Archives / August 2006
PhotoShelter’s New Wardrobe
You might have noticed that PhotoShelter looks a little different. We recently redesigned the public side of the site based...
Citizen Journalist 2
I was too quick to chastise the use of Citizen Journalism. In fact, the New York Times has pointed out one very crucial niche -- paparazzi. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/14/technology/14pix.html I can't think of a more appropriate use of citizen journalism than paparazzi. Why? Because the context and veracity of a photo of actor X in sweatpants...The Problem with Microstock
The rise of microstock has been meteoric to say the least. For the uninitiated, microstock is cheap, royalty-free stock imagery. Instead of paying $200, you pay $1. In most models, you pay for an image based on size. $1 for a small one, $20 for a larger one. From a buyer's perspective, this makes all the sense in the world. Most people can't understand...
What’s That Smell?
I received a tour of the Seattle Times photography department recently. I've always enjoyed seeing the insides of a newspaper...
Preventing Trainwrecks
We've received questions about the site outage that one of our competitors suffered in the past week. We thought that we would...
Citizen Journalist
The proliferation of the Internet, cellphones, and the turning point of Sept. 11 have made Citizen Journalism more than...