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June 18, 2008
Getting paid for doing something you love is pretty cool!
I have been using Exposure Manager dot com as my repository for photos for several years. They have a very nice thingie bopper that allows you to set up a gallery of photos for sale.
Well, my friend, DaGoddess, talked me into entering a contest and in doing that, I saw one of the sponsors, Photoshelter.com. So I checked out their web site, and they are a seller of stock photos as well as selling space for pics. Well, I thought maybe some of my pictures might be good enough for their collection, so I submitted 9 photos.
They accepted one! Not the one I thought they would like, but a super closeup of a wasp - go figure!
So now they will market it, and I have the rights to submit more photos to them. Yay! Since they liked the wasp, I went out today and took pictures of more insects. See if those are any good.
I hope I can make some money with my photography, I'm not doing so great with the farmer's market and vegetables - our weather has totally sucked! Rain, rain, rain and more rain. Punctuated by incredibly humid hot days. Ugh.
Anyway, I'm thrilled.
Posted by Beth at June 18, 2008 5:07 PM
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Beth,
You have a real knack/flair for photography. I love your work. Congrats!!
You deserve it.
Posted by: Carrie at June 19, 2008 9:12 AM
You do have a knack for it. As to help in selling what you make, try food preservation techniques like dehydration, canning, dry packing etc. or see if a local restaurant will buy your stuff.
Love yer critters. Are you going to sell to handspinners?
Posted by: Cricket at June 20, 2008 8:36 AM
Congrats! I'm so proud of you, Beth!
I entered the contest as well, but sort of chickened out on the images I submitted. (I'm kicking myself repeatedly) However, I just entered another competition with a very strong image and am holding my breath.
Maybe I should follow your example and start looking at the stock photography option.
I'm sooooooooo proud of your work being accepted. You rock, chica!
Posted by: Da Goddess at June 20, 2008 7:04 PM