| If you are one of the many individuals looking to earn | | | | time taking a quality photograph than trying to fix a |
| some money by selling stock photos, there are some | | | | photograph down the road using photo editing |
| steps you can take to make your stock photo | | | | software. |
| submissions as successful as possible. Although every | | | | Also, when starting with a new stock photo agency, |
| stock photo agency has its own submissions and | | | | you should go slow at first with your photo |
| quality standards, these basics tips should help you | | | | submissions. While you might have a portfolio of |
| promote your photos in the best way possible. | | | | hundreds of photos you want to submit to an |
| First, keep in mind that the better quality the photo | | | | agency, keep in mind that each photograph will need |
| you are submitting, the more potential uses it will | | | | to be reviewed by a real person and that they are |
| have and the more sales you will make. Although for | | | | likely to reject more of your photos if they are |
| online uses, the quality does not need to be high, by | | | | overwhelmed by your submissions or feel like you |
| offering higher resolution photos (5 megapixels or | | | | are "spamming" the photograph submission system. |
| higher) you will make the photos accessible for many | | | | Finally, attaching the proper keywords to your |
| other potential uses as well (such as for print | | | | photographs is crucial to help people to be able to |
| publications). | | | | find your photos when they are doing a search online. |
| Next, keep in mind that using photo editing software | | | | This in many ways may be as important of a step as |
| will diminish the overall quality of the photograph | | | | actually submitting the photographs, since if no one |
| (even though it may enhance individual portions of it), | | | | can find your photographs when doing online |
| so you should try to keep you photo editing to the | | | | searches, you will find making a sale very difficult |
| minimum amount possible. It is better to spend the | | | | indeed. |