The problem with being me.
So I have a problem and I know it. I’m addicted to organization. How is this a problem? It means I can’t free flow and do the “right” thing – I have to do the organized thing. The way this relates to stock … (click read more!)
New look & course correction
For those of you who still read on the site (and it’s a lot of you, surprisingly!) I’ve redone the look of Niltomil. I am making many more changes but wanted to get the site back online as soon as possible. The Agencies page has been updated and fixed. I will also be fixing the Income Results page as well as back-posting several old monthly earnings post including October 2010. I’ll have a full list of those posts once they’re all done.
The focus of NiltoMil is returning to earnings, tricks, …
Halfway back and rolling
Images are going up now – mostly stuff I’ve shot in the past because we’re moving and my photo stuff is packed.? I am working on submitting older images.? I know they won’t sell quite the way I want but honestly I need to start getting momentum back and start submitting, get into all the right habits and patterns, etc.
Once we get moved a lot of our work is going to be focused on fixing up the house, prepping the new studio locations, shooting some new images, and so on.? …
Directing my energy
Let me quote myself.
I am not going to stick around and pretend to be something I?m not.? Too many people set goals and fail to reach them, yet still continue the journey unfazed.? I often share my experiences and ideas in hopes of helping you.? If I can?t help myself first, I can?t help you.
If I fail to reach both goals (10k images, $25k for the year) by 12/31/09, NiltoMil.com will close for good whether I continue to shoot microstock or not.
At this point in the year it is obvious …
Quick start for fractals
This is my “very quick start” to fractal generation.? Lately a lot of photographers/graphic designers have been creating fractals and I’m definitely one of those.? Half of my last 5 batches (125/250) have been fractals.
Video Tutorial here (no sound): http://niltomil.com/tutorials/frac/index.html
Here’s a quick example of what I do:
1) Start a new fractal.? Duplicate the triangle 4 times and move them out to evenly spaced spots around the center triangle.
2) Set all Linear 3d variations to a value of zero and all Linear to a value of one.
3) Now you can start …
My $7k
So my link was posted on the PPA website, of which I’m not a member.? Makes it hard to reply to those posts.? Through the power of technology, however, I’ve managed to see a few of the posts and wanted to reply to them.
After all his work, his biggest month is less than $200.? Less than $400 for months of work.
I’m not sure where Jack got his data but I have a fairly accurate log of my work time and my earnings.? Between January 1 2008 and December 31 2008 …
List of rejection reasons
All in one place and organized by microstock agency, I present to you the canonical list of rejection reasons microstock agencies use to kick your photos (not vectors or videos)? to the curb.
There are two quick notes on this:
1) It’s incomplete – IStock and StockXpert refused to give me a list.? The 123RF list was given to me by Alex and should be fairly complete.? The Bigstock list is fully done.? I believe I caught every Fotolia and Shutterstock reason.? The other lists are created from my own rejections, a …
Speed Editing – Intro
Today is going to be fun I hope – I’m going to show you how I edit.? I don’t claim it’s the ONLY way.? I’m not even sure it’s the BEST way.? But it’s fast.? REALLY fast.
This image was shot over grey instead of white because I like the flexibility of being able to isolate on white OR having some texture to a background if I want to colorize the available texture with some sort of blend mode.? For stock, I’d always turn this white though and let the buyer …
Approaching and reaching goals
We reached a few portfolio milestones this month already and may reach a few more before the month is out.? This is the current list and what we hope to accomplish by the end of the month.
On 123RF we are at 1973 on our way to 2000.? We will definitely surpass this goal by 1/31/09.
At Bigstock we passed 1500 by a ton – 1878 out of 2000 as well and could easily hit this mark.
Dreamstime sits a bit lower with 1733/2000 but I have just over 100 pending.? Assuming a …
Top 10 about the first 10
Every day for four years, someone has posted about their “first 10 being rejected” by Shutterstock, StockXpert, or other agencies.? When you are trying to start in microstock photography, that first batch is often the hardest.? I’ve narrowed down a few reasons why it’s so? hard to get started and some ideas for getting approved.
1) Submit a variety of images.
This seems simple but you should always ensure that your first batch is not 10 textures, 10 photos of your kids in mixed light, 10 photos of a piece of …
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