Chapter 7: Technical Image Quality

The best subjects are of little use if the technical ​image quality does not comply with the requirements of the ​stock agencies. Photographers who already upload their images regularly can easily skip this chapter, though.

If you have never chosen images according to the agencies’ criteria, here comes a summary of the technical characteristics they use to evaluate image quality.

7.1  Technical Requirements

Which criteria does the image have to fulfill to be suitable as a stock photo?

RAW

One of the most important settings must be adjusted ahead of any shoot. Most DSLRs offer the choice of shooting in ​RAW or ​JPEG format – or in both at the same time. Here’s a rule, and there’s no exception: ...

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