Stock Photography!! WTF!!

Trev · 12-05-2005

Mkay, so I've been having a look around for some stock photo's for a little design filler.

People and places all reasonably priced... then I take a look at trees and sky and we're talking $55+ per low res image... are they insane?... who thinks of these prices?

sarettah · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trev

Mkay, so I've been having a look around for some stock photo's for a little design filler.

People and places all reasonably priced... then I take a look at trees and sky and we're talking $55+ per low res image... are they insane?... who thinks of these prices?

Well, I'll tell ya.

I can get you some tree and sky content (real good stuff) completely exclusive to you for probably about $50.00 a pic. Prices are up cause it's a really hot niche right now. So, grab it when you can get it

If you've seen one tree, you've seen both of them (Secretary of the Interior James Watt circa 1985 while lobbying for the complete paving over of the United States of America)

Trev · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarettah

Well, I'll tell ya.

I can get you some tree and sky content (real good stuff) completely exclusive to you for probably about $50.00 a pic. Prices are up cause it's a really hot niche right now. So, grab it when you can get it

What kind of trees, I need to know that they're not just any old skank trees that I can see anywhere...

Inabon · 12-05-2005

shit trev i can get you nice nature pics if you want awesome trees for very little LOL shit 50 bucks its insane

Sysprod · 12-05-2005

Well... I was going to refer you to http://www.sxc.hu/ it "was" a great site for actual free stock photos submitted by photographers. But it looks like they're switching to a pay service

On that note

sarettah · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trev

What kind of trees, I need to know that they're not just any old skank trees that I can see anywhere...

Dude, we are talking virgin forest stuff here man. These trees have never been seen by anyone. Totally fresh, green to the industry. You climb on one of these babies and they will take you to heights you never imagined

MorganGrayson · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarettah

Dude, we are talking virgin forest stuff here man. These trees have never been seen by anyone. Totally fresh, green to the industry. You climb on one of these babies and they will take you to heights you never imagined

The National Forestry Service has you on a "watch list," sarettah. You're frightening the trees.

TheEnforcer · 12-05-2005

Damn... what the hell? That's seems awfully insane to me.

PornoDoggy · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

The National Forestry Service has you on a "watch list," sarettah. You're frightening the trees.

No ... the Sierra Club may have him on a watch list.

Under the current administration, the National Forestry Service has him on a prospective list for upper-level management.

selena · 12-05-2005

http://www.istockphoto.com/

Try there, if you haven't already.

I've only bought from there a couple of times, but the images were very reasonably priced in comparison to other sites I checked.

Newton · 12-05-2005

There are not that many places left that allow freebies chap .. I know the last time I searched it was a bastard to find any.

MorganGrayson · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by PornoDoggy

No ... the Sierra Club may have him on a watch list.

Under the current administration, the National Forestry Service has him on a prospective list for upper-level management.

The fact that the above made terrible sense to me frightens me a little.

(Much better post, PD!

)

This man is always one of the high points of my day.

SykkBoy · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarettah

Dude, we are talking virgin forest stuff here man. These trees have never been seen by anyone. Totally fresh, green to the industry. You climb on one of these babies and they will take you to heights you never imagined

blah, I have great shots of some eastern european trees...they are a little on the thin side, but that's what tree surfers are looking for these days...plus only $12.50 for a set of 3 pics...I sale them very cheaply

Dravyk · 12-05-2005

Damn, now SXC.hu has bitten the dust too!

Yes, photo rates are freaking horrible!

For this very reason I created a year ago the Royalty Free Image Archive as a place to go for free images for site making. Haven't pushed it very much though of late (til now.)

If anyone has some photos they would like to contribute, please PM me. Thanks.

Trev, there's some nature photos in there I know. But I'm also sitting on a hundred mostly-nature pics (lots of trees) that need to be uploaded into there as well. If you can't find what you need, hit me up and I'll get those contributions into the system.

Trev · 12-05-2005

Sysprod, I used to use sxc, it was only a matter of time before they thought about cashing in.

Selena, thanks for the link, istock seems to be very reasonably priced, I like the credits scheme.

Newton, tell me about it, I remember being able to find hundreds of sites offering out free pics for site design... this internet sucks... people charging money for pictures, whatever next

Dravyk, you've just become my favourite person

sarettah · 12-05-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by MorganGrayson

This man is always one of the high points of my day.

You have an awful boring life don't you ?

Vick · 12-05-2005

Hmmm can see all the porn you want free

But get charged $50 per pic for natural stuff to use

Might be time to get the camera back out

Dravyk · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vick

Hmmm can see all the porn you want free

But get charged $50 per pic for natural stuff to use

Might be time to get the camera back out

Amen! Got a digitial camera a few months ago for a few reasons. One for a new project. For another, to shoot some of my stuff to use for mainstream sites. I'll even toss some shots into the Royalty-Free Archive soon.

Btw, Trev, didja find what you needed? LMK.

Trev · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Amen! Got a digitial camera a few months ago for a few reasons. One for a new project. For another, to shoot some of my stuff to use for mainstream sites. I'll even toss some shots into the Royalty-Free Archive soon.

Btw, Trev, didja find what you needed? LMK.

I've only just had a chance to activate my account today, I'm going to trawl through what you've got right now

LadyMischief · 12-06-2005

I used to make $1200+ per image doing stock photography.. I got out when the market got stupid cheap :0

Trev · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by LadyMischief

I used to make $1200+ per image doing stock photography.. I got out when the market got stupid cheap :0

It really frightens me that people would pay that.

urb · 12-06-2005

Trev, you're in England, right?

Go into your nearest "branch" of Staples and go for the budget software section... they always have like 20,000 stock photos for £4.99 on the racks next to the 4,000 Fonts and the 50,000 Clip Art images CDs.

If you are nowhere near a Staples, then PM me and I'll give you a link to a place that sells these packages over the net.

Dravyk · 12-06-2005

Sure, UrbX, destroy all of ecommerce while you're at it!

What's next? Free porn?

Er, hmm, nevermind.

urb · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Sure, UrbX, destroy all of ecommerce while you're at it!

What did I do wrong?

And who is UrbX? My name is "urb". I'll start calling you MainstreamWebmasters shall I?

Dravyk · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by urb

What did I do wrong?

And who is UrbX? My name is "urb". I'll start calling you MainstreamWebmasters shall I?

Tounge-in-cheek.

Sorry 'bout that, Urb.

urb · 12-06-2005

Seriously, are any of those photos you have on there taken by CJ?
Because her photography is excellent.

Trev · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by urb

Trev, you're in England, right?

Go into your nearest "branch" of Staples and go for the budget software section... they always have like 20,000 stock photos for £4.99 on the racks next to the 4,000 Fonts and the 50,000 Clip Art images CDs.

If you are nowhere near a Staples, then PM me and I'll give you a link to a place that sells these packages over the net.

Cheers mate, I'll have to pop through and take a look see, I got lucky at www.mainstreamwebmasters.com this time - so thanks Dravyk

Dravyk · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by urb

Seriously, are any of those photos you have on there taken by CJ?
Because her photography is excellent.

There's a lot of cool avatars in their shot by CJ. Which I'm quite grateful for!

As to photos by her in that section, nope. She wanted to keep something for herself exclusively, and I certainly can't blame her for that!! Do check out the avatars by her though. Very cool and unusual and striking!

Trev, ahh, excellent!!! (Just wrote you a PM a moment ago in fact to make sure you found what you needed. I really have to get this other bunch of photos batch uploaded into there!! Always just a matter of finding the time.)

Trev · 12-06-2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dravyk

There's a lot of cool avatars in their shot by CJ. Which I'm quite grateful for!

As to photos by her in that section, nope. She wanted to keep something for herself exclusively, and I certainly can't blame her for that!! Do check out the avatars by her though. Very cool and unusual and striking!

Trev, ahh, excellent!!! (Just wrote you a PM a moment ago in fact to make sure you found what you needed. I really have to get this other bunch of photos batch uploaded into there!! Always just a matter of finding the time.)

I know, I answered it

urb · 12-06-2005

Yep, CJ's photography makes you wanna go out and buy a digital SLR.

But then again, you could stay in and buy one online...

12-05-2005	#1
Trev Cunty Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,150	Stock Photography!! WTF!! Mkay, so I've been having a look around for some stock photo's for a little design filler. People and places all reasonably priced... then I take a look at trees and sky and we're talking $55+ per low res image... are they insane?... who thinks of these prices? __________________ Sucks to be you.

12-05-2005	#4
Inabon One Miiiiiiiiilllllliiiiiiooooonnnnn Dollars Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Panamá Posts: 1,585	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! shit trev i can get you nice nature pics if you want awesome trees for very little LOL shit 50 bucks its insane

12-05-2005	#5
Sysprod Members Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 66	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Well... I was going to refer you to http://www.sxc.hu/ it "was" a great site for actual free stock photos submitted by photographers. But it looks like they're switching to a pay service On that note

12-05-2005	#8
TheEnforcer Scored VIP to Anton's Piss Tank Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 8,781	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Damn... what the hell? That's seems awfully insane to me.

12-05-2005	#10
selena plankton in the sea of porn Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: On The Edge Posts: 509	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! http://www.istockphoto.com/ Try there, if you haven't already. I've only bought from there a couple of times, but the images were very reasonably priced in comparison to other sites I checked. __________________ Affiliate Manager JaYMan Cash That One Program ICQ 273551440

12-05-2005	#11
Newton It's always business, never personal! The POWER of radio Oprano Radio Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: On a golf course Posts: 4,916	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! There are not that many places left that allow freebies chap .. I know the last time I searched it was a bastard to find any. __________________ Poser Bush in a mix-up over his hi-tech gizmo - ICLOD

12-05-2005	#14
Dravyk Easy Like Sunday Morning Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind a couch, somewhere in Philly Posts: 7,628	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Damn, now SXC.hu has bitten the dust too! Yes, photo rates are freaking horrible! For this very reason I created a year ago the Royalty Free Image Archive as a place to go for free images for site making. Haven't pushed it very much though of late (til now.) If anyone has some photos they would like to contribute, please PM me. Thanks. Trev, there's some nature photos in there I know. But I'm also sitting on a hundred mostly-nature pics (lots of trees) that need to be uploaded into there as well. If you can't find what you need, hit me up and I'll get those contributions into the system. __________________ All Of 'Em Mainstream Webmasters New: WebmasterConventions.com

12-05-2005	#15
Trev Cunty Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 10,150	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Sysprod, I used to use sxc, it was only a matter of time before they thought about cashing in. Selena, thanks for the link, istock seems to be very reasonably priced, I like the credits scheme. Newton, tell me about it, I remember being able to find hundreds of sites offering out free pics for site design... this internet sucks... people charging money for pictures, whatever next Dravyk, you've just become my favourite person __________________ Sucks to be you.

12-05-2005	#17
Vick Celebrating Company's Success with A Beer From Mini Bar Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Little South of Sanity Posts: 6,551	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Hmmm can see all the porn you want free But get charged $50 per pic for natural stuff to use Might be time to get the camera back out __________________ Pssst Click the Button Above I once wanted to be a Gynecologist But I couldn't find an opening

12-06-2005	#20
LadyMischief I like it squishy and wierd. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Oakville, Ontario Posts: 942	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! I used to make $1200+ per image doing stock photography.. I got out when the market got stupid cheap :0 __________________ Affiliate Marketing Manager - Homegrowncash www.homegrowncash.com

12-06-2005	#22
urb Photoshop Jockey Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 120	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Trev, you're in England, right? Go into your nearest "branch" of Staples and go for the budget software section... they always have like 20,000 stock photos for £4.99 on the racks next to the 4,000 Fonts and the 50,000 Clip Art images CDs. If you are nowhere near a Staples, then PM me and I'll give you a link to a place that sells these packages over the net. __________________ ...

12-06-2005	#23
Dravyk Easy Like Sunday Morning Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Behind a couch, somewhere in Philly Posts: 7,628	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Sure, UrbX, destroy all of ecommerce while you're at it! What's next? Free porn? Er, hmm, nevermind. __________________ All Of 'Em Mainstream Webmasters New: WebmasterConventions.com

12-06-2005	#26
urb Photoshop Jockey Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 120	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Seriously, are any of those photos you have on there taken by CJ? Because her photography is excellent. __________________ ...

12-06-2005	#30
urb Photoshop Jockey Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 120	Re: Stock Photography!! WTF!! Yep, CJ's photography makes you wanna go out and buy a digital SLR. But then again, you could stay in and buy one online... __________________ ...