Guides

Survey shows negative reaction to paying for online services

July 29, 2010 · 1 Comment

A 2010 USC Annenberg, school of journalism study shows that a majority of resondents has a negative reation to paying for online services and a heavy reliance on the internet. Here’s an extended press release with highlights from the study, worth reading. The full study is for sale here. PRESS RELEASE Millions of Americans use Twitter — just don’t ask any of them to pay for it. The annual study of the impact of the Internet on Americans by the Center for the Digital Future found that 49 percent of Internet users said they have used free micro-blogs such as Twitter. But when asked... [Read the full story]

News

Stop motion video walk across America

July 29, 2010 · 1 Comment

Levis has commisioned a commercial that features a man walking across the US shot with stop motion technology. The idea was pitched to Levis by conscious minds productions and shot over 2 weeks with Canon equipment. Check out the video below and this website for more information about the shoot. Photo: Peter Cote Read More →

Events

Sublime and tragic portraits of Kenyan tribe

July 4, 2010 · 1 Comment

This exhibition of photography by Jehad Nga entitled Turkana is showing in the Bonni Benrubi gallery in New York for another two weeks. You can see the portraits in the video or follow the link to another video with commentary and information. The exhibition features portraits of the Turkana tribe in Kenya that is decreasing in numbers as a result of drought. The subjects of the pictures are isolated from their deadly surroundings leaving just intense portraits. Read More →

Tips

Get thousands of people to see your tweets in minutes

July 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

I told you earlier this week about some great new functionality in Fast Media People, the community for picture buyers and sellers here at Fast Media Magazine. With the new option to synchronize your posts with Twitter you can get your tweets read by a large group of targeted picture buyers and sellers and it will only take minutes to set up. Once you registered and allowed access to your Twitter account all your tweets will appear in the community ready to be read by colleagues, partners and (potential) clients. You can connect your own Twitter account or that of your business (or register twice... [Read the full story]

Opinions

In search of good enough

July 27, 2010 · 1 Comment

So, it seems that most people would agree that we have reached a turning point in our industry. Which one? No one is really sure. Let’s see if we can fix that. What happens when people are asked to perform the same task for less compensation they are used to receiving? Well, they use the same skills they have always used but in less time, as they try to augment the number of jobs they can perform in order to increase their revenue (or at least keep them flat). Thus, they come out with more or less the same product or service, but just less worked upon. It carries less quality, less commitment,... [Read the full story]

discounts

New discounts on photography, music and footage share yours too

May 17, 2010 · 1 Comment

Over the past week we have added a number of great deals to stockphotodiscounts.com, some of them exclusive to our visitors. You can now get discounts of 20% at Getty Images until the end of this year Thought equity motion is offering an exclusive 10% discount to our visitors Both Matton and Imageselect are offering a number of great deals on photography Reflexstock is offering 20% off its subscription offer We’ll be adding more great deals over the coming days and weeks. You can help by adding your own or those you find on the web. That way everyone can be assured they pay a fair price... [Read the full story]

Featured

Get thousands of people to see your tweets in minutes

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Stop motion video walk across America

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Panthermedia launches video competition

Microstock company Panthermedia launches a video competition that can win participants a number of prices until the 31st of October. Please note that by entering Panthermedia will get the licensing rights on your contribution, make sure you read the full terms and conditions at the bottom of the release. PRESS RELEASE The...

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Create your own movie trailer featuring your Facebook friends

It’s friday and generally I tend to post some lighthearted material to get into that all important week-end ‘vibe’. Here’s a great way to spend part of the lunchbreak. This site let’s you create a movie trailer that feature your Facebook friends. Kind of difficult to explain but certainly...

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Survey shows negative reaction to paying for online services

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Young Photographers Alliance launches mentoring program

The Young Photographers alliance launches a mentoring service that connects students and recent graduates with leading photographers. PRESS RELEASE Young Photographers Alliance (YPA), a educational foundation dedicated to developing the talent of young photographers, has launched an international mentoring initiative...

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Masterfile launches image subscription product

Following the incredible success of Shutterstock and hot on the heels of Getty Images’ Thinkstock offering, Masterfile is now offering a subscription service for part of its 2 million images [Editor: who knows how big the offering is? please comment] PRESS RELEASE Corporation (www.masterfile.com), one of the...

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Debating the value of giving away free images

It’s not the first time there’s been a debate on the value of giving away things for free to make money on something else. In fact, I wrote about this on a number of occasions, referring to Chris Anderson and others who advocate the freemium model. I don’t plan to fire up the debate all over again...

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