I did a similiar statistic over my big5 (IS,SS,DT,SX,FT) and came with these results. I have also images on other sites (both micro and macro) but those are not included here.

Years in business: about 4
Images produced: about 1500 (between 1200 and 1300 accepted images)
Total amount of licences sold: 46,931
Earned money: $31,392

About $20 for every image produced.

So, what is the situation now?
-RPI is falling because the market is getting oversaturated.

-I have no people shots in my portfolios (except some body parts like hands and such). People shots would most likely have better RPI's, but also more hassle: finding and booking models, releases etc.

-My production speed has increased significately, I just doubled my port size in one year,
and now I have the same goal (3000 images next summer)

-Still going strong, this month is propably going to be my best month ever.

Feel free to step up to the plate and share your cumulative totals, maybe it will help give people just starting out some realistic expectations.

I don't think my numbers give realistic expectations. I had a very good start in the beginning, 2005 RPIs were much better than now. I don't think I would have ever started if the RPIs were as bad as today.

It is not good idea to shoot stock with that small sensors, in general. Your acceptance ratio will be much smaller, thats for sure.

Do you even have a clue what the sensor size is on DP1 ? (Hint: It's 7X bigger than in Canon G-series, and same size as in some DSLRs)

edit: DSLR!

it can be a pain trying to carry 3 lenses to cover all your shooting needs.  

I think having a big and heavy lens on your camera is also a pain (70-200/2.8 weights
about 1590 grams and equally as fast 200/2.8 only 765 grams (of course on IS on that one, but still...).
I think the weight is much easier to carry in a bag than on the camera.

I usually carry around three lenses, one wide, one tele and one normal (50mm). I'ts amazing how
limiting your choices of focal lenght increases creativity and trains the photographic eye.
With zooms I tend to stand where I am and just crop by zooming - no creative angles here.

The combination of three lenses weights often about the same as 70-200/2.8
and the camera is much lighter (and looks less threatening)
to handle.

That's a weird comparison...

Why not 70-200 f/4L   vs.   85/1.8 AND 200/2.8 (you can get both at same price)

I'd choose primes. I almost entirely shoot with primes; better optical quality, better speed, better price tags... The primes (85 & 200) are also small and black, they don't look as "loud" and threatening when you shoot with them.

in return for there business info to be printed on the calendar.

If that's what you agreed on, you need a separate permission to use the images for other purposes. (permission = not necessary property release)

I was overly optimistic when I recently shot a dozen well lit 21 megapixel wooden textures. The wood panels were very beautifully worn and I thought these were the finest wood textures ever.

I was prepared for rejections, but DT rejected them all. DT and FT seems to be very hard on textures nowdays.

BTW, three of the textures sell like hotcakes on SS

got a payout yesterday.  nice to see they are keeping on the ball and getting us our $$ even if it isn't much.

Care to say how many $$ there were and what portfolio size you have? Or is there a site with similiar earnings?

I am encouraged that the VMP earnings are good for the last few months considering that the site is still under development and is yet to be fully launched and marketed.

I'm still eagerly waiting for my sales report...  can you spare some figures?
BTW did the sales report come to your account log-in adress or paypal adress?

Wouldn't it be nice if some of the micro sites let you donate some images for some good causes, if they are sold the money would go to help people (maybe with a lower agency marigin too)

This time it's different. Veer already has a strong brand and an existing customer base. I just wish they had done this some years ago, instead of the horrible snapvillage.

4) Shoot raw and use a color checker or grey card.

5) Use a (off camera) flash. The image in the exaple would have been very easy to light with a flash.

6) Come back (or wait) when the light is better. I try avoid shooting in boring light.

7) You may have some success with using "negative reflectors", black cards to make the shadows deeper and/or limiting the light falling on the subject.

No post-processing tweak will help here, the main problem is that the light source (overcast sky) is too big.

I shoot RAW with EOS 5D and now 5D mark II and only prime glass. I have never had problems with Alamy QC. Only two rejections: One image was too small (my bad!) and one had some data error, everything else have passed without any problems. Maybe you should check your gear and workflow instead of barking at Alamy.

I like Alamy more than any micro site, I think they are friendly and really trying their best to sell images.