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gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

These are my first ten pictures to Shutterstock, thank you for the help you give in selection.

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thank you for your help.

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thank you for your critique.

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thanks for critique.

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thank you.

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Sorry...

jeffbanke · Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 7225 Location: www.xlr8photo.com

Gabri,
I think you are leaning towards artzy stuff, which does not correlate to stock very well, or at least some of it doesn't.
The first rules of stock are:
1. It must suport the sales of a product, service or concept. To this end we advise writing down 5 different products or services your images could support and in which way, given that if you can find five, then a buyer might also find one of the five to use your image.
2. Images that can be used in a book because they support a story, a process (animal husbandry, grooming, or gardening, etc) or could be used in calendar like animal images for example.

Unfortunately, I do not see the applications for your images, meaning that I think they have LCV.

jeffbanke · Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 7225 Location: www.xlr8photo.com

The food image is much closer, although I had difficulty underestanding exactly what it was until reading your explanation. Try to reshoot this one rotate the bacon so that one can see more of it. and be careful to make sure that the very front of the image is in focus.

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thank you for critique!

jeffbanke · Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 7225 Location: www.xlr8photo.com

The grass might make it as a background, although I would suggest NOT using it in your first 10

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thank you for your critique!

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thank you!

hhltdave5 · Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 12:34 pm

I can see uses for the shirt and tie image and the threads. The colors in the thread image are a bit dull so you should work on making them pop more.

I agree with Jeff on the bacon image although to me it almost looks like pork belly. It seems to be cut differently than a regular slab bacon is cut.

Food images can be difficult to do if they are not prepared properly. A bacon image should have more crispness to it and there seems to be too much for the image you presented. To me it looks like you were trying to do a crostini or bruschetta. If this is the case then it would have been better to do the bacon on the bread first which should be toasted and then the scallions scattered over the bacon. I would have also cut the scallions thinner so they don't have a bulky look to them.

There is also some black object coming out of the top one and I have so idea what it is. Generally speaking everything in the image should be identifiable. Remember that you know what it is because you put it there but the viewer doesn't.

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

Thanks!

gabri · Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 12

the last one for now...