Day Four: Getty Images

So, today's challenge is a little different. I had applied some of my photos for istock/Getty to buy, you have to send 15 examples of your work with your application, and I got an email saying I've been approved. So today I went through about 4000 of my photos, narrowed it down to 100, roughly, renamed them all to be in similar categories, ran them through photoshop real quickly to make sure they were high resolution and the right size, and finally, FINALLY, submitted them today, after choosing 50 mostly water themed photos. Phew! Once they were uploaded to Getty I had to add a title, description, and at least 5 tag words. Took me forever. Once I figured out what to do it was just repetitive and time consuming, not very difficult. How many ways can you describe a rocky coastline, or a lighthouse at sunrise? That was the hardest part. So. Fingers crossed that my very first submission was processed correctly, I do live in the sticks and my WiFi comes and goes. Toes crossed that when they are reviewed they are approved, and eyeballs crossed that if they are approved they get bought by people. Lots of people. :) I'm hoping to catch the sunset tonight, so I'm off for some coffee, see if that'll get me moving. I should be going to the gym with my hubby, but pfft. Hope you have had an amazing day!!

My photo for today.

Update: You can check out my small but evergrowing istock portfolio HERE!

Or my Adobe portfolio HERE

My Shutterstock portfolio HERE

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