Well went through a descent dry spell for stock photo sales. The last photo I sold in 2009 was a couple of days after thanksgiving 11/29, the first sell i had in 2010 was just 2 days ago 1/19 that made me a little nervous but since then I have sold two more images. Its just a reitteration that i need to increase the size and quality of my stock photo offerings.

Speaking of quality, I am thinking of trimming my non-selling photos on istockphoto

On line since June 06 and only 1 sell

On line since June 05 and only 1 sell

On line since June 06 with 2 sells

On line since June 06 with 1 sell

On line since Feb 06 with 2 sells

I’ll keep these images on the less productive stock agencies, but istock and if I ever get accepted shutterstock (I know this requires me to actualy submit photos for acceptance) I have this feeling that I should only keep my best images on those 2 sites. I dont know if I have a concrete reason as to why but my gut just tells me that is what I should do.

Well 2009 was personally a rough year for me. But I’m glad I have pulled out of it, but before I did 2009 let me know where i stood and I did generate a single sale for the whole month of December for any of my stock photo sites. So it is a fitting end to the year and good ridden. I wont let last year set my expectations for 2010. I’m going to have a successful year this year and I’m going to have a blast doing it.

To start my year off, I got a shrink wrapped copy of Apples Aperture from Scott Bourne over at photoFocus. I got aperture installed and now I have the goal of learning a new and more efficient workflow, if anyone has some suggestions for aperture shoot (Ahh the puns) them my way as I have a lot to learn.

So Happy New Years to everyone, and I’m really looking forward to a succesful 2010 and getting to know more people in the micro stock industry.