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Microstock Photography And How To Increase Your Photo Sales

When entering the microstock photo sales arena your digital camera is the most important tool you will have. Acceptance or rejection of your microstock images will depend foremost on the quality of the image you are selling; to take the best quality microstock images I personally recommend a 5 mega-pixel digital camera that is set to maximum resolution.

In the beginning you may be tempted to submit all the photos you have stored on your computer yet I strongly advise against this; upload no more than 50 photos at a time and be very careful to not duplicate a submitted photo as this might lead to rejection of both photos and, in some cases, possible account closure. To avoid the possibility of submitting duplicates I recommend that you not change the file name as your PC will point out any duplicated file names; however, once you have chosen the files you wish to submit you can change the file names accordingly. If you have many file names to change there is a built in tool contained in Microsoft Windows that allows you to change multiple file names with a few clicks of the mouse.

Besides your camera the second most important factor is choosing the right keywords for your photos, thereby increasing your sales. The Internet contains a variety of sites that have tools to help you figure out which keywords would work best for your photos. Another way you can figure out keywords is to view similar photos on Google Image and see which keywords are being used for these photos. Don't go crazy on keywords however, limit yourself to 6-10 per Microstock image as any more than 10 might be considered spam and rejected.

First and foremost, quality is key to ensure your photos are accepted; clear, bright photos are a shoe-in. If you need to reduce the photo size you should use either Adobe Elements or Adobe Photoshop as both do a great job of resizing while maintaining photo quality. Be careful to not go over a 5% size reduction as the quality will be reduced significantly.

Lastly, if a Microstock photo was rejected once, don't resubmit it. Retake the shot, keeping quality at the forefront of your mind thereby ensuring they will accepted.

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