1. Composition
One of the main tools to creative impact is the composition of the picture. The composition of your photo should comply with the rules for proper shooting. If you don’t want your photos rejected, we recommend that you comply with proper shooting rules and techniques, namely: Rule of Thirds, Balancing Elements, Leading Lines, Symmetry and Patterns, Viewpoint, Background, Depth, Framing, Cropping, Simplicity, Diagonals, etc.
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2. Focus
Try to always keep your main subject in focus, and have an idea of how your image might be used. This will help you determine what the main subject of your photo should be.
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If your image was rejected because of the focus, it is due to:
• The image is out of focus in general.
• The camera moved during the exposure.
• There is focus, but it_qt_s on the wrong place in the image. |
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3. Noise Reduction
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In low light conditions photographers resorted to various methods to capture more light or other software manipulation. Inevitably, this leads to increased the noise, artifacts, oversharpening. Your image can be rejected for that reason. |
To avoid this:
• Use the lowest ISO possible for stock photography purposes.
• Avoid longer exposures. Get the right exposure – as you shoot.
• Curve and contrast editing of underexposed images introduce noise even at low ISO settings.
• Shoot in RAW format.
If you still end up with visible noise, there are applications and programs that can remove it. Use them carefully, cautiously. They can quickly destroy the image it becomes worse than it was.
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Reducing the noise can destroy all the details in the image, leaving them soft and smudgy.
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With “Luminance” noise reduction, you may lose the detail and the structure.
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“Chrominance” noise reduction works far better, although some grainy leftovers are visible.
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The best way is to combine Chrominance and Luminance carefully to remove noise and to keep the details.
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4. Lighting
The light is an essential technical tool to obtain the correct exposure. But it is also very important to understand the importance of directed light to create an expressive pattern of the image. Stock images must be well lit and properly exposed. This makes them useful in the most possible situations.
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Images with flat light, bad shadows and poor exposure will not be accepted. |
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Do not take photos at the wrong time of day, not to get heavy shadows, and blurred details, and dull colors.
The flash of the camera can lead to heavy shadows and bad lighting. Do not use it if possible or combine it with other lighting.
When you use multiple light sources, each may have different white balance. Always check white balance: if the image is yellow or blue, but must be white, that means white balance is wrong. This can be corrected if you shoot in RAW format, but it is always best done properly by the camera.
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5. Compression
During the editing of images some photographers rezort to compression, which leads to loss of information. When too much information is lost this can have a considerable effect on the image.
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Compression usually leads to different types of visual distortions that are unacceptable and may cause the rejection of your image. |
For this purpose shoot in RAW, use a DSLR and not а compact digital camera, edit your files carefully and do not sharpen too much.
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6. Chromatic Aberration
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Chromatic aberration, or purple (or blue / cyan / red / yellow) fringing usually causes colored fringes or halo around the edges and outlines of your subjects in your image. Such images may be rejected. |
In order not to get a chromatic aberration use quality lenses and carefully watch the angle at which light enters the lens. If, however, chromatic aberration appear, use appropriate software to remove it.
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| 7. Lens Flares
Lens flares are technical anomaly that may be intentionally included in the image for full visual impact. However, in most cases Lens flares are undesirable.
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| 8. Borders
We do not accept images with strokes, borders or border effects applied to them. The subject or background of the image must extend to the edges of the file.
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| 9. Rotation
Image files must have the correct orientation and position to the photographed object. Improper rotation may happen as a result of changes done by your editing software.
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10. Nudity
We reserve the right to refuse images that have a composition or include items that are considered to be pornographic, obscene or otherwise inappropriate.
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We do not accept images containing exposed or partly exposed genitals, pubic hair (Pubic Hair), female nipples, potentially defamatory items of a sexual nature.
We accept full and partial art nudity (Underexposed genitalia and nipples; Non-sexual partial nudity) in your images. |
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11. Over-editing
Avoid "Over-editing" of your images. The more you edit an image, either due to technical or compositional problems or intentionally, it reduces its quality. Designers look for raw clean images, which can be edited and / or mixed according to their needs.
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Avoid any kind of light filters (glowing filters), collages change colors in your images. Such images may be rejected. |
For this purpose shoot in RAW and edit your files carefully, without using any effects, filters plug-ins.
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12. RAW photos
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Your RAW Photos should have good composition and exposure, a proper focus, the least possible noise and chromatic aberration, the objects should have proper stage lighting and orientation of the frame. RAW Photos that do not comply with these conditions may be rejected. |
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13. Collection
Collection which are uploaded on our website should comply with the following requirements:
• the number of photos in a Collection should be at least 20;
• each Photo in the Collection must have a different composition, action, meaning and spirit;
• Collections of Photos must have the same theme (subject);
• for Photo Collections of one and the same object, each image must be substantially different from the others, the object must differ in orientation, color, requisite or clothing, scaling or angle, etc.;.
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We do not accept Collections of identical photos with different editing. For this purpose, be creative in preparing Collections of Photos. |
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14. Scanning
We accept scanned images from negatives and transparencies, they must satisfy the same requirements for quality as the images taken by digital camera.
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To scan use specialized high-quality scanners to negatives and transparencies at high resolution, rather than a flatbed scanner with transparency adapter. Do not use higher "interpolated" resolutions - they do not give a more realistic detail than your scanner is capable to scan.
Carefully check your scanned image for scratches and dust. Clean well your negatives and transparencies before scanning. Use the tool for removal of dust, if the scanner has one.
A failure to comply with these requirements may result in rejection of your image. |
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| Popular subjects and trends
• Business related photos – people conducting business, business environment, equipment, style, design, symbols, attributes ect.;
• Different occupations – Delivery person, florist, dentist, photographer, construction worker, plumber, machinist, pilot, teacher, banker, salesman, receptionist, electrician, policeman, judge;
• People in activities – Pictures of people doing something like dancing, working, playing sports, laughing, eating, driving, building;
• Controversial issues – general politics, women, gender, sexuality, crime, religion, education, family, war, race, environment, poverty, wealth;
• Health and medical field – pictures of doctors, nurses, surgeons, ER, operating room, medical equipment, medications, situations, wellness, check ups, technology, X-rays, pharmacy, insurance, labs;
• Objects – everyday or strange objects depicting an idea or symbolic of an activity. Objects like sun glasses, keys, money, sticky notes, baseball, or engine. These items should be captured on plain white or black seamless backgrounds;
• Religious faith – symbols, activities, locations, actions, traditions, and food;
• Technology – lasers, fiber optics, equipment, digital chips, clean rooms;
• Close up shots – macro or close up shots of objects or people;
• Under water photos – photos of underwater sea creatures, ocean topography, scuba diving, snorkeling;
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