Images Needed Due to the huge number of photos that are quickly being sold, we need to continually replenish our stocks. This is a chance for you to show us how good an artist you really are. Perhaps you already have images of the following list, or you are willing to go out and make some. Please remember that we want your work. Register today and upload now!
	Lifestyle Anything involving families, sport, or leisure.
	Medical Doctors, Nurses, Medical Equipment, Patients, Dentists… Anything medical related.
	Holiday Images Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Hanukah, Spring, Valentines. If you have pictures about any holiday or season, please submit them.
	Emotions/Expressions Happiness, Anger, Embarrassment, Teamwork, Pleasure, Dread.
	Sporting Golf, Football, Swimming, Running, Bungy Jumping, Biking, Ping Pong or even Pole Vaulting images are all required.
	Business People Anyone who wears a suit to work: Lawyers, Bankers, Business Owners,
	Working Class People Working for the man! People who get jobs done: Mechanics, Construction Workers, Plumbers, Police Officers, Bakers...
	Groups of People Groups of people in a single picture: Friends, team mates, business colleagues.
	Food and Drinks If you happen to have a coffee in your hand, then take a photo of it, with you in it as well. Drinks, burgers, sandwiches – anything that can be considered food.
	Fashion Shoes, shirts, pants, coats, hats – all with people inside of them, naturally
Images Not Needed There are some types of pictures that we have in abundance, or they simply don’t sell. Even though they make look spectacular, they are not wanted by our buyers.
Animals Shots Although your dog may be extremely cute, they are common place, and are not unique.
Flowers Flower photography is everywhere, and although some can be extraordinary, others are not
Feets, Legs, Hands… Body parts are an easy thing to make an image of. Unfortunately, we already have several each.
The Environment Clouds, beaches, sunsets, forests, jungles, trees, flowers…
Blurred Light Experimental, not sellable.
Eyes Another body part that we already have.
Inside an Airplane Pictures of an airplanes wing out from a window is a souvenir, not a masterpiece.
Your Shadow Unless it is in a great pose, we prefer the actual person.
Backgrounds No blank canvas’ or boring borders.
Text embedded in your image Most buyers want to place the text on their own.

That’s an interesting list. I noticed to that there aren’t enough medical images in place. I will have to keep that in mind.

Also, what about location shots..places for instance to define a region?

By the way, what is the fee for selling my photographs on here and do I maintain the rights?

Yes, medical is very hot stuff. For starters, there's about 10 billion new pharmacy websites popping up a day hawking products like your inbox's favorite 'Male Health' products..     big business = big demand for photos on this topic. Also related to this would be shots of vigorous people doing healthy stuff, or the ever-popular 'extremely slim woman with a tape measure around her waist'.

In general humanity is living longer, while becoming more reliant on medical technology to get them there, so you can bank on the advertising for this stuff always needing fresh content.

We do have several geographic/location-specific categories in our photo categories.  The shots submitted better be pretty innovative though, as we will not approve your run-of-the-mill tourist type shots. Remember that there are thousands of hardcore pro travel and tourism photographers on the job; if you want to beat them at their own game you need something really creative.

Or, you can just wait for a UFO to crash into the Eiffel tower and market that shot..

50% flat commission on sold works, and yes, the Artist retains ownership of the files sold on their behalf. We are just a venue for selling.

Interesting. I will have to get working. I would love to sell some works here.

For anyone needing more info on technical specs and such for uploaded photos, have a look at the Photos area of the Selling Art section in our Wiki..

I have noticed that a lot of stock sites are looking for medical shots right now. Anyone who knows a doctor or has contacts in the hospital could make a killing! :) I will have to see what I can do, since my sister in law is a nurse.

Why haven't I been in this thread before? Where can we find the lists specific geographic locations that must be portrayed in the photos. Are there also specifications for the color or race of people that'll grace the photos?
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Why not sticky this thread?

I guess I should have read this list more first :P eek. Ah well, no is such a short word.

How do I remove photos that I submitted? Or do I just wait till they are rejected?

The list is not intended as bible, just an indicator of what sells better.. we will give all submissions a fair shake. Your latest submissions will be reviewed shortly.

It's good that your brought this up: we will add a link to this message thread on the Photo Submission page guidelines, so that people can be aware of it.

Thank you for clarifying that for me Keith. It can be hard to know where to start on a new site.

Did you sell any photos through this site yet? At what price?

(I`m a medical student, and can take some medical related photos I guess :))

Wow that's great for you!

I would have no idea where I could get my hands on being able to do medical photographs.. the best I could do is taking pictures of medication or something like that..

I had no idea medical photos worth so much!

haha.. tshugo gonna have a great time taking pictures and earning some money!

yar, can you tell us how are the pictures priced? does the photographer have control over the pricing?

Yes, it should be kind of easy taking some great photos where we keep all the drugs :)

As per our Forum Guidelines, we don't really encourage discussion of exact sales details. The Artists selling files on the site are considered partners in our success, and as is the case with most businesses, giving out sales figures and such and is not a normal thing.

Just think, if you were a customer and arrived in an art gallery, and the artists were all standing around talking about how much they sold their latest pieces for.

We of course don't generate the sales as some of the bigger agencies, but then again we are on the way up..  so we'd like to keep the focus on what kind of content sells, and sharing ideas through the forum.  No one's buying yachts with their art earnings yet, let's leave it at that.

One thing about the medical pictures is to pay special attention to keep out any brand names or trademarks - you will notice on the sample prescription pill picture that the scene has been purposefully rendered 'generic'. The reason: customers who use these pictures generally want to imply a medical theme, but as with most stock photography, brand names and trademarks are a no-no.

Thats a great list. Its good to know what is in demand and I love the truth about the images not needed.

This list gave me a new direction.  I have been taking animal and nature type shots but now I will point myself in the right sales direction.  Thanks.