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Originally Posted by hpebley3
I've been on iStockPhoto a couple months and echo what jmadigan says to review their extensive instructions. After that, just go for it. You do need to have a thick skin though; sometimes their rejections seem a bit capricious.
I've found the best success with having clean images to start with and doing a minimal amount of post-processing. Shoot at a low ISO to eliminate noise, have plenty of light for good exposure and make sure you're in focus. I shoot raw and about the only thing I do is a bit of saturation and sharpening. If exposure is off a bit, I'll do some histogram adjustment to darken my blacks and lighten my whites. I don't bother much with cropping because they're looking for good base images for others to use; let the user decide how they want it cropped.
Hope that helps and good luck!
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I second both of these replies. I haven't taken a chance at stock photography but my mom is on iStock (I believe, or one just like it) and have heard all about her experiences with their instructions and their critiques. It was very informative from a photographer's standpoint. Kind of like the ultimate of "Critique My Shot." The thing I heard most from her was about there being a clear focal point. Pictures that I believe have had clear focal points were rejected for that very reason. She's a food photographer... how can there not be a clear focal point??
