When submitting image to BigStockPhoto.com, there a number of parameters the need to be set before you can upload each file. These are the following:
Image Name
Image Description
Tags
Category
All of the above are very important, as they are what website searches are based upon. If no tags are set, the images will never be returned in search results, which makes the photographs pretty useless!
The first thing I had to do for each picture was to give it a name. I had to keep this short and to the point as much as I could, because it is the first thing that a user sees when scanning through search results.
The first thing I had to do for each picture was to give it a name. I had to keep this short and to the point as much as I could, because it is the first thing that a user sees when scanning through search results.
The image description is a brief paragraph explaning what the image is of and where it was taken etc. Any information can be input here, but I tried to keep mine brief because the description is shown on the search results pages, and users need an at-a-glance view of what the image is about. When I personally look through search results for any search, I am only quickly skimming the returned pages/images. I think that is what a lot of people tend to do, so keeping the image description quite brief is something I felt I must do to have a chance of selling more photographs.
The categorisation of each image is equally important to the other parameters. Luckily, the categorisation of each of my files was easy enough, because there is an Architecture category, which reflects my theme perfectly. Within this category, there are the several sub-categories to choose from including:
Churches / Religious
Office Buildings
Residential
Exteriors
Interiors
At the bottom of this post, you can see which sub-categories I assigned each image to. A photograph submitted to BigStockPhoto.com can be put in up to three categories. I used all three entries, because I want my images to be easily found and returned in the maximum number of searches possible.
Image tagging is the process of assigning keywords to an image. When I was thinking of image tags for my photographs, I thought first about the age of the building (modern/traditional). From these two keywords I could enter three or four tags. For example, for the modern London building I could use: modern, new, contemporary. For the Cathedral building i could use: traditional, old, historical etc. My tagging process continued by next looking at what was in the picture itself (eg: cathedral, offices, high rise office and so on). From here, I thought about what the building was made of. Keywords here include stone, concrete, glass etc. The more keywords I could assign to an image the better, and as with the other parameters, the upload information for all the photographs I took for this project are at the bottom of this post.
Other fields could be edited, like what camera was used to take the shot, LIST OTHERS
Below is the information I submitted with each of my photographs.
Image One
Image Name: High Rise Office Block in London
Image Description: A High Rise Office Block in London (United Kingdom)
Categories:
Architecture >> Exteriors
Architecture >> Office Buildings
Architecture >> Residential
Image Tags: architecure, office, workplace, high, rise, sky, skyscraper, tall, building, flats, house, housing, windows, reflections, reflected, reflect, bricks, concrete, modern, new, contemporary, design
Image Two
Image Name: High Rise Office Block in London
Image Description: A Tall High Rise Office Block in London (United Kingdom)
Categories:
Architecture >> Exteriors
Architecture >> Office Buildings
Architecture >> Residential
Image Tags: builing, london, skyscraper, high, rise, flats, office, block, sky, windows, reflections, bricks, concrete, towering, tower, workplace
Image Three
Image Name: A Modern Office Building in London
Image Description: A Modern Office Building in London (United Kingdom)
Categories:
Architecture >> Exteriors
Architecture >> Office Buildings
Industry >> Construction
Image Tags: modern, architecture, office, block, windows, reflections, tall, symmetrical, workplace, sky, high, contemporary, design, new
Image Four
Image Name: Looking At The Cathedral Through An Old Window (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Image Description: Lincoln Cathedral shot Through A Window At Lincoln Castle
Categories:
Architecture >> Churches/Religious
Architecture >> Exteriors
Industry >> Construction
Image Tags: traditional, old, history, historical, building, cathedral, worship, church, window, stained, glass, concrete, stone, brick, hand, crafted, intricate, detail, castle, god, bible, choir, large, tourism, interesting
I also uploaded some other images to BigStockPhoto just because I thought they were good shots. These images were not edited at all. To look at these, click to BigStockPhoto.com and browse my portfolio. My photographer name is petelittlewood. I will write in my last post about this project whether my additional images were accepted or not.
The categorisation of each image is equally important to the other parameters. Luckily, the categorisation of each of my files was easy enough, because there is an Architecture category, which reflects my theme perfectly. Within this category, there are the several sub-categories to choose from including:
Churches / Religious
Office Buildings
Residential
Exteriors
Interiors
At the bottom of this post, you can see which sub-categories I assigned each image to. A photograph submitted to BigStockPhoto.com can be put in up to three categories. I used all three entries, because I want my images to be easily found and returned in the maximum number of searches possible.
Image tagging is the process of assigning keywords to an image. When I was thinking of image tags for my photographs, I thought first about the age of the building (modern/traditional). From these two keywords I could enter three or four tags. For example, for the modern London building I could use: modern, new, contemporary. For the Cathedral building i could use: traditional, old, historical etc. My tagging process continued by next looking at what was in the picture itself (eg: cathedral, offices, high rise office and so on). From here, I thought about what the building was made of. Keywords here include stone, concrete, glass etc. The more keywords I could assign to an image the better, and as with the other parameters, the upload information for all the photographs I took for this project are at the bottom of this post.
Other fields could be edited, like what camera was used to take the shot, LIST OTHERS
Below is the information I submitted with each of my photographs.
Image One
Image Name: High Rise Office Block in London
Image Description: A High Rise Office Block in London (United Kingdom)
Categories:
Architecture >> Exteriors
Architecture >> Office Buildings
Architecture >> Residential
Image Tags: architecure, office, workplace, high, rise, sky, skyscraper, tall, building, flats, house, housing, windows, reflections, reflected, reflect, bricks, concrete, modern, new, contemporary, design
Image Two
Image Name: High Rise Office Block in London
Image Description: A Tall High Rise Office Block in London (United Kingdom)
Categories:
Architecture >> Exteriors
Architecture >> Office Buildings
Architecture >> Residential
Image Tags: builing, london, skyscraper, high, rise, flats, office, block, sky, windows, reflections, bricks, concrete, towering, tower, workplace
Image Three
Image Name: A Modern Office Building in London
Image Description: A Modern Office Building in London (United Kingdom)
Categories:
Architecture >> Exteriors
Architecture >> Office Buildings
Industry >> Construction
Image Tags: modern, architecture, office, block, windows, reflections, tall, symmetrical, workplace, sky, high, contemporary, design, new
Image Four
Image Name: Looking At The Cathedral Through An Old Window (Lincoln, United Kingdom)
Image Description: Lincoln Cathedral shot Through A Window At Lincoln Castle
Categories:
Architecture >> Churches/Religious
Architecture >> Exteriors
Industry >> Construction
Image Tags: traditional, old, history, historical, building, cathedral, worship, church, window, stained, glass, concrete, stone, brick, hand, crafted, intricate, detail, castle, god, bible, choir, large, tourism, interesting
I also uploaded some other images to BigStockPhoto just because I thought they were good shots. These images were not edited at all. To look at these, click to BigStockPhoto.com and browse my portfolio. My photographer name is petelittlewood. I will write in my last post about this project whether my additional images were accepted or not.
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