I joined on March 30th last year , uploaded 2 photos for fun and then went on holiday till May. Suprise surprise! those two photos sold.

So when I came back in May last year, I started uploading and learnt the hard way with a low AR.

I never celebrated when I reached 50 uploads, or 100, and I said I would celebrate when my down loads were more than uploads, or an image went to level 2, or 200 uploads, whichever came first.

This weekend my downloads were more than uploads! I also have 2 images that need only one more download to reach level 2!

I have a small portfolio of 170 which sat at 50 uploads for many months, so I thank those designers who have downloaded my images.

My highest image revenue was for my ...

I live in the country where the "Slow food " concept originated, Italy. living in Italy So after Ellen's challenge on her blog, I decided to start uploading some of my slow food images and organic produce images. I had a few accepted,

but that got me looking through dreamstime to see what was on line. The answer was some really good images! So I decided to create a collection of slow food images which you can click on in my portfolio. I have over 113 images from many different photographers.

Have a look and see if you can spot one of yours!. Leave a comment here telling us how you got the shot and the setup, this will be of interest ...