Tag : istockphoto

Vimeo.com Rights Grab?

In a recent thread on iStockphoto.com, a video contributor described how he had been denied iStockphoto’s video exclusivity contract because he currently has content (one video) on Vimeo.com, a video hosting site, sort of like youtube. People use Vimeo a lot for “how to’s” and “behind the scene demos” as well as experimental and final footage clips. The rejection for exclusivity from iStockphoto read: Exclusivity denied as member has files posted at http://www.vimeo.com/user###### which grants that company a royalty free […]

Portfolio Update

Today’s portfolio update shows off my recent shoots with one of my favorite models, and also with a (mostly) happy baby girl. The first set revolved around “spring cleaning” and a revisit to an early favorite, “customer service”. I tried to add a little color with some various background papers. With the baby girl, we did a variety of images with her playing with different objects and toys.

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Use TinEye to Brainstorm

Have you heard of tineye.com ? It is to images, what Google is to words. Basically, it takes any image you feed it, either from your computer, or an online URL, and compares it to over a billion images it has found from scouring the internet. It has some proprietary technology, that creates a “fingerprint” from the image it finds, stores it, and then uses that to compare to what you are looking for. Now, on its front page, it […]

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Portfolio Update

In case you missed it, we elected a new President, and he took office last month. Well, guess who stopped by the studio the other day? Ok, it’s not really him, but a whole anonymous concept series on the President of the USA. Various objects and poses. Should be fun to use. Also, a slightly late Valentine’s Day series, including the new model from above… Also, don’t forget, all your “Pot of Gold” needs, for St. Patrick’s Day. New images, […]

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User Generated Conference Expo

Just to get out and network a bit, I’m heading off to the UGCX conference next month. The courses on the Photography track sound interesting, and hosted by a few peeps I know. Hopefully, the track will stimulate a few brain cells that aren’t currently active, and get me thinking in new directions. And it should be fun! Let me know if you’re going as well.

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Why Contributors’ Expensive Equipment is Good For You

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 […]

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2009 Birthday Cake

A quick portfolio update to go along with today’s article . I’ve got up a new series of one of my more popular models with a birthday cake celebrating the upcoming new year. It was shot on purple, with some added flair to stand out a bit from the crowd. I even did a few with a regular birthday cake, which provided some nice concept pieces with copy space, or easily added copy space. In addition to my photo work, […]

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Signs of the Season

Just wanted to do a small portfolio update, to let you know some of the content coming into my portfolio at iStockphoto.com . In the next day or so, you’ll see a series coming through about a group of friends out in the park playing football. It was a beautiful day in St. Louis. Unlike today when it is 50 and cloudy with frost tonight. I’ve decided to fill in my Hanukkah themed portfolio selection with some new family shots. […]

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The White Card

A popular design element the last few years has been the “white card” style image. It is basically a person peering over or around a white card, normally a piece of foam core, or posterboard, adjusted to be perfectly white. This type of image can be used above or beside a newspaper advertisement, or a web page, etc. Anyplace you need a person to draw some attention to your design without getting in the way. It’s a fun way to […]

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Bridal and Baby Showers

Just a portfolio update, and then I’m out of town for the weekend for my 20th High School Reunion. Whew! This new series illustrates a Baby Shower and, separately, a Bridal Shower. It includes some games, present opening and other related activities in a home interior.

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