I stumbled upon "my first" stock photography website about 2 years ago. I am not a professional photographer, but me and my photo camera get along pretty well, so I said - Let's give it a try! It was fun, and I did not actually expect any of my photos to be selected. To my surprise, around 50% of that first series got approved and started selling. And then I started to learn about photography, and about stock rules and different websites, different target groups...
The thing is, ten years ago, it was exactly the same manner I "discovered" web design, as a kind of art expression. So I started practicing, learning programs and scripts etc, and today I am earning nicely from making websites and other kinds of design (logos, vectors, posters...).
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Hi Bosko,
welcome to DT! Wish you lot of luck and have fun here!
P.S. Hey, do you know your and mine last photos are in the same topic :):) I even learned a new word from you - potpourri ... I have to enclude it in my keywords! Thanks!
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Littledesire
on February 18, 2009 |
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Welcome! All the best for sales :)
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Sil63
on February 18, 2009 |
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Hi, welcome to DT I am also a new comer on DT, I will only give advice to b patience and keep on uploading pics.
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Picstudio
on February 18, 2009 |
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>As you upload, you start wondering what are the stock rules about? What is quality for reviewers when they often reject quality for other reasons? Over time, I learned to respect their decisions, and to treat rejections as natural. As soon as I started thinking about a rejection as of a "We've seen you do better than that! Do that good stuff you do again" and not as of a "You suck" phrase, I started enjoying this struggle more. It's all about making an effort, like with everything else in life.
When I started uploading to stock photography websites, I was careful while choosing photos. Then I made a mistake and uploaded almost 200 photos (generally beautiful), but without sufficient checks and analysis, to a website which usually approves my work...The result was staggering 90% rejection!!! In that... [ Read more... ]
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I have learned also that not entirely was your fault. Aside from technical reason or similarity, it is indeed agency standards that rules. It differs on each agency as they are perhaps on a different market focus. With this understanding in mind, I myself definitely have discovered much much more appealing things in this business which in turn have developed my skill.
Great, that you finally can make up your mind to continue your wonderful works.
Cheers!
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Ampyang
on March 01, 2009 |
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thanks for commenting on my blog about the same topic. what a coincidence, we must have been on the same wavelength . yes, the secret to success in life , as always, is to find a positive direction to every roadblock.
sometimes, the simple way is the least thought about first.
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Tan510jomast
on February 27, 2009 |
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Good aspect- maybe it keep's me away from depressions. ;-)
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Zumaandme
on February 27, 2009 |
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Bosko Martinovic
(Grofnula)
Belgrade, RS
>Bosko Martinovic is, among other things, enthusiast photographer from Belgrade, Serbia. His growing collection of stock photos for sale can be found on several online stock galleries. Bosko is trying to keep the balance between art photography and stock photography. Ever exploring, Bosko's photos and vectors try to escape uniform style that is common in stock photography.
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