Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Stock photography is the equivalent of clip art. Its main strength is in its execution. On the other hand, the content is dependent, for an "easy read", on basic cultural stereotypes. Which can mean nothing, or the very worse possible connotations. S.d. On Oct 19, 2009, at 9:35 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > The primary markets for stock agency photos are advertising, > corporate communications etc. Most of what we consider good photos > are not relevant for that market. I doubt that any of HCB's work > would have sold on iStock (Ansel Adams might if he shot in colour). > What may seem "empty of content or importance" to us may be just > right for what some PR guy somewhere is looking for. > > And contrary to what Marc says, they don't care whether the camera > is full-frame or not. They just care about the number of pixels. > You can create fake pixels in Photoshop or more specialized tools > to bump up the file size to the 50 MB usually required. > > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > > Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > > > On Oct 20, 2009, at 6:20 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: > >> >> On Oct 19, 2009, at 7:32 PM, Doug Herr wrote: >> >>> Steve Barbour wrote: >>> >>>> On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >>>> >>>>> 48 MB files are the minimum for most. More and more are using >>>>> lists >>>>> of acceptable and unacceptable cameras. Leica M8s and M9s are on >>>>> everybody's acceptable list. Point and shoots are not. Any >>>>> cameras >>>>> below 10MP are not. They look at the photo's EXIF and if the >>>>> camera >>>>> is not acceptable, they don't even review the photo. If you are >>>>> very careful about how you interpolate, photos from a 10MP camera >>>>> like the M8 are acceptable, but you can't do much cropping or high >>>>> ISO work at all to be accepted. >>>> >>>> so this takes the place of..."whether it's a good photo?" & >>>> "whether it has anything to say?" >>>> >>> >>> Nope. In addition to "whether it's a good photo?" & "whether it >>> has anything to say?". There are bazillions of photos saying >>> something, given a choice between a poorly-executed photo and >>> another of equivalent content, but well-executed, poor technique >>> doesn't win. >> >> >> oh, and not to be forgotten, there are bazillions of high >> megabyte, technically perfect photos, empty of content or >> importance... >> >> how do stock agencies deal with these ? >> >> Steve >>> >>> Doug Herr >>> Birdman of Sacramento >>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information