Archive for the ‘News’ Category
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
My total earning from all agencies went up 30% in comparison to April which I did not report here because of my trip to my homeland. It was quite a surprise to find out that it was also best month overall this year. It was mostly because unexpected extended licenses from Veer. It also shows how week are my sales at other agencies. It is so easy to grab second spot if there are extended licenses sold. SS was first as usual but it is quite interesting how others are trending. 123RF keeps going up every month and this one was actually best in current year. FT peaked in April and May was slightly worse but still way better than at the beginning of this year. DT also had best month this year. SXP is just so unpredictable. I am not even sure if they are able to count sales properly since every month when it is time to report they post and change result couple times. On other fronts I see almost no movements, I can sell a few photos a month or none.
| May 2011 |
May |
May/Apr |
RPD |
| SS |
42.72% |
90.84% |
0.53 |
| Veer |
16.81% |
16300.00% |
11.41 |
| 123RF |
15.64% |
165.17% |
0.76 |
| DT |
8.33% |
183.68% |
0.86 |
| FT |
6.55% |
88.61% |
0.60 |
| IS |
4.97% |
116.74% |
1.30 |
| SXP |
2.43% |
117.86% |
0.25 |
| CSP |
1.19% |
1350.00% |
1.25 |
| BS |
0.74% |
125.00% |
0.63 |
| MSP |
0.38% |
100.00% |
065 |
| CS |
0.22% |
|
0.25 |
| |
|
130.20% |
0.71 |
Microstock 2011-05
Tags: breakdown, Dreamstime, earnings, Fotolia, images, iStockphoto, microstock, photography, results, selling, shutterstock
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Friday, May 27th, 2011
After long time of no activity I finally I got 3 sales on one image. Two of them where extended license. Apparently somebody bought image first for normal price then purchased additional licenses: Unlimited reproduction and Multi-user.
It was one of my travel shots I took in Balboa Park in San Diego.
Balboa Park
Tags: architecture, balboa, camera, extended, license, microstock, nature, park, Photo, photography, pictures, selling, Stock, stock photography, stock photos, veer
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
I sold EL for this photo in March and now I got another one. Surprising development because usually nature photos are not big sellers.
- 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.
Tags: camera, license, microstock, nature, nded, Photo, photography, pictures, selling, shutterstock, Stock, stock photography, stock photos
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Friday, April 1st, 2011
Total earning went down 13% comparing to record breaking last month so I would say it is not bad at all. Usual leader SS also got less than in February but it is much better than at the beginning of this year. Most surprising are results from DT and FT. FT got 62% better results and DT 16% better. If I look back, last month, DT was 109% better than in previous month and FT was 50% better. It looks like both are growing. 123RF on the other hand is slowly declining. For a first time in many months it is not on a second place. When I look at further positions there is very little going on. IS is declining because of lower number of subscriptions sold on ThinkStock. I still do not have many hopes about SXP and CSP with few sales per entire month. Conclusion is similar to the one I got month ago, stick to top agencies.
| March 2011 |
March |
Mar/Feb |
RPD |
| SS |
59.56% |
83.61% |
0.58 |
| DT |
10.27% |
116.55% |
0.63 |
| FT |
8.69% |
162.28% |
0.56 |
| 123RF |
8.37% |
83.43% |
0.60 |
| IS |
4.53% |
48.73% |
0.94 |
| SXP |
2.86% |
33.70% |
0.25 |
| CSP |
2.31% |
403.23% |
1.25 |
| BS |
1.29% |
140.00% |
1.17 |
| Veer |
1.29% |
|
3.50 |
| YM |
0.74% |
|
1.00 |
| CS |
0.09% |
125.00% |
0.25 |
|
|
87.12% |
|
2011 March Microstock
Tags: breakdown, Dreamstime, earnings, Fotolia, images, iStockphoto, microstock, photography, results, selling, shutterstock
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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.
Tags: camera, extended, license, microstock, nature, Photo, photography, pictures, selling, shutterstock, Stock, stock photography, stock photos
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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.
Tags: buy photos, buy pictures, camera, extended, graphic design, high resolution images, illustration, image library, license, microstock, Photo, photo bank, photo library, photography, pictures, recipe, royalty free images, royalty-free, selling, shutterstock, Stock, stock agency, stock images, stock photo, stock photography, stock photos, strawberry, subscription, tiramisu, vector art, web design
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