January Earnings Review

Let’s start with the not so good news.

Money earned this month = $0

But I had a kid!

I have to say I was somewhat expecting this but it is still disappointing. I was a little overwhelmed with all the administrative work it takes to apply to sites, get releases, retouch photos, recall what pictures you uploaded to what sites etc… It was a bit overwhelming. Combine that with my 2nd child being born at the end of the month all conspired to to severely limit the amount of time I had to actually take pictures. This is bringing back memories of when I was a wedding assistant/photographer. The ratio of shooting time to administrative time is still pretty skewed.

I did get some ground work done though. Got Photoshop CS3 installed and started using Bridge to manage IPCT data which helps a lot. That way I don’t have to rewrite descriptions and keywords after every upload. I also got my scanner installed to handle the model releases.

Places I have been accepted to so far:

PhotoShelter Cycle61 say big things are afoot here!
BigStockPhoto

Places I am in the queue for:

Dreamstime
ShutterStock - need to find 10 images to upload
123RF

Rejects:

IstockPhoto - Twice!

Todo for Febuary: Actually get out and shoot something! I am taking my camera to work now and I went of a walking shoot today. I plan to do that every day I possibly can.

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