Istock Milestone
Just passed a significant milestone - selling enough copies of my photos at istockphoto to be able to buy one medium resolution photograph ($2 US). Inspired by that I’ve started uploading more to my Istockphoto gallery. Royalties for uploaded photos are 20% of their sale value. My member name if you’re looking is DuncanMacleod.
iStockphoto is an online community of artists who share their photographs, digital images, vector illustrations and flash files, making them available at very cheap prices. I have painful memories of paying $400 for the use of a photo transparency back in the 20th century. And now to have the same quality of work available for $3 US is so amazing. Once you’ve joined up you can buy imagery with credit card, or Paypal, giving you access to over 321,000 images.
Each week there’s a free photograph at low, medium and high resolutions. This week’s is a can of worms, taken by photographer, Maartje van Caspel. Great conversation starter!
3 Responses to “Istock Milestone”
By Stormy on Jun 25, 2005 | Reply
This sounds interesting, I’ll check it out
By Maartje van Caspel on Aug 1, 2005 | Reply
I totaly love istock for lot’s of reasons, but the most important one is the community… and I’m still able to make a very nice buck…
no clients, “no deadlines” bwaa, I settle for that!
btw, what is your username on istock then?
By Duncan on Aug 1, 2005 | Reply
Good to hear from you Maartje! My username is DuncanMacleod. I’ve only got 3 photos uploaded at this stage. I’m investing in a better camera this week, partly in response to the standard set by Istockphoto.