Alamy blog - April picture needs including exclusive details from a top publishing client

[Alamy]

Stuck for ideas of what to shoot? Here are a few things that are missing from our collection or we’re keen to see fresh content for. Remember – these are subjects paying clients have told us they want but the current collection is missing. Think of it as improving your chance to make a sale.

 

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[PatrioticAlien]

l'll be right on it 

[John Mitchell]

l'll be right on it 

 

You might want to pass on this one: "Real explosion coming towards the camera – to feel as if your face is being blown off."

[Sultanpepa]

 

l'll be right on it 

 

You might want to pass on this one: "Real explosion coming towards the camera – to feel as if your face is being blown off."

 

Good revenue in that one if you survive the blast. Now how does one set up that shot?  

[John Mitchell]

 

 

l'll be right on it 

 

You might want to pass on this one: "Real explosion coming towards the camera – to feel as if your face is being blown off."

 

Good revenue in that one if you survive the blast. Now how does one set up that shot?  

 

 

very, very, carefully

[Sultanpepa]

 

 

 

l'll be right on it 

 

You might want to pass on this one: "Real explosion coming towards the camera – to feel as if your face is being blown off."

 

Good revenue in that one if you survive the blast. Now how does one set up that shot?  

 

 

very, very, carefully

 

Good advice. 

 

 

> 2. Edit well before you upload – be a harsh critic of your own work!

And what about images uploaded when Alamy's advice for years was

something like "don't delete images, you never know what will sell!"

Should we now delete 10%, 20%, 30%, or more of our online collection?

 

 

Delete 30% Jeff and you'll still have more than most. 

[John Mitchell]

 

 

> 2. Edit well before you upload – be a harsh critic of your own work!

And what about images uploaded when Alamy's advice for years was

something like "don't delete images, you never know what will sell!"

Should we now delete 10%, 20%, 30%, or more of our online collection?

 

 

I have.

 

 

I probably should be hitting the delete button too. Volume ain't what it used to be -- i.e. stock photo critical mass has been reached IMO.

[Simon Evans]

 

 

l'll be right on it 

 

You might want to pass on this one: "Real explosion coming towards the camera – to feel as if your face is being blown off."

 

Good revenue in that one if you survive the blast. Now how does one set up that shot?  

 

Hmm, shame I don't have access to the Royal Navy Fire Fighting School anymore. the fireballs that they used to demonstrate that waterwalls can save your life would have been excellent for this.