Author Topic: Recommendations for a newcomer (Read 11713 times)

michealo · « **Reply #25 on:** February 20, 2009, 09:46 »

Quote from: jim_h on February 19, 2009, 00:12

Well I spoke too soon. I'm starting to hear from IStockPhoto and so far they've rejected 3 out of 3. The really bad part is, the rejections aren't making sense. All these images were accepted by SS, DT and SX. IS is referring to artifacting which I can't see; poor isolation on an image which isn't isolated; and copyright issues on an object with no visible logo.

I'm getting a bad feeling about IS.

It's not you , it's them ...

wins75 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 20, 2009, 14:03 »

Thanks for all your encouraging comments so far, i think as a newbie getting feedback from others as well makes things less frustrating and encourages one not to give up and keep persisting.
Incidentally there is a microstock book by Douglas Freer i saw on Amazon. I went to my local Borders bookshop but they did not have a copy so I could not browse through it and was wondering if anyone has this book and is it good? or worth getting?

sharply_done · « **Reply #27 on:** February 20, 2009, 23:55 »

Quote from: wins75 on February 20, 2009, 14:03

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Incidentally there is a microstock book by Douglas Freer i saw on Amazon. I went to my local Borders bookshop but they did not have a copy so I could not browse through it and was wondering if anyone has this book and is it good? or worth getting?

An ultra-quick Google search shows he's been on DT for three years and has only 2600+ sales. He's been on IS for even longer and has barely managed 10k sales. Unless your aspirations are low, I don't think you will benefit much from his 'insights'.

wins75 · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2009, 06:40 »

Quote from: sharply_done on February 20, 2009, 23:55

Quote from: wins75 on February 20, 2009, 14:03
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Incidentally there is a microstock book by Douglas Freer i saw on Amazon. I went to my local Borders bookshop but they did not have a copy so I could not browse through it and was wondering if anyone has this book and is it good? or worth getting?

An ultra-quick Google search shows he's been on DT for three years and has only 2600+ sales. He's been on IS for even longer and has barely managed 10k sales. Unless your aspirations are low, I don't think you will benefit much from his 'insights'.

I read that website you suggested thanks which is quite good.

With regards to Douglas Freer himself it doesn't matter to me how much he has sold in microstock because I am learning to get into these big sites just now. For someone new like myself I was just wondering if his book was any good and if it adds anything new not mentioned already on microstock tutorial websites so I could decide whether or not it was worth getting?

wins75 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 23, 2009, 12:15 »

Disappointment today. Submitted my first 6 images to Dreamstime only for them all to be rejected!! Mainly because they have got lots of those already! This is turning out to be even harder than I thought.

jim_h · « **Reply #30 on:** February 23, 2009, 21:00 »

I once drove a cab for a while, back when the cab companies owned the cars. They made a little money from every fare so they hired every driver they could get. With so many drivers, no single driver could make any money - and the company didn't care, because only the fleet total mattered, and it didn't cost them anything while you sat and waited. Pretty soon you learned the hot spots - the bus terminal, train station, and of course the airport - but so did everyone else, so those places were mobbed with cabs. You might try to find an odd niche by connecting with a hotel doorman, or by following the Amtrak schedule. Once in a great while you'd get lucky and pick up a guy at the airport who lived in Anoka. Most days you just sat out there until noon and realized you'd made 3 dollars.