Foreword

I met Rob Sylvan at Photoshop World in 2008. Until then, I’d only known him through the forums on iStockphoto as the well-known admin sylvanworks. I was surprised to find out that he was not only an iStock photographer, but also a fellow Navy veteran (we squids have to stick together). All joking aside, he is, without a doubt, the best person I know of to write this book, and if you’re itching to get into the world of microstock, you will not be disappointed.

I’m just a small piece of the pie, but I somehow managed to make my way up the microstock ladder, when all I started with was a camera and a passion for photography. You might just find that you’re not all that different from me. We all have to start somewhere and I, like many ...

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