Fotolia has announced a contest for smartphone pictures uploaded to their Instant Collection. The main prize is a cash out of 5,000 credits – for American contributors equal to $ 5,000 and for Europeans even € 5,000. In addition, they pay 1 credit for each accepted image into the Instant Collection.
Fotolia launches Instant Contest, paying $1 per image and $5,000 for the bestseller
Fotolia had launched the Instant App for iPhone last summer and so far has accepted 10,000 images into their Instant Collection. Quite frankly, not a big number considering their tens of millions of other images. But some of them have sold quite well and now they are looking for more content.
Personally, I am a big fan of the SMART Collection at Westend61 as I believe those harshly filtered images represent the style that is so popular among Instagrammers. But there is certainly some value in not having to have a DSLR ready at all times, so some images might suit the Instant Collection as well.