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This week I had a chance to shoot at a fantastic event – the 2012 Australian Open. I did not have a press pass so the idea was to grab “found stock” photos – events, practices, on-site stock imagery.

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Can you still make passive income in microstock in 2012? Statistics say you can still make money in microstock photography.

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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

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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 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…

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Steve is a photographer I met through his blog a couple months ago while reading about Photocase. I read his microstock book, Getting Started in Stock, and thought he’d be a great first photographer feature.

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These are some of the tips I’ve picked up along the way that help me earn more microstock money now than ever before. Note: not all these tips will apply to everyone. Some are basic. Like always, take what works and discard the rest.

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This week’s royalty free images of the week theme is Space! I give you the moon, the stars and … what the heck is that?

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This week is the start of a new Saturday feature on NiltoMil. Today’s focus is on microstock agency Photocase. Photocase accepts more artistic stock images than most agencies and rejects traditional stock.

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Alamy has one of the more creative ways to manage your images in pseudonyms. A pseudonym is the name you sell your images under and is credited by customers.