Author: Amos Struck

We have noted a rising number of questions about iStock exclusivity and the other options out there in the last few weeks. Not surprising, as all of the major changes we have seen at iStock in the last four years have raised concerns and worries, changed individual perceptions and had impact on download volumes and royalties paid. So we thought it might be a good time – roughly six weeks after the implementation of the new credit system at iStock – to have a closer look at how things are developing. And how you can come to a personal decision…

Canva iPad App Along with the addition of the Canva Design button this month, the Australian graphic design platform has recently launched its iPad app version, the most requested feature to date. The app utilizes a drag-and-drop design interface with a library of millions of stock images, illustrations, backgrounds and fonts which makes designing graphics fast and easy. Photos taken from the iPad or the ones in their Facebook account can also be immediately integrated with the design. The app is available to download free in the app store. “In the past year since our launch we have been…

Getty Introduces Stream App Stock photography agency Getty Images has published an app for image consumers called “Stream”, where they can view curated streams of images published through their services. The app is available for iOS 8 and makes use of the new features of iPhone and iPad. Stream app can be used to view, search and share images to other consumers. Getty provides imagery that features sports and relevant topics which can be seen on most newspapers, and can now also be watched from the streams provided by Getty. The app is free to download from the iTunes App…

Getty Launches #RePicture Image Contest The leader in global image licensing Getty Images launches a new #RePicture contest that will run until November 20, 2014. Photographers and everybody who loves photography can take part in the contest by submitting images that repicture concepts of love, family, body, hero and other things that influence life in modern times. By submitting photos, participants can get a chance to win great prizes like Canon EOS 5D Mark III body, a Canon EOS 70D camera body and other awesome prizes. To enter, register on Getty’s competition platform and upload your photos until the closing…

As Getty Images, has announced at their appearance at Advertising Week 2014, the leader in global image licensing builds on the success of its #RePicture campaigns and launches a new contest from now until November 20, 2014. Photographers – hobbyists and ambitious artists alike and everybody who loves photography – are invited to submit images re-picturing the big topics that influence our life and thoughts in modern time. Getty wants to #RePicture the world as it is Getty Images along with their microstock brand iStock by Getty and their long term partner EyeEm – a platform for mobile image sharing – has…

At last weeks’ Photokina 2014, we had the chance to interview Hezi de Souza of ProImageExperts who are a post production service company. As Hezi told us, his company helps the photographer focus on shooting new images by outsourcing parts or all their post production needs like image retouching and color corrections. Some photographers are concerned about the security of their images, especially in stock photography. Thats why Hezi also explains how their system is set up to control the images from being stolen from within their system. Photographers hesitating to send their images to an outsourcing service in India…

Taylor Davidson, a writer about technology, photography and travel created a very informative post about the photography industry landscape. The photography industry landscape is a map that shows the flow of a photo from camera manufacturers and photographers down to a variety of users like consumers, brands, buyers and publishers. The goal of this landscape is to help in the strategic planning and analysis for everyone in the photography industry. For example, a photographer that uses a Canon camera takes a picture and he can choose between Adobe and Camera Bits for editing. After editing, the photographer can both go…

The EyeEm Awards were celebrated with a two day Festival earlier in September. The mobile image sharing community honored a 15 year old Belgian photographer for his stunning portrait photography with the overall “Photographer of the Year” award. EyeEm had announced their first Award celebration in spring, and more than 100,000 images from 15,000 photographers in over 150 countries were submitted in ten categories. A short list of 100 images had been published in August. Now the most important award has been given to a Belgian teenage who captures stunning portraits of himself and others. David Uzochukwu’s portfolio website is…

Microstock agency Shutterstock has published a new App aimed on contributors. The app is available on the iTunes App Store as well as on the Google PlayStore for Android. The app integrates perfectly with the web interface for contributors to Shutterstock: Uploading, keywording and categorization of new images can be done through either of the channels or combined – upload images through your smart phone and keyword them later through the web interface for example. There is also an overview of the monthly earnings and all the details can be looked at for daily sales. In addition, the content team…

Microstock analytics platform StockPerformer has added a new feature: Cross agency collections. The new feature was announced last week in a blog post last week. With the new functionality, the analytics software automatically connects collections across the different agencies: For a example, a user could create a new collection “Shoot Model A” with images from Shutterstock, switch to the Fotolia tab and add the same images from the same image to that collection. For existing collections, the system assumes that collections with the same name between agencies belong together, so all old collections were automatically added to the new combined system. The…