I had ment to post this blog earlier but forgot that it was waiting in my drafts section.

After i had looked at my ideas i then started to look at keywords on bigstockphoto.com.
I would post some of the pictures i found but you need to buy the pictures first but i will show a keyword and then show how many photos i get in the search result.

Skating - 575 pictures
Skateboarding - 259 pictures
Sports - 13,348 pictures
Nature - 232,253 pictures
Flowers - 35,906 pictures
modeling - 997 pictures
fashion - 31,188 pictures

When i was looking at a few keywords i didnt think i would get more than the sports keyword but i was very wrong.
The importance of keywords is that they are there to advetise your pictures in search engines.
The more you have, the more chance someone will find one of your pictures.
For example i am uploading a picture of a girl modeling with a dress she made in a park so i will apply the following keywords:

Modeling
fashion
Park
Beutifull
Pretty
cute
Red
Black
Dress
posing
tree
blonde
glasses
female
girl
emotion
etc

For each image i will try to have atleast 20 keywords.

When you look at images you will also see Categories.
Alot like keywords, Categories make your photo easy to find.
For example if someone uploads a picture of a skateboarder doing a trick, it can then be found in the following Categories:

Sports > skateboarding
People > Teens
Conceptual > Risk

Now with my image placed in these Categories and have alot of keywords attached to it, there is a much higher chance of being found in a search engine.


Just before i uploaded this blog, i submitted 3 of my final photos to bigstockphoto.com.
I will submit my final photo in the morning after editing it a bit more.

My next blog will be talking about the photos i uploaded and why i picked them and also talk about what other poctures i took.
I am also starting to film for my final Video blog which will talk about the whole production process and voer everything needed.