Photo download tips for SXC users

posted by vancanjay, Apr 24, 2007 3:05 PM — 1 comments

New to this game or just not sure what is the protocol on how to use all these great "free" shots on SXC...

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Just deleted 20 images

posted by vancanjay, May 31, 2006 7:23 AM — 1 comments

I can't believe I did it. I spent so much time filing out the forms and waiting on the files to load...

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BACK UP YOUR IMAGES!

posted by vancanjay, Mar 30, 2006 4:43 PM — 3 comments

No, I didn't lose all my images but had a close call on my latest 200 or so...

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Download Dropdown Menu

posted by vancanjay, Mar 17, 2006 4:02 PM — 5 comments

After learning that many people would love to know more about how and why their images were being used, I thought it would be great if a simple drop down menu would come up at the time of every download...

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Why do people download?

posted by vancanjay, Mar 16, 2006 5:19 AM — 5 comments

I wonder how many of the downloads actually get used vs. sitting on someone's hard drive for some future potential use?...

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5 hours since my last fix

posted by vancanjay, Mar 14, 2006 3:48 PM — 1 comments

I just had 5 hours of sleep due to kids, dishes and general life stuff. I have spent my first morning minutes in this majical kingdom just checking how things went in the last few hours while I was in bed. After 5 minutes I find out about 200 or so more downloads, no comments, and nothing more accepted or rejected. Nothing that new in the forum either. Gotta feed the dogs and kids. Time to move on to deal with daily life - only to be back sooner rather than later... just to see the changes as they happen. Hey, 5- 10 minutes a few times a day isn't too much....

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What to do with my addiction?

posted by vancanjay, Mar 14, 2006 8:51 AM — 0 comments

While I've been pleasure shooting for years, I seem to have went photo nuts with advent of digital cameras, large memory cards and better image quality. To top it off, I've discovered these stock photo sites. Not only can I shoot a ton, but now I can spend hours editing, uploading and logging keywords.

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