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Designers - Tip O' The Day

01-03-2005, 06:36 PM

I know most of you use Google image search, Corbis, Getty etc for stock photos - and we know that mainstream stock photo prices are ridiculous for adult web design work. you can join a site like Hemera and pay a monthly subscription fee for access to a pretty good large library of stock photos/illustrations. I had a membership but gave it up cuz I wasn't doing enough design work to justify the expense.

well a few weeks ago I found a great stock photo site, http://www.istockphoto.com - a bunch of people I know already know about it but i thought I'd give a head's up to those of you who aren't aware of it.
The prices are extremely cheap, you don't need to spend 30 or 40 bucks a month on a membership, need a photo of a box of crayons? a pair of socks? you can download one of many for 50 cents to a buck depending on resolution. I haven't searched for anything without at least getting one good photo.

http://www.istockphoto.com

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01-03-2005, 06:42 PM

Very helpful thank you

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01-03-2005, 06:47 PM

Yeah I have been using them for about a year now but the prices are going up or have already gone up. I got an email from them a couple weeks ago saying to buy credits now at the reduced price. Even with the raised prises the site still rocks and the images are super cheap and great quality.
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01-03-2005, 06:52 PM

Thank you Mutt.
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01-03-2005, 06:53 PM

i have used istock for a while now, awesome site for sure.
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01-03-2005, 06:55 PM

Ahh cool.. a friend of mine will be happy to hear about that site
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01-03-2005, 06:55 PM

Damn, thats like one of the best secrets.

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01-03-2005, 07:04 PM

why keep it a secret? i'm always for the grunt workers in this business with skills just trying to make an honest decent living without screwing other webmasters or surfers - designers, programmers, photographers, writers. so if i have a tip i share it with them. i help content people who compete with me all the time. if somebody isn't going to be a customer of mine I might as well help somebody else.

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01-03-2005, 07:06 PM

Or people can contact me for a custom photo or specialty photo

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01-03-2005, 07:06 PM

Originally posted by AlienQ

Or people can contact me for a custom photo or specialty photo

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01-03-2005, 07:14 PM

Originally posted by Mutt

why keep it a secret? i'm always for the grunt workers in this business with skills just trying to make an honest decent living without screwing other webmasters or surfers - designers, programmers, photographers, writers. so if i have a tip i share it with them. i help content people who compete with me all the time. if somebody isn't going to be a customer of mine I might as well help somebody else.

Because there will be 450 of the same stock photos across 450 different sites. They loose their uniqueness... But whatever. I'm glad someone like you told me about it a year back

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01-03-2005, 07:26 PM

well you have a bit of a point but there's enough variety on that site so not everybody would use the same photos. it's already pretty easy to track down where most photos come from. i found the GFY lady in her original form years ago. When I saw her on GFY i knew I had seen her before but couldn't place where - then one day i remembered the name of the stock image CD she comes from.

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01-03-2005, 07:27 PM

I love the credit system and have an account there as well.

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01-03-2005, 07:28 PM

cool thanks Mutt you must have read my mind... i was just about to look for something like this cheers
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01-03-2005, 07:30 PM

what? no affiliate link? i can't trust my eyes!
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01-03-2005, 08:14 PM

I guess the second tip for today would be:

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01-03-2005, 08:27 PM

yup, i know that one, it's great cuz it's free, not as good as istock or hemera though but a good place to take a first look.

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01-03-2005, 08:28 PM

Originally posted by Mutt

well a few weeks ago I found a great stock photo site, http://www.istockphoto.com - a bunch of people I know already know about it but i thought I'd give a head's up to those of you who aren't aware of it.[/url]

Wow, they've changed. The new setup sucks compared to what it used to be

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01-03-2005, 08:55 PM

also, you could head over to www.clipart.com (no it isn't just a bunch of cartooney clipart)

for a really low price you can get access to a shitload of great stock photography.
You can just get a 1 week subscription and then spend as much time as possible pilfering as many images as you can

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01-03-2005, 11:42 PM

Good tip. Thanks!

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01-04-2005, 03:35 AM

nice tips. thanks!

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01-04-2005, 03:37 AM

thanks mutt. i'm always looking for goofy shit to toss into backgrounds.

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