Author: Amos Struck

Pixamba transforms microstock photography image management Innovative and feature-rich software platform for digital media management 19 May 2010.  Pixamba (www.pixamba.com) has today launched the Pixamba Media Management platform, a powerful yet affordable digital asset management service, specifically designed to help microstock photography users to manage their portfolio of licensed stock images effectively. Pixamba Media Management Service helps users to index, store, search, tag, retrieve and back up their images, whether purchased from photo stock agencies or edited in-house. The service also enables users to manage micro stock photography in multiple drafts and file versions. Pixamba Media Management Service provides real-time…

Andres Rodriguez to contribute work to Polylooks Exclusive interview with Andres Rodriguez Andres Rodriguez is one of the top microstock photography earners worldwide. In the space of just four years the London-based Colombian has built his portfolio up to exceed 21,000 images offered across ten major stock photography sites. He has just signed up to contribute his work to Polylooks, Deutsche Telekom’s online photo agency. Here he talks to us about his work, the microstock industry in general and why he’s come on board with Polylooks. You’ve been involved in microstock since May 2006, what attracted you to it? I…

Promote your Photaki photos on Facebook Show your work and earn money through the affiliation program integrated with Facebook. Social networks as Facebook give new opportunities for the diffusion of your photographs. For this reason Photaki has developed an application that let you keep all your contacts informed about your recent activity in Photaki (your latest published photos, your latest sold photos, etc.). © roberto marinello | Photaki.com Facebook application is integrated with the Photaki affiliation program, so all your contacts will become your partners and you will always be benefit from the commissions derived from their operations. Photaki affiliation…

Another step toward the microstock and traditional stock convergence (based on use) Check the Getty and Corbis pricing for web and mobile photo resolutions The new Corbis Images Web and Mobile Resolution RF and RM Stock Photos The Getty Images Web and Mobile pricing

Press Release Corbis Images Introduces Premium Quality Web and Mobile Resolution Stock Photos for as Little as £5 As new online research finds interesting pictures and illustrations could make online ads more noticeable and effective, Corbis Images makes its world-class photo collections easier and more affordable to use online Highlights include: New YouGov research released today reveals 74% of UK Internet users describe current online banner advertising as “boring” when presented with a list of options. The research also reveals that 53% of respondents say that they are more likely to notice banner ads in general if they have interesting…

Press Release CEPIC – Programme of the New Media Conference This year the programme of the CEPIC Congress is enhanced by the introduction of the Wednesday’s New Media and Metadata Conferences, an extra day of inspiration and learning with top speakers. The Panels will address photographers and agencies. Separate registration is open. The popular International Photo Metadata Conference which will be held for the fourth time at CEPIC, takes place on the same day and is included in the New Media Conference entrance fee. Both events are included in the registration fee to CEPIC Congress. Klaus Plaumann, vice president of…

Let’s (or NOT?) Create a Two-Tier Pricing System for Stock Photography Just a small post to point out an interesting debate started from a Jim Pickerell’s article Let’s Create a Two-Tier Pricing System for Stock Photography published on Black Star Rising site. Jim explained how to create a two-tier pricing system defining a Small Use vs. a Commercial Use. Peter Read, on Photocase’s Blog, replied with a different view, Let’s NOT Create a Two-Tier Pricing System for Stock Photography summed up by the sentence “Make something better, don’t just make more rules”. © Dommy – Photocase.com Enjoy the reading…

Press Release Polylooks launches new services for stock photo buyers Stock image users to benefit from enhanced search and payment options London/Darmstadt, April 15 2010 – Polylooks, Deutsche Telekom’s online photo agency, has made stock image buying even easier with enhanced search and the introduction of ClickandBuy payment options. Customers frequently searching for specific images can now set up email alerts, so when new stock images matching the criteria become available on Polylooks they will be notified immediately. With the introduction of this service, microstock image buyers can guarantee that they will not miss any new image matching their requirements.…

Pixmac Introduces an Innovative Image Search Tool – Visual Similarity Pixmac offers an image collection of more than 10 million pictures. Pixmac is going to announce an innovative system for searching images among this great collection based on Visual Similarity. © yellowj | Pixmac.com With the new Visual Similarity search tool, designed with the cooperation of the Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic), you can rapidly base your Search on image attributes like composition, shape, color, texture, objects. Visit Pixmac, locate an image, click on the Pink text Similar on the left, and try Visual Similarity! Here a few examples: Eye…

Some news coming from the iStockphoto site to present the announced Exclusive+ Collection, images from the Exclusive collection chosen by Exclusive artists. Exclusive+ is a collection of images curated entirely by iStock Exclusives Posted by JJRD: As part of the plans we told you about for 2010, we are proud to welcome a new set of images into the iStockphoto family. Exclusive+ files will be some of the very best images from the Exclusive collection chosen by Exclusive artists, available at a slightly higher price point. We introduced the Exclusive collection in January, consisting of photos and illustrations from Exclusive…