36 images rejected by Lucky Oliver! What??
Today I got an e-mail from Lucky Oliver that all 36 images (all where 3d renderings) I had sent them where rejected. What? All 36 rejected for the same reason!?
They all had the comment “Illustration has rough/ rugged lines” attached to them. Strange, since even iStockphoto has accepted some of them. One of the images has even been given the rating 5 out of 5 from 4 different people on iStockphoto.
Lucky Oliver also mentions a second problem with the images - they don’t know how I have obtained the source model I used or if I have created it myself. I don’t know but I think that may be the real reason for rejecting the whole batch. I just don’t understand why they think that is a problem. Of course I know the rules and I would never use a model that I wasn’t 100% sure I was allowed to use commercially. Why would I all of a sudden start breaking the rules just because it’s a 3d rendering? If it was a photograph they had not questioned if for example it was really me who had taken the photo - they had just assumed it. Why do they assume I don’t own the rights to the 3d models I use in my 3d renderings?
Well, I guess I wont be sending Lucky Oliver any illustrations for a while. I’ll keep uploading photos to them but it’s not worth the trouble to send any 3d renderings to them. What a shame!
Tags: 3d renderings, lucky oliver, rejected
March 20th, 2008 at 1:24 am
Hey Sarah,
As the microstock market relies on large quantities of inspectors to cope with the massive supply, it’s often necessary to engage other photographers or designers rather than professionally trained image editors to be inspectors for the agency. It’s often the case that the contributor has vastly superior knowledge and skill in photography or design than the inspector.
This results in the occasional baffling response, and it can be extremely inconsistent across different agencies. The ideal response is to learn what you can from each instance, but take it as just something that happens - not a personal attack on you or your work. It’s also not isolated to LuckyOliver, who are one of the more consistent reviewers.
It can also be easier to submit in smaller batches until you learn the intricate nature of each agency’s review process. Also try contacting the agency if you feel strongly about a particular review decision. LuckyOliver in particular is great at responding to such questions.
-Lee
March 20th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Thanks for your reply Lee! Of course you are right… I should just learn which requirements the different agencies have and adjust accordingly. Normally I really like Lucky Oliver because they give such good feedback when they review images. But this time I just felt like they should have told me that the problem was that they didn’t know how I had obtained the source model and not reject everything because of “rough/ rugged lines”. Maybe I’m wrong and all the 36 images really have rough lines but I can’t see them and apparently they are good enough for all the other agencies I submit to. But I will probably, as you suggest, submit just a smaller batch next time and see what happens.