Acceptance ratio

After having steadily increased my monthly acceptance ratios, I'm moving onto different grounds.

I have now a relatively good idea about whether this or that portrait or landscape will get accepted or rejected.

But when it comes to concept shots, it's still a total fog!

I have lots of ideas but more often than not they're too complicated to execute. Some ideas I manage to put into a what I consider nice enough picture to submit. But more often than not they come back as "not stock oriented"...

Well, I guess there has to be a learning curve.

As I anxiously wait for the result of my latest submissions, I see with despair my acceptance ratio plummeting!!!

All this to say that as much as I admire people who've got a high acceptance ratio, I have to accept that taking risks is part of the game. I could still be doing the shots I know best but if I want to diversify, then I have to get out of my comfort zone. No risk, no gain, it's all about risk management!

Photo credits: Callion, Iivanovich1, Mattwatt, Stogafy, Gary Bydlo, Vladimir Jovanovic.