20 Pumpkins on iStockphoto

Yesterday afternoon this photograph of a load of pumpkins was my 5,000th image download to sell on iStockphoto.com. My portfolio on the popular microstock photography website has grown to over 850 images today from a mere 77 in March and my sales have shown a comparable increase. I am pleased to say that my October revenue will be over triple the amount I earned in June.

My goal for the future is to continue to grow my iStock portfolio by a minimum of 10 percent each month. In doing so, I anticipate my sales to grow at an equal or higher percentage. I am finding that my approval percentage (each image submitted to iStockphoto has to be personally inspected and approved) is getting better the more I upload to the site. I now have fine tuned my recipe for post-processing images and I average over a 90% approval percentage on my photos (up from around 50% early on).

As I said in an earlier post, I look forward to continuing to add images to my portfolio and monitor the growth. Is this a sustainable business long-term? We'll continue to wait and see.

Canon 30D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens - 1/125 second, f/7.1, ISO 100

Autumn in Utah: Blue & Gold

The autumn colors have arrived full force in Northern Utah. I made this capture on a beautifully clear day atop Traverse Ridge. The use of a circular polarizer filter really helped the blue sky to stand out against the golden leaves.

Canon 5D, Canon 24-105 f/4L lens - 1/40 second, f/5.6, ISO 100

Remnants of Autumn

At the Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

These pumpkins are lined up awaiting their ride to a local supermarket. Taken at the Mabey family farm in South Jordan, Utah.

Buried

Buried, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

[Five Days of Autumn] Day Five

Living in a sea of colour, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

For the final day of the Five Days of Autumn series, here is the capture titled Living in a Sea of Colour.

[Five Days of Autumn] Day Four

Autumn Postcard, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Captured on the road into the Alpine Loop Scenic Byway in Northern Utah.

[Five Days of Autumn] Day Three

Abandoned Line, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

An abandoned powerline in the Suncrest area of Draper Utah.

[Five Days of Autumn] Day Two

Sundance Lodge, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Robert Redford's Sundance Lodge

[Five Days of Autumn] Day One

Red Leaf on Asphalt, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Red Leaf on Asphalt

Featured Image on KUTV

KUTV Channel 2 again, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

Last night and this morning, the Salt Lake City CBS affiliate (KUTV) featured one of my shots on their newscast and website. Click here to view a video clip of the segment.

The capture of the cabin surrounded by the autumn color was made in American Fork Canyon just up the road from Robert Redford's Sundance Resort. The fall colors are at (or extremely close to) their peak stage right now and the canyon scenery is fantastic.

Goodbye Summer - Autumnal Equinox

Blue Sky Autumn, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

This rainy Friday morning is the last day of summer. The Autumnal Equinox will occur tonight just after midnight signaling the beginning of fall. Here in Northern Utah it has already felt like fall for the past week or so. This capture was made in one of Utah's many canyons where the leaves are beginning to turn into their bright autumn colors.

For more information on the Fall Equinox, click here.

A Timpanogos Fall

A Timpanogos Fall, originally uploaded by LeggNet.

The leaves are beginning to turn in Northern Utah. This capture was made on the East side of Mt. Timpanogos in the Uintah National Forest.