Check out this 26 Gigapixel picture of Paris
We’ve posted about high resolution photos of cities before and here’s the latest; a 26 Gigapixel picture of Paris. It is made up of 2.346 pictures stitched together to create a single panoramic photo of Paris. You can navigate your way through the picture using the menu and zoom in on the smallest details, great distances [...]
Interview with photographer Jan Scherders
When did you discover microstock? For some years I have been a member of an online community for photographers, models and makeup artists. One of the prominent members was a microstock shooter. At the time – a few years ago – that was quite new and it caused much discussion with the other photographers. Most [...]
Interview with photographer Pedro Diego
Today I am featuring an interview with one of our most successful microstockers Diego Cervo who is now submitting macro RF imagery direct to moodboard. Here we ask Diego about how he got started and his progress from micro to macro. I think both of these stories are really inspiring to any photographers starting out in [...]
Are bigger libraries the answer to pricing pressures?
Judging by the news this week it seems Stock Photography companies are involved in an arms race for the size of their collections. With increased pressure on prices perhaps the hope is that that adding a significant amount of new images to sites will help keep revenues up (or stop the decline). But is this [...]
Corbis channel team shares tactics
Last week I published 10 tips for indirect sales management and 10 questions to ask yourself before signing a reseller. As a follow up I talked to the channel team at Corbis. Having worked worked in the team I knew the potential of this businessmodel and was aware of its strong track record to grow revenues. Over [...]
Car magazines make images available for licensing
Transtock; a stock photography business specializing in transportation images, recently finalized an exclusive deal with Hachette Filipacchi Media. For the first time, both the still images and HD video footage from Road & Track and Car and Driver magazines will be available for licensing. Transtock is the largest stock image and footage library that specializes in transportation images. I made some further enquiries on the deal and [...]
New photographer owned photo agency opens
A Stock and assignment photo agency owned entirely by its contributing photographers has officially opened for business. Its name is Picade LLC and its based in Illlinois. It has forty-three professional photographers in nine countries from New Zealand to the United Arab Emirates. Focused on rights-managed stock imagery covering a broad range of editorial and commercial styles. Picade [...]
Don’t enter the market at the end of the lifecycle, says Photoshelter CEO
Allen Murabayashi, CEO of Photoshelter, a provider of portfolio websites, photo sales and archiving tools for photographers, wrote a blogpost last week that got the attention of a number of people, including a regular reader that pointed the post out to me. It draws analogies between the goldrush and developments in stockphotography. It gives every content owner and mover [...]
Six stock photography trade associations start collaborating
On october 16, 2009, six trade associations representing more than 50,000 photographers as well as 800 agencies and archives across UK, Europe and North America, gathered to pursue an open dialogue. Attendees at the summit included: Picture Archive Council of America (PACA), The American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP), Coordination of European Picture Agencies (CEPIC), [...]
Shutterstock to legally guarantee all files
Following Istockphoto’s announcement in September Shutterstock announced today that it will legally guarantee every file in its vast library by providing up to $10,000 to cover legal costs and direct damages for claims arising from the use of an image or footage clip licensed through Shutterstock. Shutterstock has now gone a step further by covering [...]
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