While you're busy celebrating the holiday season this December, our accounting department will be doing the same. This means that you will be unable to make payment requests between 9 a.m. MST December 16, 2008 and 8:59 MST January 2, 2009.

Payout requests made before the deadline will be fulfilled before the 24th.

Also, starting in 2009 you will only be able to make payment requests once a week. If you have any questions, please create a Contributor Relations Support ticket or contact us during our adjusted holiday hours:
Closed from noon MST December 24 to re-open on December 29, 2008
Closed from noon MST December 31 to re-open on January 5, 2009

The winners of our T-shirt contest are now available in the store. Go get 'em!

Due to some server issues we have disabled the application process until further notice. We will keep you updated as we have information for you. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

With West African Musicians, member RyanJLane introduces yet another very refreshing photograph into our collection… as iStockphoto’s IV Millionth Approved File. More than ever at this stage of our progression, the sheer strength and overall abilities of our contributors is proving to be climbing faster than the sheer number of files we are offering to the world. More than ever, everything is about quality, everything is about passion and vision. In the name of the Content Team & everybody at HQ, let me take this moment to salute each and every contributor... as well as to thank everybody who makes it possible for us to live such an interesting Revolution in how Digital Media is to be shared.

Do you remember when we told you this summer that Exclusivity was getting sweeter? We promised Silver Exclusives would be invited to contribute to Getty Images and starting on November 20, the door will be opening for our Silvers.

Silvers will be joining Gold and Diamond iStock Exclusive contributors in the hard-earned next step of their creative career paths with Getty Images, the leading creator and distributor of premium digital content.

If you are already a Silver Exclusive, when you wake up on November 20 and click on “Upload,” you will see the option to “Upload to Getty Images” under Exclusivity. Simply follow the link to request a Getty Images contract.

So if you’re not Exclusive yet, but you’re interested in higher royalties, know that there’s a whole world of opportunities awaiting such a leap of artistic faith.

To celebrate the opening of our new European headquarters in Berlin, we've decided to host an iStockalypse in the Berlin bureau from January 8-11, 2009. Berlin is unique compared to many other cities in the world. Up until 1989 when the Wall came down, it was a city of doubles: two political systems, two transit systems, two plumbing systems, two vastly different art scenes. The Über 'lypse in Berlin will explore a burgeoning city reunited in art, politics and progress.

The Über 'lypse needs 50 special agent Exclusive photographers who perform well under contradictory pressures. Double agents must enjoy the power and prowess of West Berlin, the city's political epicenter while delivering passionate performances in the punk and graffiti-obsessed boroughs of East Berlin.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to capture other special agents in treacherous acts throughout this wild city. Remember: trust no one, not even your flash or fancy lenses to deliver what only your artistic instincts can reveal.