Comments on: Photography, rejections, and lack of support.

By: Candy

Candy — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:46:08 +0000

Suman – Thanks for your comment!

By: Suman

Suman — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:59:15 +0000

I just stumbled upon this blog and i really couldn’t stop myself from reading the whole content..First up very nice blog. I really like ur honesty about the feeling of being rejected, which most of the photgraphers have come across once in a while. Some more than the others :)

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:12:31 +0000

Linda – I’ve been rejected on FoodGawker more times than accepted. It’s frustrating to most people because when you reduce the size of the photo, it tends to be blurry. But don’t let that stop you from shooting and blogging! Look forward to checking out your site!

By: Linda's Yummies

Linda's Yummies — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:29:21 +0000

Your photos are stunning! I’ve given up on trying to submit my photos to those big photos website. All my photos have been rejected by FoodGawker many times :( It’s hard starting out with a new blog and not even knowing how to use a camera right. Your post has given me the encouragement I needed. Many thanks :)

By: Shutterstock

Shutterstock — Fri, 14 May 2010 13:59:41 +0000

my relatives support me in all. but very often is lacks support from microstocks.

By: Dhi

Dhi — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:07:30 +0000

Great to hear encouragement like this from fellow foodie bloggers. Tough to find support sometimes. Even from other foodie bloggers who you know been checking out on your blog but never leave any positive comment about yr photographs.

Hey, I like the simplicity of photos in Microstock Agencies, I buy photos from them from time to time for my collateral projects. Don’t really need that fancy artsy photography of tomatoes, just show me the tomatoes and I’ll do the rest to the image.

Agreed on how some photographer wannabes think about stock photography. They try so hard to take “artistic” photos that end up looking like they’re trying “too” hard.

Relax and let it flow, stop being someone else and develop your own style. That’s my two cents :D

PS: love your blog!

By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:04:53 +0000

Thanks Nora. If it weren’t for all the positive comments from bloggers, I don’t know if I would be trying so hard. It’s nice to create this little niche for our little support groups, to help motivate us and push us toward the right direction :)

By: nora@ffr

nora@ffr — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:00:46 +0000

totally agree with you candy. donno much about photography but i also du hate rejection. but you know something you are the most talented and creative food photographer and food blogger ive ever met and all ye works are just beyond impressive. keep it up candy!
cheers!!

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By: Candy

Candy — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:27:14 +0000

Hummingbird – You should check out tastestopping.wordpress.com, they take all our rejected food photos :) I get a 40% approval rate at foodgawker.com, so don’t be discouraged! I can’t make EVERY single photo I take perfect, because I’m cooking, and I’m in a rush. So some come out less than perfect.

Plus, some of their reasons for rejection don’t make any sense. The sites usually take a 250 x 250 pixel image (a square), while we make compositions with a rectangle. So the whole ratio is off, and when they tell you your photo lacks good composition, it’s BS!

By: Hummingbird Appetite

Hummingbird Appetite — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:13:40 +0000

I don’t have the photog skills like you do, but I do hate the feeling of rejection. I started up my food blog end of May and began discovering food photo web sites. I think they’re wonderful food ogling sites, but I hated the rejection of this one Web site. They had the audacity to explain what was wrong with your photo. That’s obnoxious. I’d rather you just not give me a two-word reason for rejection and be vague at the same time. Anyway, at least I have plenty of time to improve my food photo-taking.

And, also: Go dream!

By: Candy

Candy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:59:02 +0000

Hey Irish Pirate – I was pretty sure you’d totally understand what I’m going through. When I started this blog, alot of people didn’t understand what the point was. They kept asking if it was worthy of my efforts and how much money I was making. If I went through life that way, I’d be miserable.

To most people, EVERYTHING IS ABOUT MONEY. And that you are stupid if you don’t agree.

I’ve also been told that if I didn’t have a full time job, people would look down on me. Like if I didn’t sit at a cubicle all day long and work for someone else, I was a useless bag of skin. Maybe people just want to drag you down with them.

I haven’t read the book you mentioned, bring it in a few weeks when we meet up!

To all the dreamers out there, GO DREAMERS! :)

By: Irish Pirate

Irish Pirate — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:51 +0000

I’m here for you girl! GO CANDY! I think your work is amazing and I totally understand the frustrations of rejections. It’s great that you had the confidence in your work to continue trying for acceptance – I really just fell apart after my first creative rejection and never really recovered. It’s even harder to get acceptance for your creativity when even you doubt yourself!

My pet peeve is the misconception that if a creative endevour doesn’t make “money” in the sense that you could support yourself off of it, it’s not worth your time or money spent on it. Or that you have to be a millionaire or some famous artist/celebrity to be recognized.

I should let you read “The Artist’s Way” if you haven’t read it already. It’s an awesome book about being an artist and dealing with a lot of the hassles that come along with that label.