Image Sales February

I am Immune – movie

A short product film that based on the movie “i am legend”. It was filmed with 2 Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs.

I AM IMMUNE product spot from Digital Cinema Foundry on Vimeo.

Great light painting photos

Marrakech Travel Video

I found this video on cinema5d website. It shows the travel around marrakech with on first-person-view.

The moviemaker Julien Widmer makes this video with his homemade football helmet rig and a eos mark2. Very impressive and respect for traveling with this helm accros marrakech.

Marrakech.Travel from Julien Widmer on Vimeo.

Before and after video from a Canon EOS 5D Mark II

This video from a digital colorist show us with a before and after effect how different layers impact the video.

Daniel Principe – Digital Colour Reel – Summer 2010 from Daniel Principe on Vimeo.

This reel showcases a range of my HD work as a digital colourist from the past few months. It demonstrates what the image looked like out of the camera followed by the grade that I applied. The looks were created in After Effects predominately using Synthetic Aperture’s Color Finesse 2. The footage contained here originated on the Sony PMW EX1 and the Canon 5D Mark II.

10 Examples of Urban Decay Photography

How to Effortlessly Remove People from Photos

Siom Plant form Phototuts+ show us in his video tutorial, how to remove crowds of people automatically without hours of retouching.

Go to tutorial

Image Sales January

Photo series by Andreas Reinhold

I would show everyone this truly beatuful photo series from Andreas Reinhold.  With the long exposure he creates a unique atmosphere. Realy nice.

Getty Images starts Thinkstock

Getty Images offers the possibility to purchase media files from the various Getty agencies for a low monthly subscription price.

At the new Getty platform Thinkstock (www.thinkstock.com) are image and media content from Getty Images, Jupiter Images and iStockphoto under one roof.

Microstock Advanced is back in town

After a month with many server problems, i relaunched the site on a new server with faster and better wordpress support. I hope i can post new articles without any problems.

Macro Video Shot with a 5DmarkII and MP-E 65mm lens

macro kingdom from clemento on Vimeo.

Nikon D3 no longer available & press conference on october 14th

Many online shops cannot longer supply the Nikon D3. Webistes such as Amazon, BH photo or Greys OF Westminster indicate, that the Nikon D3 is no longer available. On October 14th Nikon gives a press conference in Denmark. Both together could be a good indicator for an announcement of the new Nikon D3s.

Problems with iStockPhoto quiz – The answers

Problems to pass the quiz? Don’t worry! Here are the answers for the istockphoto quiz.

1. All recognizable faces require a model release, including crowds: True
2. Logos are acceptable in wide angle photographs: False
3. Identifiable design marks, such as the 3 stripes for Adidas or the Nike swoosh, are allowed if the name is removed: False
4. Landmark buildings such as the Sydney Opera House or Empire State Building require a property release to be used as royalty-free stock: False
5. A model release is required for a self portrait: True
6. The photographer can witness their own Model/Property Release: False
7. A simple snapshot is acceptable; iStock does not require quality in composition: False
8. It is acceptable to protest a rejection in the iStock forums: False
9. It is acceptable to copy the composition of another photographer’s work: False
10. Photographs should be upsampled or interpolated to the maximum XXL size: False
11. The above example contains: Compression
12. The above example is (light): Unacceptable
13. The above example is (Flamingo): Unacceptable

Keywording of images with ProStockMaster

ProStockMaster is a software which helps you to keywording your photos on a easy way.

You simply writes down a few keywords, selects similar motives from a choice of images and reveives a list with other suitable keywords.

In addition, you can upload your images immediately to your agency. (only 5 images per day with the free version, the pro version cost 59,99€)

Below you find a list with supported stock agencies.

• Fotolia
• Shutterstock
• Istockphoto
• Panthermedia
• Dreamstime
• Stockxpert
• Crestock
• 123rf
• bigstockphoto
• canstockphoto
• alamy

www.prostockmaster.com