You have to submit 10 trial shots first. If they pass then you can start submitting. shutterstock is very picky about noise - so watch out for that.
...and about jpeg-artefacts as well. maybe you can post some of your chosen pictures before submitting, us regular shutterstock submitters might help you pass the trial
also, is it a problem that i'm under 18? will i have to take any special procedures?
That could be a problem. You'd have to check their terms of service.
I arranged to submit photos taken by my son under my account. A parent/legal guardian can anter into a contract on behalf of the dependent -- it might involve some actual paperwork being transferred rather than being an entirely on-line procedure.
I am new to this site and photography as well. I currently own a Nikon F100 and will be purchasing a Nikon D80. Could someone explain to me how you can be sure that if you submit photos to a stock photography website, that they wont steal your photos? I have no idea how any of that works- but am interested in checking it out. Any help that anyone can provide is appreciated.
I uploaded all my photos to the micros sites discussed in this thread for three months - total sales $70. Didn't even make the minimum for a payout on two of the sites.
Canceled all of that stuff -
Uploaded the same images to Alamy.
I now make about one sale a month - but make $250 - $500 a month doing it.
I just crossed the 1,000 image mark in my port - now sales are starting to pick up.
Guess which way I prefer? Just my experience for your consideration.
general, does your son use your account, or does he have his own? what exactly did you have to do for him to be able to submit photos?
He doesn't have his own account -- I submit his photos under my account -- the "exemption" is really for me to submit photos I didn't take myself, but for which I have the legal right to control the copyrights.
I uploaded all my photos to the micros sites discussed in this thread for three months - total sales $70. Didn't even make the minimum for a payout on two of the sites.
FWIW, stock photography is a numbers game and a long game. Three months really isn't long enough to draw any meaningful conclusions.
I uploaded all my photos to the micros sites discussed in this thread for three months - total sales $70. Didn't even make the minimum for a payout on two of the sites.
FWIW, stock photography is a numbers game and a long game. Three months really isn't long enough to draw any meaningful conclusions.
I agree absolutely. Many people seem to have had the opposite experience. What works for one doesn't necessarily work for another. The best option is probably to submit to both.
I really want to thank you all for all of the valuable info that you gave me. Its nice to know that there are helpful people on this forum willing to share their expertise. Thanks.
With the few sales, how on the world can you ever know what ' the market ' wants ? You will just shooting your own stuff without improving $/image ratio.
On microstocks you have lots of sales. I'm over 15.000 for this year I think. So I surely know which kind of images they like. An although I will always try new things, I surely shoot a lot more of what they want and I try not the shoot things which I know they didn't sell well in the past.
that, imho, is a really great advantage.
btw ... 1000 images on microstock should earn you around $1000 / month. Probably your images are not that mass-stock related.
