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Title: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: Brasilnut on September 30, 2021, 12:41
Welcome back to the September 2021 detailed monthly report during these increasingly strange and desperate times. Hope your stock business isn’t proving to be too much of a tough climb…

https://brutallyhonestmicrostock.com/2021/09/30/september-2021-brutally-honest-earnings-report/

Alex

Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: For Real on September 30, 2021, 15:13
Nice write up thanks! Alamy might be coming back from the dead!
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: SVH on September 30, 2021, 15:40
Nice write up thanks! Alamy might be coming back from the dead!

Just cancelled my account at Alamy. No sale in months. I'll be dead when I reach my payout limit, if any. But maybe it's just my bad and unwanted material :)

Allthough they seem better then the ones Alex sold (no pun intended)
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: cascoly on September 30, 2021, 16:48
alamy's hit or miss --  i had a net $80 sale this month after months of little or nothing
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: Brasilnut on October 01, 2021, 06:52
Cool, Arcangel just reported a sale earning me a cool $158 net for this image. Updated the report.

Tres bien!
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: SVH on October 01, 2021, 10:23
Congrats!
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Post by: SVH on October 01, 2021, 14:46
First of all, I love your blog. Very insightful and inspiring. Secondly glad for you that you sold this picture.

But I'm trying to grasp why the buyer bought it.

If I look at it I don't see anything pinsharp, all looks out of focus. I see noise, or is it the rain? I see a disturbing lamppost on the right, buildings are cut off, lighting is awful.

Can you walk me through the beauty of your picture? I don't seem to understand it.

Kind regards and keep up the good work, always nice to see your blog each month.
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: SVH on October 01, 2021, 15:21
Never mind Alex. I have taken a look at the site you sold it. It seems their all into vintage looking photo's. Your photo fits in there perfectly. Forget the question.
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: Ukko on October 01, 2021, 15:30
Cool, Arcangel just reported a sale earning me a cool $158 net for this image. Updated the report.

Tres bien!
I've probably never seen the Eiffel Tower from this angle. This is different from all the other pictures taken by tourists that the internet is full of. No wonder this picture was chosen for the cover of the book. You have done a great job, congratulations!
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: For Real on October 01, 2021, 15:56
Funny an author of the business that actually sells book covers! Not too shabby! I do like the angle of this shot!
Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: Brasilnut on October 01, 2021, 17:26
First of all, I love your blog. Very insightful and inspiring. Secondly glad for you that you sold this picture.

But I'm trying to grasp why the buyer bought it.

If I look at it I don't see anything pinsharp, all looks out of focus. I see noise, or is it the rain? I see a disturbing lamppost on the right, buildings are cut off, lighting is awful.

Can you walk me through the beauty of your picture? I don't seem to understand it.

Kind regards and keep up the good work, always nice to see your blog each month.

Hi, it's all part of the "mood".

Here's the final version used in the book cover (the latest version is in German, yet to be spotted).

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I've probably never seen the Eiffel Tower from this angle.

I was in Paris for 3 weeks a few years ago and deliberately searched for "unique Eiffel Tower spots" and managed to find this one here...leading me to Av. de Camoens with the iconic Haussmann architecture on the foreground.

Title: Re: September 2021 Brutally Honest Earnings Report
Post by: For Real on October 01, 2021, 19:25
very lovely and nice to see how it is used. Thanks...
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Post by: kenwood on October 02, 2021, 18:10
Agreed with the other comments.  I was in paris years ago and intentionally walk around the tower to find more interesting angle but did not come across this spot.