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General Stock Discussion / Re: Average income per photo/month.
« on: August 19, 2008, 18:07 »
OK, I did some calculations for my small, growing microstock portfolio
(starting submitting pictures 9 months ago):

month     portfolio size      RPI
-------------------------------------
Jan          84                     0.25
Feb        108                     0.37
Mar        131                    1.21
Apr         169                    0.82
May        212                    0.62
Jun         258                    0.63
Jul          287                    0.68

I added SS in March. Portfolio size is an average from 6 or 7 agencies.

I guess I can make another plot for my blog:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/index.html

227
Bigstock.com / Re: How many images do I need at bigstock?
« on: August 08, 2008, 08:14 »
I am making $5-$10 / month with 300 picture portfolio on BigStock.

Here is a recent graph showing earning history during my 7 months with microstock:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080801094202/index.html

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General Stock Discussion / Re: July 2008 earnings breakdown
« on: August 01, 2008, 12:19 »
My microstock numbers for July:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080801094202/index.html

I had 17% earnings growth in July, but also a major shift between main players: IS went down and SS went up and took the lead.

IS+SS are providing 78% of my income.

I took a week of vacations from microstock in July - paddling, racing and shooting just for fun.

229
General Stock Discussion / growth of my microstock portfolio
« on: July 10, 2008, 07:12 »
I have started my adventure with microstock photography 7 months ago and I am posting monthly earning reports in my blog. 

Perhaps, it would be interesting for beginners to look at the growth of my portfolio in 7 agencies during that time:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/index.html

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IS + SS = 73%

and a more detailed monthly report in my blog:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080701070144/index.html

231
General Stock Discussion / Re: May 2008 earnings breakdown
« on: June 01, 2008, 13:53 »
May was my 6th month in microstock photography and the second month with dropping down earnings despite of the growing porftolio. Only IS showed some growth.

IS+SS = 80%

My monthly earning report:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080601085431/index.html

232
General Stock Discussion / Re: Feasability Study
« on: May 17, 2008, 13:58 »
There are some bloggers reporting microstock earnings each month (but not from a full time shooting job).  Here is my recent post with links to few others:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080501052404/index.html

233
StockXpert.com / Re: Total Rejection
« on: May 09, 2008, 12:21 »
I got accepted by StockXpert in the end of April after 4 failed applications with the same message and no clue "At the moment we are not looking for pictures as the ones you uploaded."

Changing pictures, subjects, etc., didn't work.

Finally, I got tired with typing my bio and info over and over again. So, I just wrote "please visit my website to see my photography and microstock earnings." Maybe, that worked - my 5th application was accepted.

234
5 months of data from my microstock photography and I see the first drop in my earnings despite of the portfolio growth.

monthly earnings report:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080501052404/index.html

IS - 38%
SS - 33 %
FT - 14%
...

235
General Stock Discussion / Re: Microstock blogs
« on: April 30, 2008, 08:03 »
microstock photography (beginning months) including monthly earnings at Pixels Away:

http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/index.html

236
Cameras / Lenses / Re: Pinhole photography
« on: April 29, 2008, 12:30 »
A few of my digital pinhole images:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C1950980409/index.html

237
iStockPhoto.com / Re: how many images do you have at Istock ?
« on: April 12, 2008, 09:10 »
137 pictures
starting in the end of November 2007
reaching first payment in March 2008
reporting progress in Pixels Away blog

238
Shutterstock.com / Re: Trouble with initial acceptance at SS
« on: April 10, 2008, 07:46 »
I needed 4 attempts to get accepted by SS:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080308090659/index.html
Marek

239
  IS + SS          = 77.0%
  FT + DT         = 18.7%
  BigStock + 123RF   =  4.7%
  LO + FP          = 0

A more detailed earnings report in Pixels Away blog:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080331124255/index.html:


240
Photo Critique / Re: Application to StockXpert
« on: March 07, 2008, 11:53 »
I have failed 3 applications to StockXpert so far: "At the moment we are not looking for pictures as the ones you uploaded".

I was submitting quite different subjects (but no sexy business women) and all submitted pictures were already accepted by IS and are selling there.

Well, I needed 4 applications to finally get into Shutterstock, so maybe, my pictures are not that good, just IS doesn't know about it and I am doing OK there.
 :)

Marek

241
General - Top Sites / Re: February 2008 earnings breakdown
« on: March 01, 2008, 13:16 »
I have posted my numbers for February in my blog:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/index.html
It was my third month in microstock with a ~100 picture portfolio.

My iStock portfolio is doing quite well, FT is starting to move, others - no comments

IS 67.2%
FT 16.2%
DT  8.2%
...

Marek

242
marekuliasz: 88


21506 + 88 = 21594

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General - Top Sites / Re: January 2008 earnings breakdown
« on: February 01, 2008, 11:32 »
I have posted my numbers from the second month in microstock:
http://www.pixelsaway.com/C911796005/E20080201005222/index.html

My portfolio is still too small to make any statistically significant conclusions, but it may be of some interest for somebody just starting or thinking about it.

Encouraging results from iStock, disappointing from everywhere else ...

Marek

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