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Messages - arquiplay77

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Hello:
I am from spais so my earnings in USD has to be converted in euros at some time.
This is often sad since all the work put in my portafolio to increase my earnings month after month, gets often buried by the Dollar/Euro change price.
For example, last month i made the exchange at 1.29 (1 euro=1.29 dollar) so for example for 1000 USD that would be 775 Euros. But right now the price is like 1.35, that means for the same case 1000USD= 740. Seeng this i started to look for information and found a helpfull page where you can find the variation expresedd in a simple graphic, this is the link (in spanish sorry):
http://www.abanfin.com/modules.php?name=Abanfin&fid=gdbbdaa
Right now i decided to wait a litle to pull out the money from Paypal, and hope the price of dollar will rise again in the next days.
Do you european people check these numbers often to figure out the best moment? or maybe know some page where we could chek for a futuristic especulation on this tendencies?

Also i found that Paypal retain the 2.5% of the money for their services, Is there another way cheeper to get the payouts?
Im thinking That Yuri Arcurs for example can loose a lot of money if he dont look close to thise things, so maybe allready is an optimized way to do this testes for you guys?

Hope i made myself clear enough.
Cheers

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General Stock Discussion / Re: Username in keywords poll
« on: April 01, 2009, 12:08 »
i never thought of that, but its a good idea.
Couldnt you just put it in the IPTC data of the file, and once uploaded just delete it in each site when you choose categories?
would this prevent been rejected but still have the kayword on the image IPTC itself?

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General Stock Discussion / Re: March 2009 earnings breakdown
« on: April 01, 2009, 11:59 »
Im very happy with my results so far, im a newbie, just started between mid december and mid january in the top agencies, this month i request my second payout form MY top 3 sites, but havent reach the limit in the others althougt DT and IS are olmost there.
BTW just out of curiosity, do you request payment only the end of each month or whenever you reach a certain limit?

FT:    33,7%
SS:    27,4%
StockXpert:  19%
DT:    9,7%
IS:     8,9%
..
123rf: 1%
BS:     0,3% Just started here a few days ago

cheers

154
Dreamstime.com / Re: Why DT is not working for me?
« on: March 27, 2009, 19:15 »
i had also problems with the FTP, last week i uploaded 8 files and only 5 of them apeared in the unfinished section. i re-uploaded two days after and everything was ok.
But now with the new java aplication i cant upload more that a single file at the time, they just get stock after the firs one.

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i had 3 of this sales today, been the only ones of the month.
guess they do these backups on certain days of the month????

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Why DT is not working for me?
« on: March 24, 2009, 06:21 »
I believe the expertise of the people in the bussines since long ago, so I'm not questioning if this is or not (the slow progression of DT i mean), but why is this?
It has obviously something to do with the position your images appear in the searches result, but can someone tell me what is taken into consideration for this, is it how long you have been there? or the amount of your entire portfolio has something to do with the position of a single file? or what?
Just wonder this because i don't understand why in this site the progression is different from others and why it is so much difference, apparently, in the earning as the time goes by.

BTW excuse my english, hope i made some sense.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Why DT is not working for me?
« on: March 07, 2009, 19:18 »
I now my port is small since i have just started, but i am comparing my earnings between agencies with the same port, so that shouldn't be an issue, unless DT consider the size of the port for positioning results.
Just was confused because my "ranking" wasn't like the poll here, especially with DT been second here and 5th in mine.
But if you tell me that is normal in DT to react slowly, i believe you.
BTW, my approval ratio in DT is 94.4%.

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Dreamstime.com / Re: Why DT is not working for me?
« on: March 07, 2009, 14:56 »
OK.
Thank you all for sharing your experiences, i will have patience, i just thought i was missing something here, jeje.

I will pay more attention to descriptions and title from now on.

Cheers.

159
Dreamstime.com / Why DT is not working for me?
« on: March 07, 2009, 13:27 »
Hello:

Since I've started in this business, i have an eye on the poll results here.
I decided to upload to the big 6 and was expecting DT to be a very good earner, but I'm earning very little there compared to other sites that are lower in the poll (FT, StockXpert, ISP) the only one earning less is 123RF.
So I'm starting to think maybe I'm doing something wrong.
Do yo believe that the kind of work one have, can affect drastically the results in different sites?
I was thinking NO, my guess is that clients are all the same for deferents sites, but maybe I'm wrong.
So my question would be, do you do something special in DT for have good results? maybe some kind of image? maybe keywording in a particular language? don't know I'm lost.

Thank you for your insight.

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Well, i guess the experience is different for each one of us. I have just started in this business a couple months ago, and slowly increasing my port.
In this time, Fotolia has been gradually risen the position of my incomes, and right now is my second income generator, just after SS. I request my first pay the 1st of march and since then (in this 4 days) i have earned 38 U$ just almost the same as in SS.
I cant believe that someone can earn more in 123RF, i have made less than 3 U$ in all this time there.

As i stated at the beginning, everybody has it's own experience.

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coment done.
Here is my port choose the one you like please.
http://www.stockxpert.com/browse_image/profile/arquiplay7

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Discusin en Espaol / Re: Hay alguien?
« on: February 10, 2009, 13:41 »
Hola!!!
Yo soy Uruguayo, pero actualemnte vivo en Espaa.
Soy muy nuevo en esto de la fotografia de stock, pero me est gutando mucho, es adictivo.
Mayoritariamente hago 3d, aunque cuando puedo colar alguna foto tambin aprovecho.

Un saludo

163
Photo Critique / Re: critique this IS submission rejected
« on: January 24, 2009, 14:03 »
Thank you all for your help.
I finally got in ISP, right now im waiting to the first batch to be aproved.

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Photo Critique / Re: critique this IS submission rejected
« on: January 19, 2009, 04:43 »
Thank you all for your suggestions, I'll try to come up with 3 images that shows variety, but still been simple and maybe include a photo (if i could find any of mine totally noise free)

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Posted by: ironarrow
Your photos are nice. Also, I am just being honest but your vectors will never get into IS!

It looks like you are an accountant who is trying too hard to do vectors just for money. Stick with the photos. You might get annoyed with my post but deep inside you know I am right and I am saving you a lot of time..

I don't get annoyed at all, i know I'm not an illustrator, in fact this is the first one I've done in my live, just thought it could add some diversity to my port, i will keep practicing though, since this vector got accepted and is selling in other sites, (it gave me 5 $ in SX yesterday :o). But if IS has a higher level for vectors or whatever i don't mind at all, just won't submit there. BTW, it's another kind of application for vectors in IS, i mean if one get accepted as a photographer for example, then you can't upload vectors?

Thank you.

165
Lighting / Re: Amazing studio flash kits under $300
« on: January 16, 2009, 12:03 »
well, i guess I'm reliving this post.
I'm interested in this kits, have been looking for something cheap to start testing, but i have no idea on light equipment so i wanted to do some "stupid" questions.
will this kit be enough to start shooting? don't i need something else to shoot the flashes, like a remote shooter? are they TTL synchronized with my camera (Nikon D80)? if so, what else do i need to buy? some sincro cable or something like that?

As you would see, I'm totally new at this.
Thank you for your time

166
Photo Critique / Re: critique this IS submission rejected
« on: January 16, 2009, 05:37 »
Microbius: What you say make total sense to me, will try to focus in hard to photograph things.
BTW these where my 3 initial images rejected the firs time.

http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/29075701
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/29075671
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/29074561

now i realize that maybe i fail with the 3 stars image.

bye

167
Photo Critique / Re: critique this IS submission rejected
« on: January 16, 2009, 05:09 »
Thank you guys.

I must say that i am Spanish talking, guess that's why didn't get some things like:
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was amused that the throw-away image conflicts with his stated direction: "but ignore the photos, since i want to concentrate in the 3d renders."

Sorry didn't get what you said. What i was saying was to not consider the few photos i have on my port at SX, that last link i posed, all the images i submitted where 3d renders, except for the last vector (i was trying to vary a little bit). I consider myself a barely amateur photographer, and have no equipment to make some portrait session, thats why i wanted to concentrate in 3d since it's my profession and it's what i am going to base my port in this microstock bussines. I have my little bussines of CG architecture, and will make some renders between works for this, since i allready have the equipment, the know how, and the 9-10 hrs in the studio every day  ;D

What really annoys me is that they don't tell you which images are OK and which ain't, so maybe the last submission was rejected only for the vector, and could have passed if i replace that for the green wall image for example.

that's why i ask you to choose between my images witch 3 would you send next time.

I will post 6 links from SX port for you to choose 3 please:
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/31037091
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/31037131
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/31037111
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/31037101
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/31037071
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/29074601

Maybe i will try some portrait for the submission, i have a very cute friend that is willing to model for me and even sign the release, but my inexperience in the field makes me be afraid of it, i have a Nikon D80, a 100mm 2,8 macro lens that could use for this, and can borrow a sb600 flash, Tait's all, so i guess will have to shoot some exterior photos and see if I'm lucky with the results.

Thank you for the time, if you are still reading ;)
bye


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Photo Critique / Re: critique this IS submission rejected
« on: January 15, 2009, 13:14 »
sorry, i forgot to mention the rejection:

"At this time we regret to inform you that we did not feel the overall composition of your photography or subject matter is at the minimum level of standard for iStockphoto. Please take some time to review training materials, resources and articles provided through iStockphoto. The photographs provided in your application should be your best work. Try and impress us, we want to see how you stand out from the crowd."

so the reason are not technical issues i guess.

thank you

169
thank you, the problem for me is that i don't have any friend in the forums, and as i can't post any topic until I'm accepted ... well.

This is the link I've started to ask you guy your opinion, i post it in the critique section as i thought is the best to do.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/index.php?topic=6812.0

thank you

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Photo Critique / critique this IS submission rejected
« on: January 15, 2009, 12:42 »
Hello:
i can't get in ISP, they have rejected my application twice, these are my 3 last images I've submitted, please give me some indications on what type of image they want, or if you are kind enough, go check my port in the last link and advise me on what of the images i have so far,  you would upload next time, I'm confused.

http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/29299411
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/30416771
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/view/30530931

this is my port at SX, they are the fastest reviewing so it's the only site i have all my images accepted so far, but ignore the photos, since i want to concentrate in the 3d renders.
http://www.stockxpert.es/browse_image/profile/arquiplay7

Thank you all for your time and help, your advice will be very estimated for me.

Bye

171
Hello:

I'm new here and in this bussines, just started a month ago to submit images to stock agencies.
Well the truth is that in SS i was rejected the firs time JUST BECAUSE THE KEYWORDS where written in Spanish (when i see the interface in Spanish it says TO PUT THE KEYWORD IN SPANISH) so after asking for help to support, having no answer at all and uploading to other sites, i just had to wait the month of suspension, then my 10 images where accepted and after that in just one week in SS i earned 3 times the amount of the other sites, i was shock on how well this site works compared to others  :o.
in this week i have a sale average of 10 images (when my Port has 14 images i think it's OK) now i have around 20 images and hope to improve this number soon.

Anyway, I'm sellling in SS, DT, FT, SX, and 123RF, but i could not get in ISP, i was rejected 2 times with this reason:
"At this time we regret to inform you that we did not feel the overall composition of your photography or subject matter is at the minimum level of standard for iStockphoto."
I'm lost with this site, don't know what to do to get in. would be nice if you could give me some indications, Can i post here some links to the images i have submitted to evaluate them? (they are allready selling in other sites, and i could post some links if it's allowed)

Well, thank you in advance.
Bye

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Newbie Discussion / Re: Newbie Starts down the path
« on: January 15, 2009, 11:28 »
Good luck, im a newbie as well and what i have noticed is that this is addictive :P
i found myself looking 10 tiemes a day how my selling goes.
I dont think im going to get rich this way, but for my little experience in this, if found in my case (3d render) its woth it to spend some time to get a bigger portafolio.
Bye

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