If PhotoSketch works it will change the way you work
This exciting application has been called mindblowing and better then sliced bread. It was developed by five Chinese computer science and technology students at Tsinghua University and the national University of Singapore. It could be highly significant for Photoshop users and Stock Photography users and suppliers. If applied to Stock Photography a number of copyright issues [...]
The wandering photographer
In this second contribution by Gerry Thies writes about: Extolling the merits of the wandering photographer. (pictures copyright Jim Vecchi) The self-financing contributing photographer is undoubtably one of the biggest image asset groups to any agency. Within this base of photographers there is a select pack that I like to refer to as the wandering [...]
Graphic Design Stock Photography survey 2009
The yearly Stock Photography survey by Graphic Design USA and sponsored by Shutterstock is available as a downloadable PDF on their site. One of the key take-aways is that 94% of respondends use Stock photography in their work. “A tight economy is driving more graphic design firms and departments to seek more stock visuals from more affordable sources. [...]
Start taking pictures in your backyard, Gerry Thies
The lure of new and exciting locations for the creation of images is tempting. When I had my first cameras growing up on a farm in Iowa I photographed little of my surroundings. I remember however, how a 90-mile car trip to the zoo tapped my right brain. And by using a Polariod Swinger, I [...]
The end of high-end photography?
In a world where images are commoditized rapidly and even compared to nails in a recent legal dispute between a photographer and Corbis I asked Siri Vorbeck at Cassimages: Is this the ‘nail in the coffin’ for high-end photography? High-end photography We cannot avoid the fact that Stock Photography will become a commodity. Our world [...]
Allvoices; another citizen journalism startup
Allvoices received $4.5 million in funding in 2007, launched the site in 2008, and is now looking for another round of funding in a challenging climate. The site allows people around the world to submit stories, photos and video on what’s happening around them, and then uses computer algorithms and the community to filter that [...]
Frank Micelotta and Paul Melcher launch Picturegroup
Frank Micelotta, a leading entertainment photographer and Paul Melcher, the former CEO of REX USA. VP at Digital railroad and publisher of industry Blog ‘Thoughts of a Bohemian are launching Picture Group. “PictureGroup Offers Leading Entertainment Brands Complete Photo Solutions Including Production, Distribution, Licensing, Archiving, Integrated Content Marketing & Event Management” PictureGroup also announced a [...]
Is your business model working? Stress test advice
“I believe cost cutting is a strategy. In too many cases, cost cutting is done as an ad-hoc, reactionary measure, in which the only guiding principle is to ‘follow the money’ over a path of least resistance. A good cost cutting program is planned and thought through as you would any other strategy…” Ex-McKinsey consultant [...]
Corbis signs on new photojournalists
Corbis announced that it has signed several acclaimed photojournalists as new contributors as the company continues to expand its current events and contemporary archival photo coverage in news, sports and entertainment. The announcement was made at Visa pour l’Image, the premier International Festival of Photojournalism being held in Perpignan, France from August 29 to September [...]
PACA Conference headlines
Here’s the latest press release for the PACA conference Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) is putting the future of the stock photography front and center for its members. With one eye on economic recovery and other on emerging technologies, PACA’s 14th Annual International Conference will take place at Miami’s world-renowned Eden Roc, A Renaissance [...]
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