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Today will be my second shoot of 2012 already. Last year it took me until May to get through a few shoots so this feels good! Tonight I’ll be shooting a salad and steak. Healthy, happy … that’s my motivation for 2012!

Last year wasn’t about shooting or not shooting, though. I shot. I need to get to the next few stages as well. I’m still using Cushystock to push images and ProstockMaster for prep. I will have to see if I continue those things or

 Micro Tricks & Tips         3 comments

This is some raw SEO data – I’m going to analyze it in another post but here’s what I have so far from four major agencies. I am actually quite shocked by a few of these.

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I receive a lot of press releases in my email and don’t get a chance to reply to or post all of them but this is an interesting release if you care about your rights. What do you think of the new tool?

 Monthly Results         3 comments

I haven’t been uploading but my microstock earnings were actually good for July. Total earnings were … $962.55, with Shutterstock and Alamy pushing me forward as always…

 Monthly Results         2 comments

June 2011 was a fantastic month here at NiltoMil.  Actually, it was my second best month ever.  Now, for new readers – when I say ever, I joined stock agencies in 2006.  So I’m at about 55 months and though I didn’t really begin stock work until early 2008 (39 months ago) to have my second highest earning month ever is pretty fabulous.
The total for the month, though not another $1k month like February, was $847.04
Highlights for the month include:

BME at 123RF for the 2nd time in 3 months. For …

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This month should be the start of summer slowdown but without really doing a lot of new work, I’m up. I don’t know why, really.

 Micro Tricks & Tips         6 comments

This is a primer for new microstock photographers. Sometimes you have to understand where you can’t make money to know where you can.
I reviewed for an agency for awhile and learned some things.  Here are some observations from the inside.
How NOT to make money at microstock
1) Shoot temples, Buddhas, generic landscapes, farmland, flowers, fields, and did I mention Temples and Buddhas … oh and statues.
I’m sorry but these images are done. They’re done again. And then a few thousand more times. I don’t care what angle you stand at – …

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It seems we can’t catch a break as microstock photographers. iStock took back many sales, Shutterstock is rejecting everything and Dreamstime slashed upload limits for contributors…

 NiltoMil News         5 comments

Alamy has just busted out for me. Overnight I had $360 worth of sales. That’s more in one day than 13 agencies have done for me all time! Alamy will finally owe me a payout…

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Ok so the previous record for funniest rejection reason belonged to Dreamstime for an image that had people in it but no visible faces.? I wanted to stay safe and therefore uploaded the model releases for those subjects as I had releases for everyone in the photo.
Rejected: No model release needed.
Now that’s hilarious stuff.? I’m impressed with the high comedy of a rejection for adding an extra release to an image with those people in it.? However, today, all has been surpassed.? In fact, I’m not sure this one …