A Microstock question

[nadder-diary]

Now I've read through the 'to micro or not to micro' threads, actually found them very interesting. Just wanted to ask a specific question here and would appreciate feedback, didnt want to jump in an exisiting thread or re-ignite another battle ground, just after some advice.

I'm very new to photography but have amassed a large number of images over the months, some that I feel are OK, some not so.

My question is. Is it really wrong for me to use a bunch of my images on somewhere like shutterstock in the hope that it may raise me a few hundred bucks in time that would help buy me a new lens or something?

Rather than this be another microstock bashing excercise I've uploaded a bunch of randomly selected photo's to a photobox gallery for you to take a peek at. http://www.photoboxgallery.com/Nadder-Photography

Putting my images where my mouth is, is there a better way for me to be approaching raising a little income? I'm not after replacing my job or anything, but I guess like everyone, wouldn't mind being able to offset some equipment costs once in a while. After all, I only own one lens :confused:

Thanks for your time.

Malcolm

[liza]

Something for you to consider is the purchase of a Smugmug pro account. They're getting into the stock photography business, and they are going allow photographers to set their own prices for stock photos. This hasn't happened yet but is supposed to in the near future.

[PAS Photography]

That is what I do... I sell all of my so-so images on Shutterstock and a few other sites. All my really GOOD images I wil be using for stock agencies. I just bought my 17-40mm F4 L, last month on micro stock earnings. you can take a look at my gallery on there and see what sells. Sort by most popular and that helps to see what people are d/l.

[snokid]

Well it's really up to you and what you want...

Let them sit on your HD.
sell them on stock sites.
sell them on micro stock.
sell them as fine art prints.


I can tell you shutterstock and alike can and does provide a pretty good income. buying 1 lens a month wouldn't take much work. There are about 5 sites that have good download numbers. So 1000.00 us would mean only 200.00 a month each. Not hard at all.


In the end it's up to you what you want out of your images.

Bob