zxzoomy 66 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I've just gone past 2,000 images on here. I've been taking photos since having a Brownie 127 in 1959. Some of you will remember it. Not a great lens but a big neg made up for it. I've had gross sales of about $338. I see it as a hobby which gets me walking about and talking to people. Any comments which can help me improve welcome. My photos are here: https://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?pl=1&plno=649856 1 Link to post Share on other sites
spacecadet 4,065 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 First impression- far too many similars of people on beaches, most of which could be anywhere. Link to post Share on other sites
David Pimborough 333 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) Looking at your link which mixes things up a bit more I think you have a pretty good portfolio and your keywords look fine I would have thought you should have made a lot more money by now. Luck of the draw I guess. Perhaps there are too many similars, but one of the most successful contributors on Alamy seemed to have lots and lots of similars and never seemed to have problem. I see you have photos from the 1970s you might want to submit a lot more archive stuff and put them under a separate pseudonym as archive images do pretty well here. Edited February 7, 2020 by David Pimborough 1 Link to post Share on other sites
IanDavidson 616 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Terry I like your pictures. Unlike some comments I am not seeing too many similar. Your pictures are well composed and colourful On keywording I would suggest that you ensure that you put in the keywords the words you use in the caption. This will increase your views. Unfortunately, these days it is a numbers game as well as being about quality, well keyworded commercial images. One of the big learning points for me was not to take photos I like but to take photos that will sell. I spend many hours in Downing Street taking pictures of Ministers. Not an exciting assignment; but they provide steady sales. Having said that, your pictures do seem, to me, to be quite commercial so it will be about building up the numbers. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
zxzoomy 66 Posted February 7, 2020 Author Share Posted February 7, 2020 Thank you all for taking the time to comment. The link in my initial request does give a more varied impression than the recent stuff, as shown in the initial pages via the images number on the left. I did take a lot of beach photos in Nha Trang, Vietnam. After Manchester's lack of light in Winter it was a change to be doing exposures like 400th at f22. I will look again at the keywords, Ian. I had thought I was doing what you say, but clearly not. I will explore what I have from the 1970's and 80's, David. I have loads of them but I suppose it's the cost of quality scanning that puts me off. The reputation of the cheap negative scanners is a bit dire. I did sell one from the late 70's so that was pleasing. Link to post Share on other sites
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