One of my goals is to have at least 20 images with 10 DL/month. I dipped down to as low as 15 over the summer, but things are looking better now (currently at 22).

I've occasionally had stuff at 100+ DL/month, but successes like that are few and far between. My current top seller is at 88.8 - if I was into numerology I'd be ultrahappy with that number.

...I currently have 5 images at over 50dls/month and 10 at over 100dls/month.

That's fantastic, fotografer ... way to go!

...Sounds like IS wasn't always super picky as they are now.

You can say that again - there's just no way that some of their older images would be currently be accepted!

... I've probably only got half on my portfolio with them but will definatly be going through the rest when I have time and uploading more images.

You may want to hold off on that until the reviewing gets back to normal and the current backlog is gone.

Way to go with the success, guys, I hope it happens like this everywhere for you!

StockXpert is still near the bottom for me (< 5 $/day), but it's shown a little life in the past week.

Thanks, pixart!

BigStock featured me when I resumed uploading there as a backup plan in case FT completely tanked out. I wish they had done it when I had more than 200 images there, but what can ya do. I garnished a few sales from it, and am hoping that I will do the same from being in this gallery - every little bit helps!

I didn't know BigStock had a gallery like this until I read their email newsletter today. I was happy to see that hatman12 has an image in there (congrats, hatman!), and even happier to see that I have 4!


Kinda strange that they picked two similar images of mine to put in there, huh?

Go here to check out the gallery. I didn't see any other familiar names from this forum - my apologies if I inadvertently left anyone out.

23 days without a sale? Wow.

Same problem. I use the Flash uploader. I copy/past the keywords in, but it sure is annoying.?

I've been having the same experience lately.
An annoying nuisance, but one that can easily be worked around.

Congratulations!

I love hearing good news like this - someone should start a sticky thread where people can post their accomplishments.

I strongly suggest you get the IS version of the 70-200mm - especially if you are going to be frequently shooting from your boat.

I think that by and large, the quality of pictures is about equal with consumer and prosumer cameras. Some cameras may be marginally better or worse than others, but there's nothing about any of them that make them "bad" cameras. The best reason to upgrade is functionality - more expensive camera bodies perform faster and are easier to use.

I used to have a spare camera that I absolutely never used, so I sold it. Did the same thing with a bunch of my lenses, too.

Does the IS search engine look at Title and Description, or just at the Keword and Category fields?

I use white formica,or nevermar, it is relatively cheap and very durable. If you spill on it it cleans easily. It can be had at any home improvement store. You can lay it flat, or create a sweep. My costs on seamless paper have dropped dramatically since I purchased this.

Paper rolls are great  for portrait work, but can be a real nuisance for product shots. If you want to shoot a lot of product, consider getting a product photography table - there are some good bargain units to be had. One of the best benefits of such a setup is that the tabletop is made of translucent plastic - you can easily provide bottom lighting and change colours to suit the situation.

Quote from: Nazdravie on September 08, 2007, 21:11

Does IS search only look at keywords, or title and description too?

I think it looks at the title too but not the description.  Some of my early titles were very poor and I have changed them.

Thanks for the tip, sharphot - I'd better get busy!