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What
is the PhotoSourceBANK?
It's a text-centric database of millions of
words describing photographers' photos. The words are "spidered"
by Google and other major search engines such as BING, Yahoo!, and
Yandex (Russia). Photobuyers are able to use a search engine to find
your description. A photobuyer will use a phrase to find photos, so
use a phrase to describe your photos. It's called a "long tail
search" -- and it's the same method you use when to attempt to
find some highly specific information on a search engine.
Q&A
Q: As I understand
it, I can enter up to 6,000 words or phrases describing my photos?
A: Yes, that's right. You might initially have only 300 or
500 photo descriptions that you'd like to enter. Go ahead and enter
them. You can use as many words as you like to describe your photos.
Examples: boy with sister, happy puppy sleeping in basket, rainy
night in Chicago, windy day on Indian reservation, quiet beach in
New Zealand, wet road at night, cold winter day in Minneapolis,
Heidleburg, Heidelberg.
Q: Why
should I, as an editorial stock photographer, use PhotoSourceBANK
when I can get my images up on a webpage for free with AngelFire,
Tripod, GeoCities and others?
A: This one's easy: Number of hits from photobuyers per day.
Photobuyers actively search PhotoSourceBANK pages for special
interest images. Our website gets an average of 40,000 hits per
day -- four times as many visitors as all of our photography competition
sites -- COMBINED. Wouldn't you rather have four times as many buyers
visiting your web page on the PhotoSourceBANK?
Q: Why all the specialized categories? Can't I just list
"Nature," "Scenics," "Sports," "Agriculture," and be done with it?
A: Magazines, brochures, blogs, websites, DVD's, multi-media,
textbooks, ipads, and books are highly specialized today because
their readers/viewers have highly specialized interests. Photobuyers
don't want to contact 50 photographers who are "sports" photographers
-- when they can find four photographers who have listed "indoor
soccer." Also it stands to reason that a "soccer" photographer probably
knows more about the game (and this will reflect in his or her photographs)
than a generalized "sports" photographer. Photobuyers are interested
in pleasing their discerning (and often critical) viewers. Also,
rather than 'one-word,' use multiple (keyphrases) to describe your
photos. Photobuyers usually enter multiple words in a search bar.
Q: How should I list my scenics and landscapes?
A: If you list a landscape, pick out some specific aspect.
Here are some examples: Appalachian Trail in winter, Painted Desert
at sunup, petrified wood, White Grass Ranch in the Tetons, Seals
at Monterey Bay.
Q: I plan on using all 6,000 words -- can I condense my photo
descriptions by eliminating non-essential words?
A: Yes, for example, in the above Q & A, you could eliminate
all prepositions such as "in", "at", etc.
Q: Is it o.k. to list
just 300 words or phrases?
A: Yes, it's o.k. But why
not list 6,000; why not increase your selling power by 10?
Q: What is the cost?
A: The PhotoSourceBANK costs
$4.95 per month or $59.00 per year
Note: The PhotoSourceBANK blog service is free
to members of PhotoEmopwerBlogs.com. Check in section 15 for details
and cost to be included in the CD’s sent in March and September
to our list of Photobuyers.
Q: Can I list more
than 6,000 keyphrases and keywords?
A: Yes, Call 1-800-624-0266
to make arrangements
Q: Can I see a sample
of what a typical PhotoSourceBANK listing looks like?
A: Yes, www.photosource.com/1234
Q: Where do I order?
A: http://www.photosource.com/cart/psbrenew.php
or see the order page below
Q: Can I merge my
XML database into my PhotoSourceBANK Page?
A: Yes, Call one of our webmasters
for instructions, 1-800-624-0266
For more about the PhotoSourceBANK:
http://photosource.goshopper.net/c/93531/photosourcebank.htm
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Here’s the PhotoSourceBANK/Directory
Concept
A
SUPERHIWAY FOR PHOTOBUYERS TO COME TO YOU
Thanks to the Internet, photobuyers around the country (and around
the world!) can instantly be aware of your photography. By listing
descriptions of your photos and subject areas on the PhotoSourceBANK
(on your own PhotoSourceBANK web page), you position yourself to have
hundreds of photo editors aware of you and your photo specialties.
When photobuyers go shopping for specific-content photos,
they come first to PhotoSource International’s PhotoSourceBANK
– a high-traffic photosearch site used daily by photobuyers
in this country and abroad.
YOU
DON’T GO TO THEM -- THEY COME TO YOU
Today when photobuyers need a specific image, they no
longer have to cope with time-consuming searches at museums, university
libraries, or stock photo agency picture files. They simply do a keyword
search on the Internet and bingo! They locate a photo with the content
they need, almost immediately. If you have placed text descriptions
of your photos in the PhotoSourceBANK and your coverage area matches
a buyer’s specialty need, you have effortlessly made a sale.
HOW
IT WORKS
In order to enjoy the party, you have to be there. When
you have descriptions of your photos on your own personal web pages
on the PhotoSourceBANK website, including your name, address, phone,
fax and email address, photobuyers contact you directly. You negotiate
the sale using our time-tested pricing strategies. Once the fee is
agreed upon, you email your image(s) to the photobuyer either as an
attachment, or, as a lightbox. In effect, you “rent” your
photos on a one-time use basis, and you receive 100% of each sale.
No commissions are subtracted anywhere along the way.
THE
SECRET: HIGHLY SPECIFIC LISTINGS
Photobuyers today want content-specific images that
help them give dimension and unique quality to their publishing projects.
No longer will general “stock” pictures fill the bill,
as they did in days past.
For example, in earlier days, a generic postcard-type
picture of Yellowstone Park would have been acceptable. Today, able
to utilize today’s streamlined and specific search capabilities,
photobuyers want to track down photos of specific locations in Yellowstone,
at specific times of the year, with certain wildlife engaged in specific
interplay with the environment or other wildlife.
That's why when you list your photos in the PhotoSourceBANK,
you don’t want to list just "Yellowstone,” or “Nature.”
A photobuyer would pass over you and look for a photographer who listed
specifics – actual locations, certain species, plant life, baby
animals, tourist campsites, lodge locations or backpacking outfits
in the Park, and Park landmarks from certain angles and conveying
certain moods, such as early morning mist, evening light, fog, dawn,
etc.
In like manner, say you have a good number of photos
from a trip to Paris. You wouldn’t list simply, “Paris.”
You’d list specific highlights of Paris that you focused on.
Perhaps you took a collection of shots of the bookstalls along the
Seine, in all kinds of weather and different times of day. Or you
covered a cooking school, or a sports event, or a museum. The photobuyer
who is looking for a specific picture will come to you first.
Or if you have a highly specific picture of a rare pheasant
you took at a community zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the editor
needs such a photo, he or she will contact you directly rather than
go the long route of searching through a massive image collection
of zoo photos or Minnesota photos.
THE
TIME SAVER PRINCIPLE
The rule to remember: Photo researchers don't want to flip through
piles of photos – either in hand or on line. They want to zero
in on locating a source for coverage of a particular subject matter.
Once they find the source (photographer) who has the subject matter,
then they begin looking at a select group of images and make the picture
selection. If you take advantage of this principle, you will go to
the head of the line. Photo researchers like to save time, just like
you and me.
CREDENTIALS
ARE UNNECESSARY
In the early days of stock photography, photo editors
tended to look first to the name photographer or the renowned stock
photo agency. The Internet has made this practice obsolete. Credentials
aren't important to the photobuyer today. Yes, technical quality is
important, and that's why credentials and a “name” were
important ten and twenty years ago. But the automatic controls on
digital cameras today bring a technically excellent picture within
the scope of almost everyone. This makes it possible for the part-time
photographer, who has perseverance, to be able to sell his or her
pictures in direct competition with the pros. If the picture is "right",
the editor isn’t concerned whether the author of the photo is
a full-time pro or not.
AN
EXAMPLE
Several years ago, Reader’s Digest was producing
a story on the the war in Iraq. They wanted a recent photo of a particular
Baghdad hotel, which had been a target of Allied missiles. (In days
past, the Reader’s Digest might have been satisfied with just
a general picture of Baghdad.) Reader’s Digest listed the photo
request on one of our PhotoSource International marketletters. A subscriber
to our PhotoSourceBANK had traveled to Baghdad with her husband, who
was on a business trip, and had taken a picture of the hotel they
were staying in -- the same hotel wanted by the magazine. She submitted
the photo and earned $800.
The writing is on the wall – more and more publications
continually want specific pictures. In the near future, specificity
will be standard procedure with all publications. If your pictures
are described and listed on PhotoSourceBANK, your chances of seeing
your credit line in national and international publications will increase
tenfold.
ACT
NOW
See details below on how to set up your Web presence
in the PhotoSourceBANK.The PhotoSourceBANK receives visits from hundreds
of photobuyers every day, seeking photos they need.
Regards,
Rohn Engh
Director, PhotoSourceBANK
PhotoSource International
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PS: At this very moment you may have in your files the
exact photo a photobuyer in Japan, France, or Chicago is looking for.
Our mission is to give you a high-traffic website with many pages
where you can make your collection known and available to hundreds
of photobuyers, world-wide. By utilizing your full allowance of 6000
(longtail) keywords describing your photos, you’ll increase
your chances for sales. Your success is our success, for we want you
to want to stay with us! Good luck!
Sign-up today! Put your photo files to work. Let PhotoSourceBANK do
your selling for you while you do your photographing.Act now –
and start reaping the benefits of getting your work in front of active
photobuyers. Your listings and web pages remain on the PhotoSourceBANK
(no storage cost to you) when you pay the yearly Membership fee of
$59 yr.
Once you sign up and your Membership fee is received, you will receive
a confirmation letter and a Q & A handbook with complete directions
on how to enter your photo description keywords.
Note: You will put your descriptive keywords directly
into your own PhotoSourceBANK web pages that will be assigned to you,
along with your permanent account number and password.
TAKE
ACTION!
Time to blow the dust off those marketable images and
get them working for you! Sign up for this effective way to position
yourself to make your work available every day to active photobuyers.
Charge Card
PayPal
Sign up on-line: http://www.hard-to-locate-photos.com
Or call us Toll-free at 800 624-0266
Upon our receipt of your Membership payment you will
receive the PhotoSourceBANK handbook of instructions and Q and A
.Regards,
Rohn Engh
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PhotoSourceBANK
Directory DISC
For PhotoSourceBANK
members who choose to be included in the PhotoSourceBANK Directory
DISC (cost: $30 yr. or $15 every 6 mos.)
Q: When will my keywords be entered
into the PhotoSourceBANK Directory DISC?
A: Updated Discs are made every March & September.
Q: I don't have my photo description
keywords written up yet. Can I sign up now and enter my keywords later?
A: Yes -- In the box where you enter your photo descriptions,
type in something like: "will supply later."As a member of PhotoSourceBANK,
your photo descriptions for the PhotoSourceBANK, up to 6,000
words, can be entered any time, and you can add to them or
change them throughout the year. The sooner you enter your listings,
however, the more page views from buyers you can expect.
Q: Can I use an older browser to access my page?
A: Your browser (Explorer, Mozilla, or Netscape)
must be at least version 4.0 or higher.
Q: Once I sign up, is there a time limit for submitting
my photo descriptions?
A: You don't have to compile and send all your photo descriptions
immediately. DO fill out the profile information form with your address,
bioinformation, etc.
. This is needed to get you included in the PhotoSourceBANK
Directory DISC. As a PhotoSourceBANK member, you can take
your time entering your descriptive keywords (using up to 6,000 words).
They can be entered at anytime during the year. It's to your advantage,
however, and gives you the chance for more sales, to get your 6,000
desriptive keywords entered in the PhotoSourceBANK as soon as you
can.
Q: Can I see an example of what my entries will look
like in the Directory DISC?
A: Yes. Click on http://www.photosourcebook.com/pagesize.html.
Keep in mind that when a photobuyer searches for a specific photo,
the search engine highlights the sought-after
description words entered by the photobuyer -- the buyer does not
have to read through all the other keywords for their search. If the
highlight function is not available the F3 command will also highlight
the search phrase.
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Q: How will my profile be listed on the Disc - alphabetically
or by number?
A: Alphabetically by last name. If you prefer to
list by company name, let us know and
we will list you that way.
Q: To be listed by company name, how do I enter it?
A: Put your company name on the lines for
"First Name" and "Last Name" -- then put the contact person's name
in the box for "Company." See example below.
Q: If I choose to have my keywords listed in the
PhotoSourceBANK
DIRECTORY DISC -- how will it benefit me?
A: The DIRECTORY DISC is sent free of charge to the
desks of 1,500 top photobuyers. Most of these buyers have worked directly
with us for years and trust our quality of services, assuring interest
in and usage of the Directory Disc. Quite often, a photobuyer is in
a pinch to find a particular photo fast, and on those occasions, presence
in a DIRECTORY DISC on the photobuyer's desk can mean the difference
between a sale or no sale. Your presence in the PhotoSourceBANK DIRECTORY
promotes your work all year long.
Q: Photobuyers have dozens of picture sources. Why
will this one be different?
A: Buyers have dozens of picture catalogues
and available website galleries , the majority focussing on generic,
general images.
The PhotoSouceBANK DIRECTORY DISC, featuring specific-content
photos, text-listed, goes to editorial photobuyers who need specific
photos. And
PhotoSourceBANK DIRECTORY DISC gives both photobuyers and photographers
the added advantage of its powerful Internet co-feature, the PhotoSourceBANK.
Q: How do I know my PhotoSource International webpage's
address?
A: Your address will be automatically assigned to
you when you sign up. At the very top of your browser is your website
address. As you're viewing your PhotoSource International home page,
it will read: http://www.photosource.com/ plus your unique number.
You will also be assigned a password. If you happen to lose your password,
we can easily generate a new one for you immediately. Call
800 624 0266.
Q: How will photobuyers contact me?
A: By phone, email or fax. If you change
your address, phone or email, fill out the "changes"
form. click here
Q: Can buyers click right through to my personal
website?
A: Certainly. Just be sure to list your personal
site's complete URL.
Q: What happens if I move?
A: Photobuyers prefer to contact you by email. If
you have a standard email address, ISP name such as AT&T, EarthLink,
Verizon, AOL, HotMail, etc. or an 800-number, those remain the same
wherever you move, and photobuyers will still be able to contact you.
Regards postal mail, generally speaking the post office will forward
your first class mail to you, free-of-charge, for about ninety days
(the regulation actually reads 365 days but very often it isn't honored).
Also, put your new address and phone number on the PhotoSourceBANK
as soon as you can so you don't miss out on sales or assignments.
Check out the "Update" section in the PhotoSourceBANK. Click
here to see an example.
Q:I have listed several hundred keyword
phrases on my personal website. Can I just dump them into my PhotoSourceBANK
page?
A: Sure!
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Some Q&A's
PhotoSourceBANK
Q: Are you using the same search engine for
the new PhotoSourceBANK that you were using in the original
PhotoSourceBANK?
A: We have developed a new search engine, "PhotoQuick,"
for the PhotoSourceBANK. This new "PhotoQuick" software provides
a quick search feature that rivals any search service on the Internet.
You can test it out at http://search.photosource.com.
Of course, don't enter a generic word such as "tree" or
"river"; photobuyers can easily find such pictures elsewhere.
Try entering a specific, hard-to-find picture, such as Mount Mckinley
covered in clouds. This is the type of photo that photobuyers use
our PhotoSourceBANK for.
Q: As I understand it, I can enter up to 6,000 words
when submitting my keywords describing my photos?
A: Yes, that's right. You might initially have only
300 or 600 photos that you'd like to enter. Go ahead and enter them.
You can use as many words as you like to describe your photos. Examples:
teen boy with sister; happy brown puppy; rainy night in L.A.; windy,
quiet beach in Texas; wet road on dark night; cold winter day in Minnesota;
Heidleburg; Heidelberg. [ note: if you choose you can use punctuation.
otherwise it is not necessary.]
Q: Why should I, as an editorial stock photographer,
use PhotoSourceBANK when I can get my images up on a webpage
for free with Intuit, AngelFire, Tripod, Gybo and others?
A: This one's easy: Number of hits from photobuyers
per day. Photobuyers actively search PhotoSourceBANK pages
for special interest images by qualified photographers. Our PhotoSource
International website gets an average of 42,000 hits per day. Also,
AngelFire, Tripod, and many other free websites require you to allow
advertising banners on your site, which can be an irritant to photobuyers.
An amateur website gives an unprofessional impression of you to the
photobuyer.
Q: What if I enter only a few photo descriptions
now-- can I enter more at a later date?
A: Yes. Our system is designed so that you can add
to or change your 6,000 words at any time. You can also change such
things as area code, street, apartment address, etc.Tip: If
you enter your full 6,000 words ASAP, you’ll improve your chances
of getting more hits from photobuyers and more sales.
Q: Why all the specialized categories? Can't I just
list "Nature," "Scenics," "Sports," "Agriculture," and be done with
it?
A: Magazines, brochures, websites, DVD's, multi-media,
textbooks, and books are highly specialized today because their readers/viewers
have highly specialized interests. Photobuyers don't want to contact
50 photographers who are "sports" photographers -- when they can find
four photographers who have listed "indoor soccer." Also it stands
to reason that a "soccer" photographer probably knows more about the
game (and this will reflect in his or her photographs) than a generalized
"sports" photographer. Photobuyers are interested in pleasing their
discerning (and often critical) viewers.
Q: How should I list my scenics and landscapes?
A: When you type in your entries, resist the urge
to enter your prize-winning collection of landscapes. Photobuyers
generally go to their own favorite stock photo agency or staff photographers
for these easy-to-find generic pictures. If you do list a landscape,
pick out some specific aspect. Here are some examples: Appalachian
Trail in winter, Painted Desert at frosty sunup, petrified wood, White
Grass Ranch at evening in the Tetons, Seals at Monterey Bay in the
early morning.
Q: I plan on using all 6,000 words -- can I condense
my photo descriptions by eliminating non-essential words?
A: Yes, for example, in the above paragraph, you
could eliminate all prepositions such as "in", "at", etc.Generally
speaking, eliminate all prepositions.Reminder: commas
are not necessary.
Q: What's better, to use a few words to describe
my photo, or a lot of words?
A: Use a lot of words, but use a telegram style.
Example: for "a brown cat sleeping with a puppy," instead use: "brown
cat sleeping with puppy."
Q: Should I list in the PhotoSourceBANK page
my camera image format, image resolution, ID numbers, -- those sorts
of things?
A: No need to list these in the PhotoSourceBANK.
You can detail these when you are contacted by a photobuyer.
Q: Is this a website I'm building, on the PhotoSourceBANK?
A: Yes, it's a PhotoSource International Home Page,
and it's yours. You can list your unique web address (URL) that we
provide you, on your stationery and your business cards.
Q: What if I'm a former member of PhotoSourceBANK,
and my old URL is on my stationery, business cards, etc.?
A: No problem. Our software will automatically redirect
any inquirer using your former website address, to your new one. Just
let us know.
Q: Why do you want us to put text descriptions of our photos
in the PhotoSourceBANK, and not put the photos themselves?
A: Through our surveys and extensive feedback with
photobuyers in the multi-media industry (books, magazines, and other
publishing entities) we've learned that editorial photobuyers want
highly specific pictures, not generic photos. They prefer to first
locate a source who has photo coverage in that subject area,
before they start looking at actual photos. With this in mind, the
PhotoSourceBANK allows photo editors to easily research and
find who has a collection of pictures in the subject area that they're
looking for. They then contact the photographer to view a selection
of targeted photos. Another reason we list text descriptions rather
than actual photos: Disk space. In the space it takes to store one
photo, you can fit brief word descriptions of hundreds of photos!
Plus, there's also a time factor at work. It's been said, "A picture
is worth a thousand words," -- but to call up a text description of
a picture on the Internet is a thousand times faster than searching
for and calling up the picture itself. Photobuyers know that to get
pictures up on a computer screen is a tedious process, and they don't
have time for it, unless they are pulling up a specific picture they've
selected. They would rather first find out who has pictures in the
category they're seeking, and then contact the photographer
for a selection of targeted photos to look through. The PhotoSourceBANK
serves as a channel to help photobuyers locate you and your photo
specialties. BONUS: If you are a member of the PhotoSourceBANK, you
get free access to your own personal PhotoSourceLIGHTBOX, where you
can place an unlimited amount of images to exhibit to a photobuyer.
Q: Even though my photos are in a stock agency, why
is the PhotoSourceBANK a better place to be listed?
A: Photobuyers like to talk to the photographer to
get more details about the images. Stock agencies don’t allow
photobuyers to contact the photographer who made the picture. In editorial
stock photography, this access for direct contact is often just as
valuable as the picture itself.
Q: When a photobuyer refers to 'content-specific'
pictures, what does it mean?
A: The term means the 'content of the picture' is
highly specific. For a story on different breeds of cats, for example,
a photobuyer would need photos of specific types of cats (e.g. Siamese,
Angora, etc.) not "cats" in general.
Q: What about general scenics, landscapes, that sort
of thing?
A: Put yourself in the photo editor's shoes. If you
were looking for a picture of a sunset in the Painted Desert, or snowfall
on the Missouri River, or a particular canyon in Wyoming, you would
narrow your search by entering two or three words when you start the
search mechanism (Death Canyon Tetons Wyoming; sunset Painted Desert;
snowfall Missouri River). Take this clue and enter one or two extra
identifying words for your general scenics and landscapes. Many editors
search for photos by using Google. They type the photo need, a space,
and then the word: photosource. Try it.
Q: In addition to my digital photos, if I have B&W’s,
color prints and transparencies, should I enter listings for them,
too?
A: Yes, you should list all pictures you have: digital,
slides, B&W's, color prints, no matter the format. No need to group
them a special way unless you want to. The search engine highlights
a buyer's specific search words when they appear in a group of listings,
so listings don't have to be grouped in any categories or listed in
any order.
Q: How do I enter a listing? I mean, is it just like
a caption on a photo?
A: Yes, very similar but shorter. Grammar is not
important. Whenever you enter a photo description on the PhotoSourceBANK
keep in mind that a photobuyer comes to us not for generic pictures
of any animal, airplane, or a zoo, but for a specific picture, of
a Siamese cat, a Piper Cub, or the San Diego Wild Animal Park. The
more specific you are with your keywords for your photo listings,
the greater the chance that a photobuyer will be contacting you to
get details about your photo collection. Reminder: You have up to
6,000 words to describe your photos on the PhotoSourceBANK.
One picture may be described several ways. To illustrate, a senior
citizen might be tending a cabbage garden in a rural setting and his
antique airplane is in the background. That one photo can be listed:
rural barn cabbage garden senior citizen hoeing antique airplane.
All of these elements must be prominent in the picture. For example,
the antique airplane can't be partially hidden or the cabbage garden
be in the seedling stage.
Q: Should I use "bold face" in my photo descriptions?
A: Not a good idea. The search engine will highlight
a "find" of the sought-after keywords for the photobuyer. If you bold
face items -- it would be confusing for the photobuyer who lands on
your page for a specific search.
Q: How many daily visitors do you get to the PhotoSourceBANK?
A: Hundreds of photobuyers per day, at a minimum,
come to this section of PhotoSource International looking for
specific images. It's important to list as many of the subjects you
have coverage of as possible. Here's an example: One of our subscribers
had visited Iraq when her husband went there on a business trip several
years back. When Reader's Digest needed a
picture of the Al Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, and they checked
for it on our PhotoSourceBANK, Tina Manley happened to have
taken a picture of that hotel, which was where she and her husband
had stayed. She had it listed on her PhotoSourceBANK site.
She sold one-time rights to the picture to Reader's Digest
for $800. This is a reminder that photobuyers buy pictures "not because
they like them, but because they need them." Look at the editorial
(not advertising) pictures in the books and magazines in your library.
They are not necessarily award-winning photos, but they are the photos
the photobuyer needed. The real judge of the worth of a photo is the
photo editor who writes the checks.
Q: Can I submit picture categories even though I
haven't actually taken the pictures yet?
A: Photobuyers are always interested in picture "availability."
For example, if you live next door to a silver mine -- one of your
listings, at least, should read: silver mining. (Also list it as:
silver mine.) If a relative is a dentist, your entries could read:
dentist, toothache, cavity, and dentistry. However, for practical
purposes, have photographs available of many aspects of a subject,
so that you have a variety of photographs on hand when a photobuyer
queries you. Otherwise you'll find the buyer will ask in July for
a winter scene of the silver mine, or for a dental situation when
your dentist cousin is on vacation.
Q: What about geographical listings?
A: Photobuyers very often request pictures by specific
geographical area. It's important that you list your nearest national
park and your nearest tourist attraction(s). These geographical categories
are only suggestions. Expand them to include anything a photobuyer
might be interested in -- even though you do not as yet have a picture
of it. Ask your local Chamber of Commerce for brochures.
Buy post cards from your local newsstand. The locations depicted will
give you ideas of what you should list. Be sure to list your closest
city, your state, and any nearby landmarks.
Q: What if I have photos older than ten years, can
I list them?
A: Yes, photobuyers often need non-current photos.
For images older than ten years, list them like this: Pittsburgh 2005,
Ethiopia 1920, Syracuse NY 1979, University of Pennsylvania 1982,
Tokyo 1946, Homer Alaska 1966. Note: For timeless scenics no need
to list a date, but be specific (i.e. not just "waterfall," but "Oak
Glenn Falls TN sunset blooming dogwood"). Note: with dates, use a
comma as in this example.
Q: My stock photos are of people, not places. How
can I enter them?
A: Magazine photo editors always are seeking "people"
pictures. So are book publishers in the areas of education, medicine,
sociology, psychology, etc. Here at PhotoSource International,
we get many requests for stock photographers who can supply pictures
which show people, their relationships and emotions. Here are some
of the most asked-for categories: helping, discussing, thinking, smiling,
sleeping, crying, anger, concentration, sadness, joy, love, surprise,
loneliness, cooperation. Employ these descriptions often with your
'people pictures.' Here's an example of how you would list these kinds
of photos: Angry parent in discussion with teen, student thinking
on park bench, lonely child in church.
Q: And inanimate objects, how do I list those?
A: Same way. Here are some examples: burning small
house church dawn sunlit steeple rainy cobblestone street in Bulgaria.
Q: Listing all my photo descriptions in one long
unbroken paragraph seems to defeat the purpose of photo research.
How can the photo editor ever find a specific word?
A: Our search engine, "PhotoQuick," on the PhotoSourceBANK,
automatically locates and highlights
any word(s) the photobuyer is looking for. The buyer does not have
to read through all the listings for his/her search.
Photo research professionals: Let us know if we can be of further
assistance to you. Our email address is info@photosource.com.
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What Do Photobuyers Want ?
You can get an insight into the various kinds of photographs that
photobuyers constantly need, by looking over a selection of photo
requests that buyers regularly send us for posting in our marketletters,
the PhotoDaily and PhotoLetter. The following photo needs listings
are a typical sample:
RHYTHMIC GYMNAST ROTATING HOOP ON ARM;
NEW PHOTO OF SOMEONE USING A WRENCH ON SOMETHING
RECOGNIZABLE…
Inside editorial usage
A Rhythmic Gymnast rotating hoop on arm, using the
movements of her arm to make it circle her arm, should be touching…
ALPINE ELK
Vertical or Horizontal
Inside editorial usage
Elk in the Missouri Breaks in North Eastern Montana. Our ideal
image would have a beautiful shot of the breaks with either a
single elk or elk herd in the foreground or distance (i.e. small…
FISHING AROUND FLOTSAM;
FISH FEEDING AROUND FLOTSAM;
CAPT. PETER BRISTOW -
MARINE BIRDS -
HEAT GUN AND SHRINKWRAP, LURES
Inside editorial usage - possible cover
4 PHOTOS NEEDED OF ONE TYPE OF PLANT
Inside editorial usage
4 photos needed of one type of plant: one showing a healthy plant,
each of the other 3 photos showing any one of the following:
micronutrient deficiencies…
Chlorine… PEOPLE AGE 40- 60
Inside editorial usage
People age 40-60 being active (not just yoga or gardening),
enjoying the outdoors, traveling, sightseeing, enjoying athletic
activities, etc.
Note: Prefer digital preview scans or "Lightbox"…
SAND DUNES, CURONIAN SPIT, LITHUANIA,
BOATS IN HARBOR, NIDA, LITHUANIA
BALTIC WAY, AUGUST 23, 1989 - SINGING REVOLUTION
DEMONSTRATIONS
TALLINN SONG FESTIVAL, SEPT. 11, 1988.
Inside editorial usage
HORNED COOT
Inside editorial usage -- possible cover
1. Horned Coot.
2. We are looking for gorgeous nature photos to showcase in three
features-- "Story Behind the Photo," "Let's Take a
Hike," and "End of the Trail." Not only do we need
your excellent photos, we need a couple of paragraphs telling about
the story leading…
CATSKILL MOUNTAIN REGION
Inside editorial usage, possible cover
Catskill Mountain Region
Scenics, recreation, dining, parks, hotels, museums, etc. in the
Hudson Valley and Leatherstocking Regions of New York State;
and Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie…
MINORITY GROUPS IN PROFESSIONAL WORKPLACE
Inside editorial usage, possible cover
Vertical
Minority groups in PROFESSIONAL workplace, dressed
professionally, college educated, well groomed. "Looking for
people with disabilities, Native American, Asian American, African
American…
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Q&A's
PhotoSourceBANK
Q: As I understand it, I can enter 6,000 keywords
describing my photos?
A: Yes, that's right. You might initially have only
300 or 500 photos that you'd like to enter. Go ahead and enter them.
You can use as many words or phrases as you like to describe your
photos. Examples: surprised boy with sister, happy puppy with cat,
rainy night on city sidewalk, windy, quiet beach at dawn, wet road
at night, cold winter day on country lane, Heidleburg, Heidelberg.
Q: Why should I, as an editorial stock
photographer, use PhotoSourceBANK when I can get my images up on a
webpage for free with some companies?
A: This one's easy: Number of hits from photobuyers
per day. Photobuyers actively search PhotoSourceBANK pages daily for
special interest images. Our website gets an average of 45,000 hits
per day -- four times as many visitors as all of our photography competition
sites -- COMBINED. Wouldn't you rather have four times as many buyers
visiting your web page on the PhotoSourceBANK? Plus, free websites
require you to allow advertising banners on your site, which are an
irritant to photobuyers. Photobuyers don’t usually visit the
free sites, either, considering them too amateurish.
Q: Why aren’t actual photos included
on the PhotoSourceBANK?
A: The PhotoSourceBANK is a text-centric site, which
means that search engines such as Google come through it at lightning
speed to find a highly specific photo and the photographer who has
it.
Q: What if I enter only a few photo
descriptions now-- can I enter more at a later date?
A: Yes. Our system is designed so that you can add
or subtract from your 6,000 keywords at any time. You can also change
such things as area code, street, apartment address, etc. But remember,
the more keywords and keyphrases you have entered, the sooner photobuyers
will contact you for that specific-content photo.
Q: Why all the specialized categories?
Can't I just list "Nature," "Scenics," "Sports,"
"Agriculture," and be done with it?
A: Magazines, brochures, websites, CDs, multi-media,
blogs, textbooks, and books are highly specialized today because their
readers/viewers have highly specialized interests. Photobuyers don't
want to contact 50 photographers who are "sports" photographers
-- when they can find four photographers who have listed "indoor
soccer." Also it stands to reason that a "soccer" photographer
probably knows more about the game (and this will reflect in his or
her photographs) than a generalized "sports" photographer.
Photobuyers are interested in pleasing their discerning (and often
critical) viewers.
Q: How should I list my scenics and
landscapes?
A: When you type in your entries, resist the urge
to enter your prize-winning collection of landscapes. Photobuyers
generally go to their own favorite stock photo agency or staff photographers
for these easy-to-find generic pictures. If you do list a landscape,
pick out some specific aspect. Here are some examples: Appalachian
Trail in winter, Painted Desert at sunup, petrified wood, White Grass
Ranch in the Tetons, Seals at Monterey Bay.
Q: I plan on using all 6,000 words
-- can I condense my photo descriptions by eliminating non-essential
words?
A: Eliminate “a” and “the,”
and all prepositions such as "in", "at", "all",
"near", "above", "under", "any",
etc. They are not necessary for a search.
Q: What's better, to use a few words
to describe my photo, or a lot of words?
A: Use a lot of words, but use a telegram style.
Example: for "a black cat sleeping with a puppy," instead
use: "black cat sleeping with puppy."
Q: Should I list in the PhotoSourceBANK
page my image format, ID numbers, -- those sorts of things?
A: No need to list these in the PhotoSourceBANK.
You can detail these when you are contacted by a photobuyer, or if
you wish, include them in the photo meta data of your individual photos.
Q: Is this a website I'm building?
A: Yes, it's what's called a Home Page, and it's
yours.
You can list your unique web address (URL) that we provide you, on
your stationery and your business cards. If you've already subscribed
to PhotoSourceBANK, our program will be giving you a new URL, or website
address.
Q: What if I've already subscribed
to PhotoSourceBANK, and my old URL is on my stationery, business cards,
etc.?
A: No problem. Our software will automatically redirect
any inquirer using your former website address, to your new one.
Q: Why do you want us to put text descriptions
of our photos in the PhotoSourceBANK, and not put the photos themselves?
A: Through our surveys and conversations with photobuyers
in the multi-media industry (books, magazines, and other publishing
entities) we've learned that editorial photobuyers want highly specific
pictures, not generic photos. This means they prefer to first locate
a source who has photo coverage in that subject area, before they
start looking at actual photos. With this in mind, the PhotoSourceBANK
allows photo editors to easily research and find who has a collection
of pictures in the subject area that they're looking for. They then
contact the photographer to view a selection of targeted photos. Another
reason we list text descriptions rather than actual photos: Disk space.
In the space it takes to store one photo, you can fit brief word descriptions
of hundreds of photos! Plus, there's also a time factor at work. It's
been said, "A picture is worth a thousand words," -- but
to call up a text description of a picture on the Web is much faster
than calling up the picture itself. Plus, Photobuyers would rather
first find out who has pictures in the category they're seeking, and
then contact the photographer for a selection of targeted photos to
look through. We serve as a channel to help photobuyers locate you
and your photo specialties.
Q: When a photobuyer refers to 'content-specific'
pictures, what does it mean?
A: The term means the 'content of the picture' is
highly specific. For a story on different breeds of cats, for example,
a photobuyer would need photos of specific types of cats (e.g. Siamese,
Angora, etc.) not "cats" in general.
Q: What about general scenics, landscapes,
that sort of thing?
A: Put yourself in the photo editor's shoes. If you
were looking for a picture of a stormy sunset in the Painted Desert,
or snowfall on the Missouri River in winter, or a particular dried-out
waterfall in Wyoming, you would narrow your search by entering two
or three words when you start the search mechanism (dry waterfall
Wyoming). Take this clue and enter two or three descriptive extra
words or more for your general scenics and landscapes. These are called
"keyphrases." This is the same technique you use yourself,
if for example, you want to find information on the Internet for your
pet dog: “natural remedy to treat mange for dog.”
Q: Should I enter listings for B&W's?
How about color prints?
A: Yes, you should list all pictures you have: slides,
B&W's, color prints, no matter the format. No need to group them
a special way unless you want to. The search engine highlights a buyer's
specific search words in red when they appear in a group of listings,
so listings can all be mixed together.
Q: How do I enter a listing? I mean,
is it just like a caption on a photo?
A: Yes, very similar. Whenever you enter a photo
description on the PhotoSourceBANK keep in mind that a photobuyer
comes to us not for generic pictures of an animal, airplane, or a
zoo, but for a specific picture, of elderly Siamese cat, yellow Piper
Cub, or San Diego Wild Animal Park in rainfall. The more specific
you are in your photo listings, the greater the chance that a photobuyer
will be contacting you to get details about your photo collection.
Reminder: We allow up to 6,000 words to describe your photos on the
PhotoSourceBANK because one picture may be described several ways.
For example, an energetic senior citizen might be tending a cabbage
garden in a rural setting and his antique airplane is in the background.
Here's how that one photo could be listed: rural barn, cabbage garden,
energetic senior citizen in cabbage garden, antique airplane. All
of these elements must be prominent in the picture. For example, the
antique airplane can't be partially hidden, or the cabbage garden
be in the seedling stage. Enter only the prominent elements of the
picture.
Q: Should I use "bold face"
in my photo descriptions?
A: Not a good idea. The search engine will bold face
a "find" for the photobuyer. If you bold face items -- it
will serve to confuse the photobuyer who lands on your page for a
specific search.
Q: How many daily visitors do you
get on the PhotoSourceBANK?
A: We get hundreds of photobuyers per day to this
section of the PhotoSource International website. Overall, our site
is the most visited photography website. It receives 45,000 hits per
day.
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WE CAN HELP
You can enter as many of your 6,000 keywords as you want, into your
PhotoSourceBANK page. Simply go to our “how-to” instructions:
http://www.photosource.com/bank/instructions/enterkeywords.php
Need extra help? If you prefer, once you have assembled your first
1500 keyword phrases, and are ready to put them in your PhotoSourceBANK
page, we will insert them for you. Call us at 1 800 624 0266.
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It's important for you to list as many of the subjects
you have coverage of as possible. Here's an example: One of our subscribers
had visited Iraq when her husband went there on a business trip some
years back. When Reader's Digest was doing an article on the Iraq
War, they needed a picture of the Al Rashid Hotel in Baghdad, Iraq,
and they listed it on our service. Tina Manley happened to have taken
a picture of that hotel, which was where she and her husband had stayed.
She had it listed on her PhotoSourceBANK site. She sold one-time rights
to the picture to Reader's Digest for $800. This is a reminder that
photobuyers buy pictures "not because they like them, but because
they need them." Look at the pictures in the books and magazines
in your library. They are not necessarily award-winning photos, but
they are the photos the photobuyer needed. The real judge of the worth
of a photo is the photo editor who writes the checks.
Q: Can I submit picture categories
even though I haven't actually taken the pictures yet?
A: Yes! If you have a top-of-the-line camera (smart
phones included) and can deliver hi-res images within a day or two,
be sure to list local entities of interest, even if you haven't as
yet photographed them. Consult your local "Yellow Pages"
telephone directory for ideas of points of interest that you should
list. Also, use www.superpages.com or similar local directories. These
would include: museums, parks, historic places, schools, factories,
hospitals, celebrations, airports, restaurants, etc. Photobuyers are
always interested in picture "availability." For example,
if you live near a silver mine -- one of your listings, at least,
should read: silver mining. (Also list it as: silver mine.) If a relative
is a dentist, your entries could read: dentist, toothache, cavity,
dental surgery, and dentistry. However, for practical purposes, have
photographs available of many aspects of a subject, so that you have
a variety of photographs on hand when a photobuyer queries you. Otherwise
you'll find the buyer will write in July for a winter scene of the
silver mine, or a dental situation when your dentist cousin is on
vacation.
Q: What about geographical listings?
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Use as many words as you want to give the photobuyer
a description of each of your photos. EXAMPLE: Carpenter on
ladder putting siding on white house |
A: Photobuyers very often request pictures by specific
geographical area. It's important that you list your nearest national
park and your nearest tourist attraction(s). These geographical categories
are only suggestions. Expand them to include anything a photobuyer might
be interested in -- even though you do not as yet have a picture of
it. Ask your local Chamber of Commerce for brochures. Buy post cards
from your local newsstand. The locations depicted will give you ideas
of what you should list. Be sure to list the closest city, your state,
and any nearby landmarks.
Q: What if I have photos older than
ten years, can I list them?
A: Yes, photobuyers often need non-current photos.
For images older than ten years, list them like this: Pittsburgh 1987,
Ethiopia 1920, Syracuse NY 1979, University of Pennsylvania 1982,
Tokyo 1946, Anchorage, Alaska 1966. Note: For timeless scenics no
need to list a date, but be specific (i.e., not just "waterfall,"
but "Oak Glenn Falls TN, sunset blooming dogwood").
Q: Can I list old photos from a box in my attic from
my grandfather?
A: Sure. They might be more saleable than some of
your current photos. For example, PBS or LIFE magazine might be doing
a retrospective on Hendrix or Jerusalem. Be sure to include other
spellings of names or places, as the buyers may misspell it (e.g.
Jeruselam).
Q: My stock photos are of people, not
places. How can I enter them?
A: Magazine photo editors always are seeking "people"
pictures. So are book publishers in the areas of education, medicine,
sociology, psychology, etc. Here at PhotoSource International, we
get many requests for stock photographers who can supply pictures
which show people, their relationships and emotions. Here are some
of the most asked-for categories: Helping, discussing, thinking, smiling,
sleeping, crying, anger, concentration, sadness, joy, love, surprise,
loneliness, cooperation. Employ these often with your 'people pictures.'
Here's an example of how you would list these kinds of photos: Angry
parent, student thinking, lonely child in bedroom.
Q: And inanimate objects, how do I
list those?
A: Same way. Here are some examples: burning house,
church dawn, sunlight steeple, rainy day in St. Paul, MN.
Q: Listing all my photo descriptions
in one long paragraph seems to defeat the purpose of photo research.
How can the photo editor ever find a specific word?
A: Our search engine, "PhotoQuick," on
the PhotoSourceBANK, automatically locates and highlights any word
the photo researcher is looking for.
Q: Having problems viewing your PhotoSourceBANK page?
A: It depends on your PC browser. If you are using
Internet Explorer 5.0 or earlier, to remedy your viewing problem make
an upgrade to your computer’s browser.
Q: Can I use existing keywords that I have already
gathered and posted on my own website, and copy and paste them into
my PhotoSourceBANK page?
A: Yes.
Q: I subscribe to the PhotoDaily
-- will this marketletter still be useful to me?
A: Yes. With the PhotoDaily, you gain new
contacts each week for sales, plus receive leads to markets you can
take the initiative to contact. The PhotoDaily, and the exposure
you gain by being in the PhotoSourceBANK DIRECTORY, both give you
direct access to specific buyers.
Q: Should I indicate which of my images have model
releases?
A: No. Not necessary. Most images used for editorial
purposes do not need model releases. The publisher will let you know.
(For commercial use, a release is required. But the publisher
will ask for the model or property release if he/she makes a decision
to use your image for a commercial use.) For a good explanation why
model releases are rarely needed for editorial use, check out our
Kracker Barrel at www.board.photosource.com
Q: Can I put my personal webpage information in with
my PhotoSourceBANK and Directory DISC contact infomation?
A: Yes, and a hyperlink to it can be prominently
listed.
Q: What if my Internet connection "times out" before
I finish keywording my photo description listings?
A: Before you start, create your own text or word
processing document. Enter your keywords on that page when you've
got plenty of time. Save it. Then, when
you are on-line, fill out the rest of the form for the photo listing
keywords using the "copy and paste" functions to transfer the keywords
into the sign-up web form.
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use an apostrophe ( ' ) or any other characters such as ! # % ^ *
(#) | " : ; { [ } ]
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Entering Your Photo Description
Keywords
Your PhotoSource International Home Page on the PhotoSourceBANK
Website will be an important promotional channel for you. Hundreds
of photobuyers from across the nation and around
the world visit the PhotoSourceBANK every day to find specific-content
photos they currently need..
They are looking for highly specific
pictures. If you list photos of yours on your own pages in the PhotoSourceBANK,
you have increased your chances for sales, and positioned yourself
to make new contacts for further sales and assignments.
In order for the PhotoSourceBANK to be a successful arm for
marketing your photos, it's essential that you enter your photo listings
in a way that allows photobuyers to locate you and the photos you
have available.
Following are helpful instructions. Take some time to read them and
you'll be on your way to increased photo sales.
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Some "Inside Secrets" to listing
your descriptions
LIST YOUR "ACCESS"
PHOTOS, TOO
by Rohn Engh
1.)What specialized subjects do you have ready
access to? For example, if your neighbor is a bridge builder
or a ballerina, or a relative is a sky diver, or a friend is
an oil-rig worker, you can list these subject areas. With a
digital camera, you can easily photograph these subjects and
send photos in a lightbox to a photobuyer within a few hours.
LESSON: in your PhotoSourceBANK keywords and keyphrases, list
any and all scenes and situations that you have good access
to.
2.) Also, don’t leave out your favorite armchair
interests. For example, if one of your passionate interests
is solar energy, or astronomy, railroads, or gardening, list
descriptions in this area, too, since they’d be photos you can
get easily. You’d be a valuable resource to photobuyers in such
subject areas because if it’s one of your abiding interests,
you’re very knowledgeable in the field, and understand the nuances
of the subject matter. A photobuyer can't be familiar with all
aspects of the subject matter they are gathering pictures for.
That makes you top dog in this case. You’d make points because
you can probably supply pictures that the photobuyer wouldn’t
have thought of.
3.) What is your nearest city of more than
500,000? What are local geographical or historical landmarks?
You may never have thought of yourself as an expert in your
geographical locale, but a visit to the postcard rack at the
shopping mall will give you ideas of what notable city locations
or area points of interest to shoot. These kind of pictures
always need updating, and it’s reasonable to think that
a buyer will come along in the future and need the picture.
Photobuyers often search the PhotoSourceBANK by zip code,
needing photos in specific locations. They'll come back to your
psBANK site again and again. Especially if you list a
lot of landmarks in your geographic area -- ones that you can
get to in a half day's drive. You can get the picture quickly,
and you can deliver it quickly. The rest of us can't because
we live too far away.
The PhotoSourceBANK is the perfect place to list your
highly specific access areas. In cases where you don’t already
have a particular photo requested by a buyer, the buyer usually
will be grateful if you shoot the picture on speculation. Many
times you can transmit the buyer a selection of low-resolution
images, to give the buyer a preview of what you have available.
You’ll not only have a chance for a $150 to $300 sale, but you
will have established a new contact for future sales. Plus you
can add the pictures to your stock file.
MULTIPLE KEYWORDS: Here's another tip. Give
most of your photos multiple descriptive captions in the PhotoSourceBANK.
For certain pictures don’t hesitate to list them several
different ways. Remember that a photobuyer might search for
a photo with one of several different words. Example: You might
call it aviation, she might call it flying. You might call it
a carpet, she might call it a rug. List the subject of a photo
also by its synonyms.
SIMILARS: Use the thesaurus in your word processor
or your favorite synonym dictionary (found on the Internet).
Include synonyms a photobuyer might use, in your descriptive
keywords. |
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Here are some examples of how you might expand your word listings
to 6,000 words:
| If you used: |
Also Use: |
| Adore: |
cherish, worship, love, honor, praise, respect, revere, dote,
idolize |
| Advertise: |
publicize, proclaim, broadcast, promote, declare, communicate,
promulgate |
| Affair |
matter, concern, case, circumstance, business |
| Affection: |
fondness, tenderness, love, warmth, regard, devotion, friendship,
respect, endearment |
| Aggression: |
offense, assault, offensive, attack, invasion, fighting instinct,
rowdiness, brutality |
| Algae: |
green, moss |
| Alone: |
separate, apart, detached, isolated, removed, private, in isolation,
remote |
| Amazing |
astonishing, remarkable, astounding, marvelous, wonderful, unusual,
wondrous |
| Amorous |
loving, amatory, passionate, impassioned, ardent, enamored,
devoted, tender |
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| Ant |
bug, centipede, fly, insect, creepy crawler |
| Anyone |
any person, anybody, a person, one, anyone at all |
| Architect |
designer, planner of structures, structural engineer, architectural
engineer, draftsman |
| Arm |
forelimb, member, forearm, flapper, fluke, soup bone, fin, flipper |
| Arrow |
pointer, indicator, needle, directive, gauge, sign |
| Aspirin |
pain medicine |
| Authority |
command, power, strength, sway, influence, control, supremacy,
rule, prestige |
| Bad |
wicked, vile, sinister, base, wrong, corrupt, hurtful, harmful |
| Ballet |
dance, toe dancing, choreography, modern dance, classic ballet |
| Barber |
hair stylist, haircutter, tonsorial artist, hairdresser, coiffeur,
cosmetologist |
| Bat |
stick, baseball bat, cricket bat, ball bat, club, mallet, racket,
pole |
| Battle |
combat, clash, conflict, strife, struggle, contention, contest,
fight, engagement |
| Beach |
engagement, waterfront, shore, bathing place, sands, seaside,
strand, the sea, rim |
| Beauty |
loveliness, attractiveness, charm, splendor, elegance, magnificence,
gracefulness, comeliness |
| Bee |
flying insect, drone, worker, queen, insect, honey bee, bumblebee,
carpenter bee, killer bee, beetle |
| Before |
ahead of, prior to, in front of, preceding, previously, fore,
in advance |
| Behavior |
conduct, manner, manners, comportment, bearing, demeanor, course
of action, carriage |
| Big |
large, immense, giant, huge, gigantic, broad, tremendous, vast,
extensive |
| Bird |
avis, feathered creature, fowl, wild fowl, game, feathered friend,
chick, fledgling, hatchling |
| Butterfly |
flying creature |
| Black |
dark, raven, ebony, coal black, jet black, inky, sable, sooty |
| Blonde |
whitish, blanched, pale, fair, light |
| Blue |
color, bluish, azure, cerulean, sapphire, turquoise, Prussian,
cobalt, teal |
| Boss |
person in charge, manager, foreman, forewoman, supervisor, chief,
honcho, director |
| Boxer |
fighter, prize fighter, bruiser, battler, champion, chump, opponent,
rival, pug |
| Bridge |
elevated structure, viaduct, overpass, platform, transit, trestle,
scaffold, gangplank, catwalk |
| Bug |
insect, gnat, pest, beetle, fly, spider, mosquito, aphid, midge |
| Cactus |
desert, plant, needles |
| Camouflage |
concealment, dissimulation, cover, protective coloration, front,
blind, netting, face paint, simulation |
| Care |
anxiety, worry, concern, distress, disquiet, stress, pressure,
problem, trouble |
| Cat |
catlike, feline, catty, sly, subtle, cunning |
| Caterpillar |
larva, maggot, worm, grub, centipede |
| Chaos |
disorder, confusion, turmoil, discord, anarchy, upheaval, pandemonium |
| Charming |
captivating, enchanting, bewitching, appealing, delightful,
irresistible, winning, fascinating, attractive |
| Cheerful |
happy, light-hearted, jolly, merry, buoyant, spirited, lively,
gay, blithe |
| Children |
offspring, descendants, kin, posterity, progeny, family |
| China |
far east, east, Asia, orient |
| Choir |
chorus, chorale, glee club, singing group, mixed chorus, female
chorus, male chorus, choristers |
| Christmas |
yuletide, nativity, noel, Xmas, yule |
| Circle |
ring, round, disk, hoop, circuit, circumference, perimeter,
periphery, band |
| Claiming |
mentioning, remarking, noting, stating, asserting, alleging,
saying, revealing, announcing |
| Climbing |
ascent, rising, ascension, rise, going up, mounting |
| Cocoon |
home, chrysalis |
| Cold |
chilly, inert, icy, dead, frigid, still, extinguished, frosty,
lifeless |
| Compound |
composite, intricate, complicated, complex, mixed, combined,
difficult, involved, multiple |
| Compress |
bandage, pad |
| Conceal |
hide, ensconce, harbor, cover, shade, camouflage, shroud, disguise,
screen |
| Conference |
meeting |
| Confident |
assured, forward, self-confident, self-assured, certain, expectant,
convinced, sanguine, positive |
| Confront |
resist, oppose, dispute, challenge, defy, repel, counter, contradict,
thwart |
| Confusion |
bafflement, puzzlement, astonishment, mystification, quandary,
bewilderment, distraction, daze |
| Conspicuous |
noticeable, perceptible, salient, distinct, clear, discernible,
manifest, marked, open |
| Construction |
building, fabrication, making, creation, erecting, erection,
roadwork, manufacture, fabricating |
| Contrast |
difference, comparison, disparity, opposition, divergence, dissimilarity,
polarity, disagreement |
| Copper |
made of copper and tin, copper alloy, ball-metal, cast bronze,
metallic, brass, bronze |
| Coral |
pink, reddish, roseate, rosy, peach |
| Courage |
bravery, grit, valiancy, audacity, guts, nerve, heart, bravado,
patience |
| Cover |
covering, hatch, ceiling, case, umbrella, roofing, attic, integument,
house top |
| Creative |
aesthetic, lovely, poetic, elegant, artistic, beautiful, decorative,
musical, patterned |
| Credit |
trust, belief, confidence, faith, reliance |
| Cross |
angry, cynical, splenetic, cantankerous, churlish, complaining,
crabbed, cranky, curmudgeonly |
| Cuddle |
fondle, touch, embrace, caress, nuzzle, stroke, snuggle, graze,
love |
| Cupid |
marriage broker, matchmaker, arranger, agent, go-between |
| Curves |
outline, shape, profile, form, silhouette, contour, conformation,
figure |
| Dance |
jig, hop, skip, shuffle, prance, swing, caper, modern, ballet |
| Dead |
deceased, late, expired, asleep, stillborn, defunct, exanimate,
departed, extinct |
| Destruction |
ruin, overthrow, vandalism, desolation, smash, blight, devastation,
waste, eradication |
| Deep |
difficult, low, buried, abstract, abysmal, rich, abstruse, acute |
| Deer |
animal, antelope, roe, hind, doe, buck, fawn, stag, pricket |
| Dentist |
teeth, doctor |
| Delight |
pleasure, happiness, delectation, ecstasy, enjoyment, joy, rapture,
transport |
| Dependent |
contingent, conditional, ancillary, subservient, relative, reliant |
| Design |
plan, intend, aim, mean, devise, propose |
| Desire |
wish, want, longing, craving, yearning, need, aspiration |
| Destination |
purpose, end, target, aim, goal, objective, intention |
| Destitute |
poor, penniless, impoverished, on the breadline, insolvent,
needy |
| Dew |
water, irrigate |
| Diamond |
rhombus, lozenge, equilateral, shape, rock, sparkle, jewel |
| Diet |
watch your weight, cut down, starve yourself, fast, cut back,
reduce |
| Difference |
dissimilarity, disparity, distinction, differentiation, divergence,
variation, diversity, discrepancy |
| Different |
dissimilar, diverse, unlike, poles apart |
| Dignitaries |
dignitary |
| Dinner |
banquet, ceremonial dinner, feast |
| Discussion |
conversation, debate, argument, dialogue, chat, talk |
| Divine |
heavenly, celestial, godly |
| Dominant |
leading, main, central, overriding, foremost, prevailing, governing,
principal, major |
| Double |
twice, twofold, twice over, two times |
| Dragonfly |
bug, insect |
| Duck |
stoop, bend, bow, bob, nod, dip, lower, drop, bird |
| Duo |
pair, twosome, couple, double act, set of two, two of a kind,
duet |
| Efficiency |
competence, good organization, effectiveness |
| Eggs |
spawn, seed, offspring, progeny, frogspawn |
| Elegance |
stylishness, grace, style, sophistication, chic, modishness,
classiness |
| Elephant |
monster, giant, whale, Goliath, trunk |
| Emperor |
monarch, ruler, royal leaders |
| Energy |
power, force |
| Entanglement |
mess, embarrassing situation, embarrassment |
| Entrepreneur |
capitalist, industrialist |
| Evidence |
proof, confirmation, facts, data, substantiation, verification,
support |
| Extinction |
death, extermination, destruction, loss, annihilation, disappearance |
| Eye |
look at, stare at, judgment, gaze at, watch, observe, eyeball,
ogle |
| Face |
countenance, features, mug, visage, façade |
| Figures |
information, statistics, facts, numbers, records |
| Fall |
drop, go down, descend, plunge, plummet, reduce, decrease, collapse,
season |
| False |
fake, bogus, sham, phony, counterfeit, forged, copied, artificial,
fictitious |
| Family |
relations, relatives, people, folks, kin, children, family unit |
| Famous |
well-known, famed, celebrated, renowned, eminent, prominent,
illustrious, legendary, recognized |
| Featherduster |
cleaning tool, dust rag |
| Feather |
quill, plume, barb |
| Feeding |
nourish, provide for, give food to, give to eat, supply |
| Fire |
flames, blaze, bonfire, conflagration, combustion, inferno |
| First |
primary, initial, original, opening, foremost, earliest, former |
| Fish |
angle, go fishing, cast a line, catch fish, trawl |
| For more help, ask a friend or family member to help you
think up captions for your photos. This way you can easily expand
your photo descriptions from 200 words to 2,000 words or more.
Only your imagination is your limitation. While you're at it,
don't forget to misspell. Does anyone know how to spell Muhammed
Ali? I can think of five ways. You can too. If you have a photo
of Ali, put all five spellings down. The photobuyer will try
only one of them.
For a look at a typical page that illustrates the correct directory
page format: Click on #6.
The Comma Factor
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Computers are smart, but they are also dumb. For example, a
comma will tell the computer software that another word or phrase
is coming up. If a comma appears before the word “and"
the computer thinks you have entered something called “and.”
So, if you list “tiny yellow dogs, and fuzzy kittens,”
the software for the Directory will list this selection of words
under the categories of “tiny” and “and”
(the first word after the comma). Instead, list these words
this way: dog yellow tiny, kitten fuzzy. In addition, you can
list them as: yellow tiny dogs, fuzzy kittens. In most cases
leave out the word “and”. There will be some situations
where you should want to include the word “and”
such as “Johnson and Johnson bandaid.” Should you
separate your categories or key phases by a comma? Google generally
ignores commas. However, you might find it easier to read your
listings if they include commas.
Some words to leave out: all, at, any,
other, around, many. REMEMBER: if it's a preposition, leave
it out.
The MAJOR RULE is this: whatever you think
the photo editor will look for, put that word first, in your
long tail phrase. Remember, you have 6,000 words that you can
use, so use them all effectively to make it easy for the photobuyer
and the search engine to find your specific photos, and you
.
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The Google Factor
Remember, editorial photobuyers search first for the
source of a photo, not the photo itself. They use a text search. If
your photo descriptions are in the PhotoSourceBANK correctly, you
will get inquiries from buyers seeking highly specific pictures.
The researcher usually uses from two to four descriptive
words to find an image. If you enter two to four descriptive keywords
or more for each of your photos, you'll have better success in getting
hits. (separate your words and keyword phrases by commas for easier
reading.)
Throughout these instructions you'll hear us refer to
your entries into the PhotoSourceBANK as 'photo listings,' 'keywords/keyphrases,'
'photo descriptions,' or 'captions.' In like manner, keep in mind
that for each of your images there will be several different terms
or descriptive words a photobuyer can use when searching for that
photo. You have 6,000 words entries available to you, so don’t
limit your captions.
In other words, you may wish to enter each photo's description
2, 3, or 4 different ways. You can list 3 or 4 different references
to the same photo, to cover the different words a photobuyer might
use to search for it. Example: dog eating from bowl; dachshund eating
from bowl.
Your allocation of 6,000 words describing your photos
gives you plenty of room to do this. For example, for a picture of
a "carpet," also list it as "rug." If it's an
"aviation" subject, also list it as "flying."
HINT: When you make your own search on Google or
another search engine, do you use one word or a series of words? You
probably use a phrase, not a single word. The same goes for photobuyers.
They make multiple word searches. Anticipate what phrase a photobuyer
might use to locate your picture and enter several combinations of
this phrase describing your picture.
Again - you have an allotment of 6,000 words, so use
them all!
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More Tips
for
Entering Your
Descriptive Keywords In
PhotoSourceBANK
As a PhotoSourceBANK member, you have your own site
in the PhotoSourceBANK, listing text descriptions of your photos,
using up to 6,000 words.
PhotoSourceBANK is a high-traffic Internet photosearch
site listing specific photos and specialty areas of photographers,
making this information available on a no-charge basis to photobuyers
in the publishing and promotion industries.
Hundreds of photobuyers visit the PhotoSourceBANK every day to find
the specific-content photos they currently need.

Use as many words as you want to give the photobuyer
a description of each of your photos. EXAMPLE: veterinarian
with assistant treating puppy. Shetland sheep dog puppy on examining
table with veterinarian. |
Instructions on how to enter your photo listings:
TIP: Type in your photo description keywords ahead
of time in Word or similar program. Once you have your listings complete,
then proceed to enter them into the PhotoSourceBANK by the simple
copy and paste method.
If you make an error when filling out the informational
form, leave it and continue. You'll be able to re-do that part of
the form later.
Leave blank any spaces that don't apply to your situation.
For example, if you have no fax, leave it blank. If you have no publishing
credits, leave it blank.
If you wish to make corrections-- you can, today or
any day in the future by using your ID# and the password you were
issued when you signed up. If you've lost your password, no problem,
you can be issued a new password in a matter of minutes. Call us at
1 800 624-0266.
There's no need to put your listings in alphabetical
order or by groupings or categories. Remember, the computer does the
searching and highlights the selected
word(s) the photobuyer is looking for. The buyer doesn't have to eyeball
all the words in your list individually. If for some reason the highlight
feature is not working, the buyer uses the F3 command on the PC.
If there are 2 or 3 alternate spellings of your word,
enter them all. That way, you are reasonably sure to include the spelling
a photobuyer might use when searching. Remember, you get 6,000 words.
So use them all!
Capitalize proper nouns. Minnesota, John, Maryanne,
France. Most everything else requires no capitalization. If you are
listing a foreign name, spell it correctly. If you aren't sure how
to spell it, look it up. But do include alternate and/or typical misspellings,
to help photobuyers find it. You might miss a sale if you don't.
Don't use generic terms. Example: Don't enter "vegetable."
Enter the vegetable families you have photographic coverage of and
access to: corn, corn stalk, bean, dried beans, celery, diseased tomato
plant, cauliflower, pea-- [Note: Enter the singular rather than the
plural. When in doubt, enter both: pea, peas.]
You get up to 6,000 words, so you have plenty of space.
List your photo subject entries in any format you like. Here is an
example: gravel, limestone rocks, wagon wheel, shoe shine kit, basketball
hoop, basketball net, World War II vintage aircraft, vintage airplanes,
Spitfire, Mustang, Corsair with wings missing, Messerschmidt, Messerschmitt,
cantaloupe, cantalope. [Separate your multiple-word phrases with a
comma.]
Again, it is not necessary to list your descriptive
words alphabetically or by related groupings or categories. You can
categorize your listings if you wish, but keep in mind that when you
are ready to add to your list when you return from a trip or a shoot,
it is easier to add words at the end of your listings, rather than
insert them in alphabetically or in categories. In any case, the photobuyer
searches your list by specific words, and our search engine finds
and highlights the selected words immediately, no matter where they
are placed in the body of your list.
Numbers: Spell out numbers: as well as putting in the
numerals:
8-ball; Eight-ball.
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Be Specific!
(your Photobuyers
will be...)
The following 6 sections give you more tips on how
you can use the Internet and PhotoSourceBANK to sell your photos.
1. BACKGROUND -- What is PhotoSource International?
Click
Here.
2. HINTS FROM THE EXPERTS -- Some helpful tips. Click
Here.
3. SOME "INSIDE SECRETS" -- To listing your image
descriptions. Click
Here
4. SAMPLE LISTINGS -- To see how others list their
descriptions.
Click Here.
5. To make changes or additions to your Listings:
When you wish to make changes. Click
Here.
6. Q&A -- Answers - And More! Click
Here.
Note: If you know other photographers who could benefit by listing
in the PhotoSourceBANK, you are welcome to make a copy of these pages
for them.
The URL for this section is http://www.photosourcebook.com/bank/.
You'll find these same instructions there. Set up your own Web page
at the PhotoSourceBANK site, which is searched daily by photobuyers.
You can list your specialized areas and specific photo subjects, to
let buyers know of you and your work and what you have available.
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How do you search Google, Bing,
Yahoo!, etc.?
With one word? Hardly ever. You know
you will be successful if you use multiple words (keyphrases). So
for your PhotoSourceBANK descriptions, you can enter single words
for esotoric, arcane subjects, but for popular subjects, enter phrases
you would expect a photo researcher to use for their search.
If you're about to enter a word or phrase,
and think you may have already entered it, go ahead and type it in
anyway. Duplicates are never a problem. You are entitled to 6000 words/phrases
on your PhotoSourceBANK page. Use them all! The more text you enter,
the sooner you'll be getting hits.
IF YOU MISSPELL. Spell check your words before you cut and
paste them in. On hard-to-spell words, go ahead and spell the word
several ways. Who knows, maybe the photobuyer will misspell it when
they conduct their search. Remember: You can list up to 6000 words.
GEOGRAPHIC LISTINGS. Be sure to use abbreviations, as well
as spelling out. Examples: New York, NY, Delaware, DE. List also cities,
national parks, etc. Another feature: If the photobuyer is searching
for, say, Israel, and spells it Isreal, our search engine is capable
of guessing that Israel was the selected word. Attach modifiers to
your phrases. Example: deer, adult deer, mature deer, large rack deer,
baby deer, white tail deer, fallen deer, shot deer, deer in captivity,
dead deer, jumping deer.
ABBREVIATIONS. It's O.K. to abbreviate, but also spell it out,
because we can't anticipate just how the photo researcher is going
to phrase their search words. Example: Natl (National); Can (Canada);
Org (Organization). Remember, you get 6000 words, so use up the space!
Photobuyers will be able to find you and your photos if you list them
correctly in the PhotoSourceBANK profile. Click
here to see some examples of listings written in a way that will
get good results. If you use these as your guide, you'll have photobuyers
rapping on your door.
Anticipate
what words or phrases a photobuyer might use to search for your picture,
and enter several combinations.
Remember,
you have an allotment of 6000 words, so use them all!
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Sample
Listings
Want to add more keywords to your page? Click.
Want to see a 7-minute video that photobuyers use to learn how to
locate hard-to-find photos using the PhotoSourceBANK?
Click Here
On your PhotoSourceBANK website, you will be able to list 6,000 keyword
descriptions. Your descriptions should be highly specific because
that's what photobuyers look for first. Remember, you have 6,000 keywords
and keyphrases to list. Each time you come back from a trip, assignment,
or self-assignment, add more keywords to your PhotosourceBANK. If
a photobuyer requests to see a photo, send them a lightbox.
Shadow silhouette man cup coffee drink. Use a many keywords as you
think a photobuyer will type.
Here are some sample listings.
This person specializes in birds:
Ornithology, Pied Billed Grebe in flight, Pied Billed Grebe on
nest, Razorbill in flight, Atlantic Puffin in windstorm, Atlantic
Puffin on ground, Double Crested Cormorant eggs, Double Crested
Cormorant
| 
Shadow silhouette man cup coffee drink. Use
a many keywords as you think a photobuyer will type. |
nesting, American Anhinga nesting, Mute Swan on shoreline, Mute
Swan with small boy, Snow Goose in water, Canada Goose limping,
Canada Goose crossing road, Brant, American Black Duck with mate,
Gadwall Mallard in waterlillies, Gadwall Mallard in lake swimming,
Common Pintail, American Wigeon near brook, American Wigeon resting,
baby Wood Duck climbing tree, Northern Shoveler in public park,
Blue Winged Teal in flight, Green Winged Teal next to butterfly
Cinnamon Teal, White Winged Scoter, Black Scoter, Harlequin Duck
in flight, Harlequin Duck in pond, Canvasback on wall mount, Lesser
Scaup, Common Goldeneye, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck, Common Merganser,
Red Breasted Merganser in water, Hooded Merganser, American Coot,
Common Gallinule, Purple Gallinule, White Pelican, Brown Pelican,
Herring Gull, Ring-Billed Gull, Greater Black, Backed Gull complaining
to rival, Laughing Gull, Bonapartes Gull, Royal Tern, Caspian Tern,
Little, Tern, Common Tern, Black Skimmer, Great Blue Heron on lake,
Little Blue Heron, Louisiana Heron, Tricolored Heron with babies,
Louisiana Heron, Reddish Egret, Great Egret, American Egret behind
reeds, Common Egret, Snowy Egret, Cattle Egret, Black Crowned Night
Heron, Yellow Crowned Night Heron, Green Heron in wetlands, American
Bittern, Wood Stork, Glossy Ibis, White Ibis, Roseate Spoonbill,
King Rail, American Oystercatcher hovering over nest, Ruddy Turnstone,
Semipalmated Plover, Piping Plover, Black-Bellied Plover, Killdeer,
Willet, Greater Yellowlegs, Lesser Yellowlegs, Sanderling Purple
Sandpiper looking for food, Spotted Sandpiper, Least sandpiper,
Semipalmated Sandpiper, Baird's Sandpiper, Ring-Necked Pheasant,
Common Bobwhite, Sharp Shinned Hawk, Coopers Hawk, Northern Goshawk,
Northern Harrier Marsh Hawk, Red Tailed Hawk, Red-Shouldered, Hawk
Broad-Winged Hawk, Osprey, Turkey, Vulture, Black Vulture, American
Kestrel, Merlin, Peregrine, Falcon, Prairie Falcon, Gyrfalcon, Short-Eared
Owl, Long-Eared Owl, Common Screech Owl, Great Horned Owl, Barred
Owl, Barn Owl, Great Gray Owl, Snowy Owl, Saw Whet Owl, Burrowing
Owl, Hawk Owl, Mourning Dove in barn rafters, White Winged Dove,
Rock Dove, Pigeon, Common Nighthawk, Ruby-Throated Hummingbird,
Belted Kingfisher, Pileated Woodpecker, Common Flicker with mate,
Yellow Shafted Flicker, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker,
Eastern Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Barn Swallow, Tree Swallow, American
Crow in pine tree, American Crow in corn field, Crow on roadside,
Crow, Common Crow on side of road, Blue Jay, Blue Jay eating dog
food, Blue Jay on tree limb, Blue Jay in flight, Black-Capped Chickadee,
Chickadee at bird feeder, Tufted Titmouse, White-Breasted Nuthatch,
Red-Breasted Nuthatch, House Wren, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Golden-Crowned
Kinglet, Brown Thrasher, Gray Catbird, Gray Catbird at bird feeder,
Gray Catbird in forsythia bush, Gray Catbird nest, Mockingbird.
HINT: When you make your own search on Google or
another search engine, do you use one word or a series of words?
You probably use a phrase, not a single word. The same goes for
photobuyers. They make multiple word searches. Anticipate what phrase
a photobuyer might use to locate your picture and enter several
combinations of this phrase describing your picture. Remember, you
have an allotment of 6,000 keywords, so use them all!
Lesson # 1. Excellent choices! No longer is today's
photobuyer satisfied with a "picture of a bird." They
look for a specific bird or a bird doing something. Thanks to the
Internet, buyers can now find sources of specific images. Note that
a misspelling could result in a lost sale. Spellcheck your list
for typographical errors. If you are not sure of the spelling, type
it several different ways. You have 6,000 words available to you.
This person's photo collection is strong in Scotland and aircraft
images:
Note: It’s O.K. to enter them by category, but not necessary
Scotland, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh Castle in rain
with umbrellas, Edinburgh Castle in fog, Edinburgh Castle at sunset,
Edinburgh Castle with students, Edinburgh Castle at night, Holyrood
Palace, Holyrood Palace in early morning, Holyrood Palace fog, Holyrood
Palace reconstruction, Royal Mile, International Festival, Edinburgh
International Festival, Calton Hill, gate at Edinburgh University,
Royal Scottish Museum artifacts, Royal Scottish Museum interior,
Royal Scottish Museum exterior, Royal Scottish Museum with students,
Princes Street, Princes Street students, Princes Street shops, Princes
Street night time, Princes Street nighttime, Leith, Forth Rail Bridge,
Arthurs Seat, St.Giles Cathedral, Scottish Parliament, Scottish
Parliament in session, Scottish Parliament members, Scottish Parliament
close up, The Old Town Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, Glasgow University,
Glasgow University students, Glasgow University nearby shops, Glasgow
University sign, Cathedral River, Clyde City Centre, Aberdeen, Aberdeen
port, Aberdeen university student, Aberdeen symphony orchestra,
Aberdeen student housing, Aberdeen docks, Aberdeen city hall, Inverness,
Inverness shops, Inverness historic sites, Inverness lake, Inverness
Loch Ness, Inverness lake homes, Inverness Fort Augustus, Balmoral
Castle, Balmoral Castle at sunset, Balmoral Castle tourists, Balmoral
Castle sign, Oban Dundee, St. Andrews students in red robes, St.
Andrews University library interior, St. Andrews golf course in
rain, St. Andrews Mary Queen of Scots, St. Andrews quadrangle, St.
Andrews rose tree, St. Andrews rose bush, St. Andrews fishing boats,
St. Andrews medieval pier, St. Andrews MacIntosh Hall, St. Andrews
town center, St. Andrews old town, St. Andrews New town, St. Andrews
Cross Keys, St. Andrews ,Ayr Stirling, Scottish Highland Games,
Scottish Highland dance, bagpipes, Scottish Highland Dancers, Scottish
Lochs, Scottish Glens, Scottish Tartans, Scottish Castles, Stirling
Castle, Tantallon Castle, Castle in fog, castle in rain, Campbell.
Kitchen Castle in morning fog, castle ruins, St Andrews, cathedral
ruins Scotland, dungeon, dungeon enterance, Hermitage Castle, Scottish
Palaces, Linlithgow Palace, Falkland Palace, Prehistoric standing
stones, Rob Roy statue, William Wallace Braveheart Monument, Bannockburn
Monument, tower houses, Scottish oil industry, Scottish farming,
ENERGY, Windfarms, Coal Fired Power Stations, Oil Rigs Scotland,
Oil refineries, Nuclear Power Stations Scotland, British Power Stations,
pollution, cooling towers, coal mines, Torness Power Station, Cockenzie
Power Station, SHIPS, cargo ships, aerial views of ships, cruise
ships, chemical tankers, oil tankers, container ships Scotland,
ferries, ferry boat in fog, AIRCRAFT airliners repair, Boeing737,
Boeing 757, HS146 ATP, vapour trails painting, Boeing747, Tornado,
Military Aircraft, Red Arrows Aerobatic team, private aircraft,
Harrier Stealth Fighter B-52, hot air balloons, British air shows
Scotland, CLOUDS altocumulus clouds, mother of pearl cloud, cumulus
clouds, cirrus stratus cloud formations, skies, weather sunrises,
sun, sunsets, sun appearing over horizon, sun and clouds, ENGLAND
Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne York, Bamburgh Castle reconstruction,
Bamburgh Castle at sunset, Bamburgh Castle in rainstorm, River Tyne,
London River, Thames Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Trafalgar Square
traffic jam.
Lesson # 2. Photobuyers who are producing something
on Scotland will be delighted to find this site. If they are in
need of angling photos from Aberdeen they will want specific locations.
List everything you have (or can get) from the city and surrounding
area: the golf courses, university, major and minor hotels, restaurants,
museums, tourist attractions and so on. If you have British military
aircraft, list the names of the planes.
Remember you can add keywords and keyphrases at any point within
your search page, top, bottom, or middle; the computer search system
will always find the sequence of keywords in a search and highlight
them. You also can search you own file.
Aardvark in thicket, Aardvark in zoo, abuse, abuse child, abuse
wife, abuse woman, abuse husband, accident child, accident on streetcar,
accident car, accident in home, accident with ladder, accident sports,
aerials, aerials Minneapolis, aerials farmland, aerials scout camp,
aerials lake, aerials airport, aerials small planes, aerials lakeside
homes, Loire river, aerials Oberammergau, aerials crop field, aerobics,
Africa, Africa huts, Africa Niger river dugouts, Africa Sahara,
Africa desert, Africa tropical, Africa Niamey town center, Africa
missionart school, Africa Texaco fueling station, Africa child with
mother, Africa tourist, Africa pirouge, Africa hospital, Africa
copper mine, Africa machinery, Africa airport in Timbukto, Africa
Timbuktoo, Africa museum Timbukto, agriculture, agriculture corn,
agriculture maise, agriculture soybean, agriculture machinery, agriculture
farm family, agriculture wheat, agriculture aircraft, agriculture
seeding, agriculture tree planting, agriculture tree faming, agriculture
John Deere, agriculture tractor, agriculture accident, agriculture
university student, agriculture 4-H Club, agriculture school bus,
agriculture voters, agriculture farm subsidy, agriculture ag agent,
agriculture articoke harvest, agriculture harvest, agriculture cultivation.
Again, listing alphabetically is not necessary, unless you have
particular factors that make it important to you.
Lesson #3 If 'order' is important to you, the above may be the way
to go.
The following is a list (partial) using single words:
Aircraft, airplane, Alaska, Albuquerque, Anhinga, Animals, Amazon,
Arizona, artifacts, auto racing, babies, Baja, Bald Eagle, Bali,
barges, bats, bears, Belize, Bette, Bao Lord, Big Sur, biplane,
Blue Heron, boats, boating, Bob Eaton, brain, bridges, Buddha, Buddhism,
buffalo, Buffalo New York, bullfight, business, Cadillac Ranch,
California, caracara, careers, Caribbean, Carol Mosley Brown, cars,
Cartoons, castles, cats, Chagall, cheetah, chef, Chesapeake, chess,
Chicago, child, children, China, Christmas, cigars, circus, classic
cars, classrooms, Clinton, clocks, clowns, communication, computers,
concepts, conceptual, construction, Costa Rica, couples, covered
bridges, cowboy, crime, cruise ships, Cuba deer, Detroit, desert,
disabled, dogs, dolphins, eclipse, education, elderly, electronics,
Asian elephant, elephant silhouette, elephants with activists, endangered
species, family, farm, farming, fire, firefighters, fireworks, fishermen,
fishing, fitness, flags, flood, Florida, Florida Panther, flowers,
food, France, garden, gardening, gembok, George Allen, giraffe,
glacier, gold, Golden Gate Bridge, golf, Grand Canyon, Hadaka Matsuri,
Haiti, Halloween, Hawaii, Hearst Castle, highway, hiking, Hitler,
homeless, horse racing, horses, hot air balloons, houses, housing,
immigration, industry, infants, irrigation, Italy, Jac Nasser, Jack
Ward Thomas, Japan, Jerry Garcia, John F. Kennedy, kava, leopard,
lighthouse, logging, lotus, Machu Picchu, Maine, manatee, Manhattan,
marmot, Mayan, medical, Mexico, Miami Beach, Michigan, Mohenjo-Daro,
Monaco, money, Monte Carlo, moose, NASA, national, parks, Native
American, Nepal, New England, New York, Niagara Falls, nuclear power,
nutrition, oil pipelines, oil rigs, Orca, organic farming, Oystercatcher
panoramics, Paris, Patricia Cornwell, penguins, people, Peru, police,
pollution, Pope John Paul II, pregnancy, Prince Albert, Prince Ranier,
puffin, rainbow, Roger Moore, romance, Rome, ropes course, sailboats,
sailing, salmon, San Simeon, Santa Fe, schools, schooner, sculpture,
sea, seascapes, sea, lion, seniors, ships, shipwreck, skating, skiing,
sky diving, skylines, smoking, snowmobile, solar eclipse, solar
panel, space, Spotted Owl, Statue of Liberty, sunflowers, surfing,
swordfish, St. Lucia, Tahiti, tall ships, Taos, teens, Teotihuacan,
Texas, Thailand, Tibet, tiger, timber, time pieces, tobacco, toddlers,
totem pole, toucan, toxic waste, twins, ultralight, underwater,
United Center, Utah, Vietnam, Vietnam War, volcano, walrus, Washington
D.C., waterfalls, whales, wheelchair, windsurfing, wolf, wolves,
yachting, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Yves Montand, zebra
Lesson # 4. This person will miss the
boat. If a buyer is searching for a picture of Auguste
Rodin's sculpture, "The Thinker," the buyer will seek
out the specific work, "Rodin," rather than "sculpture."
If you have sculpture photos, list each title. Also list other attributes
of the photo, e.g. city, town, village, county, weather conditions,
season the year. (You never know just what specifics the researcher
needs.)
If you have bullfight photos, list the venue, the matador, etc.
Try to anticipate what a photobuyer would look for in the search,
- much like what words you would use if you were making your own
search on Google for a particular subject.
This person's collection is varied and is also strong in aviation
subjects:
President George W. Bush, President Regan, President Jimmy Carter,
President Reagan, President Ronald Regan, Ramstein Air Show, Ramstein
Air Show spectators, Ramstein Air Show pilots, Alps, Italian Alps,
group climbing alps, Alps Metterhorn, Alps Oberammergau Passion
play, Alps Matterhorn Alps Zugspitze skiers, tourists at Zugspitze,
Alps Zugespittz, Alps Davos quaint gasthaus, Alps Davos guest house,
Alps Austrian, Alps Swiss, Alps Germany, Alps Italian, Alps Italy,
Mainz Hang gliding, Linderhof with snow, West Berlin Zoo, West Berlin
The Wall Chipping, West Berlin the wall, graffiti on wall west Berlin,
Fall of wall of West Berlin, construction of Berlin wall, West Berlin
Trains, West Berlin Steam train, West Berlin Electric train, West
Berlin Diesel train, West Berlin Police, West Berlin Airports, West
Berlin Tempelhof Airlift Memorial, West Berlin Flea market, West
Berlin Kaiser Willhelm memorial, West Berlin Reichstag, West Berlin
Spree River, Germany, West Berlin Grunewald forest, Grunewald lake,
Gruenewald Lake, White Castle, Spandau Prison, East Berlin, West
Berlin commie, West Berlin communist flags, West Berlin guards,
West Berlin Brandenburg, West Berlin NASA, Ames Research Flight
line aircraft, Early tilt rotor, FLORIDA, Miami, Miami beach, Miami
tourist, Miami art deco, Miami moon, South Florida, South Florida
beaches, South Florida everglades, South Florida airboats, South
Florida air shows, South Florida Air Show, South Florida airport,
Florida, Orlando, Florida DisneyWorld, Florida Epcot, Florida Key
West, Florida Sanibel, Florida Captiva tower, Florida NAS, Glenview
airshow, WASHINGTON D.C., Smithsonian Air & WASHINGTON D.C.
Space Museum, WASHINGTON D.C., President Regan, WASHINGTON D.C.
President George W. Bush, WASHINGTON D.C. Jefferson Memorial, WASHINGTON
D. C. Lincoln Memorial, WASHINGTON D. C. Viet Nam Memorial, WASHINGTON
D. C. U.S.Capital buildings, U.S.Capitol buildings North CAROLINA,
Cape Hatteras, light house, Kitty Hawk, Greensboro, Greater Greensboro,
GGO golf tournament, barns, old tobacco, Guiliford battleground,
Revolutionary War, NEVADA, Las Vegas strip, Nellis, WISCONSIN, Experimental
Aircraft Association Museum, Oshgosh, Oskgosh, Airshow, Door County,
VIRGINIA, Hang gliding, Karate, Baseball, Golf, Water skiing, Snow
skiing, PEOPLE, Couples, Children, Elderly, AIRCRAFT, Airplanes,
Fighters, aircraft A10, aircraft F16, aircraft F14, aircraft F15,
aircraft F5, aircraft F4, airplane F18, airplane F117, airplane
F111, airplane P51, Spitfire, SNJ5, airplane A6, airplane A7, airplane
Me-109,
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Bombers, airplane B1, airplane ,bomber B2, bomber B17, bomber B25,
bomber B26, bomber B29, bomber B52, airplane Cargo, airplane C5,
airplane airplane C141, airplane C130, airplane C46, airplane C47,
airplane C54, airplane C160, airplane KC10, Passenger, airplane
C12, airplane G3, airplane C21, airplane T42, Homebuilts fixed wing,
homebuilt airplane experimental inside cockpit, Civilian, Commercial,
airplane B727, airplane 737, airplane 747, airplane A300, Helicopters,
Attack, helicopter AH1-G, helicopter S AH64, helicopter Lynx, helicopter
Cobra, helicopter Apache, Soviet helicopter, Soviet airplane, Russian
airplane, Mi-8, Cargo, CH47, Puma Utility, UH1, UH60, Dauphine,
Observation, OH58ACD, Allouette, Gazelle, MILITARY EQUIPMENT, Ships,
USS JFK, CV67, USS J.Hewes, FF1078 Missile Frigate, FF41 Submarine,
USS Miami, SSN755, USS W.Virginia, USS West Virginia, SSBN736, Tanks,
M88, Leopard, Chieftan, M1, M60, T62, T55, Armored Personnel Carriers,
M558, M113, Fox, Geopard, Howitzers, M155, towed, SP, self propelled
M105 Mortars, Abbot Infantrymen Basic Weapons, Atomic Weapons, Thermonuclear
Device, Historical Events, Fall of the Berlin Wall, American Flag
in Berlin, Series Civil War reenactment, Revolutionary War enactment,
Liberty Bell, AIRCRAFT, airliners, Boeing737, Boeing 757, helicopter,
airplane, aircraft, HS146, ATP, jet, jet vapour trails, vapor trails,
Boeing747, Tornado Military Aircraft, Red Arrows Aerobatic team,
private aircraft, Harrier, Stealth Fighter, airplane B-52
Lesson # 5. Good! The photographer has listed
the names of specific aircraft. It may seem meticulous to do this
- but put yourself in the place of a photobuyer - you will be looking
for highly specific images and won't be satisfied until you can
find who has them. Adding the word airplane, helicopter, etc. to
your phrase will ensure more hits.
This person is a travel photographer:
Abaco Islands (Bahamas) at sundown, Alaska, Alaska mountains cloud-wrapped
peaks, snow-capped, Aleutian Islands, Alexandria (Virginia), Allegeny
Mountains in the rain, Amelia Island Florida), Amish country in
wintertime, Annapolis (Maryland) Naval School, Antietam National
Battlefield (Maryland) courthouse,pubs,brickstreet, Appalachian
Mountains, Appalachian Trail hikers, Appalachian Carbon County,
Appalachian taking a break, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington
flame, Aruba, Aruba swimming, Aruba sailing, Aruba beach, Assateague
Island (Maryland & Virginia), Assateague pony, Assateague ponies
round-up, Assateague camping, Assateague in noreaster, Assateague
sandunes, Atlanta (Georgia), Atlanta (Georgia) information center,
Atlanta (Georgia) city hall , Atlanta (Georgia) Peachtree Street,
Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean freighter, Atlantic Ocean sailing,
Atlantic Ocean motor boat, Atlantic Ocean speedboat, Bahamas, Bahamas
beach, Bahamas mountains, Bahamas interior, Baltimore (Maryland),
Baltimore (Maryland) port, Baltimore (Maryland) festival, Baltimore
(Maryland) Maryland Institute, Baltimore (Maryland) Lyric Theatre,
Baltimore (Maryland), Peabody Conservatory, Baltimore (Maryland)
Ravens, Baltimore (Maryland) Orioles, Baltimore (Maryland) Edgar
Allen Poe home, Baltimore (Maryland) H.L. Menken home.
Lesson # 6. Travel photography? Remember you are
in competition with other travel photographers who have also photographed
in the Grand Canyon National Park, San Francisco, or Jamaica. A
photobuyer will seldom seek out post card-type photos of these places,
but instead will go straight for "Coit Tower"- rather
than "San Francisco." At Assateaugue Island the photobuyer
might be looking for "wild ponies of Assateaugue Island."
If you have them but haven't listed them, you might miss a sale.
Incidentally, listing in alphabetical order is not necessary. Photobuyers
don't manually (visually) search for photo descriptions - the software
does that for them by highlighting the search words they’ve
used (in red).
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Why are
words and phrases (text)
used instead
of photos?
Three big reasons:
- SPEED - On the Internet, using subject
words, i.e. "key" words, and keyphrases to search
and find what you need, has become lightning fast. It's quicker
for photobuyers to use the text-based PhotoSourceBANK
to find what they're looking for and the photographer(s) who
has it, than to go through the time and trouble of searching
through selections of images on a "picture"-based
site. Editorial photobuyers don't like to waste time looking
at pictures when all they are looking for is the source (you)
of an image in a specific subject matter.
- EXACTNESS - Words convey an exact meaning.
If you were searching for "angry Siamese cat," these
three words convey precisely what you need. If you searched
through picture files, relying just on the image in front
of you, in some instances you wouldn't be sure if the image
in the picture was a cat, and specifically an angry Siamese
cat. (The cat in the picture might be partially visible, at
a long distance, in a misty fog, in silhouette, etc.)
- EXPENSE - Photobuyers know that "Time
is Money". If they can reduce the time it takes to locate
the "right picture," quickly, it saves them money.
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Make
Your Keywords
Work
For You
In
the field of editorial photography,
photo researchers no longer search for pictures by looking at images
( your eyes begin sagging after a while!). Instead they search, first,
for words. Rarely do they do a one-word search
(they'd
receive thousands of hits). They usually use a three or four word
search, and sometimes five or six words. 
When
you attach descriptive keywords to each of your images, keep this
in mind. Try to anticipate what keywords a photobuyer might use in
his/her search. Since text description takes up very little * in a
database, be generous in your use of words to describe each image.
Also, remember to include colloquial descriptions: In California it's
a "carpet," in Wisconsin, it's a "rug." In Alabama the word is "flying;"
in New Jersey it's "aviation."
HINT:
Stay away from trite descriptions and keyphrases that are too general.
The phrase "Infant child and mother" may bring 2,000 hits.
A better description would be, "Infant soiled diapers distraught mother"
*
The phrase, " Four score and seven years ago, our fathers..." takes
up 32 bytes. A normal 8 meg image takes up 8,000,000 bytes.
Note: No need to include prepositions.
Examples:
GOOD:
mother
supports toddler standing position
Victorian
photo locket circa 1865
Spain
Andalusia Seville Giralda tower mother daughter under bell
poor
Cuban family seated sidewalk Havana Cuba
mother
daughter Biscarrosse beach France
crazy
worm ride Edinburgh funfair people
family
mountain biking France Aquitaine Landes forest
France
Aquitaine Landes forest
boy
mountain biking France Aquilaine Landes forest
teenagers
looking bored music concert
teenagers
looking bored rock concert
little
girl mother walking carefully snowy dirt road
Boy
and man repairing mountain bike
elder
boy scout welcoming little sister railway station
four
children contemplating sunset Frioul islands
France
Corsica island Bastia man son Jet Ski
heart-shaped
biscuits white plate valentines
male
writes graffiti Hebrew
three
little boys examining at world globe
NOT
GOOD:
The
following keyphrases are too generic.The photobuyer would get
hundreds of inquiries. They need one or two additional modifiers to
make the description more specific. Typical modifiers would be: where
they are doing the activity (name the city, park, resort, etc.), If
it's at a school, business, industry, church, synagogue, mosque, add
this also. GET SPECIFIC. That's what the researchers do!
mother
and baby playing
family riding bicycle together
children riding carousel
mom with newborn baby
mother kissing child
newborn baby feet
crying baby
baby on bed
newborn baby boy
mother holding baby
tired mother and baby
mother holding baby in arms
mother and child
smiling mother with newborn baby
mother holding newborn baby
infant newborn baby boy
infant child and mother
mother and child
crying baby on mother's lap
Christmas turkey
mom and daughter opening present
mom and son opening Christmas presents
young boy and girl and dog
young girl and her parents
young girl and her mother
young girl and her father
woman taking photos of children walking in the country
brother and sister playing in the sand
grandmother and her granddaughter
baby grasping father's finger
mother and daughter kissing
girls hugging
children at beach
grandmother snuggling with baby
father with his little boy
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