Keywording Locations
It's all about location, location, location! Buyers are looking
for fresh and recent images of places near and far. Since they ask
for them by name, proper identification is important when
keywording. If you can find it on a map, we probably have it in our
controlled vocabulary. Have images of the island Santorini? Go even
more specific and tell us if it's Fira or Oia. How about incredible
shots of the Great Sphinx? Keyword the iconic landmark as such and
we'll take care of broader terms like Giza, Upper Egypt, and Middle
East. How about the working class city of Youngstown, Ohio? Yep, we
have that.
When identifying places by their proper names, it's good to make
sure images "look" like what they are, or contain something iconic
that your average travler will recognize. If the image is very
abstracted, universally common, or of something atypical of the
location, you probably don't need to include the name.
Click here to view an album of landmarks and natural
formations near and far. How many do you know by name? Get inspired
to explore and shoot, wherever you are on the planet.
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