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Adventures in Microstock/Handy Tips     posted on 13th of october, 2009

Your new images have been approved and are probably online by now! You were up till 2am honing and polishing them, carefully keywording, and making sure there is ZERO DIGITAL NOISE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO NOISY PHOTOS DON'T WE.

You go to Dreamstime to see them on the page of new stuff!

And you find them bumped to page four by 74 images of the same three puppies in a basket by user selfishmoron67.

You test their visibility by searching for them with the keyword "teen." And up pops two pages of businesswomen in suits swinging a briefcase in the air. If those women are a teen, I'm the President of the United States. And once again your new images are on page four. Or maybe FIVE. What does a person have to do to get noticed around here?

Welcome to the world of Microstock....

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Comments (68)

THank you, Claudio and Lensara! (Yep I have written 2 books!) - posted by Ponytail1414 on November 12, 2009
Me too, Komar! - posted by Ponytail1414 on November 12, 2009
HAHA Wisconsin you are funny. Awesom Egypt pics!! - posted by Ponytail1414 on November 12, 2009

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Leslie Murray (Ponytail1414)
Austin, US
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I hate long walks on the beach. Blah blah thunderstorms, blah blah glass of wine by the fire blabity blabity What? This isn't Match.com? Oh, er, ahem

Hello, in my day job I'm the creator of a line of humorous paper products which used to be a syndicated comic strip. I've won 19 or 20 Louie awards for that. What? You've never heard of the Louie Awards? That's okay, neither had I till they told me I'd won my first one. I got to go to a big fancy awards banquet in New York City! Boy howdy it wasn't like Texas.

In addition to my normal deadlines, I'm also a digital artist and photographer. In what now seems like a former life, I was a model. I must say I vastly prefer being on the other side of the lens. Let somebody else constantly have to do their nails and be in bed by 10, I say.

My Dreamstime portfolio is still on the small side compared to the rest of you, but bear with me while I add to it as time permits. My normal deadlines are grueling and my publisher is Simon Legree. Don't tell him I said that.


 
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