In "Handshakes, Challenges and Success as a Stock Photographer," John Lund argues that photographers should shoot the old tried-and-true concepts but in a new and different way. As photographers strive to create unique images, it might be instructive to take one concept--handshakes, to follow Lund's example--and understand what the competition is like in the market today.
In a seemingly neverending legal tennis match, the U.S. Department of Justice made formal objections to the latest version of the Google Settlement on Feb. 4. The search giant filed its response with the courts on Feb 11.
Alamy has announced that it paid out over GBP8 million (approximately $12.5 million) to its contributors in 2009. The company has not reported gross revenue for the 4th quarter.
Idee has added a user interface to the TinEye commercial API Web site, enabling high-volume users to surpass the daily restriction of the free image-to-image search engine.
New Web directory StockPhotographySites.info offers access to more than 600 stock photography sites. The directory, organized in 25 categories, was developed by Technology Relations Ltd. The same company also runs PhotoSoftwareNews.com, a directory of commercial photography software.
American Association of Advertising Agencies' senior vice president and Ad-ID managing director Harold S. Geller has accepted a seat on the board of directors of the Picture Licensing Universal System Coalition.
In order to find a proxy for which seasonal holidays were important from a stock photography perspective, I decided to look at how many greeting cards were sent. Christmas & Valentine's Day were 1st and 2nd but I was surprised to find Mother's Day in 3rd place. This article goes into more detail about Mother's Day and also surveys stock photography search results associated with the term.