Your digital camera is the most important tool you will use when entering the digital photography business. The quality of the images you produce will decide whether they are accepted or rejected by stock photo sites and I recommend you use at least a 5 mega pixel digital camera as well as making sure it is set to maximum resolution.

Never submit more than 50 photos at a time and be careful not to upload the same photo twice, as this will also lead to possible photo rejection and even to account closure. To avoid this happening, don’t change the file name as your PC will point out any duplicates, and then when you are have a batch to upload change the file names accordingly. Windows has built in software for multiple file name changes, so it is just a question of a few clicks and won’t be a time wasting exercise.

Besides your camera the second most important factor is choosing the right keywords for your photos, thereby increasing your sales. The internet contains a variety of sites that have tools to help you figure out which keywords would work best for your photos. Another way you can figure out keywords is to view similar photos on Google Image and see which keywords are being used for these photos. Don’t go crazy on keywords however, limit yourself to 6-10 per image as any more than 10 might be considered spam and rejected.

So as I said quality is the main determinating factor to avoid Photo rejection, so make sure that the images are not out of focus, and that the light balance is even. Also if your photos may be too large in size, especially if you aiming at optimum quality, so my suggestion would be to use either Adobe Elements or Adobe Photoshop to reduce the sizing, as with this software the quality will not be affected. If you need to make an image larger, don’t go over 5% as the quality will be reduced significantly.

Lastly, if a photo was rejected once, don’t resubmit it. Retake the shot, keeping quality at the forefront of your mind thereby ensuring they will accepted.