There will be valid reasons to disagree with everything I point out which means everything is always subjective. In no particular order:(1) People react to the same color in different ways so there is no one-size-fits-all answer but the backgro [Leggi di più...] inviato in How can I improve sales and portfolio quality?

There will be valid reasons to disagree with everything I point out which means everything is always subjective. In no particular order:(1) People react to the same color in different ways so there is no one-size-fits-all answer but the background colors used in some of your images are actually repulsive to me. It's a good idea to try different background colors, but if you can, I would edit the background so BLACK and/or WHITE were also an option for Buyers. If you were forced to use only one color, I would use WHITE.(2) Many of your images are tight and cropped. You limit potential sales when heads are cut off. Buyers prefer to do their own cropping per their needs.(3) People always forget this is STOCK. When you are shooting pretty, smiling girls, you should be shooting STOCK, not pretty, smiling girls. Well, OK, it only takes 20 seconds to shoot an image of a pretty, smiling girl so go ahead and submit an image like that. After you get your image of pretty, smiling girl put a toothbrush in her hand. Then a bag of groceries. A paintbrush. Colorful bags of shopping purchases. Your pictures of the chef/cook are on the right track but they tend to look like a pretty, smiling girls wearing a chef hat rather than projecting a cooking CONCEPT.(4) Head shots. Nobody wants to buy a portrait of someone else's girlfriend. Go back and re-read number three.(5) You are isolating objects. That is a good thing to do.(6) A lot of your images give me the impression you have browsed through the database and copied what other people are doing. While there is nothing wrong with that, you will find ORIGINALITY bringing you more sales. What can you do that no one else is doing given your resources? You can overcome limited resources with a good imagination. Businesswoman with a laptop? What can you do with businesswoman that no one else has thought of doing? Box of stuff from her desk like she's been fired? Holding a resume? Signing a contract?(7) Editorials. What is around you in your part of the world that you take for granted but unique to the rest of the world? Editorials don't sell that well but the occasional $12 from a TIFF sale makes a huge difference for us part-timers and amateurs. Do a keyword search for IRISH PUB. I get only three pages of search results of which only 3-4 images are of an actual Irish pub. Some of you UK'ers need only to walk down the street and play tourist but the OBVIOUS is missed. Duh! (I believed "Duh!" translates to "Blimey!")I hope this helps. Think STOCK. CONCEPTS sell. Try to be ORIGINAL. posted in How can I improve sales and portfolio quality?

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It's the internet. A single opinion weighs equally with all other opinions. As we all know, opinions are welcome, unwanted, or ignored. I am ignored quite often which is fine because there are many opinions that I ignore. It's rather fair when it can work both ways. In the end, a discussion becomes a set of collective wisdom from multiple individuals and the observer can choose from that discussion what is relevant to that observer. This interaction works best when the discussion is allowed to occur freely; opinions dictating otherwise will respectfully be ignored. posted in I do not want my images shareable on sites like Pinterest. Please opt me out!