Editing photos for stock photography sites
Sometimes aspiring stock photographers make the mistake of over editing their photos for stock photo upload. The only problem with this is that the people who download the photos are usually graphic artist and want to edit the photos themselves so minimal editing if any is required. Actually over editing can lead to photo rejection.
The steps to take and consider are
• Determine what site you will upload your photo. do not be afraid to upload it to several of the sites. I have found that one may take the photo but another may not.
• Read their restrictions to make sure they haven’t changed any requirements. Recently one of the site changed file size on me.
• Make sure you have all your model releases signed.
Once the basis are covered. When in your digital darkroom you do not want to make any dramatic changes.
• Upload your photos and view them at actual pixels. All sites will not take blurry photos.
• Do a sharpen photo.
• Do a auto color correction; if it totally changes the photo undo it. Sometimes with my sunsets and sunrises Photoshop will change the colors I got from my camera.
• Check your file size and DPI. Most sites want you to up load at 300 or better. If you have this capability it will only increase your sales.
• DO NOT crop your photo. Remember a graphics person will be downloading and do the cropping.
As in this photo of the day I used a JVC Camcorder on picture mode.
I checked the photo in Photoshop CS3 and auto color correction and sharpened the image
This should show you don’t need a professional camera to take stock photos.
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