Monthly Archives: September 2013

Portfolio Update: Jack-O-Lantern Carving for Halloween

More Halloween images!  Yep, I’m on an Autumn kick this year, and I’m pumping up my royalty free stock image portfolio at Stocksy with new holiday imagery.  This week, I’m showcasing a family carving pumpkins for Halloween.

Buyers Upset At Constant “iStock” Changes

Over at iStock – the new name iStockphoto’s parent Getty Images has put upon it – each month contributors chime in to a thread to report how sales have been going.  Years ago, the monthly thread was exciting.  It was great to see the boats rising with the tide.  We all reported “BME”s to each other (best month ever).  It seemed buyers were happy buying and contributors were happy selling.  However, the last few years, and even more so this […]

Stocksy Adds Multi-Seat License

When you license imagery for design use, do you do an in-depth read of the license terms and restrictions?  Did you realize most Royalty Free agreements restrict the buyer to keeping the content available at one location only?  This is known as “single seat” licensing.   The content can be moved from one designer to another, but it is not supposed to be on a network, or otherwise available to multiple people at the same time.  The “Multi-Seat Extended License” solves […]

Portfolio Update: Boo To You!

Disney fans may recognize that bit in the title of today’s post as a reference to the name of the Halloween themed parade they put on at the Magic Kingdom during “Mickey’s Not So Scary Halloween Party“.    One of my favorite events they do in Orlando.  That leads up to today’s portfolio update: “Halloween!” and a look at some of the images I have in my portfolio at Stocksy United, the artist owned co-op photo agency.

Home Theater Set Up

Last week, at Stocksy United, there was a buyer request to support for some images of people watching television or movies.  I think it’s great that buyers and designers can get right in and talk with management to let them know what they are looking for in the collection.  Back on topic, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to use my home theater set up as part of a shoot.  Today, I’m actually going to discuss the electronics […]

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