Photo Critique: Let's Improve Your Photography! 23
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
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Thank you all for sending me the images for this review. I truly hope this helps you and others understand a little bit more about the world of stock photography and how to create better performing images. In this video we talk about gear limitations, composition tips, image size and quality, motion blur and/or digital zoom cameras, and much more. As always thanks again for watching the video!
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I like watching these just to learn about what makes an image a good image. It's all hidden in plain sight. Also it is fun to see what the viewers have sent in lately.
Thanks so much! Im glad you find these videos helpful! 😁
Thanks for review, first two photos are mine and location is Plitvice lakes in Croatia.
Oh nice! Thanks for sharing, I hope this was helpful!!
i just discovered your channel and I'm glad I did because I can improve my photographer skills :)
😁Awesome! Welcome and thank you!
Thanks for your helpful video.I eagerly await your next video upload.I would like to send some photos for review
Aweosme! And please do, use the email in the video description
Great critique video. Lots of information.
Thanks Greg!
Thanks for the critique! The chilli on white was mine, my very first attempt at something for stock photography. I took it with my cell phone a couple of months ago even before I bought my first camera.
Nice work! Thanks for sharing the image.
Best of luck!
Awesome 👏👏
Thanks 🤗
@@wollertz welcome ☘️🌿🌄
22:06 it is probably olives
It is! The photographer commented in my other channel!
Thanks! 👋
For some reason, it started to get boring when phones photos started😎
Hi.
I've been following you for a while and would like to ask you a favor.
It is possible to make a long video explaining the entire process you do, from taking photos in a location then transferring the photos to the computer, choosing the photos to put in your albums and why, then what programs do you use to process the images and then the tags That's why it's possible to publish, for example, on shutterstock.
Thanks.
Greetings from a Portuguese follower
I've done this in a couple of videos
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Many thanks for these videos, they are all very useful and entertaining! I have a question about photos and aspect ratio - do agencies have a preference?
Thanks so much! No preference as long as the composition is strong. Keep in mind that Stock is for advertising, so leaving a bit of text space is more important than the aspect ratio.
With that said remember to include both verticals and horizontals, you might end up in a magazine somewhere 😁
@@wollertz Great, many thanks once again!
Hi Charles. Can you make a video about which video codecs and file types sell the most? For example, ProRes or H264 and MOV or MP4? TIA!
I always export to mp4 to reduce the time uploading, I film in the best quality possible, most often using log settings or raw video, then process it and export to mp4, some agencies only take MOV, but I haven’t noticed a different in sales to be honest
It’s similar to photos, tale them in the best quality possible, improve whatever possible in post and then export and upload the jpg
I agree
So did Bambi!
I guess we are onto something 😁
@@wollertz Bambi always has her paw on the pulse of what's good.
i used to have black walnut trees growing up and they resemble black walnuts that arent near ripe yet but the leaves im pretty sure didnt look like that.
or maybe they were english walnut
Hello, just starting with Adobe Stock and was wondering do black and white photos work?
The can yes, I do sell a few B&W or infrared occasionally, but remember these are commercial use images, not art sales. If your black and white photo checks all of the advertisement boxes it can sell.
3/5 for an underexposed duck? You are way too soft on people, then they may get a false idea that they can sell that stuff, and get brutally disillusioned later.
Exactly, 3/5 because all they have to do is lift the shadows and exposure a bit in post and that's it. I have similar photos that have made me a few hundred dollars in sales. No one know whats going ot sell when, but having a clear photo is a good start and all this needs is a bit more light. Feel free to film your own reviews if you think you can do better, I'm just doing this based on my experience and whats worked for me.
@@wollertz No need to be so touchy. No one knows whats going to sell is misleading at best. Anyone doing stock photography seriously knows what is selling and what doesnt, plus agencies are even giving it away in their briefs. Bad/average photo of duck wont sell and it is obvious why - too many much better photos of the same subject, very low commercial potential, plus anyone can do it (bar set too low).
These photo reviews are not just for stock, there’s a touch of stock included for those interested. Yes commercial value is low, but as I said I’m speaking from experience, I bought a Telephoto lens years ago and went to the local park to photograph ducks. Within 1 week one photo sold for $75.00
That’s the magic with stock, as long as a photo is clear and good it has sales potential, that same duck photo is still selling in different agencies and I haven’t seen any agency talk about duck photos in any brief 🤷♂️