When Flash first came out, photographers used to print postcards and catalogs absolutely loved the print-like look-and-feel of Flash Web sites. Unfortunately, they soon found out that photo buyers absolutely hate Flash functionality, which—to oversimplify—is much more restrictive than basic HTML and CSS code. Add to that the fact that Flash sites are generally rather unfriendly to search engines, and it is no surprise that most smart photographers opted for the more basic technologies. But they still love the way Flash sites looked, due in no small part to the fact that Adobe's software brought typography to the Web in a way nothing else did. Until now.
Artists who want more exposure and sales for their art will develop a
marketing program to promote their work. When that marketing does
not produce the results that were hoped for, the artist becomes
discouraged and gives up their marketing efforts. The Rule of Seven may
help to explain why an artist’s marketing effort does not create the
results that were envisioned.
A Selling Stock subscriber recently asked, “Do you have any idea of what are the actual market shares of Getty and Corbis worldwide?” A lot of guess work is required to answer that question as there are no longer any numbers publicly available to help in such an analysis.
Masterfile-owned Crestock Corp. has expanded its range of images and introduced several additional file sizes. The company statement takes a shot at other microstock providers: "One dollar means one dollar: Crestock has one of the simplest pricing models in the microstock sector."
Students and teachers needing images for research, term papers and projects can now get them from Britannica Image Quest, an online database of images sourced and provided by a London/Chicago-based Universal Images Group.
Veer has launched Free-For-All, a
series of four different one-week community challenges that aim to give
away $30,000 in prizes to participants who can try to win just by downloading free images, fonts, avatars, screensavers and wallpapers.