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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.
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?
so, what does a photo editor do anyhow?
by Jess on May.17, 2009, under photo editor, photography, publishing, research
I worked as a photo editor in New York for quite some years. Upon moving to Israel I discovered that for whatever reason(s) this is not a common profession. Even in the states I would often get the question, “so, what does a photo editor do anyhow?” Well, let me answer that for you…
