The architecture from these dark times is still there, so history remains ;)
Their approval process is highly subjective, I must say. Usually I don't get many photos rejected but then there are batches that are nightmare. I don't upload videos, not my favorite thing to shoot, sometimes I do timelapses though.
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The architecture from these dark times is still there, so history remains ;)
In Armenia it was everywhere, but they don't reject that side of their history at all, and actually rather enjoy it. Armenia's mixture of its own architecture and the Soviet stuff was fascinating. They used (and still do) their own type of stone for a lot of construction.
Georgia has been different, they definitely hide that side of things more, but you can still find it if you go into the more industrial and outer parts of the city. But on the housing side it's still incredibly Soviet everywhere.
Their approval process is highly subjective, I must say. Usually I don't get many photos rejected but then there are batches that are nightmare.
Yeah that's how it feels. I did a test and removed a previously approved image and reuploaded it, they rejected it.
If you have the time and the energy, reupload the photos that are rejected and you will be surprised they will be approved, of course, if you're lucky they are reviewed by another person ;)
I know people who do that and their photos get approved finally :)))
I have done that a few times when I know the rejection is unjust. It happens on videos where they're rejected for missing frames or shaky video despite being drone shots that have nothing wrong with them; I've even contacted support a few times over it and they end up fixing it for me.
I'm a little more cautious with Adobe though as I see a lot of stories of accounts getting closed. Wouldn't wanna keep submitting things that end up rejected and perhaps end up getting that ban hammer for some reason. Sold my first image on there today for a dollar though, which was nice. Shutterstock is definitely more relaxed in that regard, where they'll just tell you what's wrong and get you to resubmit if it's something you can fix.
I think I'll stick to videos for the most part anyway, they make significantly more money and I have a bit more fun shooting aerial stuff.
Everything in Stock is so subjective, yes.
shutterstock was one of my first agencies, I started around year 2013 but they got extremely greedy and instead of cutting their expenses they started to rob contributors. The best evidence for this is cutting the minimum payment per photo from $0.25 to $0.10. In a world with inflation and increasing prices, this is just ugly. I don't upload there anymore, not I suggest a photographer does. It is just plain robbery. Some of the colleagues deleted completely their contributor accounts at SS.