I bought my first digital SLR camera on January 15, 2010.  I studied my butt off, invested in some gear and practiced like crazy.  Like every other hobby in my life I can’t help but get as good as possible as quickly as possible and I have been happy with my progress!  Some of my recent photos have been getting the attention of other contributors on Flickr and I have secretly been wanting to apply to sell stock imagery on iStock.  I use iStock all the time for my marketing business along with thousands of other people and companies.  I applied about 2 weeks ago and started the process.  I had to read a BUNCH of stuff and take a test.  It took me two tries to pass but I eventually did.  Then I had to submit 3 photos for critique and approval.  I got rejected twice!  But try and try again I did and the third time was a charm  I am now officially a contributor of iStock and I’m waiting for my first uploaded photos to be approved.  At this moment I’m a pretty stoked dude!

Here were the three photos that finally got approved.  Funny that two of them are self portraits.  Anybody want to come model for me any time soon?