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« on: December 12, 2006, 15:37 »
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I switched to digital Dec 2002 and to D-SLR March 2006 but didn't start contributing to the Microstock until Feb 2006.

Anyone care to share?


« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2006, 16:32 »
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From last year I was only selling my travel photos at SP, then I started shooting the type of stock-oriented images to sell at microstock.  I also started in microstock in February, at IS, then DT, Stockphotomedia, StockXpert and CanStockPhoto.  With limited time to shoot and edit, my portfolio grew very slowly.

Regards,
Adelaide

« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2006, 18:06 »
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July 2006 is when I found Shutterstock.  Since then, started contributing to Dreamstime, iStock, FeaturePics, Fotolia, BigStock, and 123RF.  Waiting to find out if my StockXpert application goes through.

« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2006, 19:54 »
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I started uploading to microstock sites in Feb 2005 so I will be celebrating my two-year anniversary soon :)

« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2006, 20:21 »
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Started with DT, IS and 123 at the end of June.  FT in July, SS in November and BigStock just last week.  I too just started out with my travel photos but am trying to get out there and shoot everything  ;D 

« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2006, 20:30 »
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I discovered Sutterstock and Dreamstime in the fall of 2005.  Also contributed to an up-and-coming site that never got traction (pinupinoo) where I had the honor of talking to Rachel a few times.  She knows a lot about the business and I so valued the opportunity to get a few tips.

« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2006, 21:27 »
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I started contributing about 6 months ago , but interesting that 6 or 7 months before that I bought my first camera and took my first photo ever , I don't recall I pressed the shutter ever before , maybe at some birthday when I was kid or something. I just hated when I had to smile in front of the camera and kept myself away from them. But i just love trying new stuff , so I used to paint allot , i play guitar and blues harp and stuff like that. One day I  was surfing through some photos and I saw some Bressons work. After I saw that kid with a bottle of wine photo I decided  that tomorrow I will buy a camera and start shooting. So I did , i bough Sony W-17 and started pressing the button like mad , i took few hundred photos first day , and they all sucked. So i decided to learn something and joined some photo community and i read 1000 of tutorials and posts,questions and answers etc , and one day I saw some topic about stock. Well there was a link to Scandinavian stock photos , and I join there first. I dont remember the order I was joining other sites but it was something like sites with more sales and potential at the end :)

Well thats my story , I went a little out of bounds as the question was when did you start microstock but maybe someone is is bored and likes to read allot so ...  :D 
         

« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2006, 21:49 »
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I was introduced to Microstock in March 2006. Am still enjoying it so far.
Thanks to Phil for introducing it to me.

cheers,
ptlee

« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2006, 10:50 »
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February 2nd 2006, SS was my 1st site.
My son strongly encouraged me to submit and to learn, and I got hooked...  he used to submit (portrait photography), but doesn't have time to do it these days.

« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2006, 13:07 »
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Berryspun I hope your son referred you to get his 3c per download

« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2006, 13:37 »
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Yes he did  :)

« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2006, 17:15 »
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February 2nd 2006, SS was my 1st site.
My son strongly encouraged me to submit and to learn, and I got hooked...  he used to submit (portrait photography), but doesn't have time to do it these days.

hey, sounds familiar.  I got my mom started :)  she only hs 8 images on dreamstime so far but is eager to get into it more. 

« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2006, 05:22 »
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I started Dec 2005 with IS and DT. Found FL, BS and SS soon after. But had to wait 3 months at SS  :(

After the first excitement (first 2-3 months, approx. 150 photos) I took a break for about 2 months as I found things very slow. But then I was accepted at SS. And in the first month I made as much as on all other sites combined.

Recently the growth was slowing down a bit again, but now it was IS increasing in sales. Passed 500 DL early Dec.

« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2006, 15:49 »
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I started just this past summer.  Photography has been a passionate hobby for me since I was a kid. My wife is a photog too. About a year ago she started to dabble in things like Zazzle and Cafe Press with her photos and had a modest success. She also used many of my photos.  She turned me on to microstock. 
    I figured, hey, what the heck.  I started with SS and got shot down 2 or 3 times... tried my luck with DT and BS... now I'm with  SS, DT, BigStock, FT, LO, StockXpert, 123RF & USPS ( yeah, I actually have sales there).  I've been working on a disk for Alamy... trying to find the time to uprez, a tedious affair in my mind.   
    I have a small portofolio, still less than 300, but I'm working on it. I am having a modest success in sales, but I won't be quitting my day job any time soon.  ;)  Right now, it's still fun.
    Interestingly, all 3 of my kids and two of their mates are also now breaking into the biz. 

« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2006, 03:16 »
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well i was wondering the same

Dreamstime was my first site and I uploaded March 30, 2004... so in a few months it will be 3 years online :).  It doesn't seem like that long.  Istock was shortly after that, i guess since it takes a while to get accepted there. 

« Reply #15 on: December 31, 2006, 10:10 »
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I've dabbled for about 2 1/2 years at various sites. This is strictly a hobby time activity for me. Though it has allowed me to upgrade my equipment.

« Reply #16 on: December 31, 2006, 22:24 »
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july 2006 - sept 2006

« Reply #17 on: December 31, 2006, 22:32 »
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June of this year (2006)

« Reply #18 on: January 01, 2007, 06:27 »
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Hurro,

I joined IS after reading about it on www.dpchallenge.com back in September 2004.  Not long after I switched to Digital as it happens, which was about August that year, give or take. I got a P&S digital in May 04, and sold all my 35mm flim gear in August 04 to pay the deposit on some lenses for my 20D.

I was quite sceptical of the Micro thing, and I was really busy anyway, so it wasn't until April 2005 that I uploaded anything for approval.

Since then I've joined SS, DT and FL.  I also submitted to 123rf for a while, but after very slow sales and odd rejections I gave up on there.

I've just done my initial submission at Stocxpert, and got an email asking for more sample images, problem is I can't remember what I submitted first time round! :-).  Ahhh well.

This is very part time for me, and I've only got a portfolio of around 300 images (Depending on which site you're talking about).  I keep on telling myself I should shoot more stock, but I never quite get around to it. :-).

The micros have paid about 25% of the finance payments on my studio lights though, so I'm not complaining.

Happy 2007. :-)

« Reply #19 on: January 01, 2007, 12:33 »
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June of 2006

digiology

« Reply #20 on: January 01, 2007, 15:11 »
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August 2006 and I am completely hooked.

« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2007, 15:52 »
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Joined Dreamstime Jan 06, Fotolia in the fall - but man it's time consuming to try and build a portfolio!   It's also an obsessive hobby and I'm always taking pixs and have disks and disks of RAW files to sort through.  (Amazing I have time to check out the message boards at least once a day though!  Should devote that 10 minutes to stock!)

I only managed to sumbit one image on Lucky Oliver and it sold once over the holidays so I've pulled up my socks and done some ftp'ing today... must get organized.

I have mostly (not wildly popular) nature/wildlife pix but in 07 I aim to do a few trade-for-print shoots and build up the people photos that seem to sell.  I'm a bit shy to ask for model releases though but getting better.   Actually got 4 signed over the holidays.  My sister's family, we'll see how they do!


 

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