FEBRUARY 2024 STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY REPORT: Adobe's weird quirks for newbies + My rejected Images

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Red & the Wolf Photography | Tracy Reid

Күн бұрын

Want to get into Stock Photography in 2024? Me too! Join me as I delve into the world of stock photography, month by month. This month's report is about Adobe Stock's weird quirks for new photographers, reviewing images I've had rejected across all sites, and how and why I'm setting my upload targets for the year.
*SHOW NOTES*
OTHER STUFF RELATED TO THIS EPISODE:
- The Blog Post: www.redandthewolfphotography.com/blog/87lpe870uorr27ufj5cf5eubppgx6g
- The rest of the Stock Photography series: • GETTING STARTED WITH S...
BRAIN FUEL: CHANGE YOUR MINDSET, CHANGE YOUR RESULTS:
- What I'm currently reading: Ask and It is Given geni.us/RVoYCh and The Power of Now geni.us/MIIYB
- What I'm currently watching: watch.thechosen.tv/ (If you're sick of the negativity in the world and just need something wholesome for you and the family to watch)
- What I've read recently that's helped with my mindset and moving forward: www.redandthewolfphotography....
TRAINING I RECOMMEND:
- Udemy Course on Stock Photography: www.udemy.com/course/sell-sto...
MUSIC IN THIS EPISODE:
- Thanks to Epidemic Sound: share.epidemicsound.com/6swc0y
(7 days free trial if you click through this link too, just FYI.) ;)
MY STOCK PORTFOLIOS IF YOU'RE CURIOUS:
Adobe: stock.adobe.com/nz/contributo...
Shutterstock: www.shutterstock.com/g/tracyf...
Alamy: www.alamy.com/portfolio/13007...
Pond5: www.pond5.com/artist/redandth...
DepositPhotos: depositphotos.com/portfolio-8...
WHERE ELSE YOU CAN FIND ME:
Website: www.redandthewolfphotography....
Instagram: / redandthewolfphotography
Facebook: / redandthewolfphotography
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Welcome
01:40 Adobe's Weird
03:43 Rejected Images
09:09 February's Goals + did I hit them
10:51 March's Targets + how I come up with them
12:21 Sales + Income + why I keep doing this (although the title screen still say's "march's targets" ... oops... )
HEY YOU!!
If you've read this far down, I'm guessing you're looking for some more info. So - Hi! I'm Tracy, I have a passion for photography that I'm currently trying to create into a business. I love working with other passionate people, and that's what I love to photograph too (when I'm not photographing my own kids, lol)! So I'm heading into Brand Photography (I'm also a total nerd for marketing and branding. I could talk for HOURS about ideas. ) I'm also a Mum, and we homeschool our 3 kids and live in small town New Zealand. Thanks for coming along to my video - please drop me a comment (or come DM me over on FB or IG) if you have any questions about the video's I could answer for you! I'm also always creating templates and guides and notes for myself too - so I put a lot of that stuff up on my website as well - I'll include that link here as soon as I've sorted out a central page for it!
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@tonsmthomas Ай бұрын

Just came across your channel while doing research for stock photography. Will try to follow your journey and learn too. All the best.

@redandthewolfphotography Ай бұрын

Thanks! :) There's a lot to learn.

@dcoltmann Ай бұрын

Thank you for you video. It is helpful to see other have the same problems I do! Looking for to more videos.

@redandthewolfphotography Ай бұрын

That's absolutely why I make these videos. I really appreciate watching other creators, and I just love joining in the conversation. Plus it challenges me in other ways. :) Thanks for popping over!!

@tamekadavisgooden 4 ай бұрын

Love it. Looking forto next months report ❤

@Eyedesign9 10 күн бұрын

Image at this time stamp kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNZ1eMl-0dPTe4E.html would be rejected for copyright issues. If any image has a logo, you can remove the logo and submit as normal RF. These images have two problems. 1. The copyright on the car design, not fixable. 2. The Ford logo, fixable. Hope that helps.

@redandthewolfphotography 9 күн бұрын

I'm becoming really aware of logos and things when I'm shooting now. I do find that there are some weird grey area's - including things like some specific brands are more strict than others. It's definitely a learning experience!

@storiesofblue 3 ай бұрын

Dabbled a little bit with stock photography and made some sale so I know there is potential. Excited to follow along your journey and get inspired!

@redandthewolfphotography 3 ай бұрын

It is exciting! The funny thing is, once you unlock it, the sky's the limit! And there's SO much data out there to help you on your journey, if you know where to find it and how to interpret it. Great to have you along on the journey!

@2000moniqueernst 4 ай бұрын

Nice video! It was really fun to watch and hear other people giving their opnion on stock photography. I started the end of last year, like november 2023 and only to Adobe and Shutterstock ( I only have like 120 images on both until now). I'm also going to get on with the other 3. It took me a while to organize stuff but now it's running well. I also did some extended research upfront and that paid off. I have several sales ( 37 on Shutterstock and 104 on Abobe) and I can figure out what sells the most and what isn't, very helpfull. I really like your idea of setting goals, I'm going to give that a try too. It's really fun to watch someone just starting out to get along the same way so I subscribed to see how the other side of the world is going. LOL I'm in the Netherlands b.t.w.

@redandthewolfphotography 4 ай бұрын

Hey!! I decided to skip the up front research, but only because my first goal was to clean up all my old photos! Lol. I knew it wouldn't be the best start, but it was A start, which was better than nothing. Next month I'm going to start doing research before I click, so I'm excited to see how that goes! It often feels like stock photography is a dirty word in the photography community, so it's great to connect with someone else doing it! And how crazy to meet someone on the other side of the world through KZfaq! 😀 That's the exciting part for me. Meeting others through this journey.

@jimpchip Ай бұрын

I'm curious, you mentioned in other videos the phrase "Keyword Research". Where do you do this? That's one of the biggest issues I have. As a side note, I had one rejected by Shutterstock for copywrite infringement because a historical marker was in it. Go figure.

@redandthewolfphotography Ай бұрын

I will be making a video on this in the near future, but the basis of what I do, is to go into shutterstock and adobe stock, and type up what I THINK I would type up if I were looking for my own images. So if I had a photo of a daisy, I'd type up "daisy" in the search term, and then find similar images and copy the keywords. I aim for 49 keywords, but some of my images I'm lucky if I get to 20 to describe them. That's sort of the basics, so start with that at least. I'll try to remember to drop you a comment when I create and load up that video. :)

@jimpchip Ай бұрын

@@redandthewolfphotography Do sweat the comment. I'm a subscriber and will see it come through.

@RichardOldroyd Ай бұрын

Can I ask if you keyword and title your images before you upload them.

@redandthewolfphotography Ай бұрын

Yes. I do keyword research first, then title them from the keywords I've collected. I generally batch them - so I'll do 20 or 30 images at a time, and go through each and keyword each. Also, I keep my keywords for other images, so it's helpful if I have similar images to just go back and cut and paste relevent ones. Also, Adobe is really good at coming up with extra keywords, so I always paste them in there first, and collect Adobe's other suggestions.

@Eyedesign9 10 күн бұрын

Yes you would need a model release for the photo at this time stamp kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jNZ1eMl-0dPTe4E.html Even if you didn't see your daughter's full face this image needs to be sent im with a release.

@redandthewolfphotography 9 күн бұрын

It's also strange how different all the stock agencies are. Some are more strict and some more relaxed. Even though Adobe's pretty strict, I do still like dealing with them though.

@Eyedesign9 9 күн бұрын

@@redandthewolfphotography Yep that has been the problem with most of the microstock site since the early 2000(s) "strict and some more relaxed". When dealing with images of people no matter if you think the site you're submitting to is relaxed about model releases, it always best to get and submit them with any images of people.

@redandthewolfphotography 9 күн бұрын

True, it's probably better safe than sorry. :)