Newsworthy image sales mimic Google Trends.
Newsworthy image sales mimic Google Trends.
Check out my new portfolio of my content in use!
Thanks to everyone who stopped by to read my Vimeo rights grab post. Today was the biggest readership day ever for this blog. I bought an Entrepreneur magazine to read on the plane yesterday and discovered that Vimeo.com is owned by the guys who bring you CollegeHumor.com . Perhaps they see a funny side to this rights grab clause? In their forums, Vimeo posted some legal jumbo jumbo that they need such a ridiculously greedy clause to run their site. […]
Did two fun sessions for my iStockphoto.com portfolio last week. Fortunately for me, unfortunately for you ( 😉 ), I’m going skiing for a few days, so it will be a week or two before a majority get up into my portfolio. The first was a studio session with a great group of late teen female models. They were all new to me, but they all had great smiles and attitudes. We covered some technology, homework and scrapbooking images. There […]
So, you may have noticed as part of last week’s iStockphoto.com big announcements, there was included a per credit price increase of $1 for a package of 10 credits, and a smaller amount as amount purchased increases. There was also the introduction of the new Value collection, with lower credits per image prices (to be introduced early 2009 with 200,000 images) and the Premiere Collection with offering the bestest of the bestest at a higher cost. Additionally, the Standard collection […]
To all my friends and readers in the United States, have a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving. Enjoy a day off from the craziness 🙂 .
Today’s portfolio update is to introduce my new massage series, including couple’s massage images. This series was done with two real massage therapists to lend it authenticity. I’ll tell you, the models never had to work so hard! 🙂 Another note, I tried to keep it light and bright, with accents of turquoise and brown, the hot colors this season. You can see more of the series by clicking here for a search in my portfolio. Thanks and have a […]
Imagery sold at iStockphoto.com, and most other microstock agencies as well, is primarily intended for your to use in a promotional, commercial fashion. We, as contributors, are providing content to help you build and promote your business, or by extension, your client’s business. I’ll list some examples below. The iStockphoto.com license agreement, spells out pretty clearly what you can and can not do with content, but sometimes the legalese gets a little confusing. Let’s see if we can clear that […]
There’s a popular misconception that it is dangerous in some way to use imagery from a microstock content site, such as iStockphoto.com . Dangerous in a legal sense. That someone may come back someday and say that you don’t have the right to use a certain image. Rest assured that buying an image from iStockphoto is very safe. In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever read of a buyer who followed the licensing terms, having a legal issue. Let’s take […]
