Just to support Jsnover :  I'm on IE9 and I can't see it either ...

The answer is YES as far as the agencies are concerned, but many times the small print of the contests specify that you should only submit photos that have not been published yet, or only photos taken in 2012.  Also, some contests specify that all images submitted (so not just the winners) can/will be published by the organizers in magazines, websites or books, so I wouldn't submit my bestseller(s) there.

Best July Ever for me, 12% better than last year July.  Excellent results for SS, Alamy and 123rf, slight increases for FT and DP, and bad results for IS, DST (again!), GLO and Canstock.  Rodeo sold zero, but they never sell anything in July, so that's normal.

Quote from: Anyka on July 30, 2012, 03:30

If I had a time machine I would take my camera and strobes and go back to the Victorian age first, then to the roaring twenties, may be to the medieval times too

Remember to load your batteries before entering the medieval times, you won't find sockets in the walls!

Don't you think the time machine has got an in-built charger?  I'm not gonna travel with the cheapest time machine on the market!

I'll certainly ask the man who took care of the rental paperwork - hope he feels important enough to sign the PR.

Meanwhile, I have visited the church for the first time this weekend, and it is BIG, HIGH and beautiful.   No need to light it as a whole, because then the models would be to small in the frame.
The ceilings are useless for bouncing :  very high, and parts of the ceiling is in old dark wood.  More bad news was a pair of big and ugly "racks" in the middle, with light spots attached.  Modern aluminium stuff that cannot be moved or used, so that part of the church I'll just have to keep out of the picture.  The altars (1 main altar and 2 side altars) are very usable if I bring white lace cloth to cover them (Ebay), the paintings are hung high enough to avoid them in the photos (good news), and so are the windows (bad news, I won't be able to shoot a model in front of a stained glass window).
There was an exhibition going on, using big white sturdy panels to hang paintings on.  These belong to the church, can be moved anywhere in the church and are large and excellent reflectors!   Good for creating soft light.
There's nice old carved furniture, but I'll have to bring stuff to clean it before use.
Have a look at one of my test shots at ISO 3200 and without flash.

The electricity is perfect.  Modern, safe and available everywhere in the church, and the fuse box is in easy reach just in case.  The exhibition used lots of 600watt spots without a problem.
The pulpit is in a state that it cannot be used (forbidden) without danger, which is a pity because it is a stunning piece of carved wood. 
So I think I'll be using those panels as reflectors to light the shiny woodwork, softboxes for the models, and 1200ws direct light if I include far away background in the picture.

Maybe I did not explain well :  I hardly get any direct business through my facebook page, just a few likes.  But my customers post my photos on THEIR facebook accounts, and these photos are marked with "Anyka".  Friends and family of my customers see those photos, click on "like", ask where they can get such awesome photos too etc etc.  That's what I mean with viral.  I don't get any orders through facebook, but many facebookers arrive on my website because they saw my portraits on their friends' facebook pages.
I keep my list of friends very local, because my portrait customers are local.  If I do a pregnancy photo shoot, I add the customer to my friends, because she's a potential customer with her baby.
You'll understand that I never post stock photos there - I would not like it if my stock bestsellers went "viral".  But the portraits are paid for by my customers, so they can post them anywhere they want.

Great cellar (look like there's lots of old wines there!).  It's really impossible to see that this was a paint-with-light job!  This gives me the idea to add a few shots with some motion blur of a moving model.  A bit like a "cathedral phantom" 

I'm sure they would allow it, as all the expensive pieces of art have been removed.  Just a few statues, an altar, and a couple of old paintings without much value (and I am definitely going to avoid those paintings in my photos, otherwise I get copyright-refusals!).  However, I am afraid if I really start exaggerating with light power, the church electricity could turn out to be insufficient.  That I will only know on the shooting weekend itself, so I suppose I should bring as much light power as possible, and then start "adding" strobes.  You can count on it that I'll ask where the fuse box is!

I know, those Quadras are really nice and lightweight, but useless if you need a lot of light.
I'm going to take a note of those reflectors, might even buy them and combine that with rented 1200ws strobes.  I'm also considering renting the Ranger series 2400, but these have slow recycling times compared to the strobes I have in the studio.

A few months ago I submitted 1 image that immediately started selling well on all sites (especially FT) except Shutterstock.  It was one of my favorites.  A few weeks later I submitted the portrait version of the same file, only this time, it was picked up by SS too, though the landscape version is much better.

Though this is a typical case of "bad luck" in microstock, I would not even dream of deleting and resubmitting it, because (as click-click said), that would be a reason for SS to terminate my account.  Better 5000 images minus 1 than none at all ...

Thanks, that was a great idea, I immediately checked the few photos I have of the church, and I'm afraid I got a big disappointment now.  You see, it is not a chapel, it is a real early gothic church, and the lowest window starts at 3,5 or 4 meters above ground level, much higher than my highest light stand.
Of course, I could simulate your suggestion and put softboxes or umbrellas as high as I can in the line of the windows?

As for the theme: this is a unique chance that will not come again, so we will be doing several themes in 2 days, like gothic models, vintage religious themes and probably some halloween too (it's only in December, so we're still working on that).

1600ws is a lot more than I have, but my local dealer has Elinchrom 1200ws studio strobes for rent.   This weekend I'll be visiting the church for the first time (during an exhibition), so I can check out the color of the ceilings (and height). 

You say "high ISO"?  How high?  And was it for stock?