Anyone else having problems accessing Lucky Oliver?
Is the site down?

I tried to log in today...
The site is not even loading.

...is the site down?

Things are pretty slow at Zymmetrical.
My last batch of photo are still sitting in queue. Its been close to a month!

Anyone else stuck in queue?

Anyone else having problems logging in to Lucky Oliver?
The main page loads fine but i can`t sign in...

The upload system is currently not working at all for me. I can`t access my portfolio...nothing seems to be working. I`ll drop by later, hopefully it will get fix by then.

I had the same problem logging in yesterday. Its currently working fine for me.

Iv`e stumbled on this cool site that shows various stock photography sites.
Its worth checking out! Its amazing how many stock sites there is.

http://www.bluevertigo.com.ar/bluevertigo.htm

Congrats!! Very good work!

Cool shot!

On my monitor, it looks a tab too soft. Could it be that your focus was not dead on?
Could also be a slight camera movement.
Dunno...what f-stop where you using? I also see a bit of red fringing as well...its hard to tell.

So far, i can`t complain with Crestock. I had more sales there than LO, SV etc...
I find their reviewers are quite fair but knowledgeable at the same time.

I think that Crestock in general is keen to creative images rather than your typical stock shots.
I think they will do well simply because they know what they are looking for in a picture. They seem to know the business of stock pretty well

Quote from: Pixart on February 13, 2008, 19:14
I like that shot a lot, but woudn't it be a better for Alamay or Photoshelter than micro?  Micro is so non-artistic....  if the tiger isn't isolated on white ... kinda  thing, it may be overlooked.

I agree with Pixart!

I recently got accepted @ Photoshelter. Nice looking site, love its concept.
Looks very promising!

I was just wondering if any of you guys are having any success there?

Is it worth it?

Can i upload my images from microsites to Photoshelter?
RF?

Anybody else experiencing slow sales lately at Fotolia?
My last sale was at the beginning of this month. I`m starting to wonder...

Quote from: madelaide on January 20, 2008, 20:54
No dlds in CS this month for me.  I only have 70-something images, true.

Regards,
Adelaide

same here.

Quote from: leaf on January 16, 2008, 11:53
it will be interesting to see what the poll reveals next month.

Yup!

Same here...no sales.

Quote from: nativelight on January 08, 2008, 18:53
" The free ride is over. The micros are developing an ever-growing new group of professional stock photographers who will eventually leave micro and move on to mid and finally macro stock. The quality on those sites (mid and macro) will increase as will prices once again.

I think nativelight brought up a good point. In fact, its true in a sense that the micro world is a good starting to point in stock photography. Its like slowly climbing the ladder towards mid & macro.

I think the question is...
Should we abandoned microstock all together?
Is it worth all the effort for a few cents?

Microstock is a gamble. A game of downloads. Its how you play the game...and yes it does matter whether "you win or loose".
I keep asking myself the same question over and over.

But i love doing micro...for now anyways.

P.S I wonder how many of you has successfully moved to macro?
Anyone? If so, please feel free to share your story

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Quote from: Bateleur on January 06, 2008, 16:54
What happens if no one's smiling in the picture ...

... the sensor goes into an endless loop searching for the smile and burns itself out?

Happy New Year everyone!!!
All the best!!

Albumo`s interface is really nice. I agree on that.
But i`m not so sure if it will take off or not. Sales are really slow there.

I think they do take a contributers profile into consideration when buying images.
Not necessarily each time they download an image. But i think at some point, buyers who download on a regular basis may feel the need to investigate the status of a certain photographer.

Its the same principle when you buy a bag of chips, you don`t really pay attention to the ingredients right...
But some do.

I guess to me, if i was a buyer, i think i would check beforehand on who took the image etc...
Just for the sake of knowing who took the picture and if the photographer is selling a lot.

Its hard to tell really.

Good question by the way!

I had a great start so far this year.
My goals for 2008 is to earn $400 monthly

- Build my portfolio to 500 or so images
- Dedicate more time for stock
- Limiting myself only a few hours on this site a month (yeah right!)

Just curious to know ..
How long have you been doing microstock?

For me, it all started last July. I`m enjoying every minute of it 

How about you?