Sam

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Sam is in charge of keeping our community of contributors happy and manages the review of hundreds of images every day. As a co-owner of the business she is focussed on maximising the sales of our contributors' images and building FreeDigitalPhotos.net into an industry-leading stock photography distributor.

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Customer indicator for MR/PR attachments

We have changed the display of images on the website so that customers can now see whether a model release and/or property release is attached to an image.

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Upcoming events over the summer of 2013

As the weather begins to heat up, our customers and potential customers will be on the lookout for a range of suitable images and photographs to use to help to publicise or enhance their articles or promotional materials for events happening over the summer. Here are some ideas to inspire your creations.

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New image editing facility – including instructions for use

Launch of our new image editing facility, which will make it easier for you to manage your existing images and make amendments to them.

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Contributor survey – what you told us

Thanks to everyone who took the time to complete our contributor survey. This is a brief summary of what you told us and our feedback.

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Images now accepted for ‘editorial use only’

We can now accept images for editorial use only. Find out more about what this means and how to submit your editorial images.

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New categories for Germany, Portugal and Scandinavia

Due to a recent increase in images relating to travel to Germany, Portugal and Scandinavia we have added these as specific countries within our category structure, to help customers find what they want more quickly.

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‘Take Stock’ – our newsletter just for you!

Read about our new newsletter, especially for our community of image contributors

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New display for categories

Change to the way in which our categories display when you are uploading images to make it easier to select the correct category.

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Better keywording 4 – Take care when copying

This series of posts focuses on good and bad keywording, to help you improve your keyword approval rating. Here we look at the pitfalls of copying keywords from one image to another.

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Better keywording 3 – Focus on the subject of the image

This series of posts focuses on good and bad keywording, to help you improve your keyword approval rating. Here we look at focussing on the subject of the image in your keywording.