Ok, I need a few images of carved candles. Web sized basically so dont go buying these expensive things just for me  . If you have some already cool. I have only found 1 but it is more than I found on the other sites I was going to convert credits on. Got credits on BS and ready to do a little buying.

Maybe this can spur some BS sales for a few MSG'ers.

I don't want molded candles...I want carved like this one... Bigstock ID #55146

Reply here if you have some approved on BS.

Thanks

I have to watch Nick Jr. due to my almost 3 year old daughter. Yea, I know some of the theme songs and sing them with her.... but... today I discovered something new about the Wonder Pets. It is not just a Guinea Pig, a Turtle and a Duck... it is also Stock Photos. Now I will be trying to watch closer to see how they use them.

I just did my first tutorial on how I make Homemade Soap the Hot Process way in a Crock Pot. Never used Instructables before but I think it came out ok.

Yes I mention my website in it  because I am also hoping to drive some type of customer traffic to the store. On Etsy, you got to drive the traffic if you really want to sell.

But, someone may gain info out of it. I think Soap Making is kinda neat.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Handmade-Hot-Process-Soap/

I dont know if this is helpful or not but the Parade magazine that comes in the Newspapers here in the States uses a lot of stock images from various Agencies.

On the web you can look and tineye them here: http://www.parade.com/

So far I have found images from Alamy, Getty, Istock, Fotolia and SXC.hu (is SXC a free dl place?).

I have not found any of my images but maybe someone can find a tearsheet or use.

Has anyone heard of this place? Looking around some photo forums sites and I happened to see this banner.

The main site entrance is http://totallycoolpix.com


The submitter application entrance is: http://totallycoolpix.com/are-you-a-photographer/

What they say:

We are always on the lookout for more totally cool pix. No matter what the subject, as long as there is a connection between or a story behind your images we are interested. It can be about architecture, inner city life, animal close ups, slow, images with a common theme (colour, event, national holiday, religion) and so on. The minimum number of images we are looking for in one set is 15. The ideal number would be 20 to 25 or higher.

In return for the (non-exclusive) use of your images we giv e you between $100-150, a link back to your website and the change to show off your work to thousands of people from around the world. And who knows, your images might get noticed by the likes of Reuters.   

I was reading back in the Forums and found this thread

http://www.microstockgroup.com/alamy-com/sales-at-alamy-any-updates/

I thought it might be fun to see who is still around from that time. Also to see how people are doing and if its impacted somehow by Istocks dealings and such.


For my input: I had 13 images up there since last year.. and forgot about them. Checking them about a month or so ago, I had a sale netting me $66. Its from a shot that would never had made the micros at all.. but yet.. someone wanted it for an education book of some sort. Yay Me..lol.

Now with Istocks changing of their game, I figured to change up my approach to Work Smarter Not Harder. I decided which Micros Agencies I am going to stop uploading to or cut out altogether when I reach payouts. I am going to start concentrating on Alamy with RF and RM and occasionally shoot a little for the MS Sites I am keeping. It will be different Photos. I do have some of my RF Photos Crossed over into Alamy but I am going to keep them separate now. This should cut down the time a little by only submitting to Alamy for the most part and about 3 sites (2 Micros and 1 Business cards cause I like making them).

Since 2 weeks ago I have upped that 13 images to 56 now (with about 6 or 7 of them being crossed from the Micros).


Your Turn. Any Updates or Stories?

I was wondering how many Alamy Submitters opted in to Novel Use. I just opted back into it this morning just to see if it does anything for me money, view or zoom wise.

First find for me...but not my pic. I just happened across this on Flickr... love the title to the Pic. So original.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjmartins/3430795211/#

Looks like it's on Istock to someone who has major sales.

http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-5270511-symbol-of-heart.php



Matter of fact... looks like this person has more than a few Stock Photos on their Flickr account. Might want to run through it and see if any are yours.

http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=shutterstock&w=all

First time I had this happen.. but I don't do a lot of Vectors though. Just seems weird to me. Is it normal to reject the vector but then the raster is good enough?

Vector was rejected for: "Too Simple--Overly simple vector."

I got my last 2 Speedlights in today and just got finished modding them with 3.5mm Jacks. So, now I have a 3 Speedlight system, Umbrellas, Stands and a Softbox. Now I need to learn how to do lighting. I am going to take off for a couple to a few weeks to devote to learning all I can.

In that time... it is very possible that we might be moving also. We are a high number on a waiting list. I dont know if we are going to set up for cable or what for internet so I might be gone for longer unless I pop in on a friends computer or something.

Thanks to everyone for all I have learned just by reading. I will be back...just when I don't know.

TTFN

I learned about this in the Strobist Flickr Group but did not want to share until I ordered and tested. These are OPEN BOX ITEMS. Not new but mine came in a Older looking Manuf. Box... with no Instructions. I found the manual online though. Flash itself looks brand new.

http://www.techforless.com/cgi-bin/tech4less/5316609?mv_pc=AID=109696#pd_nav

I got the Canon ETTL (They are out of the Nikon) Model of the Quantaray 900WA. Tried it out in Manual on my Nikon D60. All functions I can test...work perfectly. $36 and free Shipping in U.S.

They have a bunch of other flashes too.. but as I have noted...stay away from the PZ-1's.

I did title as "deal for the U.S." because I am not sure how much shipping to anywhere else will be. From what I have read also...Customer Service is great.

Warning: a little rant

They took this one down originally for being a Motorola Razr.



So I sent them a email back explaining it's a Sanyo Katana.

They reply:

"Thank you for the reply.

We have carefully reviewed the matter and understand this is not the RAZR, however after much consideration and as it is a product shot we feel at this time that we cannot accept it due to trademark concerns."

So I just ended it with:
"This is nice to know because just a quick review of keyword "cellphone" returned quite a few Motorola Phones along with other identifiable models. I know because I used to be Level 3 Cell Repair Tech."

So now what? Should I stop uploading cell phones due to this crap. That, to me, is F'ing stupid.