I think moodboard is junk to tell the truth.
Last time I checkeb backgrounds are high volume sale items.
I uploaded a bunch of those that have been going strong at Istock and more sites and got them rejected for "lack of composition" I mean come on, a FULL FRAME background shot as in macro in high detail of woodpatterns, bubbles in water, wallpapers, rose petals, etc you get my drift. How on earth can that sort of shots lack composition ?
I dont think I will bother with such a low sale site if this is all the professionalism they show.
It´s fine to reject an image but at least dont be so stupid as stating a reason for the rejection that absolutely cant fit the image in question.
perhaps the light composition of the background? e.g. flat looking rose petals?
yeah, moodboard, I find them frustrating more than anything. I can see where they are trying to go, and the concept is great (mixing micro and macro prices on one site - they were one of the first in 2008, now everyone seems to want to be on the band wagon).
At the moment it's not quite there for me either (seems to be stagnating?). I've had 3 of my photos featured in their very nice pfd magazine which goes out to customers, but no sales sadly, I've only had 20 odd images accepted so its probably unfair to make too much of a judgement on that, but acceptance was so awkward I gave up - you can't resubmit images easily if there was a problem highlighted, and the process of categorizing is quite tedious. there are so many good things about their concept and process but also a lot of flaws which are not being addressed.
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I think moodboard is junk to
Johann (not verified) on Wed, 2010-02-24 16:41Frustrating is the word I would use
Steve Gibson on Wed, 2010-02-24 23:21perhaps the light composition of the background? e.g. flat looking rose petals?
yeah, moodboard, I find them frustrating more than anything. I can see where they are trying to go, and the concept is great (mixing micro and macro prices on one site - they were one of the first in 2008, now everyone seems to want to be on the band wagon).
At the moment it's not quite there for me either (seems to be stagnating?). I've had 3 of my photos featured in their very nice pfd magazine which goes out to customers, but no sales sadly, I've only had 20 odd images accepted so its probably unfair to make too much of a judgement on that, but acceptance was so awkward I gave up - you can't resubmit images easily if there was a problem highlighted, and the process of categorizing is quite tedious. there are so many good things about their concept and process but also a lot of flaws which are not being addressed.