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Wednesday, March 30th, 2011
A little surprise at the end of month was selling one of my oldest photos on Shutterstock. In 2005 I spent a week in New Mexico and one of the places I visited was Carlsbad Caverns. It is a biggest cave I have ever seen.
Carlsbad Caverns
Carlsbad Caverns National Park is a United States National Park located in the Guadalupe Mountains in southeastern New Mexico.The primary attraction of the park for most visitors is the show cave, Carlsbad Caverns. Visitors to the cave can hike in on their own via the natural entrance, or take the elevator (the exit for everyone) directly to the Underground Lunchroom some 750 feet (230 m) below.
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
My total earning from all agencies went up 53%, that great when you do not compare how each agency performed. Also comparing to January which was pretty bad start of the year means that it is only coming back to normal levels. SS as usual was number one with second best month ever. DT and FT rebound from very low results I have been observing for last couple months. 123RF is still slightly below average which is enough to score second place. IS is again showing its aspirations to claim fifth spot which was grabbed by SXP combined results from last 3 months showing as earned in February. Mentioned partner program on IS and SXP seems to be a total disaster. Not only they are always behind the schedule but also numbers are not looking too good. Accounting error again? Maybe they simple cannot provide volume of subscriptions comparable to SS. I opted out on IS and I will watch it only on SXP (no other option is possible). RPD is slightly up but again not as good as in couple last months of last year. What about others? I got nothing to say here. Everything below top 6 is just statistical error. I am uploading only to agencies that produce some result every month.
| February 2011 |
February |
Feb/Jan |
RPD |
| SS |
64.87% |
182.58% |
0.80 |
| 123RF |
9.13% |
74.43% |
0.66 |
| DT |
8.02% |
209.85% |
0.70 |
| SXP |
7.73% |
|
0.25 |
| FT |
4.88% |
150.57% |
0.60 |
| IS |
3.94% |
73.66% |
1.17 |
| BS |
0.84% |
500.00% |
0.63 |
| CSP |
0.52% |
67.39% |
0.52 |
| CS |
0.07% |
7.69% |
0.20 |
|
|
153.54% |
0.66 |
Microstock 2011 FEB
Tags: breakdown, Dreamstime, earnings, Fotolia, images, iStockphoto, microstock, photography, results, selling, shutterstock
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Tuesday, February 15th, 2011
This time it is a picture of my daughter playing on the beach. I wonder who/where it going to be used.
Playing on the beach
Tags: camera, extended, license, maya, microstock, Photo, photography, pictures, selling, shutterstock, Stock, stock photography, stock photos
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Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
This time usual stuff, landscape shot taken at Bodega Head. Three days of February and two extended licenses already. I wish I got got one every second day 
Bodega Head
Tags: buy photos, buy pictures, camera, coast, extended, graphic design, high resolution images, illustration, image library, landscape, license, microstock, nature, pacific, Photo, photo bank, photo library, photography, pictures, royalty free images, royalty-free, selling, shutterstock, Stock, stock agency, stock images, stock photo, stock photography, stock photos, subscription, vector art, web design
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
It looks like this year’s start was quite slow. All top 5 agencies results, besides 123RF, were below expectations. My total earning went down 25% from December. Unfortunately IS partner program result are always late so I might be missing half of earnings there. It’s interesting that IS got usually one of the highest RPD when only earning reported are from main site when I add lots of 25 cents subscriptions from ThinkStock RPD drops to one of the lowest. SXP failed to post results from November, I guess I have report them in February. We got huge mess here. I can only hope Veer would generate more to cover losses I got at SXP. I do not have many expectations for any other sites. Results are at most random to see any potential.
2011 JAN Microstock
| January 2011 |
January |
Jan/Dec |
RPD |
| SS |
55.15% |
83.26% |
0.46 |
| 123RF |
19.05% |
148.27% |
0.81 |
| IS |
8.30% |
65.72% |
1.33 |
| DT |
5.93% |
50.99% |
0.60 |
| FT |
5.03% |
101.26% |
0.74 |
| Veer |
2.37% |
433.33% |
1.52 |
| CS |
1.36% |
1040.00% |
1.30 |
| CUT |
1.35% |
|
1.29 |
| CSP |
1.20% |
5.45% |
0.58 |
| BS |
0.26% |
25.00% |
0.50 |
|
|
74.97% |
|
Tags: breakdown, Dreamstime, earnings, Fotolia, images, iStockphoto, microstock, photography, results, selling, shutterstock
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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Never in almost 3 years of doing microstock I got extended license sold on first day of the month. Also I am happy that for a first time it a photo of cake I made, strawberry tiramisu.
Strawberry Tiramisu
I think I am going to post translation of this recipe I got from knedlik.blox.pl.
Ingredients: 400 ml of sweetened condensed milk (I added about 200 ml), 500 g of mascarpone, 3 teaspoons vanilla extract, 1 large package of lady fingers biscuits, 3 / 4 kg of strawberries, juice of 1 lemon, 2 tablespoons sugar, fruit vodka or plum brandy.
Wash strawberries, cut into quarters, add sugar and lemon juice, let stand for half an hour (at the time should come off strawberry juice). Mascarpone (taken out straight from the fridge) put into a bowl, add vanilla extract, whipped and fluffy. Gradually add condensed milk. Biscuits placed in a spring form pan, soak them in plenty of vodka. Put half the strawberries (with sauce), so half of the curd. Repeat these steps. Garnish with strawberries, or leave the cheese smooth. Put into the fridge for 8-10 hours.
I used apricot brandy instead of fruit vodka.
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Friday, January 21st, 2011
Today Fotolia accepted my 2000th image. Fotolia had more than 800,000 members who had uploaded more than 4.2 million images so I am still small fry in a big sea
Overall rank 8900
7 days rank 10250
Maya's Christmas
Tags: bank, bfotolia, image, imagebank, photographs, photography, photolia, photos, portfolio, royalty-free, sell, Stock
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Tuesday, January 11th, 2011
I am not sure if I should be happy or start crying. On good side I am probably eligible to upgrade but on the other hand the worst carrier in San Francisco Bay area will get more traffic when many people who were waiting for this get iPhone or switch from other carriers. I cannot make or receive phone calls at my workplace in Palo Alto using this “most reliable” network. It does not work at home in Mountain View without extender either. Friends on any other networks here do not have this problems. Now I am stack for one more year and I am sorry that I switched.
IPhone 4 on Verizon
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Today I started my slow-carb diet, which is based on eating foods with a low-glycemic index. Foods with a low GI break down glucose in your body slowly, keeping your blood sugar levels constant throughout the day. I have to avoid all bread, rice (including brown), cereal, potatoes, pasta, tortillas, and fried food with breading. I can eat as much as I want of the following foods: proteins (lean meats, poultry, fish, eggs, and cottage cheese); vegetables (except white potatoes); legumes (peas, lentils, beans, and nuts); and healthy fats (fish oil, saturated fat, olive oil and flax seed). Unfortunately also fruits and juices are also out unless you’re doing so within 30 minutes after a workout.
My initial parameters:
| Weight |
220 |
| Body Fat |
30.5% |
| BMI |
27.5 |
|
|
| Biceps |
|
| Left |
13 |
| Right |
14 |
| Waist |
40 |
| Hips |
40 |
| Leg |
|
| Left |
22.5 |
| Right |
21 |
| Total Inches |
150.5 |
Hopefully weather will improve. My morning rides are not very pleasant. It was not coldest day of this year but for it was in low 40s.
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Wednesday, January 5th, 2011
I have been submitting to microstock agencies for 32 months and still I am feeling like very serious hobbyist. Starting with my collection of landscape and travel shots I learned that it’s not most profitable niche in microstock. Your images got buried in a pile million images from all over the world. Still my two best earners are representing this category:
NYC
Mission San Francisco de Asis
Later I realized that microstock best images are actually model released photographs. I was not ready to throw money and hiring models so I decided to shoot me and my family.
Father having fun with his daughter on the beach.
Mother is feeding little girl
When you have infant at home your travel options are limited but still I was able to get some sales from the stuff I did before.
Lake Tahoe
Then your child start walking which again opens possibilities for exploring outdoors together.
Assisted walking
You cannot go very far so your are happy that old stuff still sells.
Hang gliding
You start visiting places like museums and aquariums.
Chrysaora fuscescens
It seems like my other subjects never got much traction. Still I am mostly selling my old collection of nature and travel shots.
Lake Shasta Caverns
Racetrack Playa
Bodie, California
Bixby Bridge
Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
Big Sur
Inca Trail
Tags: breakdown, Dreamstime, earnings, Fotolia, images, iStockphoto, microstock, photography, results, selling, shutterstock
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