Image of the Day for November 1, 2009

This is a view of Boston from the SkyWalk Observatory.

Image of the Day for October 31, 2009

This is a silhouette of people sailing on the charles river at sunset. In Boston, every kid from 6 to 18 can take sailing lessons for $1. pretty cool.

Image of the Day for October 30, 2009

The cool thing about going to a city you are unfamiliar with is the newness. Everything is exciting and you can just take it in. Even the leaves on the ground.

Image of the Day for October 29, 2009

Here is a night shot of Boston. I shot this on the last night. The day was pretty much overcast but when night comes, the city lights up and hopefully so do your images.

Pug Images

Just got back from Boston and will have images to show shortly. In the meantime, I created a lightbox on Istock on all of my pug images.

Results for September 2009

The month of September turned out pretty well. The fall is usually considered a peak period for micro stock. I do have a lot of seasonal images that help sustain the growth even in slow periods. I'm still not where I want to be and have made more of an effort to produce more marketable shots. Shutterstock had it's best month ever. Istock was down but just a little. Everything else is pretty much the same. Shutterstock bought out Bigstock but will work as separate entities. I've been accepted to both Alamy and Veer. Alamy offers higher returns with less sales. Veer has a pretty good rep and bought out Snapvillage. No sales yet on either site. Here are the stats.

1. Shutterstock - $86.75
2. Istock - $69.82
3. Dreamstime - $23.56
4. Bigstock - $19.00
5. Stockexpert - $18.20
6. Fotolia - $6.34
7. 123rf - $5.35
8. Canstock - $.30