Welcome Gillian. I'm a kiwi so an 'across the ditch' neighbour 

I like audis.

Hi I'm Gillian, I'm new to the site and quite new to microstock. I've dabbled a little this past year and have a very modest portfolio, but looking at really concentrating on it this year. I guess I'm still in the honeymoon phase where a single sale gives me a buzz, and a rejection breaks my heart.

Living in Brisbane, Australia, one husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, 12 chooks. I freelance for the media, trying to write this year in addition to photography. My flavours: Nikon, BMW, Apple, coffee over tea, chardonnay over sav blanc, shiraz over merlot, beef over chicken, beach over country and autumn.

Hello, I'm Phil, and I've been a member of this site for a few years, and I've been into microstock for around five years.  My portfolio is relatively small compared to many....around 2000 images, and I now only add around 200 images each year.  Currently, I upload to  19 microstock sites.  I'm no longer in the honeymoon phase, and I'm not happy unless I earn at least $100.00 each week!   Rejection?  I guess I suffer from that every day, otherwise I'd be earning $200.00 each day!   

I live on the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales....about 90 minutes south of Sydney.  I live with four females.... one wife, two daughters (in their late teens), and a female dog (does anyone feel a tad sorry for me?  ).  I operate a busy tour company from a home office.  My flavours: Nikon, BMW (I'd have one if I didn't keep spending 1000s of dollars on driving around Europe each year), coffee over tea, red over white wine, any meat I can sink my teeth into, snow over the beach, cold over hot (the reason we head to Europe in Winter each year), classical music over rock music, a traditional roast dinner over a BBQ, driving over being driven, conservative over radical, and success over failure!

All in all, I'm a little bit unusual but quite normal.

hi, I am from sydney. ENjoy the buzz.

Welcome to you to wirry.  Do try to keep warm 

I had to google chook! New word for today

Welcome.

As you'll see from reading here, you've started at a most "interesting" time for microstock.

ah yes, it has been interested reading all the goings on.

glad to add another word to your vocab - it is acceptable in Scrabble!

Hi welcome to this forum!I am alyssaly ,new to this forum!Nice to meet you!

NZder here, and the word chook - whenever I upload my chook photos and put chook,some sites I deal with try and spell check it, some of the suggestions are amusing to say the least

Welcome Gillian! Nice to have a new member form downunder here :-)

Living in Brisbane, Australia, one husband, 3 kids, 2 dogs, 12 chooks

Sounds like lots of free-to-shoot models!

My flavours: Nikon, BMW, Apple, coffee over tea, chardonnay over sav blanc, shiraz over merlot, beef over chicken, beach over country and autumn.

We share seven of nine favorite interests (CANON  )

Welcome -- I think Google is experiencing a run on Chook.   

how funny, hasn't that word migrated over there yet? not much call in the agencies for image signs declaring "hot chooks $9.95" mores the pity, delightfully grungy shop near me has such a sign.

I use Nikon - but you will have to jump the ditch to borrow my gear lol

thanks for the offer. Actually I'm all good for gear (lol, something only a female would say I suspect! sorry boys); I'm setting up a studio this year so that's my next expense.
And of course, still searching for the ultimate camera bag that is made for women and looks pretty.... (something only a female would say?

Gear bags are a pain, I have 2 I use most one set up for weddings with extra stuff, safety pins, celebrity tape, mini hairspray and I jam my circle reflector in it when I take camera out - its a Crumpler, but it is black and sometimes if bag gets left in sun it gets so hot my celebrity tape melts....... wish they did big ones in a pale colour , anyway I have attached jewellery to it as my statement for being feminie.  my stock bag is a sling over lowepro - which is smaller and everday it comes with me also as my hand bag - but I still haven't balanced everything in it and it occasionaly slips sort of, again that has a scarf often attached to it.   Maybe we should design camera bags for women - theres a thought.  oh and a bboring box shape cheapy for my back up camera for weddings which resides in boot of car.

there are about 4 good designers who do make women's camera bags. I too have a couple of crumpler bags and although they are much groovier than Lowepro they still scream "camera/electronic" gear.  I'm thinking of getting myself a bag by Kelly Moore, just trying to choose a colour!