Stock Photography

Stocky wrote in post #5113322
I will confirm for you that even with the permission of the Soldiers in uniform you couldn't sell that for commercial use. That would imply that the US government supports the product and would cause all kinds of trouble. It may be a good editorial stock candidate though.

Not necessarily. It could imply that some US soldiers would support the product: if the soldiers' faces aren't visible, then that would be perfectly acceptable.

Something I've learned from submitting is that with the incredible number of shots you're likely to be able to produce, it's almost not even worth fighting over the rejections. Take heed of why you didn't get in, and work on improving for future shoots.

Unless it's impossible to reshoot, you'd be better suited working to get it right the first try as opposed to trying to fix everything in post.

bieber wrote in post #5115671
Not necessarily. It could imply that some US soldiers would support the product: if the soldiers' faces aren't visible, then that would be perfectly acceptable.

only the childs face is visable

neither of those photos will sell on any stock site, they simply aren't that usable by a designer.

ive written 5 articles on my experiance selling microstock over the last 5+ years... first one is here:

http://www.randomn3ss.​com …ng-digital-photos-part-i/

ill happily give you whatever advice / answers i can.