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Hi ShadySue,

Thanks very much for your reply, and just reading a few replies on here, I believe the direction WOULD be specialist wildlife agencies. Also, thank you for the nice comment. I have wildlife from every continent, so most of the work is not uploaded, e.g. mountain gorillas, penguins, lots of wildcats, etc. Glad to hear the iStock comments and opinions before I spend gobs of time on that site.

And I do think that I applied to Getty, not iStock, so, that was that. I mentioned to Jo Ann that a friend had encouraged me to start stock because of all the wildlife and travel I shoot. The friend is with G since they drafted contributors off of Flickr, I believe, and that's years ago. She says she makes about $800 a month on Getty, RM and RF. So, of course, I was encouraged to start, especially since our subject matter and styles are similar.

I will start to do more research, and thanks again for the helpful and informative reply.

Cheers,
JJ

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Hi Sean,

Thanks for the reply, and yes, acknowledge that the internet has a glut of wildlife, and will explore more before I spend more time uploading a ton of stuff.

Best,
JJ

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Hi again, Jo Ann,

I hope this second reply also is directed to you. Your site is very interesting, lovely lovely photos, great social/lifestyle appeal, and I have to look at that more later. Also, wherever you're shooting your beach scenes, haha, could be here on Long Island!

Best,

June

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Hi Jo Ann,

Thank you so much for the great response! So appreciated!

I will re-read your post and look up that link you supplied. A bit of background: A friend who shoots similar to me was picked up by Getty years ago when they got contributors from flickr, I believe. She says she makes about $800 a month on Getty, RM and the smaller stuff. She uploads photos regularly and had encouraged me to apply, though she didn't realize how things have changed over the years with regard to being in iStock first, etc.

As I mentioned, I have a portrait studio on Long Island, so that's my main income, though business has fallen off in the past several years (like much else in the photo biz). I would just love to do something else with my wildlife pics than to have them languish (haha) on my hard drives, as is the case with most shooters.

Thanks again for the informative and generous reply.

Cheers,
June Jacobsen

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Hello!

(First, how does the link to my iStock page become active? I copied the link to my 'signature' but it doesn't show up on my post. Until I fix this, my name on iStock is June Jacobsen.)

New to stock (long time shooter, have portrait studio since 1984), and I have 550 pics on iStock, mostly wildlife from around the globe, some travel, a little food and drink, and so on. Given the time commitment to submitting images to ONE agency, I'm slow to start up with others. Are there agencies that would be better suited to my subject matter? Also, how does one graduate from iStock to GettyImages (from micro to macro)?

I've read iStock's exclusivity deal, read other opinions, etc., but haven't asked a forum. I'd like input before I continue down this particular road and get socked in even more. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, direction, and stock wisdom. Appreciate it!

https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/JuneJacobsen?assettype=image&autocorrect=none&sort=best

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