Microstock analysis
We have come across this site which presents an exceptional analysis of microstock sales: http://www.perrush.be/SYF_micro_E_1.html Not that, in your editor’s opinion, the results are all that...
View ArticleLive view versus the cheating DSLR viewfinder
CANON may get some stick from their own users who reckon Live View is not much use, and Sony’s decision not to put it in the A700 may well be defended on the same basis. How wrong that is. Here’s one...
View ArticleAdobe to shut down Adobe Stock Photos
Cut and pasted from the Adobe Stock Photos site: good news for all the loyal Adobe Photoshop users they rather dumped on from on high with this venture to start with! As of April 1, 2008, the Adobe®...
View ArticleThe revealing pixel
Libraries like Alamy are demanding model releases even for crowd scenes now, if the image is to be sold as Royalty Free or offered with Rights Protection for commercial advertising. Either way, they...
View ArticleCloning between images
MANY photographers habitually use layers from everything. I don’t! In fact, I try to minimise my time spent on post-processing shots for stock library sale, and work very quickly. If it needs complex...
View ArticleWHSmiths threaten to axe most travel guides
The Outdoor Writers and Photographers Guild (OWPG) has written to the Office of Fair Trading expressing concern over WH Smith Travel’s plan to make publisher Penguin the sole supplier of foreign travel...
View ArticleThirty keys to stock photography
Well, I asked for it. I suggested on one of Alamy‘s forums that stock photography was nothing like art, photo club or personal photography. You might have pictures which have won contests, pictures...
View ArticleTop ten most photographed buildings
Independent stock photo agency, Alamy, has the largest collection of images online. Here, the company provides its inaugural list of the top ten most photographed buildings across the world[1]. And,...
View ArticleAlamy hits 24m images with added celebrity collection
Alamy.com has further strengthened its collection with the addition of over a million celebrity images, and now has over 24 million images on line. The company represents over 570 of the world’s...
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