OK, so now it’s time to select images with good technical quality.
Here’s a simple checklist with common technical issues that could get your image submission rejected:
- Image noise
- Blurry or unsharp images
- Chromatic aberration
- Interpolation artifacts
- Color cast
- Dust
- Leaning horizon or leaning buildings
- Contrast issues
- Badly exposed
- Wrong file formats
- Wrong resolution
- Excessive sharpening
Always select ONLY your VERY BEST images for the first image submission because the QC controllers will be extra thorough in your first submission.
Even worse, if you fail to get only one image accepted they might reject your whole batch, especially if it’s you’re first submission.
Read the submission guidelines and make sure you don’t violate any technical requirement.
Next in line is to make sure you don’t end up as a jailbird but more about that in the next post.
Previous posts in this series:
- Microstock Photography Tutorial
- Types of stock photography
- STEP #1: Research hot selling markets
- STEP #2: Leverage on your strength
- STEP #3: Research for lame and lazy competition
- STEP #4: Determine A Niche For Your Microstock Photography
- STEP #5: Shortlist Microstock Photography agencies
- STEP #6: Select one (1) microstock photography agency
