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12/09/2011 12:49 AM
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Laura Mountainspring
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wanda, there are many who feel as you do...and there are photogs with highly rated images that have sold very little..so the rating and or mumber isnt alwys the reason.
I looked at some of your images, and peaked at your german sheppard shot ( with the blue flowers) although I didnt look closely, this image looks very marketable, I DID NOTICE VERY FEW KEYWORDS!!!
ok 1 without keywords a photo seeker will never find your images, this sight or any other! add any and all keywords that might fit...canine, dog, dog in flowers, spring, spring flowers, field, dog sitting, sitting dog in field, fielld of flowers, blue, blue flowers, police dog, etc, etc.
and just as vital #2 thin out and replace FREQUENTLY with better imagers WEEKLY
really get seen, be active, its been more then a month since you added works....keep adding better work, I saw a few outstanding, sharp,... interesting images..I also saw images that were more suited for a memory book ....glean your work monthly, purge and replace...keep fresh....
visit the forums to ask for help when needed or wanted, and sometims the help is tough love, but it does help...
best to you
Laura
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Edited: 12/09/2011 at 12:51 AM by Laura Mountainspring
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12/09/2011 12:18 PM
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Mike Heywood
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3 pieces of advice
1- Keywords. Ensure that all relevant single words are present separated by commas (emphasis on relevant). You can use phrases like "black and white" but pretty much useless here. For example, do a search for black and white paint horse - your image doesn't show because you have "horse, paint, black and white," instead of "horse, paint, black, white,"
2- Look at "what's selling" (careful of all the nudes)
3 - Look at similar images to what you're uploading and if they look better (and not all of them will), try and figure out why and learn from it.
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12/09/2011 04:50 PM
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Stephen Vecchiotti
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Now that you new members have been roped in to SP and paid your subscription fees, the best advice is keep uploading quality work and hope for the best.
SP is not known for high sales volume (unless you shoot porn).
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12/09/2011 11:01 PM
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Laura Mountainspring
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time to set up indoors..learn some lighting and macro/still life tech..and have at it!!!! set up a bird blind at a window...by flowers...or fruit etc etc always be looking at new ways to create concepts..try stock images over other more "fun" outdoor stuff....but mostly enjoy the learning!!
Laura
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12/10/2011 12:56 AM
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Laura Mountainspring
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Stephen is correct...except here in Oregon when it becomes too wet a lot of the time!!!
I love our little snow bursts every few years..so does my dog, and that I love to photograph!!!!
hot bright August skies are great for water drops and lightboxes/ AC
Laura
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12/10/2011 06:28 AM
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C Atkinson
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quote:
Originally posted by: Laura Mountainspring
....always be looking at new ways to create concepts..Laura
Totally agree. Don't look at "What's Selling" and try to copy. Come up with your own ideas and do them well.
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12/10/2011 11:41 AM
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Mike Heywood
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quote:
Originally posted by: C Atkinson
quote:
Originally posted by: Laura Mountainspring
....always be looking at new ways to create concepts..Laura
Totally agree. Don't look at "What's Selling" and try to copy. Come up with your own ideas and do them well.
No, don't copy but do get a sense of what is likely to marketable..
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"So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll,
I'm very sorry baby, doesn't look like me at all" - L. Cohen
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12/10/2011 12:28 PM
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C Atkinson
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Marketable is what you make it.... how many times have I been to Waitrose for a couple of pints of milk and come back with a car-boot-load of stuff I don't need and am never going to be able to eat before it all goes furry! 
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12/13/2011 11:50 PM
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Laura Mountainspring
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I dont think you have been taken...Ive been here almost 3 years and have sold 71 images so far...I upload almost daily, I have removed almost all of my original images and replaced them with better ones...I post to face book, I get my business card out there...
I have learned that although we PAY to store here, we are not overly screened, or pushed into a style by the administration...we sink or swim on our own.....
other stock sites might not charge, but you pay in the limiting of your personal viewpoint, as they reject much
art sites are not stock sites, so there is a limitation there too
shutterpoint , even with its flaws, has a forum unlike other sites, that , although reduced in numbers, still has a lot of good information and banter to offer.
it takes up to a year of being online to get your views up to the point that you are the cream on a search ...dont give up too fast,,,,
and many have stopped rating...I stopped as I did not have fast internet, and could not use the large view to fairly rate,
Laura
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01/09/2012 06:04 AM
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Mike Heywood
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Thomas,
A sale in the first week is pretty exceptional on this site - probably the only site where nudes will outsell more traditional stock images - here's a link to a discussion on one of the independent fora on the topic.
MSG discussion
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I'm very sorry baby, doesn't look like me at all" - L. Cohen
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01/09/2012 10:07 AM
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Thomas Ritchie
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quote:
Originally posted by: Mike Heywood
Thomas,
A sale in the first week is pretty exceptional on this site - probably the only site where nudes will outsell more traditional stock images - here's a link to a discussion on one of the independent fora on the topic.
MSG discussion
Hi Mike,
The link doesn't work.
You have some pretty heroic images there.
I'm not sure about nudes outselling other categories. My homepage shows a nude image being viewed every second or so, yet the 'What's selling' section doesn't reflect that viewing rate.
I've signed up for a year, so we'll see how things go.
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Tom
Edited: 01/09/2012 at 10:08 AM by Thomas Ritchie
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01/09/2012 10:54 AM
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Mike Heywood
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Funny about the link - works for me even when I log out of MSG - anyway the gist seems to be that nudes don't really do well in microstock so SP is a bit of an exception. Don't try and relate views to sales - I've had over 38K views in 6 months which has only translated into 6 sales 
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"So you can stick your little pins in that voodoo doll,
I'm very sorry baby, doesn't look like me at all" - L. Cohen
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