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Overheard; how ironic.

So... imagine your listening to a conversation between a couple microstock photographers talking dirt about one of their agents' new subscription sales models. One photographer says something like, "Don't they understand we don't want to license our images for $0.25 a download?" Then another microstocker chimes in with a semi-rant…
Gary Crabbe
June 3, 2008
NewsworthyStock Photography

It only hurts when you get stung

One of the long standing pitfalls when using Royalty Free photos has always been the non-exclusive nature of that sales model, meaning anyone can buy it, and anyone can use it. But the honey-scent of low cost often proves too attractive for most budget conscious users. You can almost hear…
Gary Crabbe
May 21, 2008
NewsworthyStock Photography

Adobe Stock Photos bites the dust

I just got my email notice from Adobe Systems that Adobe Stock Photos will be discontinued on April 1st, 2008. Is this an April Fool's joke? I don't think so. Frankly, when I am doing photo research for clients, I've never used, or frankly, even thought of using Adobe Stock…
Gary Crabbe
February 4, 2008
NewsworthyPhoto BusinessStock Photography

Buy Magilla Gorilla

The Gorilla on the block, make that the auction block... The New York Times reports that Getty Images has placed itself up for sale, for the princely sum of one and a half Billion dollars. After gobbling up small agency after small agency, and taking over the control of an…
Gary Crabbe
January 21, 2008
LegalModel ReleasePhoto BusinessStock Photography

Thanks, Mom!

Picture: Young child playing in fountain at Mission Plaza, San Luis Obispo, California Last week, PDN PULSE reported the case of a photographer who was sued by a woman he had photographed years before. In this case, when the photos were taken, the woman was actually a young girl. Fast…
Gary Crabbe
November 13, 2007
Photo BusinessStock Photography

Ripped off – like fer’ sure!

While catching up on some newsgroup reading, there was a thread in a forum populated by microstock shooters that was called, "Ripped Off". It seems this photographer had seen one of his images used in an editorial publication, but credited to the wrong photographer. His apparent assumption was that this…
Gary Crabbe
August 9, 2007
Photo BusinessStock Photography

A pot calling the kettle white

Over on a microstock newsgroup, someone posted link to an interview with a pro photographer at ASSIGNMENT ZERO. Never heard of them? A place where amateurs write "news" stories and interviews, which are then edited, published, and used on the Assignment zero web site, and the original writers happily accept…
Gary Crabbe
July 26, 2007
Photo BusinessStock Photography

A fine example of giving away images

About The Image reported today that UK Agency Wellcome Images, formerly Wellcome Trust Medical Photographic Library, is now offering all of it's imagery to teachers, students, researchers, and the public under a Creative Commons License. The non-commercial accredited, (sometimes non-derivative) license is a great resource, and serves as a fine…
Gary Crabbe
July 16, 2007
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