Are you the Jack Nicholson kind of joker, or the Heath Ledger kind?

I am new to photography.  Looks like microstock is the perfect place to make some real cash! I will get my new canon from walmart and start shooting objects on the table- simple yet will make some real bank! Love it!

J

You reminded me the good old days when I started microstock in 2007.

Good luck!

just excited to entry the business! I just passed Shutterstock with 2 out of 10 passing! That tells me I am ready to move up the corp ladder!

J

so funny, I just started a session on tomatoes to submit- makes sense since spring is only a few weeks away thus gardening will be the in thing!  thanks

J

here's my profile of the ideal new photographer to microstock, who wants to make it...

- independent source of revenue (essential for buying food and valium) Or living where it costs less than $20/day
- years of spare time looking forwards
- large supply of spare F5 keys for the keyboard
- nice thick skin
- posesssing a sturdy umbrella to keep off unpleasant things that will get dumped from above regularly
 - a bottomless pit of optimism and ambition
 - wide variety of photogenic models willing to work for nothing but a thank you
- computer geek
 - happy to take on large debts on the vague understanding of a return on the investment at some far distant time
 - low self esteem (willing to be treated as an insignificant member of a vast worldwide horde of co-contributors having no more importance than a single bacteria to those who hold your so-called career in their hands).

Funny, not a lot to do with being a half decent photographer in my list, I suppose that it can't do much harm. 

whats the purpose of this? just to get a few bites? happy angling

Green Machine I give you a plus! May goal is to make around $35K (USD) a year- I think that is doable or most folks would be gone from this business right?

J