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Finally! Moolah! posted on 25th of september, 2011

I finally crossed the threshold and reached my first payout on Dreamstime. I've had to cut back on the submissions because I got hired for a day job but I visit DT everyday, watching my portfolio of 85 photos drop coins into my DT piggybank a little at a time.

Today, two weeks before the first anniversary of my "first accepted image", my earnings reached $100 and how interesting that the image that got me through was my "nest egg" concept photo!

Story behind the "nest of coins and origami dollars" photo:

When we moved into our new home, my husband discovered an abandoned Mockingbird nest in the hedge next to the garage wall. I kept the nest in a safe place, not knowing that about three years later, I would decide to use it in stock photography (at that time...

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Comments (12)

	Go for it, Juvy! I'm sure it'll be "worth a million bucks"! ;) - posted by Rubybayan on September 28, 2011
	Wonderful news, congrats! Good tip about making copies of money--I actually thought about that the other day after receiving in the mail a fake $1000 bill, make copies so I can do a spread for background or somehting--now I just have to make those copies and proceed with the photoshoot! - posted by Jeniicorv8 on September 27, 2011
	Congrats ! - posted by smartview27 on September 27, 2011

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Ruby B. Llamas (Rubybayan)
Orlando, US

>Life changes constantly; a moment you want to cherish forever vanishes in a split second. I am complelled to grab my camera to capture fleeting moments that I, and hopefully others, can relive anytime, all the time. Sans camera, I'm a writer/editor. And crafter.



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