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« on: July 21, 2022, 00:26 »
Supply and demand. Supply and demand.
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« on: July 08, 2022, 15:11 »
It strikes me odd that people blame politicians for whatever goes on in the FREE MARKET economy.
Yeah, people are mad because of the very high inflation and yes the fed tries to tamper that
down with higher interest rates.
Republicans of course blame the Democrats for the only reason that Democrats are in power.
Now in November it really bothers me that Republicans will take over the Congress and exercise
power. Biden is not a particularly strong President, he has to be pushed into doing things, so Republicans
will run all over him. Trouble for the Republicans, who have never cured anything, they will find themselves
dealing with high inflation, the Ukraine war and a shrinking economy and with attacking human rights and liberty.
Two years later Americans will be seriously mad at the Republicans and vote in Democrats.
So it goes it's an endless and silly blame game.
Neither party has much control over anything, so they blame the party in charge.
Me? Because of the 6 January insurrection, I consider Republicans to be traitors. Any American that supports a guy
that attacks and denigrates American veterans, our fallen soldiers and disabled warriors, along with the handicapped
is not an American at all and is actually a piece of rotten rat feces.
But that's just me.
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« on: July 04, 2022, 14:55 »
Thank You for support, I appreciate, I am curious also, this small series it is to ,,young, for judgement but so far
after 4 days online i already sold one for 0.10
Thanks for the update!
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« on: July 04, 2022, 14:52 »
I think the biggest reason for the drop in agency sales is simple: there is a worldwide glut of free digital imagery on just about every subject you can imagine.
Right on. If folks want to place a blame, blame digital technology. Improvise, adapt and overcome is the key to survival, even in the digital world.
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« on: July 04, 2022, 06:16 »
I have 90% acceptance from all agencies except Wirestock.
For some reason they ding me for composition.
Go figure.
No, I don't think Adobe unreasonably tough. They accept
my images I make with the Iphone 11 Pro Max so no complaints.
You have to eyeball the images you want to upload at 100% and then
judge accordingly.
Focus is tough. No app does a decent job fixing blurry pictures.
I don't care what Topaz claims. They don't work.
Noise is an easy fix and Topaz does a superb job.
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« on: July 04, 2022, 06:04 »
When i started doing stock photography 11 years ago i took a year before that and studied, learned and practice so i would get good results. There was not so much info online and i am a book guy anyway so i started with some good nice lecture. After a while of uploading and reaching 10000 online files the cash flowing from stock agencies was really good 2-3 salaries in a really good country. Somewhere around the road i started checking some stock forums and different websites where people were actually telling newbies what to do and how to jump over some extremely important steps that took me a lot longer to learn by my own. Everybody started doing stock photo, agencies were flooded and now with over 20k photos online the monthly paycheck cant even cover a low rent. This is the fault of everybody not caring for his business and teaching others = competition tips and tricks. In no business you tell others secrets. Or you encourage them to do something what you do. This friendliness act got us where we are today as stock photography and thats a hole with no future. Hope everybody learned something from this for the next business they may have
I would be very interested to have a look at your port.
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« on: July 04, 2022, 06:01 »
Hi stockers,
I upload new video from June 2022 sellers, not really good income month, but what is good it was pretty sunny outside 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWbKXDfRbWY
Have great 4th weekend
I enjoy your videos and watch them as soon as they are available. I'm curious how hot pink will work for you. Thanks for the good work and for sharing.
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« on: July 03, 2022, 18:20 »
To cut a long story short, I think the credit goes to smartphones.
These gadgets are seriously good at producing a decent image as we all know.
I started out saying the blame goes to smartphones, but that is not accurate.
Smartphones are just another extension in our digital world.
I use mine and upload with it. I have about the same acceptance rate (95%) as
I do with my Z9 and Z7 II.
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« on: July 01, 2022, 12:08 »
Wirestock, has undergone some serious changes in the past year.
As far as I'm concerned they are about as good and as bad as the rest of the agencies.
I use Wirestock but don't allow them to upload to Shutterstock, Dreamstime and Adobe.
I do those myself. Since I put the title and keywords into the meta data, this is a very simple
operation for me. Basically all I have to do is upload.
I let Wirestock handle the rest, which means I don't get paid a whole lot but let no dime go unearned.
They now also act as a normal photo agency, but I think this will take some time to show results.
Wirestock is also extremely slow in reviews. For me this is only a slight irritation since I upload to the
big sellers myself.
Since I already took and edited the picture, added title and keywording I see no reason not to upload
to Wirestock.
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« on: June 24, 2022, 09:39 »
I think Shutterstock treats contributors best. Yes, even with the 10 cent subs, they sell more which makes up for the loss. Fast reviews - tough too so you are encouraged to submit better photos Great support - I don't know of any other agency that has equal or finer contributor stats. They just rock. Shutterstock sells more of my images than the rest of the agencies combined! I would rate Wirestock the worst. Sorry, sorry review work. They take days and days to get around to looking at your submissions and now they want to charge $12.99 for faster reviews. To think people call Shutterstock greedy  When I submit to Wirestock I retain control of Shutterstock, Dreams Time and Adobe stock. I get more money that way. The rest I let Wirestock handle, so I don't care about their sorry review time.
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« on: June 20, 2022, 13:47 »
You can use Wirestock and you will not need to worry which agencies are best
Yep, good advice. People just starting out should definitely looking into doing as you wrote.
That has saved me so much stress the past few years.
No stress is a major plus in the stock business. Nice to see you posting.
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« on: June 20, 2022, 13:42 »
People don't get upset about other people's success.
People get annoyed when someone comes in AS IF they have a two-meter-long dick when in fact they are just SAYING they have one.
You come in here and tell OTHERS that they make useless posts, but your post only becomes useful if you show us these facts beyond talking about them.
Let's see this beast, man. Otherwise your initial post you can say it out loud to yourself in front of a mirror.
You have no real good advice for anyone to prove, numbers in hand, anything. Which wouldn't be a problem, if you didn't come in here looking like a know-it-all old fox teaching others how to live, and not doing nonsense, which you - the greater - don't do. Instead, you are identical to those you criticize.
You're just saying --which is not so much more useful than advising people not to hold the cap in front of the lens-- that improving yourself is a good thing and shooting what FOR YOU sells is a good thing.
Wow, that's brilliant!
So you enjoy talking about me as well. Pfft I'm sorry but I don't have the time to talk about you or anybody else. I'm too busy working. I enjoy talking stock or photography but have no time for idle gossip.
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« on: June 09, 2022, 04:35 »
Now, Instead of pulling your punches because you "sell", it would be more helpful to know HOW MANY pieces you sell per DAY and how much money you make PER MONTH. This is useful. Looking at your photos can help us a lot.
Of course, the race is always with yourself in improving: you can improve all you want as a snail, but if you are competing with supersonic missiles they will win. If they are 4000 supersonic missiles, producing ALL 10000 images far better than yours, you can win the race with yourself all you want, but they will saturate the market with products that outclass yours.
So: how many pieces per day and how much money per month? THIS is useful, since you want to differentiate yourself from the other useless jugs.
Joe didn't give any real numbers - at least not here on the forum. But here in this post https://www.microstockgroup.com/general-stock-discussion/stock-photography-less-interesting-for-me/msg576132/#msg576132he wrote a few facts, which - I have to assume - refer to shutterstock: Here's the thing for me, Stock Performer tells me I'm in the top 80% on downloads. But I'm only in the top 30% on income and now I'm in the top 60% on uploads. The problem is obvious. I need to create more images people want to pay for. [/quote] I don't know why people waste so much time obsessing about me. They (you) would be a lot better off obsessing about your own port. I don't see anyone posting their income, so why should I? I don't see people posting the link to their port, so I stopped doing it. Is it me that's at fault here because I'm not nosy about anybody else's port and business? Move on!
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« on: June 09, 2022, 04:29 »
You have an extremely healthy perspective on this industry. I'm with you about complaining!
Keep chugging, cause that's really all that gets you anywhere.
Thanks! Yeah, complaining gets you no respect and no money. So why bother? There are things about several agencies that bug me but I just try and work around it. I'm in it for the money.
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« on: May 31, 2022, 21:11 »
Each life has limited amount of time. Being stubborn and choosing to invest yours in something that has become so non rewarding in a world full of other possibilities s a complete waste of time.
Good luck with that.
Non rewarding for you perhaps. Not for me. I enjoy the picture taking, editing, keywording and so on. It's all a challenge for me. If you no longer enjoy the game, why are you still on stock photography forums? Forums are the one activity I no longer enjoy, so I do very little of it. There is way too much negativity on all of these stock forums, so I find it more comfortable not to read much of their content. I no longer give out advice because too many people use that as an excuse to take potshots at me. There is no money in it for me, so I find little reason to be on these forums.
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« on: May 31, 2022, 21:04 »
No I won't upload, upload, upload to SS because I don't like to be paid dimes, dimes, dimes when my time, effort, equipment, models and ... worth tens of thousands of dollars, dollars, dollars.
And no it's not fun anymore because if you continue to upload, upload, upload soon the dimes will become nickels and soon after nickels will become pennies.
Speaking about what is a waste of time - shooting, processing, keywording, and uploading thousands of LCV images is the biggest waste of time.
I take a different notion regarding Shutterstock. They are still my main money maker. What I upload and how much I upload does not matter to SS. They could not care less. My port has just a microscopic impact on their numbers. So I can do as I please. I don't mind keywording and titles. It's just part of the game. Some sites offer to do these for you but at a steep price. I pass and do my work myself. You have to do as you see best, just like everyone else and myself included. Good luck
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« on: May 24, 2022, 14:40 »
But you can't sell anything if you don't Upload, Upload, Upload?
ps I trim my grey beard close, Joe doesn't.
Hey Pete, I just got a fine, really fine new haircut and beard trim. Yeah, I'm getting ready to fire up my selfie machine and upload, upload, upload. In between visiting great grandkids, grandkids and kids I'm going to crank up those selfies again. I'm going to go for a new look, new way to upload the crap out of similars and boost my sales. I hope you are doing well, take care.
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« on: May 24, 2022, 14:27 »
Yes, he's controversial, he's a fighter, but he's also a really nice guy when you get to know him. So, hopefully people will just relax and take it all in good humor. There are a lot worse things happening at the moment.
Hi Annie! Thanks for that pleasant and nice trip down memory lane. I'm getting ready to go on yet another trip. This one to visit my beautiful daughter-in-law, my son and his three super kids living in Colorado Springs. I really enjoy these visits and try to go as often as I can. When I get back I'm going to visit my granddaughter, her husband, and two great grandsons in Oklahoma City. I love the greats! I plan to do a lot of traveling this year and to re-boot my portfolio. I totally changed my equipment. All full frame now. I got the Z9, it does 120 fps. Thinking of the number of likes I can post just makes me swoon. I also have the Z7 II which I love because it's small and light. Don't want to talk too much about my new toys. I'm sure to get comments about them anyway. I hope you are doing well.
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« on: May 24, 2022, 14:16 »
I know Terry keeps away from forums because his illness causes outbursts, which is a shame because he has so much to offer. I want him to come back and just say, 'hey I am medically incapable of suffering fools!' lol
hey I am medically incapable of suffering fools!
Nice to see you back with your funny wit and good nature. Don't be a stranger.
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« on: May 17, 2022, 22:53 »
I'm no longer sharing anything about my port. It really irritates people when I talk about the
10,000 images I uploaded in 12 months, just like I said I would when I first started as a complete newbie.
Nothing angers people more than the success of others.
So, I won't post about the port that is now 11,193 images strong.
I've decided to kick my port into gear again, so I don't have time for forums anyway.
You can upload, upload, upload or you can post on the forums but it's very difficult to
do both. I'm going with the option that pays me.
Take care now and good luck
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« on: May 10, 2022, 21:23 »
Yes, I have some images that sell well.
Yes, I have too many images in my port that don't sell at all.
NO, I'm not satisfied with how my sales are going.
Sorry, I don't see a contradiction.
I don't get much satisfaction arguing with the nitpickers and the hatemongers.
Those that are interested in increasing their sales, keep at it! Don't give up and don't
spend much time in the forums. You can't take pictures, keyword and title them and upload them if
you are on the forum every day. It's one or the other.
You don't see the really successful, big sellers on the forums. They are too busy doing stock.
I'm not all that successful yet, but I don't have time for silly word games either.
One thing I want to clear up. On my original post I stated that I got rid of all of my DSLR equipment.
Mostly true, but I don't want to give the impression you have to go full frame mirrorless to get sales.
You can build a perfectly fine port with just a fairly new, decent smart phone.
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« on: May 10, 2022, 21:16 »
If things are going so great for you - congratulations. But I remember a posting in another forum/blog not so long ago that it's not going well for you at all. With your own words, you were wining and crying there 
Maybe you could provide a little proof that upload-upload-upload is worth it. That would really motivate me
Maybe you can show how not uploading at all really helps your sales. I'm sure everyone would love to see that. Sales are not going to my satisfaction. THEY NEVER WILL.
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« on: May 10, 2022, 12:38 »
Most, not all people on the old SS forum as well as here are just habitual cry babies and bitchers with nothing to offer. I'm not on forums much anymore because they are for the most part useless. You don't learn anything from people who cry their heart out. I'm not very sociable, I'm not good at small talk so I'm not on forums much anymore. Yeah, that's me in the long gray beard. Yes, I take selfies. Yes, they sell. All the time. I've not done any for several months because after I hit 10,000 uploads in one year I decided to take a break. I've had conversations with some really big sellers and learned quite a bit. I'm now back to uploading, uploading, uploading. Not as hard and furious as I did in that first year but I'm working at it. I now look really hard at what sells and what does not sell. Not surprisingly, I don't do the stuff that does not sell. Knowledge was the main advantage I gained with that magic 10,000 port. It's not bragging, I did it! I know what does not sell. I don't know what and how the big sellers are made of. I'm working on that. I've had some really high paying editorial sellers that left me shaking my head. I'm not after those. What I'm after is subjects and images that sell really well regularly. I uploaded about 2100 selfies to see if they made money. They do. I'm not happy about how much they bring in but they sell. I took the off time to look at what sells and what does not. From my images. I still try new stuff, new subjects and so on. I'm in a race. A race against myself making money. Not in the number of uploads. So starting this month I'm back to uploading. A LOT! With a difference. I understand the argument against images that look alike. I try to avoid them because they are a waste of my time and a waste of the agencies time. I also stopped hating the evaluators and just embrace what I learn from the rejects. A couple of months ago I tossed, sold actually all of my DLSR, crop sensor stuff. The cameras and the lenses. I'm all in with the new Nikon Z cameras. They work great! I get a lot fewer rejects for focus and hardly ever any for too much like other photos I have submitted. I'm doing quite a few videos. That was the reason I got rid of my DSLRs. I wanted to do videos. It's late in the game for videos because everybody with a smart phone submits them. But they do bring in money and with the new software they are easy to do. If you do videos use a tripod. Even with the new magical, superb, much hyped Z9 you need to shoot with a tripod. I keep 3 or 5 of them in my car at all times. I'm getting ready to toss the monopods and other gimmicks that don't work. It's impossible to beat a tripod. So that's it. Now you know all about me and are up to date. I do stock for money. I try to make as much money as possible from each submission. I wish I had the magic formula for the big bucks but I don't I'm still struggling with that. Good luck and keep uploading, uploading, uploading. https://www.shutterstock.com/g/Grossinger
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« on: May 01, 2022, 07:54 »
To me it's a challenge. All the whining about 10 cent sales is a waste of time.
Complaining about rejections is a waste of time.
In short, complaining is a waste of time.
The challenge for me is to overcome.
Marines are taught to improvise, adapt, and overcome all obstacles.
I think that's a good attitude.
I don't care to read about the whines. All forums are full of them.
I want to read about success stories not bs
My income kept going up after the dime hair cut. Then I hit a plateau.
I stopped uploading because I hit a block.
Now I'm back to taking pictures and uploading. It's fun!
I enjoy the challenge.
Here's the thing for me, Stock Performer tells me I'm in the top 80% on downloads.
But I'm only in the top 30% on income and now I'm in the top 60% on uploads.
The problem is obvious. I need to create more images people want to pay for.
So that's what I'm working on now. Yes, upload, upload, upload. Dimes add up.
On Shutterstock I don't upload on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Like everyone else I'm
tired of the goofy judges that reject everything. So I don't bother with that.
On comparing agencies. Yes, Adobe, Dreamstime, 123RF and so on pay more for pictures but
in the final analysis Shutterstock pays more at the end of the month because they sell a hell of a lot more.
Wirestock started out good but now has gone off the rails.
Adobe pays me more for the thousand or so images I have with them.
Yeah, even Dreamstime gives me greater earnings than Wirestock.
Anyway, that's how it works for me. How other people work is their business..
I'm not on forums much anymore because it's a waste of time reading all the whining.
I do a lot of research and try to keep my eye on the ball.
What I don't know is what pictures bring in the big bucks. I've not discovered
that secret yet. So that's the challenge for me.
People are free to cut off their noses to spite their face but Shutterstock rules.
If you can get on with Stocksy because they pay well and work with photographers.
Good luck and upload, upload, upload.
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« on: April 21, 2022, 14:38 »
This may be an ancient thread but the numbers never change.
For me September is by far the the best selling month.
May is my worst month.
Shutterstock is my best selling, best money making agency.
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