Chapter 22: Uploading​

Now that you have taken, retouched, keyworded and archived the photos, you want to sell them. First you have to upload them to the photo agencies. Before we move on to the different options, here is a checklist of frequent flaws in photos that can result in a rejection.

22.1  Checklist: Frequent Flaws in Uploaded Photos

Frequent upload mistakes

  • The photo is blurred.

  • There is too much image noise.

  • There are sensor spots in the picture.

  • The picture contains watermarks or a date stamp on the edge.

  • The photo has a frame.

  • The photo is very overexposed or underexposed.

  • The subject has been badly cut out.

  • The photographer did not screen the photos thoroughly before sending them in.

  • The image section ...

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