Last night I randomly uploaded  three images to complete my application on istockphoto.com which I started over a year ago and this morning was told I had been accepted. I have been really hesitant about joining istockphoto.com as I am more interested in breaking into the traditional stock photography market. However, i decided to try istockphoto.com until I can build my portfolio more and then eventually try getting accepted by places likes masterfile.com or gettyimages.com.

Since my style is a little edgier than your classic micro stock images, and when i say classic I mean those images of people in business suites working in a board room or a cute girl sitting on the floor working on her laptop, we have all seen those images. Personally I think there is a lot of room in the micro stock market for edgier more down to earth lifestyle and travel images, thus I plan on targeting those niches as I move forward with istockphoto.com.

Stay tuned for more posts on my journey in microstock photography. I am really interested in this market of photography and certainly plan on keeping it as part of my business as I move forward.