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[Russinating]

I've just been accepted to iStockphoto as a contributor and was wondering if anyone here was too and if you had any tips, advice or experience to share.

I submitted photos that I'd taken generally last year but it would be interesting to shoot with stock photography in the back of my mind in the future. What's your must successful upload or what do you tend to shoot/use for it?

 

[Russinating]

Thanks DP, really useful. Will look into the other sites as well.

To start with the end of your post, I certainly don't mean to make a lot and the photos I uploaded as a sample were holiday snaps really. Like you say, a few free pints is still a few free pints! Just something to play with of an evening really.

How stringent are the others on contributors and considering the 3 were approved for iStock am I likely to get approved for the others or not? FYI these were edits of the following:

And I think this one but can't actually remember!

 

[Russinating]

Thanks James, I did wonder about the first two re: location image rights. Do you know the general rules with regards to buildings? ie Do they have to be entirely visible/identifiable or taken on private property? For example, do parts of buildings 'count'?