My main purpose with this book is to fast track you to success with
the microstocks. Learn from the experience of myself and others. Don’t
repeat common mistakes.
As far as I am concerned, the microstock case is proven. The micro-
stocks are an open invitation to anyone with a modicum of talent and
a little spare time to earn signifi cant extra cash. With real dedication,
perhaps you can end up making a full-time living from the
microstocks.
Check out Figure 2.2. This image is one of my best sellers on the
microstocks. In 1 year since fi rst uploaded, it has been downloaded
from iStockphoto alone more than 700 times, earning over $290 in
commission for me, the photographer, from just that one library. It
has done very well elsewhere too, and sales continue at an impressive
monthly rate. You may think that it is a studio shot taken with a
megabucks camera and lighting. Wrong! It was taken on a 6-MP Fuji
F10 compact camera, with a little tender loving care applied in Photo- FIGURE 2.2 “Modern Offi ce Reception.”
This photo more than paid for the camera that
took it. © Douglas Freer/iStockphoto
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