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« on: July 29, 2010, 09:01 »
- paddling (kayaks, canoes) with a camera(s) - http://photokayaker.fit2paddle.com/- long distance paddle racing like Missouri River 340 - http://race.fit2paddle.com/- 1/2 time scientist, working on a book, trying to return back to science (maybe not hard enough) and make microstock a hobby ...
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« on: July 16, 2010, 10:21 »
Thanks for your posts Powerdroid and jbarber873. I prefer to stay optimistic about microstock.
My own "newbie graphs" shows that the growth of my microstock earnings is slowing down, perhaps, approaching plateau. However, I can still predict my microstock earnings up to several (6?) months ahead. There are month to month variations but quarterly numbers look pretty smooth. It is an interesting challenge.
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« on: June 29, 2010, 08:04 »
~60% increase between the first half of 2009 and and the first half of 2010
~3.5% share of my total earnings, 5th place this month,
but the earnings from BS are still smaller than monthly +/- variations in IS or SS
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« on: June 28, 2010, 16:27 »
It's too complicated and confusing. We supposed to be photographers, not scientists ... 
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« on: June 24, 2010, 09:08 »
Statistics may have limited prognostic value in microstock, but they have some motivational value for me. If I see a positive trend in my portfolio performance it can motivate me to keep those efforts, and, in turn, it's likely that I will get better results in the future.
I don't follow my statistics so closely as I used to at a very beginning - more like quarterly than monthly now. I don't really look at RPI (it can be calculated in different ways anyway). I am trying to include expenses into my microstocks statistics. Under some assumptions I am deriving my hourly rate for microstock work.
At least I know that I am making more than a minimum wage. It is also useful when making decision if it is worth to submit pictures to a low earning site: my time spent uploading vs sales ($ to $ comparison).
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« on: June 22, 2010, 18:43 »
IS: 2nd BME (after March 2010)
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« on: June 17, 2010, 09:30 »
My microstock earnings over 30 months grew at an average rate of 0.84 as a function of the portfolio size, i.e., doubling portfolio = 1.68 income In one of my blog post I have a more detailed graph showing different phases in my income growth as function of time, but also including monthly submissions. I am slowing down, unfortunately ... Microstock Earnings First 30 Months
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« on: June 13, 2010, 21:46 »
27 downloads from 60 pictures uploaded in May
74 downloads from 50 pictures uploaded in April
99 downloads from 50 pictures uploaded in March ...
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« on: June 01, 2010, 07:20 »
year to year comparison ... It doesn't really work for me, but I don't worry about it. I guess I haven't reached a plateau in my earnings yet. earnings RPI May'09 100% 0.59 May'10 209% 0.74 $ earnings in May are close to estimated earnings included in a graph posted in my blog: Microstock Earnings First 30 Months
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« on: May 14, 2010, 08:28 »
iStock in 2010: March - 100% BME 0.91 RPI April - 74% 0.62 RPI May - 82% 0.69 RPI iStock a year ago: March-April 2009 ~20% ~0.25 RPI My earnings were dominated by iStock during last 1.5 year (40-50%), so a graph in my recent blog post shows mostly tendency in iStock performance: Microstock Earnings First 30 Months
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« on: May 11, 2010, 19:18 »
+"During 2 years I produced nearly 1800 pictures for microstock. My recent RPI is $0.84 per image and growing."
Is that annual or monthly or overall for all time?
It is monthly RPI using a total number of my pictures produced for microstock (i.e., including rejects, multiple versions). Actually, the above RPI was at a time of my writing, about 6 months ago. Since then, I added more pictures, but my sales are growing much slower now, so the RPI dropped down a little bit.
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« on: May 11, 2010, 14:28 »
Returning back to my question ... Expenses as a % of sales.
I am not planning to be a full time microstocker or full time photographer. I am just trying to optimize my stock photography as a part time job. By this I mean just not extra money to supplement a full time job (which is a the most common situation here), but money to compensate for a lost job (1/2 of it).
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« on: May 10, 2010, 06:09 »
I gave up with posting my monthly earnings reports. I was too busy shooting and my graphs got a little bit too boring ... However, I couldn't resist and made a graph of trends in my earnings over last 2.5 year against a number of pictures added to my microstock portfolio: Microstock Earnings First 30 Months. Things are slowing down lately. I am trying to follow my business model idea of microstock as a part time (1/3) job: ~60 hours per month of work and expenses below 30% of sales. I am not sure if it is sustainable in a long run ... What percentage of microstock earnings do you spend to cover your related expenses including investments in equipment? Marek
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« on: April 20, 2010, 21:38 »
industrial age -> information age -> conceptual age
Many tasks/jobs of information age, e.g., software development or accounting, are getting automated or outsourced to Asia or other developing countries. It leads to a higher demand for a conceptual "right brain" work.
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« on: April 07, 2010, 18:00 »
my numbers look pretty low ...
IS 0.98
SS 0.46
DT 0.77
FT 0.59
BS 0.77
123 0.79
but I had a nice BME in March anyway.
Probably, I specialize in XXsmall sizes.
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« on: March 24, 2010, 15:40 »
Kata KT DR-467-BR backpack
- cycling (with a tripod on bike racks)
- hiking (with a tripod attached)
- air travel with a laptop (tripod in check-in)
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« on: February 22, 2010, 18:07 »
9 x $3.50 ....
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« on: January 31, 2010, 12:03 »
I still need ~$5 to make January my BME. I have been experiencing a plateau for last 4 months in my microstock earnings despite of regular submissions. I will plot some graphs for my blog tomorrow.
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« on: January 15, 2010, 12:34 »
I started with IS two years ago. It took me 2 or 3 iterations to get accepted, but it was the best approach in a long term concerning learning and building a portfolio.
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« on: January 12, 2010, 19:09 »
Well, there are different designs of kayaks and canoes. Here are some examples from my paddling fleet. Keep in mind that I am more oriented towards long distance racing and expedition rather than shooting nature and wildlife from water.      You can find more examples in my blog Paddling with a Camera. It is mostly oriented to compact waterproof cameras like Pentax Optio Wxx series, but I usually carry also a tripod and my DSLR with one zoom lens even in my racing boats. I guess you are thinking about some sort of recreational kayak (short, wide, stable and slow) which is fine for spending time on water and shooting, but if you want to go faster or do some touring you may consider a sea kayak. Perhaps, this list of links from my blog will be helpful (it is quite old and may be outdated): Kayak Photography Links - Tips and Hints for Paddling Photographers.
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« on: January 09, 2010, 01:26 »
I had also some strange rejections at 123rf recently ...
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« on: January 08, 2010, 15:56 »
I used to have acceptance rate ~80% at Veer last year until December.
Submission during last month, ~60 pictures in 2 or 3 batches - 100% rejects.
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« on: January 06, 2010, 09:53 »
in December I uploaded 3 high resolution relief maps of Austria, Azerbaijan and the Balearic Islands. All 3 were rejected because of "Too many photos/illustrations on the same subject or from the same series".
My impression is that some inspectors are checking thumbnails only. Relief maps of different countries may look quite similar from the thumbnail perspective. I have the same rejection experience with my pictures.
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« on: December 17, 2009, 17:23 »
I have only 2 years in microstock. Here is earnings split between my 3 top earners:  Two months ago I posted some pie charts for all my microstock agencies in Pixels Away blog. Others include FT, StockXpert, BigStock, 123RF, CNS, Veer, FP.
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« on: December 01, 2009, 09:35 »
IS - 44% SS - 26% DT - 11% more details and real numbers (including expenses) for November in Pixels Away blog
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