Keiko Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Hello all! My name is Keiko. Just joined Alamy and passed the QC yesterday so I thought would be nice to say hello and learn more tips about stock photos. I love traveling, food, and taking pictures. Nice to meet you and have a nice weekend everyone Keiko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansos Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hello all! My name is Keiko. Just joined Alamy and passed the QC yesterday so I thought would be nice to say hello and learn more tips about stock photos. I love traveling, food, and taking pictures. Nice to meet you and have a nice weekend everyone Keiko Hi Keiko-san, Congratulations on getting through QC and welcome! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hi John, Thank you! I saw you just joined not long ago as well, how did you uploaded and keyword all of them in such a short time?! I found key-wording so time consuming and kind of a nightmare for me ="( Love your photos btw =) Keiko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hello Keiko Welcome to Alamy! Kumar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Welcome. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 9, 2016 Author Share Posted August 9, 2016 Thank you Allan and Kumar for the welcoming =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jansos Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Hi John, Thank you! I saw you just joined not long ago as well, how did you uploaded and keyword all of them in such a short time?! I found key-wording so time consuming and kind of a nightmare for me ="( Love your photos btw =) Keiko Hi Keiko, Thanks, very kind of you. Keywording is a drag but copy and past makes it a bit easier, especially when you have keyword lists to draw from. BW, John :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Towers Posted August 10, 2016 Share Posted August 10, 2016 A very warm welcome to the Alamy family Keiko, I hope you have a great experience with us. Kind regards, Davey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandre Fagundes Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Hi Keiko Welcome to Alamy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Thank You for the warm welcome Davey abd Alex! Nice to meet you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 I have a habit to put vignette filter in my photos, I have been looking at the others' but there are not really much photographers doing it. Is it not recommend for stock photos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I would say that it would be a put-off. If the buyer wants one he can do it himself. Most of your images have a rather flat colour palette. IMO a vignette does nothing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 Hi Mark and Geoff, Thank you for your advices, I will remove the vignette filter for my future uploads ( tho there are still some sitting for key-wording. ) Cheers Keiko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Hi Keiko from another Hampshire photographer !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrumu Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 Welcome, Keiko. While I agree that vignette filters are usually not beneficial (this is stock, not art), sometimes it improves the image, e.g., I like the vignette in your karate fight picture GHA6N1. I also have to agree with spacecadet. Quite many of your pictures look flat and grey. Others are well processed, so it doesn't look like a monitor calibration issue. Are you processing under varying lighting conditions, or varying screen brightness settings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlessandraRC Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hi Keiko from another Hampshire photographer !! Yeah, high 5 I go Portsmouth quite a lot as well. Love seaside and beaches =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 Welcome, Keiko. While I agree that vignette filters are usually not beneficial (this is stock, not art), sometimes it improves the image, e.g., I like the vignette in your karate fight picture GHA6N1. I also have to agree with spacecadet. Quite many of your pictures look flat and grey. Others are well processed, so it doesn't look like a monitor calibration issue. Are you processing under varying lighting conditions, or varying screen brightness settings? Hi Christoph, The pictures I uploaded are processed in different periods of time. Some of them that are processed before had applied quite a lot of filters and presets for my instagram use without re-processing for stock. For others that I processed recently, I did't apply any filters (matte, auto and etc). I guess I will re-process all my photos for future uploads, thanks for you opinions =) K Welcome! Thanks Alessandra =) Nice to meet you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted August 12, 2016 Share Posted August 12, 2016 Good luck on Alamy, Keiko, and welcome from NYC, the world's second biggest population of Cantonese speakers -- assuming you've learned Cantonese. Oh, we speak English here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 Good luck on Alamy, Keiko, and welcome from NYC, the world's second biggest population of Cantonese speakers -- assuming you've learned Cantonese. Oh, we speak English here too. And American. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 15, 2016 Author Share Posted August 15, 2016 Good luck on Alamy, Keiko, and welcome from NYC, the world's second biggest population of Cantonese speakers -- assuming you've learned Cantonese. Oh, we speak English here too. Thanks Ed, yeah Cantonese and English are my first language =) then Mandarin and Japanese =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Baker Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Well done, Keiko. Actually, I like the desaturated colour and that might attract a searcher wanting something contemporary. But as many of us know, these trends come and go so you might be left with a collection of good work (I also like your subject spread too) which looks outdated pretty quickly. Better to shoot an interesting perspective and not interfere with the pallete too much if you want them to keep selling: The very reason they're on Alamy. Rgds, Richard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 I get an "unexpected error" message when I zoom some of your images, Keiko. If you haven't deleted them you should go through and check them all and inform member services. I first noticed it with your Japanese Macaque. I was curious about your keywording on that one because you hadn't mentioned the type of monkey in your caption. Paulette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keiko Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Well done, Keiko. Actually, I like the desaturated colour and that might attract a searcher wanting something contemporary. But as many of us know, these trends come and go so you might be left with a collection of good work (I also like your subject spread too) which looks outdated pretty quickly. Better to shoot an interesting perspective and not interfere with the pallete too much if you want them to keep selling: The very reason they're on Alamy. Rgds, Richard. Hi Richard, Thank you for your opinions, I wasn't familiar with stock photos and filtered photos are more likeable in social media like instagram, so I kind of using my editing habits +_+ But now with all your lovely advices, I am reducing my filters and try to keep them simple as original for Alamy =) Keiko I get an "unexpected error" message when I zoom some of your images, Keiko. If you haven't deleted them you should go through and check them all and inform member services. I first noticed it with your Japanese Macaque. I was curious about your keywording on that one because you hadn't mentioned the type of monkey in your caption. Paulette Hi Paulette, I got an error earlier as well but its fixed now ( Didn't do anything +_+ ) I didn't put the type of the monkey in the caption or keyword as I don't know the type =/ ( as well as some of my other animals/plants photos ) Keiko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katiekk2 Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 Hi Paulette, I got an error earlier as well but its fixed now ( Didn't do anything +_+ ) I didn't put the type of the monkey in the caption or keyword as I don't know the type =/ ( as well as some of my other animals/plants photos ) Keiko Hmmmm... if you dont know whats on the picture and dont use the right keyword... how do youexpect people to find your photo? I suggest you use google and try to identify the correct name... it is more likely that buyes can then find what they are looking for Besides... you would have lerned something new while at it - win win! and welcome to Alamy! I am new here too... K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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