Images that iStock does not need:
•3D – Simple Renders: Go beyond the easy and obvious presets.
•3D – Extruded Text: Simple 3D text is not enough.
•3D – Simplistic Modeling: Spend more time with your polygons.
•Airplane Wings (& out the window shots): Wait until you land to shoot the vacation shots.
•Flags: 3D or real, give us something more than the basic flags.
•Light Blurs: Fun for photo clubs, but rarely is it good stock.
•Nature Snap Shots: Sweeping vistas and insect macros are great – yet another forest floor is not.
•Photoshop Backgrounds, Fractals: We've all had fun with filters. Designers are looking for images that they can't quickly make themselves with a few button pushes.
•People Doing Nothing: Get your models doing something!
•Shadows of People, Headless People: Photograph people or do not. There is no try.
•Single Apples (or Green Peppers or Oranges) Isolated on White: The day of the single fruit isolated on white has passed.
•Sunsets, Cloudscapes, Skies: Be sure the sky really is stunning before uploading.
•Symbols: !$%@ – Whether rendered or photographed, typographic symbols are less interesting than you think.
•Your Immediate Environment: There's life beyond your front door!