Another one of my small anniversary at Alamy.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Today, four months of my participation here, but as I see, I'm doing all the same that it is not what we need. Please express your opinion (ANY) on the portfolio side always easier to see the shortcomings, although I understand that it is not in the interest of many people to say openly. I will try to read between the lines.

[Niels Quist]

More interesting is, how are your sales? What images sell? When you are not living in the United Kingdom or the States you'll need to find out what is interesting to the world in your area - not only to have a nice portfolio. Analyse your sales - put yourself in the buyers' place and think who would need that specific image and for what - use "Alamy Measures" - "All of Alamy" to find out what has been searched for of items, companies, buildings, landmarks, places, etc. near you.

Remember the % sign. I don't know where you live - but taking Moscow as an example - a search of

 

%moscow

 

will show all customer search strings in which Moscow is included - and show the other search words, as well, which is extremely valuable.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

More interesting is, how are your sales? What images sell? When you are not living in the United Kingdom or the States you'll need to find out what is interesting to the world in your area - not only to have a nice portfolio. Analyse your sales - put yourself in the buyers' place and think who would need that specific image and for what - use "Alamy Measures" - "All of Alamy" to find out what has been searched for of items, companies, buildings, landmarks, places, etc. near you.

Remember the % sign. I don't know where you live - but taking Moscow as an example - a search of

 

%moscow

 

will show all customer search strings in which Moscow is included - and show the other search words, as well, which is extremely valuable.

Niels, I appreciate your comment! Selling is not even assaults unit, so think about what I'm doing wrong that is. Theoretically I understand that we must somehow find a buyer interests, but in practice, I can not understand the help Alamy

[John Mitchell]

Perhaps you can find someone who is fluent in written English to help you with your captions and keywords. That would improve your chances of making sales.

[Niels Quist]

 

More interesting is, how are your sales? What images sell? When you are not living in the United Kingdom or the States you'll need to find out what is interesting to the world in your area - not only to have a nice portfolio. Analyse your sales - put yourself in the buyers' place and think who would need that specific image and for what - use "Alamy Measures" - "All of Alamy" to find out what has been searched for of items, companies, buildings, landmarks, places, etc. near you.

Remember the % sign. I don't know where you live - but taking Moscow as an example - a search of

 

%moscow

 

will show all customer search strings in which Moscow is included - and show the other search words, as well, which is extremely valuable.

Niels, I appreciate your comment! Selling is not even assaults unit, so think about what I'm doing wrong that is. Theoretically I understand that we must somehow find a buyer interests, but in practice, I can not understand the help Alamy

I am glad that selling is not an assault unit - there are too many assaults in the world already...... (assault: a violent attack, etc.).

 

I think John's piece of advice is extremely good.

 

- and then just try the method described above. It can be done if you just follow the instructions - and see what happens....

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Perhaps you can find someone who is fluent in written English to help you with your captions and keywords. That would improve your chances of making sales.

John! It would have been nice, but that's just remembered anecdote .....

Wife wakes up at night and her husband says --- cute, man I want, and he told her not fully wake up --- but where am I to you at two in the morning I find it ..... 

  I try on their own, which I obviously do not have.

[Martin Carlsson]

Perhaps you can find someone who is fluent in written English to help you with your captions and keywords. That would improve your chances of making sales.

 

I was going to suggest Google Translate, but out of curiosity I tried to translate a few caption-like phrases from swedish to english - shocked to find how bad it is. Tried translating about 5 "captions", none of which resulted in anything remotely usable.

[Chuck Nacke]

Previt Gebbadii,

 

Unlike most on this forum, I am not about numbers.  I am about images.

From looking through your images I do not see anything I, if I was a buyer

could not find from another library.  You captions and keywords also need

some help.

 

There are many wonderful things about ALAMY and I have benefited from

my association with Alamy in many ways.

 

Keep at it and forget about adding the number of images, spend your time

on the quality of your images and the captions and keywords

 

Chuck

[Radim]

Copying keywords from other photographers is not the right way

See, for example, your photograph to G3C8J6 and ENAAJ5 from Fernando Cortés de Pablo

Otherwise, I agree with the responses of the other photographers, and you can celebrate your anniversary

[John Mitchell]

Not to contradict Geoff's good advice, but even though Alamy is UK-based, its customers and contributors are very international. Landmarks, etc. from other countries license every day.

[Betty LaRue]

I agree with Geoff about the models. If you shoot a model at the gym, get her working out and not looking at the camera. Even a side or back view. Maybe with a tiny bit of grimace showing difficulty of what she's doing. More like if you walked into the gym, stood there and started photographing people without their knowledge.

That's more of a reportage style rather than a set up photo shoot.

If you set up a model and a shoot, do it in the reportage style.

You do have some like that, keep it up.

Here's an idea...get some of her holding a weight in a down position while grabbing a pulled muscle on the same side with the other hand, painful expression on her face. You can take multiple photos that cover different painful muscles.

 

You handle your camera very well and develop the images great.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

 

Perhaps you can find someone who is fluent in written English to help you with your captions and keywords. That would improve your chances of making sales.

 

I was going to suggest Google Translate, but out of curiosity I tried to translate a few caption-like phrases from swedish to english - shocked to find how bad it is. Tried translating about 5 "captions", none of which resulted in anything remotely usable.

 

How does the Google translator for words. Another option I do not know why so bad I have in this area. I do not know what to do.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

Previt Gebbadii,

 

Unlike most on this forum, I am not about numbers.  I am about images.

From looking through your images I do not see anything I, if I was a buyer

could not find from another library.  You captions and keywords also need

some help.

 

There are many wonderful things about ALAMY and I have benefited from

my association with Alamy in many ways.

 

Keep at it and forget about adding the number of images, spend your time

on the quality of your images and the captions and keywords

 

Chuck

 

 

 

Copying keywords from other photographers is not the right way

See, for example, your photograph to G3C8J6 and ENAAJ5 from Fernando Cortés de Pablo

Otherwise, I agree with the responses of the other photographers, and you can celebrate your anniversary

 

 

 

First of all, a quick look at your portfolio and I clearly see you're an excellent photographer. The majority of newbies here have very poor images and don't seem to have grasped how to use their camera and process images correctly. So you're already way ahead of most new contributors, and to be honest way ahead of many long-time contributors (including myself if I'm honest!). You have also built up quite a decent amount of images in a short space of time, so you're doing all the right things.

 

So concentrate on keywording. Keywording is everything with stock, and other's advice regarding good translation is spot on. If your images appear in search results and they are the subject someone is looking for, then I am certain you'll do well at this, as your images stand out from the crowd. So you need to concentrate on getting your images seen, which is where good accurate keywording comes in. Rank helps too of course but that takes time, and even with a middle rank that you probably have at the moment, well keyworded images will often be pretty high in search results, particularly if it's not a very popular subject.

 

As for the type of shots you submit, I would concentrate more on concepts, particular species of birds/animals, people doing general things, etc.. That's probably more where you'll succeed as Alamy is UK based, so shots of landmarks from other countries won't be as popular (that's more an assumption so am happy to be corrected). I also notice you have quite a few of models, particularly in the gym, posing for the camera and often looking into the lens. They are amazing looking shots but unlikely to be what's wanted on Alamy. People doing everyday things (including going to a gym) are probably going to be more what clients look for, rather than posed photographs of models looking into the lens, which is more suited to glossy magazines who pay specialist photographers for that sort of work.

 

Hope this helps,

Geoff.

 

 

Not to contradict Geoff's good advice, but even though Alamy is UK-based, its customers and contributors are very international. Landmarks, etc. from other countries license every day.

 

 

I agree with Geoff about the models. If you shoot a model at the gym, get her working out and not looking at the camera. Even a side or back view. Maybe with a tiny bit of grimace showing difficulty of what she's doing. More like if you walked into the gym, stood there and started photographing people without their knowledge.

That's more of a reportage style rather than a set up photo shoot.

If you set up a model and a shoot, do it in the reportage style.

You do have some like that, keep it up.

Here's an idea...get some of her holding a weight in a down position while grabbing a pulled muscle on the same side with the other hand, painful expression on her face. You can take multiple photos that cover different painful muscles.

 

You handle your camera very well and develop the images great.

I thank you all for your thoughts!

But just as I was in a dead end with the keywords and how to get out of it I do not know, I try as best I can, but nothing good is obtained.

But learned a lot of useful information from the comments in the direction in photography, will seek reportage genre, but about subjects in photography, in Europe until that time travel try not to take pictures of people in view of the fact that the microstock downloaded only people I know, who signed the release. If I had known about the Alamo is built to capture a completely different, even for example from a trip to London, Paris and other places, until last year, two or three times a year have been to other countries, but a lot of pictures are simply removed. So sorry Now!

 Once again, thanks for all the answers to my question, I really appreciate your attention and support!

[Chuck Nacke]

Gennaddii,

 

If you look at the images that I have on Alamy, you will understand that I worked in Kiev, Moscow and the entire "former Soviet Union"

Alamy has done well for me with the small number of images that I have available on Alamy and in my opinion there is a large market

for really good "editorial" images from the former SU.  Doing really good editorial images is for Really Good Editorial Photographers.

if you would like to talk, send me a note directly via Alamy or through one of my web sites and we can talk.  I do speak Russian, but

I can not read Cyrillic, my Ex Russian wife always made fun of me about that.

 

I will tell you that in my opinion, Alamy is the best library available to independent photographers on the planet.

 

Best,

 

Chuck

[giphotostock]

A lot of great shots. Sales will come.

 

Two comments:

 

1. Young women in a gym - great sales potential there, but models somehow do not look "real", possibly too much make-up. Take a look at work of Corey Jenkins:

http://www.imagesource.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2FABXZNBZJW1C&SMLS=1&RW=1771&RH=981

this style is very much in demand currently

 

2. People of different nationalities are in demand. Identify your subjects properly. For example, instead of: "portrait of a beautiful girl with a scythe", caption as "Young Russian woman in a traditional Russian headscarf"

 

GI

[Gennadii Rybalov]

A lot of great shots. Sales will come.

 

Two comments:

 

1. Young women in a gym - great sales potential there, but models somehow do not look "real", possibly too much make-up. Take a look at work of Corey Jenkins:

http://www.imagesource.com/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2FABXZNBZJW1C&SMLS=1&RW=1771&RH=981

this style is very much in demand currently

 

2. People of different nationalities are in demand. Identify your subjects properly. For example, instead of: "portrait of a beautiful girl with a scythe", caption as "Young Russian woman in a traditional Russian headscarf"

 

GI

Very valid point, thank you!

[ColdCoffee]

You have some good photos.

 

While you can have your RF photos both on Alamy and the Micro stock agencies .. it doesn't help your sales here at Alamy.

 

I have some cupcake photos that I also have on Micro stock, and they are not doing well here.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

You have some good photos.

 

While you can have your RF photos both on Alamy and the Micro stock agencies .. it doesn't help your sales here at Alamy.

 

I have some cupcake photos that I also have on Micro stock, and they are not doing well here.

Do not wait!

I here recently, but a very long time! And be sure of success!

[Betty LaRue]

 

Previt Gebbadii,

 

Unlike most on this forum, I am not about numbers.  I am about images.

From looking through your images I do not see anything I, if I was a buyer

could not find from another library.  You captions and keywords also need

some help.

 

There are many wonderful things about ALAMY and I have benefited from

my association with Alamy in many ways.

 

Keep at it and forget about adding the number of images, spend your time

on the quality of your images and the captions and keywords

 

Chuck

 

 

 

Copying keywords from other photographers is not the right way

See, for example, your photograph to G3C8J6 and ENAAJ5 from Fernando Cortés de Pablo

Otherwise, I agree with the responses of the other photographers, and you can celebrate your anniversary

 

 

 

First of all, a quick look at your portfolio and I clearly see you're an excellent photographer. The majority of newbies here have very poor images and don't seem to have grasped how to use their camera and process images correctly. So you're already way ahead of most new contributors, and to be honest way ahead of many long-time contributors (including myself if I'm honest!). You have also built up quite a decent amount of images in a short space of time, so you're doing all the right things.

 

So concentrate on keywording. Keywording is everything with stock, and other's advice regarding good translation is spot on. If your images appear in search results and they are the subject someone is looking for, then I am certain you'll do well at this, as your images stand out from the crowd. So you need to concentrate on getting your images seen, which is where good accurate keywording comes in. Rank helps too of course but that takes time, and even with a middle rank that you probably have at the moment, well keyworded images will often be pretty high in search results, particularly if it's not a very popular subject.

 

As for the type of shots you submit, I would concentrate more on concepts, particular species of birds/animals, people doing general things, etc.. That's probably more where you'll succeed as Alamy is UK based, so shots of landmarks from other countries won't be as popular (that's more an assumption so am happy to be corrected). I also notice you have quite a few of models, particularly in the gym, posing for the camera and often looking into the lens. They are amazing looking shots but unlikely to be what's wanted on Alamy. People doing everyday things (including going to a gym) are probably going to be more what clients look for, rather than posed photographs of models looking into the lens, which is more suited to glossy magazines who pay specialist photographers for that sort of work.

 

Hope this helps,

Geoff.

 

 

 

Not to contradict Geoff's good advice, but even though Alamy is UK-based, its customers and contributors are very international. Landmarks, etc. from other countries license every day.

 

 

 

I agree with Geoff about the models. If you shoot a model at the gym, get her working out and not looking at the camera. Even a side or back view. Maybe with a tiny bit of grimace showing difficulty of what she's doing. More like if you walked into the gym, stood there and started photographing people without their knowledge.

That's more of a reportage style rather than a set up photo shoot.

If you set up a model and a shoot, do it in the reportage style.

You do have some like that, keep it up.

Here's an idea...get some of her holding a weight in a down position while grabbing a pulled muscle on the same side with the other hand, painful expression on her face. You can take multiple photos that cover different painful muscles.

You handle your camera very well and develop the images great.

 

I thank you all for your thoughts!

But just as I was in a dead end with the keywords and how to get out of it I do not know, I try as best I can, but nothing good is obtained.

But learned a lot of useful information from the comments in the direction in photography, will seek reportage genre, but about subjects in photography, in Europe until that time travel try not to take pictures of people in view of the fact that the microstock downloaded only people I know, who signed the release. If I had known about the Alamo is built to capture a completely different, even for example from a trip to London, Paris and other places, until last year, two or three times a year have been to other countries, but a lot of pictures are simply removed. So sorry Now!

 Once again, thanks for all the answers to my question, I really appreciate your attention and support!

I know you must feel bad about all the photos you took with people in them that you deleted. That happened to me when I first started out. I thought I must have releases for all people in a photo, when in fact, I didn't need them for editorial. Like you, I tossed them to free room on my drive.

Get releases from people you know, but keep shooting people when you are out and about.

At one time, there was a teenaged boy that lived across the street. He and his friends had a small musical band and they practiced in the garage with the door open.

I took some unreleased pictures and they have sold.

Another case was neighborhood boys who spread a game on the lawn across the street. They actually just bought the game from me at my garage sale, lol.

I left my mom to watch over my garage sale, grabbed my camera and took pictures of them playing the game. Also unreleased. One or two of those have sold several times.

One of those same boys I took on a shoot, paid him, got releases. I may have sold only one of those. It seems buyers like the unposed natural life-as-its-happening images, which is the reportage style. No posing...you see something or someone doing something interesting and grab the shots.

Many photographers are very successful with model shoots. They really know what they're doing from the first click until the images come out of processing.

I guess that's not me.

Betty

[Gennadii Rybalov]

 

I know you must feel bad about all the photos you took with people in them that you deleted. That happened to me when I first started out. I thought I must have releases for all people in a photo, when in fact, I didn't need them for editorial. Like you, I tossed them to free room on my drive.

Get releases from people you know, but keep shooting people when you are out and about.

At one time, there was a teenaged boy that lived across the street. He and his friends had a small musical band and they practiced in the garage with the door open.

I took some unreleased pictures and they have sold.

Another case was neighborhood boys who spread a game on the lawn across the street. They actually just bought the game from me at my garage sale, lol.

I left my mom to watch over my garage sale, grabbed my camera and took pictures of them playing the game. Also unreleased. One or two of those have sold several times.

One of those same boys I took on a shoot, paid him, got releases. I may have sold only one of those. It seems buyers like the unposed natural life-as-its-happening images, which is the reportage style. No posing...you see something or someone doing something interesting and grab the shots.

Many photographers are very successful with model shoots. They really know what they're doing from the first click until the images come out of processing.

I guess that's not me.

Betty

 

Not a word - bad!

But as they say - a hundred years, live, learn a hundred years! Buda also nanometers my street festival.

[John Mitchell]

"Buda also nanometers my street festival."

 

You might want to run that one through Google translate again, Gennadii.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

"Buda also nanometers my street festival."

 

You might want to run that one through Google translate again, Gennadii.

This translation is just the program. - https://translate.google.com/

You can put assess the programmers who have done it

[John Mitchell]

 

"Buda also nanometers my street festival."

 

You might want to run that one through Google translate again, Gennadii.

This translation is just the program. - https://translate.google.com/

You can put assess the programmers who have done it

 

 

Yes, Google translate is not very reliable, especially with languages like Russian and English, which don't have a lot in common.

 

Have you thought of using one the online translation services that charge for a real person to translate some of your captions, etc.? It might be worth the cost.

[Gennadii Rybalov]

 

 

"Buda also nanometers my street festival."

 

You might want to run that one through Google translate again, Gennadii.

This translation is just the program. - https://translate.google.com/

You can put assess the programmers who have done it

 

 

Yes, Google translate is not very reliable, especially with languages like Russian and English, which don't have a lot in common.

 

Have you thought of using one the online translation services that charge for a real person to translate some of your captions, etc.? It might be worth the cost.

 

I'm not willing to pay, since no sales, and he is now unemployed. I think that basically the problem is not entirely a bad translation, but it is likely that there are no sales for other reasons. For example if the place is admissible even in your potfele what is my work, they would be sold, but because of my portfolio is not taken, if only because of the country of domicile of the author. This of course is only my opinion, but very similar to the truth.

[george]

Please take this comment in the way it is meant, i.e. Trying to be helpful. It is not only a translation issue, Image G3C0AJ as an example. Most of the keywords are irrelevant to the image. I see no rosemary, no cream, caviar, condiments, seafood etc etc. but where is the mention of cheese, cheeses, variety or strawberry? I see no black or a relationship to xmas, but I do see a white plate.

 

Keywording it sometimes difficult to get a grip of, hell I don't seem to of managed very well, but put what you see.

 

For what its worth, I like that image very much.

I wish you luck