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CalevPhoto

Photographing the Earth, one millimeter at a time…

Introduction to Microstock Photography – Continuing with Examples

In this post, we will continue with the examples we started earlier.  We will start with what most people want from microstock photography…

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This image was rejected for poor lighting.  It is a complete isolation that took me some time to accomplish.  I took this picture explicitly for stock.  The result… I wasted my time.  This is an example of why you should only take the pictures you like, rather than take pictures just for stock.  If you take only the pictures you want to take, only the extra time spent adding keywords will be wasted if the image is not accepted or does not sell.

Interestingly, some time after this shot was rejected I post processed it a bit more and it was accepted.

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Posted 3 years, 7 months ago at 4:20 pm.

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Introduction to Microstock Photography – More Examples

In this post we will continue the examples that we started yesterday

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Remember, the questions to consider for each image are

  1. Was it accepted?
  2. If accepted, was it accepted on all sites?
  3. Did it sell?

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Posted 3 years, 7 months ago at 3:48 pm.

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Introduction to Microstock Photography – Time for Some Examples

It is now time to go over some example microstock photos.  For each photo, try to guess the following.

  1. Was it accepted?
  2. If accepted, did all sites accept it?
  3. Did it sell?

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Posted 3 years, 7 months ago at 2:22 pm.

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