Stock Photography – part 2

Well the whole batch was rejected. That is, three were rejected for technical reasons, four because they didn’t think they’d sell, and the other three because you need 7 out of the first 10 accepted for them to bother with you. I was upset at first, but hey, I’m a writer and well used to rejection. I’ll have a thorough look around their site and try to work out what…

June 2, 2007
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New month, new venture

June 1, 2007

I’ve been meaning to get around to signing up for stock photography for some time. This is where you upload your photos to a photo library, and you get paid a pittance every time somebody downloads one. Why am I interested in getting paid a pittance? Because I hope to get an awful lot of pitances. $0.25 a go doesn’t sound much, but if you have 1,000 photos each downloaded…

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The zoo

May 29, 2007

On Monday I finally finished reading through the first draft of my novel and making notes of all the many, many things I have to fix. So today I rewarded myself with a trip to the little zoo at Maroparque, just me and my camera. With no cries of “Mummy, I’m bored!” I could take as many photos as I wanted. Four hours flew by. I probably would have stayed…

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A long drive

May 25, 2007

Helen and Theresa have been building steps to the entrance of their house, and the neighbours have been coming round to say something-or-other is seriously wrong about this, but with their limited Spanish, they couldn’t make out what the problem was. About the only bit they understood was “Police” and “Fine”. (Fine as in taking money off you, not fine as in OK.) This is enough to send anybody’s blood…

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Cyber Sex

My friend Norma’s seen a huge jump in trafic to her site. On closer inspection this turns out to be because the songs on her new album include “The Cyber Cafe”, “Sex and Lies” and “Girls in Ammunition”. So presumably people go searching for “Cyber Sex Girls” and find her. She’s also had a lot of visitors leaving very quickly, presumably sadly disappointed when they realise the site belongs to…

May 24, 2007
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