Categories
Choosing a proper category is very important for stock photos. If you submit to irrelevant categories then your photo will probably be ignored. You must make sure the category you submit to fits your photo well but is not too crowded. Looking at categories can give you a good idea of what photos you want to take. By looking at a few popular categories I hope that this will spark some ideas of photos to take.
Business
- Pictures of Money
- Taking on the phone
- Working
- Wallet
- Shaking Hands
Food
- Isolated Food Items
- People eating out
- Takeout foods
- Utensils
- Strange shapes with food
- Isolated Food Items
Foods must look very visually appealing when you photograph them. What I do when I want to make a food more “juicy” is add a little bit of oil to it.
Objects
Soccer balls
Keyboard
Tic tacs
Dominos
Microphones
Pencils
Nature Photos
Nature photos must be very high quality or unique. When I first started taking photos I noticed that the nature stock photos looked way too perfect to be real. Try to photo simple nature pictures. A picture of a heavy forested area that is cluttered will probably not be accepted unless it’s great. Flower photos are also very popular which means the stock photos are less likely to accept them unless they are high quality.
Holidays
- Christmas Decorations
- Christmas Lights
- Stockings
- Pumpkins
- Hearts
- Clovers
Fitness/Health
- Stretching
- Running
- Walking
- Abs
People
- Happy
- Sad
- Excited
Objects
- Teachers
- Realtors
- Students
- Vacation
- lawyers
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