Well as usual my milestone got delayed by 4 days. I wanted 4000 photos approved and online on Dreamstime by 30th September, but somewhat missed that! I remember the first photo getting approved 3 years ago after uploading some 30-40 pics! It was of children crossing the street on a rainy day, not a technically good photo but still it was something of a huge excitement. Then my first sale of a baby monkey portrait, more motivation for photography. It is really weird how I have ended up here!?!?

My photography started a year before my stock photography with a Nikon F55, analog SLR. But it was very limited considering the developing and printing costs. My first digital camera Canon A310, a 3.2 megapixel was...