The Pleasures of Keyword Perfect

Posted on 9/7/2011 by Spencer Grant | Printable Version | Comments (2)

Few stock photo tasks are as idiosyncratic as keywording. Some photographers just use their mental vocabularies while others consult a thesaurus. I know a photographer who has blocks of often-used synonyms he cuts and pastes into the right place. Everyone does it differently.

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Owen Franken Posted Sep 9, 2011
I tried this with istock and they rejected images for "irrelevant" keywords, same with canstock. And I do not see this three tier business on Getty. Where is it?
Spencer Grant Posted Sep 23, 2011
A fair comment, Owen. I don't belong to Getty so when Keyword Perfect's Alex Zane said the program accomodated Getty's "three-tier" submission procedure I simply took him at his word...the program does work well at Alamy.

As to the resulting excessive keywords, yes, I've encountered them too. It takes awhile to figure out just how much information to input to get the right keyword mix but that's an asset of the program once it's understood. Me, I'm still getting the hang of it.

BTW, you might remember me as Ellis Herwig from the old days at Stock Boston...hope you're well. I'd love to hear from you at spencergrant@cox.net.
-- SG

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