor information in the “white” areas which is made visible by pulling the levels... [ Read more... ]
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Tags: isolated isolation photoshop pixels white
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My method is... BEFORE processing ;) I use strobes to burn the background. Is easy and save a lot of time in post-processing.
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Alvera
on November 05, 2011 |
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I'll try it. Thanks!
- posted by
Hanmon
on July 27, 2011 |
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Thanks for sharing the useful tips! :-)
- posted by
Sgnajn
on March 06, 2011 |
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"Stock is not art." Well, that's one of the first rules of stock photography.
Shoot something on white. Business people with a bit of blue. Make em sharp. Make em saturated. Shoot the best quality you can get from the highest megapixel camera with the sharpest lenses.
So how come this guy http://www.terryrichardson.com seems to be busy shooting for some pretty important brands and personalities?
And is this really what he shoots with? http://www.terryrichardson.com/contacts.html
It's worthwhile noting that there is almost nothing in Richardson's portfolio which would make it onto a “professional” micro site.
I mean, look at this monstrosity.
[link=http://www.terryrichardson.com/IMAGES/images/Teeth_in_Glass_jpg.jpg]... [ Read more... ]
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Tags: antistock art photography stock
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I like like badly lit snapshots - I make 'em all the time
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Amlyd
on January 31, 2011 |
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If that image with Viggo Mortensen would be uploaded on Dreamstime it would likely be an editor's choice, now, if the dude was unknown it may be approved but wouldn't sell much.
yes, a reputation does help, like anything in the business world. you make chicken or burger as good or better than xxx but a million will still buy from that dude who became famous for his chicken. or that highly synthetic hamburger, lol
stock photos are the same. or art in general. one walk through a musuem in Ottawa will prove this. a good Business Manager helps incredibly in making you a failure or success ;)
- posted by
Tan510jomast
on January 31, 2011 |
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Alistair, good points all, and cheers for the response to further personal insights. Further discussion, maybe a bit OT,..
You're right for sure, in saying there is no fixed idea of what is good or bad stock . Proof in case is we simply have to look at what is selling and many times, even someone in Photography 101 or Printing 101 will roll their eyes.
Which again, goes back to what someone once pointed out somewhere, why not reject on specifics ie. fringe, artifacts, dirt,etc.. and leave the rest to the buyer. Who is to say what has LCV? why place so much on one human being to say this is good or bad. At worse, the site loses a potential image to sell for both contributor and agency.
This is why I and many prefer Dreamstime. If the photograph is clean white, well exposed, excellent post processing ,etc.. why reject it because someone thinks it will not sell? Subjective rejection reasons are debatable. Even graph visible is too, considering a client would never ever do this, nor would...(More)
- posted by
Tan510jomast
on January 31, 2011 |
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Yuri has had an excellent model release form available on his site for a while now.
However, when I tried to use it towards the end of last year there were some problems and DT and another agency rejected the form.
I've updated this MR form and reposted it as a download on my blog here. (I'd just repost the blog from my site here, but it mentions other agencies and would probably not be acceptable.)
If there is anything wrong with this new version that agencies don't like, please let me know with a comment post here or on the blog so that there is one working MR for all agencies which is actually acceptable.
Even better, please update the file and send it back with the... [ Read more... ]
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Tags: agencies all model release stock
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no rejections yet,
a.....y.com is ok
f......ia.com is ok
1...f.com is ok
n...............bank.nl is ok
dreamstime is ok
i........to.com is not applied for (i'm not with them at the moment, too time consuming)
- posted by
Fotosenmeer
on July 12, 2011 |
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If you get rejected for an mr reason at any of the sites, please let me know and I'll amend the online version.
- posted by
Alistaircotton
on July 11, 2011 |
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just uploaded the MR at several agencies. now watch what will happen?
- posted by
Fotosenmeer
on July 08, 2011 |
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