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Correct answer Nancy OShea

I agree with @Jill_C. Both images suffer from poor light exposure levels as can be seen by the lopsided Histogram Panel in Photoshop.

Keep working at it.

jacquelingphoto2017

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Hi @marcella8,

Nice composition photographs you have. However, they are too cool, and overexposed in some areas. While flash can be used for fill lighting, it should not be used for primary lighting.

As highlighted, phone camera can be used, however you need to compensate for their limitations. It is quite likely most photos you take with your phone camera will be rejected due to resulting flaws.

The only photo corrections you do are to ensure you have correct exposure, light balance and vibrancy. You also need to do lens correction sometimes, and to clean noise and fringing. The subject's appearance should be as is in reality.

In the future if you're using a flashlight to as in the case of the first image, shine the light directly on something white and allow the reflected light to light you image. In this way you'll get even lighting.

Best wishes

Jacquelin

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marcella8Author

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Thanks for the tips 🙂 so is there any place for phone camera photos? and their editing or apps to be put? or is itonly Adobe you need a real camera and other places will take phone pics and edited ones in that fashion Im a bit confused.

Jill_C

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Your poorly lit mobile phone snapshots are not going to be accepted by any stock agencies. The quality is just not sufficient, and as several of us have said above, you can't fix bad photos with Photoshop. Read ALL of the material on the Adobe Stock Learn & Support pages to determine what is required to be successful at selling images on Adobe Stock, and spend time studying other images that are already in the database to help you discern what constitutes good quality. Start by looking at other images with Cheerios, and observe how well lit, sharply focused and nicely composed they are:

https://stock.adobe.com/search?filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aphoto%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aillustration%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Azip_vector%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Avideo%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Atemplate%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3A3d%5D=1&filters%5Bcontent_type%3Aimage%5D=1&k=cheerios%2Bcereal&order=relevance&safe_search=1&limit=100&search_page=1&search_type=usertyped&acp=&aco=cheerios%2Bcereal&get_facets=0

https://helpx.adobe.com/support/stock-contributor.html

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

Nancy OShea

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I agree with @Jill_C. Both images suffer from poor light exposure levels as can be seen by the lopsided Histogram Panel in Photoshop.

Keep working at it.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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marcella8Author

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oh my, thanks for that in phptpshop

Jill_C

Community Expert

Cute idea to use heart-shaped cheerios for lettering. In the first image you have a huge blownout hot spot in the middle and uneven lighting throughout. The lettering is not level, and the background exhibits a lot of flaws. The second image is not sharply focused, and the background has a lot of flaws. If that's your only wooden table top on which to arrange the objects, you might try oiling it first to disguise some of the flaws.

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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marcella8Author

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ok , I used my phone to edit the pics and then to canva to do height and width as 4 mp then submited

it. Is it better not to do edits on my phone or canva or I just have to redo how I did it

Can it be fixed by photo shop > or have another person edit what I did to make it work?

Im trying to figure all the steps to make my pics technically rightt so they accepet the uploads.

Nancy OShea

Community Expert

Phone cameras are convenient and portable but you will struggle to get good quality images from your phone. If you're serious about Stock Photography, you should invest in better equipment -- either new or used. It makes a big difference on many levels.

https://www.techradar.com/news/best-entry-level-dslr-camera

Use a desktop computer to edit RAW photos in Lightroom or Photoshop where you have much greater control than in phone apps.

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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