You just need to fill the URL of a website which hosts your portfolio while you are Signing up or you can add the URL later in your profile. Based on the quality of the images, which are hosted in your portfolio, Photobeluga administrators will decide whether to activate a VIP status for your account. If you don't have a VIP status yet and you have updated your portfolio you can send a request for review by sending an e-mail to admin@photobeluga.com
The VIP status provides the following extras:
The VIP status is displayed next to the name of the photographer whenever she/ he logs in her/his profile, also in the list of photographers, under each uploaded photo of this photographer, in the title sections of the webpages "Uploaded images" and "Rejected images."
On exceptional occasion of serious violations of the Terms of Use of Photobeluga by a photographer, her/ his VIP status might be temporarily or permanently deactivated by the administrators of Photobeluga. Whenever her/his VIP status is deactivated, the photographer would be notified about the reasons.
For photographers who still do not have VIP status, the prices of the images uploaded by them are determined according to the pricing model of Photobeluga. If you are interested you can check the prices
*Photobeluga reserves the right to change the terms for activation of VIP status for photographers
