{"id":4930,"date":"2022-07-27T17:45:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/?p=4930"},"modified":"2023-07-17T12:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T19:59:48","slug":"interview-jennifer-bogle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/interview-jennifer-bogle\/","title":{"rendered":"Contributor interview: Jennifer Bogle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-intro-text\" id=\"block_fc2050f82c09f74dde6ac5a36e55c9b4\">\n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:8%\"><\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"wp-block-column has-large-font-size\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n        <p>We interviewed Stocksy Contributor Jennifer Bogle about her experience as a photographer capturing authentic family life and what it means to be Costco famous.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_d1ae797fc6130b91e77a7a55bc829ffc\">\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:8%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n    \n              <p>Looking at your portfolio and your social media we see a constant stream of creative activities. What role does creativity play in your daily life besides being a creative yourself?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I grew up in a \u201cdon\u2019t mix the play dough colors\u201d household and while I did a lot of fun things, they weren\u2019t really \u201ccreative\u201d things. Once I finished school though I definitely became a project person. I just feel better if I\u2019m working on a project.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">My family now is just full of creativity. My husband draws. My daughter is an artist who I keep supplied with raw materials and opportunities for creating. My oldest has an amazing eye for light and details. My middle child is just like I was as a kid and would rather not try anything that isn\u2019t guaranteed to be an instant success. But he\u2019s also like me in that he\u2019s happier when actively working on something.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">So I routinely drag us all into projects that are over our heads in varying degrees\u2014like building a playhouse\u2014and just preach a \u201cgoogle and try\u201d motto. I\u2019m trying to keep them from wasting their first few decades of life being afraid to try things they aren\u2019t instantly good at.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Sometimes after a rough project day, I wonder if they hate it but then my husband texts that my teen who moped through building a playhouse wall is proudly telling the barber about the house he built, and I talk about needing to hire a builder for something and my kid gives me side-eye and says \u201cwe\u2019re builders, we can do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n            \n              \n      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-image-contained\" id=\"block_67f8f971c274c027ee16ffaab6497699\">\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:8%\"><\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:92%\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/3479370\/boy-staring-up-at-enormous-bubble?shoot=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"buy_url\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3479370-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Boy looks in amazement at huge bubble with rainbow colors playing across its surface. He stands in front o fa house with lush foliage.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3479370-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3479370-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3479370-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3479370.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n              <\/a>\n            <figcaption>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/JenniferBogle\/showcase?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"image-author\">\n              Jennifer Bogle\n            <\/a><br>\n                          <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_ac6937f61ba58fc8d16b18fec2ddec6b\">\n\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:42%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:68%\">\n    \n              <p>With such a creative family do they play a role in the planning of shoots when it comes to picking subjects and themes? Do any of them show any interest in photography as well?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">So far I\u2019m the driving force for any of the more organized shoots. But often one of the kids will come up with a really fun activity and it evolves into a shoot. They are all old enough to recognize that if stock photos are involved, I will up the ante in terms of better supplies or working on a slightly outrageous scale. Like painting a mural on the garage door.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Recently my daughter wanted to chop off her long curly hair, just to try a new style. I offered to let her cut it all off herself for a stock session. We borrowed a photogenic bathroom, and she chopped off her own hair before we headed to the salon for the cleanup. She felt like the queen of the world. And I got priceless photos of that very real powerful moment for her.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">My portfolio has a lot of more organized sessions, but these many of our daily life photos are just me photographing the random things we do, and sometimes \u201csessions\u201d just evolve. I was pressure washing the swing in the yard one afternoon and blasted water into the air to let it rain on the kids. They thought it looked amazing and ran inside to grab their umbrellas. I shot a whole magical series of them dancing in the mist with the sun filtering through. I try for less \u201cmom makes us do stuff to take photos\u201d and more \u201cwe do fun stuff and mom is usually standing there with her camera.\u201d They just ignore me and I compose and wait for things to happen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I don\u2019t know if I have any budding photographers quite yet. Everyone has a camera and they all have a great eye for light\u2014especially my oldest\u2014but interest comes and goes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n      \n              \n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_0320b641a93ac3b661033ede88a2aa72\">\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:24%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n\n    \n              <p>How did you get started with stock photography? And what made you decide to recently join Stocksy?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Several years ago I was invited to join a new stock agency. I had a full-time job and small portrait business, but the business wasn\u2019t fitting well into my life. It wasn\u2019t financially worth the time I was putting into it, and I wasn\u2019t photographing my own family as much or as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">A few close friends happily transitioned to being stock photo models and I mostly quit the portrait business. I love the freedom to photograph who and what and how I want.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I have all the admiration for professional photographers, but photography will always be a side business for me and I have to put pretty strong time and energy boundaries on the business end of things. Stock fits well inside those boundaries and lets me participate in all the parts of photography that I love. I can work hard at it for a season\u2014like transitioning a portfolio\u2014and then back off when other things need my focus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">For years I\u2019ve heard great things about Stocksy\u2019s communication with artists. I also got the impression that Stocksy was going to be a better style fit for me. I had gotten used to not bothering to submit my favorite quirky images because I knew they wouldn\u2019t make the cut. So far, Stocksy has consistently curated my personal favorites. That alone has solidified my choice to move everything here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Has being a stock photographer influenced how you capture your daily life?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">It definitely has in the past, and I had to make the conscious decision to limit that influence. Trying to shoot clean, commercial daily life imagery ended up crowding out what I wanted to shoot. My favorite photo of me as a kid is me as a toddler wearing a diaper and my dad\u2019s boots that came up to my armpits. I decided I didn\u2019t want to routinely curate everyday wardrobes, or ban the favorite neon orange read-a-thon shirt that\u2019s bound to be a childhood favorite memory, just because it wasn\u2019t stock-worthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">For documenting daily life I photograph what I want to first, and then sometimes I\u2019ll add extra angles and variation to flesh out a set\u2014even if it\u2019s just a few images.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Trips are a great opportunity for stock art and when we vacation we tend to hang out in one location and do the same things for a few days. I\u2019ll pick a few of those outings to be my stock shooting times and ask the kids to wear the stuff that won\u2019t make me tear my hair out editing logos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">That said, I have absolutely left a laughing kid stuck upside down in a washing machine to get my camera for a few photos, but I would have done that even if it wasn\u2019t submitted for stock.<\/span><\/p>\n\n      \n              \n        \n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Images Block -->\n\n<div class=\"block-images\"  id=\"block_d8970e6237df68149f7d515cf48837b5\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"block-images-flex landscape-two\">\n\n      <div class=\"image-landscape\">\n\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/3466545\/girl-admires-herself-in-bathroom-mirror\" target=\"_blank\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3466545.jpg\" alt=\"Girl stands at bathroom sink surrounded by cut curls and scissor. She admires her short hair in the mirror, looking confident and please with herself.\">\n              <\/a>\n      \n        <div class=\"image-details\">\n          <div class=\"details-content\">\n                                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/JenniferBogle\/showcase?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">\n                          Jennifer Bogle\n                      <\/a>\n                                            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"image-landscape\">\n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/3439745\/father-helps-son-with-leg-in-pink-cast-get-settled-in-car-seat\" target=\"_blank\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3439745.jpg\" alt=\"father helps buckle his son&#039;s seatbelt. Son has a broken leg in a hot pink cast, propped on the seat in front of him.\">\n                  <\/a>\n        \n        <div class=\"image-details\">\n          <div class=\"details-content\">\n                                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/JenniferBogle\/showcase?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">\n                          Jennifer Bogle\n                      <\/a>\n                                            \n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_27840ed2ed99b26f2665406c6a556543\">\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:8%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n    \n              <p>What is your drive behind capturing such a wonderful and detailed slice of life and licensing it through stock libraries?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I like the way that photographing my daily life forces me to really SEE it. To notice the details. Images with layers and a sense of moment to them are the ones I know I\u2019m going to love later. The memories I\u2019m going to love. And I find that if I make photos I love, they tend to speak to other people as well. I know my friend will laugh out loud in recognition at the image of her toddler hanging off the edge of a couch at a gravity-defying angle while she eats carrot sticks. Because it\u2019s all part of the same reality. It belongs in her newborn session images because it\u2019s life at that moment. The details we forget make up so much of our daily reality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I choose to license personal images first because it\u2019s a way to fund quality gear and pay for extra creative activities. But there are still gaps in representation in stock art. There are times when images of my family have made up an uncomfortably large percentage of search results for some things. I see how my kids react when they see families and people who look like them. It matters to them. So we\u2019re helping fill a few of those gaps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your family has a beautifully documented life. How is it for them to be such an integral part of your portfolio? From being in shoots to potentially finding their photos out in the world.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Thank you! So far, everyone is happy to have the photos and happy to be part of the portfolio. They like looking back at photos from trips and hearing the stories that accompany them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Each child has had what they consider a \u201cfamous\u201d moment. Though my son was far more impressed with being on the back of all the cereal boxes and snack items at Costco than my daughter was with being in National Geographic. My middle son wants to know when he gets to be Costco famous.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">The kids all have full veto rights on photos. They can refuse to be photographed at all or ask that certain photos not be published. Especially anything with high emotion. They are used to me always having a camera\u2014I don\u2019t ask every time I pick it up\u2014but I have an idea what they do and don\u2019t like photographed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">My son allowed me to take photos of him when he had a broken leg\u2014but also negotiated a percentage of any sale, so feel free to promote those images and he\u2019ll thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I will probably stop using their images as they approach their middle teen years and start to look more like their adult selves. For better or worse, I want them to have control of their adult image in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n\n            \n              \n    \n            \n              <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/3469550\/child-upside-down-in-washing-machine-with-legs-kicked-up\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"buy_url\">\n                    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3469550-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Laundry room scene with child helping with chores. Her legs kick in the air as she is stuck upside down in washing machine.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3469550-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3469550-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3469550-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3469550.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n                      <\/a>\n                    <figcaption>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/JenniferBogle\/showcase?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"image-author\">\n              Jennifer Bogle\n            <\/a><br>\n            \n          <\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n              \n      <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:34%\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_b091598081795907b8ee32bea7348af4\">\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:24%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n\n    \n              <p>Do you have any hidden talents besides creating your wonderful work?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I can do a few things well, but mostly I attempt many things that I will never practice enough to be truly talented at. I can sew a little\u2014I\u2019ve made a few quilts. I garden a bit. I have some very basic woodworking skills that I\u2019ve used to build a playhouse, garden beds, and about 80% of a greenhouse that I really need to finish, and a little easy furniture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">But the nice thing about being a photographer is that you can take really nice photos of your other mediocre projects.<\/span><\/p>\n\n      \n              \n        \n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_2e0bd905878e903f9c1b160a42e48bf5\">\n\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:42%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:68%\">\n    \n              <p>Are you \u201calways on\u201d or do you need your moments to disconnect to recharge?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Oh gosh no, I definitely have a lot of downtime. My grandpa used to say \u201cdeep down, I\u2019m lazy but I figure if I work hard enough, nobody will notice.\u201d My lazy lives a lot closer to the surface than his ever did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you need to recharge, how do you normally recharge?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">If I\u2019m just burned out on photography, I\u2019ll switch focus to a different creative project. But if I\u2019m tired of making or doing, I\u2019ll happily go into full sloth mode and binge-watch some tv or read. That only lasts so long because I tend to feel better if I \u201cget stuff done.\u201d I just pick something that doesn\u2019t require a lot of creative input or decision making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What is the one bit of creative advice you wish you knew from the start?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I wish I was just encouraged to try things. Lots of things. Things that I didn\u2019t think were my \u201cthing.\u201d Just try all the things even if you aren\u2019t sure you want to make that kind of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Early on I was exposed to one type of photography and a sense that I needed to \u201cfind my style\u201d by choosing one and sticking to it, rather than trying a bunch of different things and letting my style develop. As a consequence, I have a year or so of pretty images of my family, but few images of our life. I\u2019ve since learned I want it the other way around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Fortunately, I had a crappy camera, a dark house, and a small budget so I ended up buying a flash and learning how to use it. That broke me into studying light in some ways I may not have otherwise and led me down the path of experimenting. And I ran across a couple of documentary photographers who broke every rule of pretty clean imagery I had learned and made me want to be them when I grow up.<\/span><\/p>\n\n      \n              \n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_af6096b42b1b306f8049fcd928552524\">\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:24%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:58%\">\n\n    \n              <p>Creative blocks can happen to everybody, what works for you to get out of them?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Usually, I\u2019ll take a break for a while and then often I\u2019ll just go make a bunch of bad photos. Photos that don\u2019t matter and aren\u2019t intended for any particular purpose. I\u2019ll drag a flash out in the rain or stick it somewhere I\u2019ve never tried (most of my kitchen appliances have had a flash in them). Or pick a terrible location and just make the best possible photo I can in that spot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I think the act of just making something can get me moving again and make me less resistant to picking up the camera the next time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Do you have a favorite piece of gear? And why?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">Not at the moment, but I have had an on-again-off-again love affair with Fuji x100 series cameras over the years. I think I\u2019ve owned three iterations of them. I love their portability and simplicity. But I get antsy when I own too much gear that doesn\u2019t get regular use, and I end up selling them off and regretting it. My main gear is Sony so over time the Fuji ends up just sitting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I finally resolved this by finding screaming deals on used Fuji cameras for my kids so I can use them when I get the urge.<\/span><\/p>\n\n      \n              \n        \n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-image-contained\" id=\"block_a57952130b8a09cc926fc483d2fe9bda\">\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:8%\"><\/div>\n  \n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:92%\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\">\n              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/3495055\/child-shoots-baskets-in-the-rain\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"buy_url\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3495055-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Silhouette of child shooting hoops in the rain. He is backlit with dramatic light, with raindrops filling the screen.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3495055-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3495055-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3495055-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Stocksy_comp_3495055.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n              <\/a>\n            <figcaption>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stocksy.com\/JenniferBogle\/showcase?page=1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"image-author\">\n              Jennifer Bogle\n            <\/a><br>\n                          <\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns stocksy-generic-text-image\" id=\"block_2e7994658f6eb2e6bf966d65d6ae90ad\">\n\n\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:42%\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:68%\">\n    \n              <p>Do you have any advice for Contributors just starting out at Stocksy?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">With stock in general I\u2019d say my best advice is to submit, submit, submit. The sooner you grow your portfolio, the sooner you\u2019ll see sales. And when you\u2019re shooting for stock, look for variety in angles and perspectives and orientation, even if you think you have THE shot for that moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">For Stocksy in particular (in my short experience) I\u2019d say to learn to view feedback\u2014returned images, rejected images with explanation\u2014as valuable information. Rejection is tough. But feedback adds value. I know from experience rejection without any feedback is demoralizing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">I\u2019ve had great images rejected at other places and I never knew why. Feedback wasn\u2019t an option. I sent some of the same images to Stocksy and found I\u2019d missed the same small logos in several images. Such a silly error. I corrected it and the images went up. Feedback is a great opportunity to fix problems and then avoid them later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #7b7b7b;\">And then, of course, don\u2019t take style rejections personally. Just because it\u2019s not for Stocksy doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not for you. But try submitting it anyway. 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