SAMPLE LISTINGS

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On your PhotoSourceBANK website, you will be able to list 3,000 word descriptions. Your descriptions should be highly specific because that's what photobuyers look for first. Remember, you have 3,000 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 lightboox, and also send the hi-res image(s) to your PhotoSourceGROUP store site.

Here are some sample listings. You'll notice one of the photo descriptions: "baby Wood Duck climbing tree."
Although this description might get a hit, it would have been better to also list it like this: Wood Duck baby climbing tree. Why? Since the PhotoSource software lists items alphabetically, this description would be placed in the "B" section with "babies." SOLUTION: List it both ways.

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 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 fo words? You probably use a phrase, not a single word. The same goes for photobuers. 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 3,000 words, 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 3,000 words available to you.

This person's photo collection is strong in Scotland and aircraft images:

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 professors in red robes, St.Andrews  University library interior, St.Andrews  golf course, 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, 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, Oil refineries, Nuclear Power Stations, 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, 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, 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.

This person decided to list photo descriptions alphabetically: Listing by categories or alphabeticaly is acceptable for this reason. A photobuyer may be interested in ‘related’ subject matter and continue to search within that category while still on your site. However, for your part, adding new images to that category may prove to be labor-intensive. (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 your listing and highlight it in red. .

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 soybeean, 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 cukltivation.

Lesson #3  If 'order' is important to you, the above may be the way to go.

The following is a single word alphabetical (partial) list.

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. If you have bullfight photos, list the venue, the matador, etc.

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, 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 - and listed alphabetically:

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 chosen words (in red).