My first photo sale.

@minx267 (15527)
Hartford, Connecticut
May 23, 2017 4:41am CST
I finally had my first sale of a photo on EyeEm. Very excited. Hoping more will soon follow. I don't know why I'm so excited. I have sold my photos and designs from them before on Zazzle and Society6. People have even bought them as canvases and framed. But this was my first thru Getty images.. And I guess I feel like a real photographer... Almost. Lol This cute little woodchuck/ gopher is the image I sold.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
24 May 17
wow, good picture of that burrowing animal. so, that is a woodchuck. i remember, we had a tongue-twister when we studied English in our freshman college year. "if a woodchuck would chuck wood, how much wood would a woodchuck chuck?"
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
yep we have that same tongue twister here!!! lol
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
23 May 17
Congratulations. You captured just the right pose to sell it.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Thanks I think he does look adorable eating the kale he just stole from the vegetable garden.
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@JudyEv (338657)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 May 17
That's a very cute image. No wonder it sold. Congratulations.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Thank YOU Judy :)
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@ilocosboy (45156)
• Philippines
23 May 17
Wow congratulations
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Thanks so much!
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
23 May 17
That's a good photo.Congratulations
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Thank you I was very shocked to see the sale. As I have been on this site for man many months now.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
@responsiveme thank you so much. I have some more that I think are good. But I was happy to finally sell any one of them.
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• India
23 May 17
@minx267 you hit the bulls eye with this one...It's a cute pic
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@YrNemo (20255)
23 May 17
Congrats. That funny guy was having a good time wasn't he. You caught him red handed!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Yes I did he was stealing kale from the vegetable garden
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
23 May 17
Grats on the sale!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@minx267 you are most welcome!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Thanks a lot!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
1 Jun 17
This is an amazing photo and must be the reason you are excited
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
2 Jun 17
It is a photo i was happy to get.. I mean one is not usually presented with the opportunity to get an adorable picture of a woodchuck eating kale in someone's garden. He's so cute!
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
2 Jun 17
@minx267 yes this is such a cute photo. Awesome
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@Nawsheen (28643)
• Mauritius
2 Jun 17
@minx267 OMG that's an awesome collection. You are so good at photography. Stunning photos
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
24 May 17
Well done! Congratulations on the sale of that cute little gopher image! I'd be very, very excited too!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
Thank you... I am very excited. :) now to upload some more pictures and keep my fingers crossed on more sales
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
@sishy7 Thank you!
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
24 May 17
@minx267 I hope more sales do come your way soon! This is very exciting indeed...
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• Germany
25 Jun 20
Awesome! Thanks for introducing me to EyeEm 2 years ago. I just sold three photos through them on Getty yesterday.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
27 Jun 20
Fantastic. I sold one the other day too. And one on Shutterstock today. Congrats!!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
30 Jun 20
@stine1online what new payment strategy?. I think I am not informed..
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• Germany
29 Jun 20
@minx267 Congratulations! Did you also contemplate to close your Shutterstock account like many others? I only had three photos up when they announced their new payment strategy and most photographers tried to stop it by boycotting them. I have deleted those 3 images, never expected to sell any anyway. I am quite happy with EyeEm/Getty.
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@LadyDuck (470746)
• Switzerland
23 May 17
Congratulations, I never thought to sell photos. I have some that are very good.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
@LadyDuck No problem - Good Luck!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Oh. You should try. It doesn't cost anything to add them to the site.
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@LadyDuck (470746)
• Switzerland
24 May 17
@minx267 I am going to upload some photos, thanks for sharing the idea.
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@manikarnika (3236)
• India
23 May 17
Yeah...This photo is really great.No words to describe how awesome this photo is…Taking animals picture is not that much easy.Well done
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Thank you. I really appreciate your praise.. I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time and have my camera with me.
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• India
23 May 17
@minx267 yeah...That's so good to hear that you are in a right place at right time.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
@manikarnika Now I have a big bag that I bring my camera with me everywhere I go. so I will be prepared!
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23 May 17
how is that work?
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
It is a sight where you can upload your photos and they can be selected to be sold in the market place by EyeEm and some may be chosen as premium and they will be sent to Getty Images and offered for sale there.
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23 May 17
@minx267 oh thank you bro... should i try this?
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
@shaymish123 if you are good at photography. It is a cool site. and great place to keep a portfolio of your work online.
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6 Jun 17
Wow that great. Nice Pic.... All the best
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
8 Jun 17
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
7 Jun 17
Thank you, so much!
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7 Jun 17
@minx267 Welcome :)
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
1 Jun 17
Congrats on selling something online. I think its great to make money doing something you enjoy doing now. Getty is such a big name.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
1 Jun 17
Thank you.. Yes it is fun, I have sold other things on Zazzle and Society 6 and a few other places... Things I make using my photos and Designs I make from my photos.. Put this was the first time I sold just the right to use my image.. very cool knowing someone liked it enough to use it. Yes, Getty is a big name. I have read some people say you should just deal with them directly.. but I tried a photo selling service years ago and they kept rejecting what i sent.. I didn't like that.. So thru EyeEm.. they look thru your stuff put the good stuff on their market place and select really good stuff to be put on to Getty.. it seems straight forward enough.
@youless (112481)
• Guangzhou, China
13 Jun 17
Wow! How nice it is! This is a very good photoshoot and it was taken in the right time.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
13 Jun 17
Thank you... Yes, I was quite lucky with the timing.. I was visiting a friend and there he was.. lucky i carry my camera with me everywhere I go...
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• United States
13 Jun 17
Very cool! This answers my question on your precious post if you sold any now I see you have! Yay!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
13 Jun 17
:) Hehehe... thank you.. Yes, quite surprised and happy at the sale.
@JediYoda (1646)
• Samoa
24 May 17
Congratulations to you.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
Thank you Stephan~!
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24 May 17
congratulations!! Cute pic!
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
24 May 17
Thank you.. I have some more for this little guy. But this one was probably the cutest!
Side View Of Groundhog Eating Plant At Field
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@deniale97 (184)
• Romania
23 May 17
Because of you I just entered in EyeEm and added some of my pictures, I hope to sell them too.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 May 17
Good. I wish you luck
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• Romania
23 May 17
@minx267 Thank you !
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