Challenges,Monthly Results,NiltoMil News         Comments Off

So what happened?? Did I fail?? Why am I back already?
Well the answers are long & complex – I learned a lot the last 4 days though.? I? have submitted just over 400 images in 4 days.? If I kept going, I would have made a serious run at 1k?in 7 days so why stop?
The answer lies in my beliefs going into the challenge.? I believed that it was easier to shoot 1000 images than to take them from the camera to the stock agency.? I was wrong.? The single …

 Challenges,NiltoMil News         Comments Off

I?m a chronic measurer.? I need to know how much, how long, how many, how can I?? I measure my speed editing weddings, I measure my speed editing a portrait shoot, I measure how many images we take vs. keep, how many we shoot at a portrait session vs. a stock session.? I measure EVERYTHING.? How long my cards take to DL, how long it takes LR to import them.? I can make better decisions if I have more information.
SO – one thing I have no information on is the …

 Micro Tricks & Tips         Comments Off

This is a fantastic trick that helps your model understand the session you have planned (and helps you execute it and not get sidetracked).? Simply come up with a title for your shoot and pass it along to the model.? Maybe something that?s the title of a song, a book, a movie, something made up – whatever.? As long as you & the model are on the same page, you?ll go far.
For example – our last shoot we wanted to do a painter, artist, writer & pianist set – all …

 NiltoMil News,The Microstock World         1 comment

When I announced my earnings last month, I heard a lot of feedback about my IStock performance and how it should be MUCH MUCH better.? I agree, but I still can?t get them to accept any of my images!? I have 700+ images on multiple sites.? I have 89 on IStock and have submitted 40 this month.? They took 8.? I?ve done my part for the last 3 weeks – 60 submissions (MAXED OUT) and 21 new images online.? That basically stinks.? It de-motivates me.
So I?m asking for help.? I …

 Monthly Results         2 comments

Ok, I?m making a few changes this month – I?m dropping my non-earners including Lucky Oliver (RIP), Canstock, Crestock and – likely next month – FeaturePics.
In their place, I have begun uploading to MostPhotos, Zymmetrical, and YayMicro.? Because I do not have enough data, I have left those 3 off this chart for now although it should be said that MostPhotos is very easy to upload to and I have over 500 images there already.
April was an absolutely fun month!? Increasing my income $160 in one month was thrilling especially …