This is quickly becoming a frustrating process.
Not only has the Dreamstime photo stock company have yet to approve my account, but yesterday Fotolia, the other photo stock company I joined, rejected one of my images from being displayed onto their site. Of course, they didn't give me any one reason as to why they were turning down my, in my humble opinion, very well shot image, instead they chose to gave me a whole slew of possible reasons as to why it was being rejected!
Some of those reasons were: blurry or out of focus, over or underexposed, noise or pixelation, and framing and contrast problems.
I'm not one to bite the hand that feeds, or potentially feeds in this case, but I would have loved to have known specifically why my image was being rejected so that I could have fixed the problem and resubmitted it at a later date.
A great many of these sites are extremely strict where the guidelines are concerned. So much so that it has come to my attention that it's the technical aspect of photography where I need to put more of my effort. Aesthetically, I'm good, I may not be the best but I am good. It's the technical aspect of my work that continues to trip me up.
Like some photographers I get all caught up in the look and the feel of an image that I forget to pay attention to the technical parameters of the image I'm shooting. When it comes o photography I lead with my heart and not with my head.
But that has to change. In order for me to get even a few of my images accepted to these sites I need to make nice with the other half of my brain.
Even I know you can't have one without the other.
Wish me luck..
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