I have submitted 24 images to them, but so far, they approved only
two. They advised me that the other images I submitted they already
have too many of. Since most of my photos deal with nature i.g.
flowers, landscapes, etc. does any one of you know of a stock agency
which deals mostly in landscapes. As always, thank you so much for your help.
Judith
Posted by Gary Crabbe on March 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM
Not in microstock.
(I'd like to put in an emoticon for ROFL - but that'd be slightly rude - so I'll of course be nice and skip it.)
Seriously, That's just not what the microstock market even remotely cares about having on file. Even standard agencies with large collections of RF images have little interest in filling their files with more landscape, nature and travel images. There are only a few niche agencies that specialize in natural history libraries, and they are very tough to get in without a very solid collection that's capable of standing along side the best that's already out there.
I have some useful links on my Business Resources page that you might want to investigate, including PACA & SAA orgs. that you'll see listed near the top of the page.
The only thing I would say is that I think you'll get much more value for your time if it's spent working on making the best images you can and eventually submitting them to better agencies, than you would spending lots of time now trying to get images into the microstock market.
Cheers & sorry I couldn't offer more encouragement.
Sounds like you did better than me. When I sent in some pictures, one of them were accepted, and the comments were; 'Too much noise, Wrong lighting, motion blur, etc.' The motion blur was for a picture of a waterfalls!
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2 repliestwo. They advised me that the other images I submitted they already
have too many of. Since most of my photos deal with nature i.g.
flowers, landscapes, etc. does any one of you know of a stock agency
which deals mostly in landscapes. As always, thank you so much for your help.
Judith
(I'd like to put in an emoticon for ROFL - but that'd be slightly rude - so I'll of course be nice and skip it.)
Seriously, That's just not what the microstock market even remotely cares about having on file. Even standard agencies with large collections of RF images have little interest in filling their files with more landscape, nature and travel images. There are only a few niche agencies that specialize in natural history libraries, and they are very tough to get in without a very solid collection that's capable of standing along side the best that's already out there.
I have some useful links on my Business Resources page that you might want to investigate, including PACA & SAA orgs. that you'll see listed near the top of the page.
The only thing I would say is that I think you'll get much more value for your time if it's spent working on making the best images you can and eventually submitting them to better agencies, than you would spending lots of time now trying to get images into the microstock market.
Cheers & sorry I couldn't offer more encouragement.
- Gary.
-Jon