picture research
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.
Dreamstime Ups Collection of Free Images
by Jess on Oct.30, 2009, under Dreamstime, microstock, photo agency, photography, picture research, royalty-free, stock images
Nashville, TN, Oct. 29, 2009. Serban Enache, CEO of Dreamstime, one of the world’s leading digital image stock photography agencies, announced the company’s initiative to up the number of images made available ABSOLUTELY FREE.
In January 2007, Dreamstime made available an assortment of images under its FREE umbrella. The FREE selection—an original and revolutionary sector that has attracted bargain hunters from around the globe—is a successfully proven concept that has secured Dreamstime’s footprint in the industry as one-stop-photo-shop giant.
Stock Photography Company Releases Results of Student Textbook Survey
by Jess on Aug.21, 2009, under books, photo agency, photography, picture research, publishing, stock images, visual content
United States of America (Press Release) August 4, 2009 — Established stock photography company PhotoEdit Inc. has published the results from its first-ever student survey. Conducted for several months in spring and early summer 2009 at the request of a client, the survey questioned 284 high school students in the local area about their thoughts concerning the stock photos in their textbooks.
ClusterShot to Offer Pro Accounts
by Jess on Aug.03, 2009, under photography, picture research, visual content, website
ClusterShot was developed by silverorange.com in order to fill a pressing need in the photo buying community. They noticed that a lot of the images on demand were not available through traditional stock agencies, and some images that are in demand are being rejected by stock agencies due to arbitrary “quality control” criteria.
New Fotoglif Service Delivers Royalty-Free Images for Bloggers, Social Media Users and Web Publishers
by Jess on Jul.08, 2009, under Fotoglif, photo agency, photography, picture research, royalty-free, social media, stock images, visual content, website
TORONTO, July 8 /PRNewswire/ — Fotoglif today launched a new service that makes it easy for bloggers, social media fans and other Web publishers to add high-quality, royalty-free and timely images to jazz up their written content.
Dreamstime Launches New Photo-Review Tool: Stock Rank
by Jess on Jul.02, 2009, under Dreamstime, photo agency, photography, picture research, research, stock images
Stock photo agency Dreamstime.com has introduced Stock Rank -a new “photo-review tool” to enable members to test their photo IQ in comparing and ranking images.
Taking the new Corbis out for a test spin…
by Jess on Jun.08, 2009, under Corbis, historical images, illustrations, photo agency, photography, picture research, research, review, stock images, website
Corbis recently launched its redesigned website, so I decided to test it out. For starters, I had issues with it in Firefox on my Macbook, which is still running OS X 10.4. It worked fine in Safari. Which for me is a new thing, with most photo agency sites I’ve noticed that they work better in Firefox.
I like the redesign. It was smart of them to go with the black background, I think it showcases the images better and it is a departure from the white on most other agencies’ sites.
Now, for the details…
Déjà vu
by Jess on Jun.01, 2009, under blog, branding, copyright, marketing, photo editor, picture editor, picture research, research, rights and permissions, stock images, visual content, website
The above are screenshots from Dan Schwabel’s personal branding blog. Dan Schwabel literally wrote the book on personal branding. What does his blog and personal branding have to do with photography and photo editing?
Why do I need a photo editor?
by Jess on May.18, 2009, under asset management, blog, books, color correction, copyright, historical images, illustrations, magazines, marketing, photo agency, photo editor, photographer, photography, photoshop, picture editor, picture research, power point presentation, publishing, rights and permissions, stock images, visual content
Now that we’ve defined what a photo editor does, you might be wondering, “who needs one?” The truth is, anyone dealing with visual content could benefit from employing a photo editor. From asset management to color correction to finding the right image, employing a photo editor is your best bet to ensuring your project makes the best visual impact.
