UNSPLASH | PHOTOGRAPHY

Creating An Unsplash Profile

Trying both sides of the coin.

Photo by Jillian Amatt on Unsplash

As an amateur photographer, I have been interested in Unsplash since I discovered it through Medium when I joined back in January 2022. I loved the way I could just type in some keywords to the search, and many different photos would pop up that I could choose from to use in my articles.

I don’t do it often, though, because I largely like to use my own photos for my articles.

But over time, I became interested enough to take a closer look at the platform to understand how it is that these photos come to be available for others to use.

It was then that I discovered that anyone can set up an Unsplash profile and get started!

This is one of my most popular downloaded photos that was taken in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Jillian Amatt on Unsplash

Getting started

Initially, it feels like they put you through a bit of a trial run and you are only allowed to upload up to 10 photos per week.

In the beginning, I had a few uploads that were declined because they didn’t fit within the guidelines. But once I started to learn…