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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.

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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.

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.

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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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More 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: 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?

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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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

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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Entering Your Descriptive Keywords In
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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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You can enter as many of your 6,000 keywords at a session 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.

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. Once they have located the source of the image, ( the photographer), request that the images as a selection of images be sent to them for review on a lightbox. Once they have located the source of the images ( the photographer), they can request that the image or a selection of images be sent to them review on a lightbox. .
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to them, free. You may put any number of

photos on the LightBOX to send to a photobuyer,

at any time. There is no limit. For LightBOX

details: http://www.photosource.com/account/lightbox/tutorial/

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* What is the LightBOX?

Now you can provide a lightbox display of your photos to a photobuyer. Any time you wish to show a selection of your photos for a photobuyer to review, it’s easy. Just sign up for one of our services -- PhotoLetter, PhotoDaily, PhotoSourceBANK, PhotoStockNOTES, PhotoStockNOTES/Plus -- and you receive the right to park unlimited numbers of your images, free, on your own PhotoSourceLightBOX. Want to answer a photo request? Have you learned of a magazine or book publisher who is seeking certain photos -- that YOU have? Park them at your own PhotoSourceLightBOX, send the URL to the photobuyer, and make a sale. (And receive 100% of the sale - no middleman fee.) No longer is it necessary to send a series of attachments. (You can also use your lightbox to show photos to friends and family.)

LightBOX instructions:

1. Have your I.D. # and password ready.
[For a "demo," use ID: 2484 and password: demo http://www.photosource.com/account]
Note: Forgot your password? Go to
http://www.photosource.com/account/password

2. Select the photos you want to display. Save them in a folder.

3. Go to www.photosource.com\lightbox
- type in your I.D.# and password.

4. Follow the coaching instructions.

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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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