Any pointers on how to get my photos accepted?

Hi @Gregory24082687d9id,

All your files are lacking depth of field, hence too much of the subjects are out of focus. The first file has motion blur. To avoid that you need to set faster shutter speed. The fourth and fifth files also have grain noise.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

If you are new to stock, you should consider these resources: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/tutorials.html
Please read the contributor user manual for more information on Adobe stock contributions: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html
See here for rejection reasons: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
and especially quality and technical issues: https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html

In terms of pointers on how to get your images accepted, I would suggest investing in courses on both photography and editing. There are many photography courses on Creative Live, and some are streaming for free on a daily basis. There are a lot of tutorials on Lightroom and Photoshop on the Adobe Help pages, YouTube, and many other forums. The "Artist Hub" link at the top of your Adobe Stock page is a good source of info on what type of imagery Adobe wants and what is selling. This forum is a good resource to help you learn what level of quality is necessary to get your images accepted. There is quite a steep learning curve from "snapshots" to producing high quality images that are accepted by Adobe Stock. 

Put yourself in the customer's shoes.  Who will buy these images?  What could they use them for commercially?   How does your work compare with other Stock inventory in the same keyword categories?  Would you buy these?

Read these links:

• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/reasons-for-content-rejection.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/help/quality-and-technical-issues.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/contributor/user-guide.html/stock/contributor/help/photography-illustrations.ug.html
• https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html

Hello,

What is the theme of your pictures? You have to think about how they can be used in a commercial setting. 

Read the Adobe help guides to get a better idea of how to take pictures for Adobe Stock.

This link is a good start:
https://helpx.adobe.com/stock/how-to/tips-stock-image-acceptance.html?set=stock--fundamentals--adobe-stock-contributor

If you want "any help", you should post the full-size images. I'm certain that with your sheep images, one would be enough. And as others, I suspect focus. Portraits, also in the animal range, need to be focussing the eyes. Lighting the shadows would also enhance the images, especially the tobacco images. And yes, as said, composition is also important.

The focus issue (and the composition issue, if the cropping is out of camera) are incorrectable.

Focus and image composition are your biggest problems.

Your images must be sharp. Do not cut off your subjects. Pay attention to highlights and shadows.