Shutterstock: Take 2

Well, it's been 30 days and I'm able to apply to Shutterstock again! And let me just say....WOW. In my opinion, the quality of my images has really improved in the last 30 days. I guess that's what happens when you start learning about what's accepted/purchased in the microstock world. Now, is it good enough for Shutterstock? We'll find out soon enough! :crosses fingers:

Even if I don't get accepted, I'm still impressed with my growth as a photographer. I'm still proud of my iStock approval, so I would say that this month has been a success so far. I'm sure Shutterstock will happen in due time.

Question

The last time I applied to Shutterstock, I had 3 images that said "Not Approved", but the reason was, "7 of 10 must be approved." So does that mean that they would've been approved if I met the 7 approval goal?? The rest of the rejections had detailed reasons.

So my other question is, can I re-submit those 3 images in my new batch? Or do they want to see 10 brand new images?

iStock Application

For those of you who are curious about the images I submitted for my iStock application, please see below.

*Note* The thumbnails were taken from my CanStockPhoto portfolio since they are not up on the iStock website yet. (I had to re-submit them to add them to my portfolio).


As soon as I get images approved on iStock, I will post my portfolio link. As of right now, it's still a blank screen :-)

For those of you who are still trying to get into iStock, keep at it! It took me 4 tries to finally get accepted. It seems that iStock is consistently the #1 earner for a lot of photographers. I'm excited about the opportunities!

Approved!!!

Tonight my application was finally accepted at iStock! I can't wait to start uploading. I've only heard great things about them. I'll post the lucky pictures tomorrow in case anyone is curious about what I submitted.

Off to a great start!

Already I've sold 4 images this month! My best site is still Dreamstime with 3 sales. The other one came from BigStockPhoto - this was my first sale with them. So here they are:

Dreamstime:
Cowboy Hat (sold 2 times)
Ace Up The Sleeve

BigStockPhoto:
Cowboy Hat (slightly different than the above image)

November Goals

I have 2 goals for November:

1) Add 40 approved images to each of my microstock sites. (Last month, I was able to meet this goal on 50% of my sites)

2) Make $20.00. (Last month I made $9.99)

Yesterday I submitted another small batch of medical images in addition to a few humorous shots. I'll be sure to share a few in my upcoming posts!

October 2009 Earnings

Well, my first month of microstocking is complete! I must say, I'm quite proud of my results. At the start of this experiment, I was happy to just get a few views. (In fact, I checked my websites daily and it made me extremely happy to know that someone out there was looking at my photos). Then, I received my first sale. Let me say this - nothing is more motivating than getting a sale! I've never been so happy about $.30 before!

A few posts ago, I mentioned that my goal for October was to get 40 approved images on each of my websites (BSP, FT, DT, SXP, 123, CSP). Well, I discovered that it can be quite difficult to get photos approved based on the different criteria for the different sites. I found that I was getting all of my images approved on one, just to get a handful approved on another. All in all, I was able to achieve my goal on 3/6 sites.

So overall, I think I did great for my first month. Here are my stats:



So, I guess it's back to work! New month, new goals! Thanks for reading!

P.S. This was my first result posting. If there is information that I left out, please comment and let me know so that I can include it next month!