Valentino Valentine Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) I've had the Alamy account for a while- I have sold a single photo which made my day! The 1 Dollar won't go far towards a new lens, but hey- I sold a photo!!! I have no idea what a Keyword is on the search tags, and really don't know if I am using the site correctly- please constructively critique my portfolio. Thank you. https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/839650.html Edited September 2, 2022 by Valentino Valentine Forgot the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooth Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 looks good. keyword = search tags. there's a few photos captioned "Days out in London City " that have the same generic keywords with nothing to with the subject matter depicted in the photo. some tips: more specific keywords are better, and more descriptive captions are better. e.g. "heavy metal busker" is generic, but what if somebody was searching for that band by their name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve F Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Hi Valentino, Congrats on your first sale!! Your photos look great, but your captions are far too short. Captions are searchable by clients, as well as keywords (tags). Some links that may help you: https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Captions-and-Tags-checklist.pdf https://www.alamy.com/blog/tips-for-your-captions-from-the-sales-team https://www.alamy.com/blog/captions-and-tags https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/15742-contributor-help-page/ Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Harrison Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Alamy provide a lot of information on their website, maybe start here: https://www.alamy.com/blog/captions-and-tags https://www.alamy.com/blog/tagging-images-on-alamy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DeGewd73uw https://www.alamy.com/myupload/help/AIM-InstructionManual.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentino Valentine Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 5 hours ago, sooth said: looks good. keyword = search tags. there's a few photos captioned "Days out in London City " that have the same generic keywords with nothing to with the subject matter depicted in the photo. some tips: more specific keywords are better, and more descriptive captions are better. e.g. "heavy metal busker" is generic, but what if somebody was searching for that band by their name? Great points- many thanks for taking time to reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentino Valentine Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Steve F said: Hi Valentino, Congrats on your first sale!! Your photos look great, but your captions are far too short. Captions are searchable by clients, as well as keywords (tags). Some links that may help you: https://www.alamy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Captions-and-Tags-checklist.pdf https://www.alamy.com/blog/tips-for-your-captions-from-the-sales-team https://www.alamy.com/blog/captions-and-tags https://discussion.alamy.com/topic/15742-contributor-help-page/ Steve Thank you Steve- I shall take a good look at the links you posted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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