PhotoShelter more picky?

Or am I just a poor self editor? 2 of 8 pictures accepted yesterday. Not a great run. Again, I don't take it personally. However, I don't like wasting their or my time. I really wish they had a subject/technical checkbox for rejections so I could figure out why things were rejected and better self edit for their collection.

That's where the issue is. They have something in mind for their collection, a certain feel. They want "pictures of real life". The quote is something like that. Anway, one of their editor's choice is a father sitting on the messy floor of an apartment changing a diaper. Its almost a snapshot (who am I kidding, I can't tell that piece of art from a snapshot). When we were out at the Tulip festival I took a picture of my wife holding my 6mo son while he grabbed a tulip. Cute picture, real life. To me it had more composure than a snapshot without being posed. It was rejected.

So did I miss the ball technically? Did they hate the composure? Or do I not get the "real life"?

Oh well, as I keep saying. Just gotta take more pictures.