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Photopreneur Releases “Amazing Public Domain Images Sourcebook” for Art Directors, Photo Editors and Others Seeking Free Images
by Jess on Jul.29, 2010, under books, copyright, photography, research, rights and permissions
New York (Vocus) July 28, 2010 Photopreneur, the No. 1 blog covering new opportunities in the photography business, today announced the release of its new book, “Amazing Public Domain Images Sourcebook.” At a time when photo editors, art directors, graphic designers, researchers, educators and bloggers worldwide are seeking free and low-cost images to illustrate their work, Photopreneur provides guidance on utilizing the world’s largest free photography collection: the tens of millions of images currently in the public domain.
The 232-page soft-cover book, published by New Media Entertainment, is available at Amazon at http://tinyurl.com/Public-Domain-Sourcebook.
Masterfile Offers Royalty-Free Subscriptions
by Jess on Jul.29, 2010, under photo agency, royalty-free, stock images
Toronto/Düsseldorf, July 27, 2010. Masterfile Corporation, one of the world’s leading independent stock photo agencies, has added a royalty-free subscription service to its product line. Subscription plans allow clients to download a fixed number of royalty-free images in a set resolution for a flat fee. Masterfile now offers 4 different subscription plans: low, medium, super-hi resolution plans, and one which allows for mixed resolutions in a convenient and flexible “combo” pack. All subscriptions are available on monthly or yearly terms.
ShotSpy Launches Revolutionary Stock Photo and Video Search Engine
by Jess on Jul.17, 2010, under picture research, royalty-free, stock images, visual content, website
Vancouver, July 09, 2010. The lives of all creatives, from marketing managers to video editors to entrepreneurs, just got easier with the launch of ShotSpy, the Smart Stock Search Engine. This video and photo search engine enables users to search the contents of multiple photo libraries and video stockhouses simultaneously. The site is now the largest marketplace for stock available today, delivering over 37 million images, according to ShotSpy.
Veer Introduces Redesigned Website with Uncomplicated Shopping Experience, Affordable Images and Font
by Jess on Jul.13, 2010, under photo agency, rights managed, royalty-free, stock images, website
CALGARY, Alberta, July 13 /PRNewswire/ — Veer (www.veer.com), a provider of affordable and reliable creative elements that makes it easier to be creative, today announced the launch of its redesigned website, veer.com. To celebrate, people who complete a full registration on Veer.com (see website for details) will receive 10 free Veer Credits that can, for example, buy 10 extra small images, or a font, a small image and an extra small image.
Veer now has more than 1.5 million creative photos and illustrations covering a broad range of subject categories, over 12,000 different contemporary and classic fonts and a selection of clever creative merchandise. Veer’s creative elements are priced so affordably that nearly anyone can add style to business, marketing and personal design projects ranging from websites and blog posts to business presentations and ad campaigns.
Thinkstock Launches New Image Pack Subscription Service
by Jess on Jul.13, 2010, under photo agency, royalty-free, stock images
Seattle, WA, July 9, 2010. Thinkstock, an image subscription site from Getty Images, today announced the introduction of image packs. This new product offers value-conscious creative processionals pre-paid access to imagery and an even greater choice, value and flexibility in licensing imagery.Customers can now choose to license 5, 25, 100 or 250 high-quality royalty-free stock photos and vector illustrations from Thinkstock’s collection of more than five million images.
Reflex Stock Partner With Fogstock & Vico Images to Distribute New Innovative and Stylish Royalty Free Stock Photography Collection
by Jess on Jul.12, 2010, under photo agency, rights managed, royalty-free, stock images
Reflex Stock, the award-winning international stock photography company is pleased to announce a new partnership with Fogstock & Vico Images, enabling Reflex Stock to distribute their wide ranging collection of 30,000 high quality stock photos through its global image library.
Nick’s Gregan’s Ambiguous Misdirection
by Jess on Jul.12, 2010, under exhibition, photographer, photography
Kalahari Dune © Nick Gregan
(PRWEB) July 12, 2010
This is the very pinnacle of creative fine art photography.
Nick’s Gregan’s Ambiguous Misdirection exhibition is nothing like anything seen before in the Galleries of London!
Pushing the boundaries of contemporary photographers imagination, the depth and intrigue to this collection is captivating, it transports you into a generous roving space that is the curiosity of your imagination.
As you walk around the gallery each and every image begs the viewer to interact with it, to ask how they were created and where they were they created. The answer is in the visionary creativity that is the mind of the photographer.
Masterfile Joins the Microstock Revolution
by Jess on Jul.04, 2010, under microstock, photo agency, rights managed, royalty-free, stock images
Toronto, CA, July 3, 2010. On July 1, 2010, the assets of Crestock, a Norwegian microstock agency (www.crestock.com), were acquired by Masterfile Corporation, a premium stock photo agency based in Toronto, Canada (www.masterfile.com).
Masterfile is a privately-owned company founded in 1981 and is globally recognized in the advertising, publishing and stock photography community as a leading rights-managed and royalty-free licensor. Crestock was founded in 2005 in Bodø, Norway, and is well-known in the microstock community with over 100,000 members and close to 1 million images.
Camera phones ‘no threat to real photography’, Polylooks survey finds
by Jess on Jul.03, 2010, under photography
London, 28 June, 2010. The rise and rise of ever more intuitive camera phones does not pose a threat to traditional photography, according to the findings of a nation-wide survey unveiled today. The survey of 2,245 consumers from across Great Britain conducted online by YouGov on behalf of Polylooks, Deutsche Telekom’s online photo agency, found that while only seven per cent of Britons say that using their camera phone has heightened their interest in photography, just over a fifth (21 per cent) believe that their camera phone is sufficient for their photographic needs.
