Digital Photographer

SUPERCHARGED SALES

When it comes to selling your images, one of the main challenges is how very subjective photography is. What makes a good picture? Apart from technical aspects like resolution, sharpness and signal-to-noise ratio, which are numerical characteristics, the perception of how successful a shot is will obviously vary depending on the tastes of the viewer.

This can be tricky when you want to sell your work to publishers or stock agencies, where your files will encounter the scrutiny of picture editors based on predetermined quality guidelines, but also be subject to individual differences in the tastes of the people in the screening process.

When creating images for stock or commercial use, there is almost always a disparity between the artistic intent of the photographer and the requirements of the end user. And while you as the person behind the

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