One of the biggest hurdles traditional RF and Microstock sellers face when confronted with the idea of switching from an RF pricing structure to a use-based one is how to explain such a switch to customers who've been told one price fits all and not to worry about usage.
Launched in 2006 by Canadian photographer Robert Kent and Getty Images, the annual Summer Solstice Shoot took place on June 21. It united 100 top photographers in raising cash for Compassionate Eye Foundation's educational projects in Guatemala and South Africa.
Photopreneur, a blog dedicated to sharing money-making opportunities for photographers on the Web, has released a WordPress plug-in that enables bloggers to find and post free images. Called iFlickr, the plug-in searches Creative Commons-licensed photos among Flickr's 2.5 billion images and guides the user through inserting select images into blog posts.
At the recent 2008 CEPIC Congress in Malta, the MILE Project (Metadata Image Library Exploitation) was launched. The focus of the European effort is to build a database of works claimed to be orphaned. It seems more practical than its U.S. counterpart.
iStockphoto has announced that it is bringing back the holiday it established last year. Punctum Day will be celebrated on August 19, with $40,000 in prizes to be awarded to iStock contributors. In addition, iStock will once again give its exclusive contributors 100% of the revenues generated by their images on an undisclosed date within the next two months.
Cradoc Corp., the maker of popular photo-pricing and business-management products fotoQuote and fotoBiz, has developed an image-keywording solution: fotoKeyword Harvester. According to the company, fotoKeyword Harvester presents a new approach to keywording.
Many photographers are concerned about the new Alamy Novel Use program. They fear that making images available for blogs, social-networking sites and certain educational uses at microstock prices will make it easier for their images to be stolen or used without authorization.