Resubmitting Rejected Images- You Might Be Surprised or NOT!

thesupe87 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 01:36 AM

WOW the results are in already - Shutterstock has been fast since last week - my pics are getting reviewed in half a day's time!

Okay - so this is what I did. I took 25 of my pics that were rejected, and resubmitted them. I honestly barely touched them, I maybe edited a few a little bit more from things that I noticed technically-speaking. Out of those 25, 16 got rejected, and 9 were accepted. 9 photos!! Ones that were rejected, were later accepted (probably by a different reviewer)...

All I did was renamed the files, in case the system stores filenames. These reviewers look at thousands a day, how are they going to remember what they rejected, even if you get the same photo reviewer? If you want to see what got in that was rejected before, view my portfolio and sort by newest - they are the newest 9 images. Nothing spectacular, but hey someone might need them. :P

http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-...html?rid=59783

I am going to have to dig through my old rejections and see if there's anything else I can resubmit

I would also definitely recommend doing the resubmissions in smaller batches, separating similar shots the same "series".

It usually takes me a solid hour AT LEAST to keyword 10-20 images. This took a little bit of time trying to find them, and figure out which ones were the rejects, since a lot of the thumbnails on shutterstock were too old to still be there. But still - these older rejected images that shouldn't have really been rejected are usually good-to-go: they are all keyworded, edited and ready for upload. It doesn't hurt to try I guess.

Let me know how you guys make out, if you dare to try this :twisted: Just be careful, I am not responsible if they nab you for it... :roll:

gvictoria · #2 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 08:34 AM

I've done that a few times especially when i feel strongly about an image, but what i do is i randomly throw them in with a new batch in case they do tend to look too familiar.... i personally don't think file names really matter, but then again who knows. This seems to work for me most of the time

with a few exceptions

Gracey · #3 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 08:42 AM

You might want to be a little careful about how much you do that. Batches of rejected images resubmitted are not a good idea. If you feel you just have to do it, then you should mix them in with new images. If they catch you resubmitting batches of rejected images it will result in a warning.

I don't usually bother resubmitting rejected images, particularly if they are posted elsewhere - I don't believe I've ever resubmitted one.

jaystock · #4 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 03:37 PM

I don't bother resubmitting either. If an image is rejected one place and accepted at another...one site's trash is another site's treasure. If it's rejected everywhere, chances are it's not a very good picture to begin with.

thesupe87 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-09-2006, 05:09 PM

Yeah, very true. I only resubmitted the ones that I know were accepted on the majority of my other micro sites. That's good advice tho - to mix them in every so often with other newer batches.

thesupe87 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-16-2006, 09:34 PM

i just resubmitted 12 more...all 12 got accepted. Just goes to show you how much bullcrap we face depending on the approver we get! :P

suwanneeredhead · #7 (**permalink**) 06-23-2006, 09:11 PM

Did you guys read the Anonymous Approver's diatribe that Rinder posted on Shutterstock? It's HYSTERICAL, and as you said Gracey, a little sad.

http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/abt10847.html

I don't usually resubmit either unless they ask me to fix something and then resubmit, I don't want to risk a warning. Besides I'm on enough microstock sites, it is a hit-or-miss kind of thing, and so I don't push it.

KC86 · #8 (**permalink**) 06-23-2006, 09:44 PM

Okay, that reviewer's article has made me afraid to submit anything now.

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I guess it is kind of hard being one of the "beginners" that people are always complaining about. I haven't even submitted to Shutterstock yet, and my first submission to Dreamstime was pretty much a disaster (2 of 15).

Is it better to just submit your shots (even borderline quality) and take your chances with the reviewers, or should you only submit the best of the best?

P.S. I think I have had/ thought about everything on that list. Except the strawberries.

suwanneeredhead · #9 (**permalink**) 06-23-2006, 09:59 PM

Submit the best of the best! I'm a reviewer on another site and I can acutely feel that girl's pain (I definitely get the impression she's a girl). Before ANYONE should submit to a microstock site, they should take a look around and see what's already been accepted to that site, then go to the macro stock sites (Getty, Corbis) and see what their portfolios look like. It may be a little intimidating but you have to have something by which to measure yourself! Strive to be the best, always keep your mind open to learning new things and the best techniques... because there are always people out there who just bomb the queues with crap and don't give a fig about learning how to be a better photographer. Amazing, but true. Don't be one of those!

Photography is a unique blend of artistry and technique... you have to have the artistic eye, and you have to be willing to learn the technical side of it. This was true for film and it is even more true for digital since computers are a huge part of the deal, post-processing is as big a part of the final image as the camera and the photographer are. Always be searching the photoshop tutorials for better techniques, and always be brave enough to ask your questions on these forums because we are always here to help... and all of us here know when to ask our own questions, nobody's perfect and everybody can learn something new.

Good luck and keep learning.

KC86 · #10 (**permalink**) 06-23-2006, 11:36 PM

Thanks, that does make me feel a bit better

I am always trying to improve, but I guess I was too excited when I started and submitted some images that didn't have the quality needed. I actually got pretty pissed off when I got the first rejections (How dare they! lol) but then I went through the batch and re-read the rejection notes. Most of the time the reviewers were spot on.

Funny thing is that I just got an email from Fotolia- 16 accepted and 2 rejected. It was essentially the same batch I sent to DT. Guess a lot of it depends on who is reviewing your images.

I wish landscapes sold better. At least in that area, I have some inkling of what I'm doing and what I need to do.