Any critique would be much appreciated

[Arvy777]

https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/arvy

 

Greeting Everyone, 

Photography is my weekend hobby only and I've been selling on Alamy since Jan 2018 with over 1K images by date. Composition/framing I usually leave it as it is thinking the picture may lose its value. I am not sure if that is a good idea. Hope there was an option in Image Manager allowing customers to frame photos if they wish.

 

English is my 5th language and I found it hard to write a caption. Any tips on how to write good captions would be most appreciated. 

 

I tried to create a unique folio layout and not sure how is viewed on other screens.

 

Recently I started selling 360 images and having a dilemma about whether it would be a good idea to put on sale a reframed 2D composition of the same 360 shot that is already on sale. Any cons and pros selling 2D reframed detail of 360 photographs?

 

https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/arvy 

[Jeffrey Isaac Greenberg]

On 16/05/2024 at 12:22, Arvy777 said:

...Any cons and pros selling 2D reframed detail of 360 photographs?

no 360 experience;

only wide angle to telephoto experience;

a lot of photo buyers don't use 360

so IMO salable crop(s) from 360s opens up

your work to new clients...?

but crops have to be thoughtful & pass QC...?

[Steve F]

Hi.

On 16/05/2024 at 17:22, Arvy777 said:

Composition/framing I usually leave it as it is thinking the picture may lose its value. I am not sure if that is a good idea. Hope there was an option in Image Manager allowing customers to frame photos if they wish.

 

Not sure what question you're asking here. Anyone purchasing an image can crop an image however they want. You can take two images, one with copy space and the other without and zoomed closer.

 

On 16/05/2024 at 17:22, Arvy777 said:

English is my 5th language and I found it hard to write a caption. Any tips on how to write good captions would be most appreciated. 

 

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

 

But also have a look at other people's portfolio critiques.

 

On 16/05/2024 at 17:22, Arvy777 said:

I tried to create a unique folio layout and not sure how is viewed on other screens.

 

Also not sure what you're asking here. If you want to see how the public view your portfolio, log out of Alamy and then enter the website address for your Portfolio.

[Martin L]

Lovely pics but for me some of the crops/compostions are a bit weird eg. W9WAEW and I generally love a weird crop/composition

[Arvy777]

On 19/05/2024 at 11:27, Steve F said:

"Anyone purchasing an image can crop an image however they want."

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"If you want to see how the public view your portfolio, log out of Alamy and then enter the website address for your Portfolio." 

 

That's great and I am happy that the buyer can crop it! 

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I am not here so often and just learned that photograph orders look different from the images page below the avatar on this chat and portfolio page. 

 

I posted a link and did not mention my portfolio page which can be found here https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/arvy 

 

Do the images page below the avatar and portfolio page look in the same order if viewed by others? 

[Arvy777]

On 19/05/2024 at 12:42, Martin L said:

Lovely pics but for me some of the crops/compostions are a bit weird eg. W9WAEW and I generally love a weird crop/composition

Some say that the Dark is Exciting. I always question, shall I or shall I not post weird compositions? and at the end of the day, if a subject is in focus, someone may find it useful one day, and it won't harm if not. 

I should have mentioned this in my post, The link to my folio can be found here https://www.alamy.com/portfolio/arvy 

[Steve F]

14 hours ago, Arvy777 said:

Do the images page below the avatar and portfolio page look in the same order if viewed by others? 

 

Hi, thanks for responding to us. Yes, they look different.

 

The portfolio - I wouldn't worry about it, unless you have clients that you send your portfolio link to. Alamy clients aren't searching for images by looking at people's portfolios, they are using the main search engine.

 

If you do have clients, then you can rearrange the image order in your portfolio as you wish, to an extent.