Online image uses appear to be following the pattern established in traditional media. A recent Epsilon survey demonstrates that clients responsible for the highest traditional revenues---big corporations with million- and billion-dollar marketing budgets---prefer more proven, though often more costly social-media tools, such as email.
Stock photographers are constantly concerned with what to shoot. Everyone knows that people pictures tend to sell in greater volume than non-people pictures, but people doing what? Which concepts are in greatest demand? Information most helpful to answering such questions comes from microstock sites and is freely available to everyone.
U.S. banks sent almost twice as much direct mail in the third quarter of 2008 than during the second quarter. These 53 million direct-mail offers were also nearly twice the number sent last year--despite the critical state of financial markets.
Rights-managed collection of iconic imagery focuses on the Irish people.
The latest version of the Alamy contributor contract was published on Nov. 26 and reflects the recent change in the agency's commission structure.
The Guardian's Wendy Grossman takes a look at the tactics used by large stock agencies, such as Getty Images and Corbis, to pursue payment for unauthorized image uses.
Coventry, U.K.-based royalty-free library Agodia Images says its strategy is to keep pricing as simple as possible. To do this, each image is licensed at a single price point, regardless of file size or usage-specific criteria.
The microstock business was originally created by graphic designers, who thought photography was too expensive. Now, the same type of crowdsourcing that has hurt photographers is hurting professional designers.
Glenn Ruga, founder and publisher of photo-exhibit Web site SocialDocumentary.net, likened the destruction of images stored on Digital Railroad's servers to the demolition of the original Penn Station building in New York. But was anything actually destroyed?
Organized by the German Association of Press and Picture Agencies and Archives, the PICTA 2009 Picture Agency Fair will again be held in Hamburg, from Mar. 26 to 28.
The following are concept words that customers often use to find images. When keywording an image add as many concepts as are appropriate to the keyword list. If after searching the concept list you cannot find any words that that fit your image there is a good chance your images will not be a frequent seller. When planning shoots try to take pictures that will illustrate some of these concepts.
Some photo subjects are in high demand, others aren't. But, shooting just the concepts that are in hightest demand may be a losing proposition because everyone else is shooting the same thing. This chart list some keywords or tags that are frequently requested. The chart was generated by searching iStockphoto for certain words. It shows the total number of downloads of the best selling image in each category as of the above date. It also lists the total images in the collection with the particular keyword or tag. The list is in ascending order by download.
The author of over 30 Blurb photo books joins the teaching panel of the ninth DSLR Photography Workshop Cruise.
Estate seeks to sell library or entire business.
In addition to Moodboard-specific content, the blog will also offer tips to help new photographers entering the stock business.
EU project fails to prepare for visitor onslaught.
With the Getty Images' acquisition of Jupiterimages on the horizon, many international distributors working with both companies are feeling very vulnerable. Some believe that after the deal goes through, Getty Images will consolidate sales of all its brands with a single company for a given territory and withdraw the images from other local distributors.
Several traditional royalty-free production companies--including Image Source, Moodboard, Blend and Cultura--have begun to explore microstock to determine if it offers a growth opportunity in a difficult market. Each has a slightly different strategy.
Stockholm's NordicPhotos has redesigned its Web site, updating both its look and technology. The company has also introduced new services and advertising campaign.
Diablo Management will pursue outstanding buyer payments for less than a month.
The American Society of Media Photographers began distributing its record-making $1.3 million foreign-royalties windfall, with the first grants going to the Picture Licensing Universal System Coalition and the ASMP Foundation.
The Danvers, Mass.-based Copyright Clearance Center, an online service that aims to help content creators license their work, while offering publishers a way of tapping into user-generated content. Ozmo has been endorsed by the American Society of Media Photographers and is marketed as a tool for photographers, bloggers and other artists.
Thought Equity Motion has been named the exclusive licensing agent for Smithsonian Channel's high-definition collection, which offers buyers access to video clips from the channel's original programs and series.
Glam Media Network, which unites the industry-leading Glam.com with over 700 women-centric Internet properties, has launched Glam Apps Platform. The service connects network Glam network publishers with online application developers--including PicApp, the image-licensing spin-off of Israeli monitoring company PicScout.