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Microstock Photography Forum - General => Off Topic => Topic started by: Noodles on May 23, 2010, 15:55
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Jeepers creepers, not sure about that POTW IS have chosen this week (Rose Painted Dancer on Floral Bench) - she is kinda scary :o
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Todd and Renee are doing quite a bit of work in that style at the moment. Here's a time-lapse they did of a similar shoot.Time Lapse Swirl Girl Photo Shoot (http://vimeo.com/11071065)
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Awesome and inspiring! Thanks for sharing - this reminds me of an Uma Thurmon movie I saw several years ago (can't think of a title) but there was a group of people who shot a series of images for a calender the same way - painting the model to be part of the background. I'll bet they saw that movie, I wish I could remember the title.
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Puts me in mind of the old Natrel deodorant adverts, but I can't find one online ATM.
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No doubt there has been a significant amount of time, money and devotion put into that shot.
I'm just asking myself, what the market is for these kind of images?
While I can see when wet puppies are hung up to dry with cloth pins that could be used for a grooming company or something along those lines.
But what is the market/service that is promoting this image?
Or is it just about (ab)using iStock as an "exposure platform" for someone's art? No that there is anything wrong with that either, I've just seen so many images of stuff that involves tremendous work and I wonder how on earth are they getting their investment back? Unless these image sell like cupcakes.
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No doubt there has been a significant amount of time, money and devotion put into that shot.
I'm just asking myself, what the market is for these kind of images?
I don't think there is one. So it's a good thing they can get them into Vetta.
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Looks like a Fringe Festival performance of Midsummer Night's Dream.
I think this is all about giving IS an image that appeals to fantasically hip young designers - who use the POTW as wallpaper on their Macs, and then buy the images they actually need for their assignments.
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Great video - I really enjoyed watching that - I think I would be inclined to find a way to soften the eyes - its the whites of the eyes that seems to make the models look a little scary and less commercial IMHO :)
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Really cool but as mentioned I wouldn't place a lot on recouping the money via stock sales on something like that. Especially micro.
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Possible use for these sort of images: Painting supply company, Pantone color matching software advert, Print shop advert (if you come up with it, we can print it), etc, etc.
There is a market for almost everything if you can think like an advertising agency.
I do agree however that the volumes needed to sell at micro prices don't really justify the time and expense invested in such shoots.
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Really liked the video, thankyou. The potw however doesn't do much for me just doesnt work for me (not that I could do better :)).
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POTW - it's the lines near her eyes and mouth that make her look scary. IMO, they should have gone softer on the paint on her face. I like the rest of the concept, though. He has stumbled on a "niche"...painted lady blending with backgrounds.
Really cool but as mentioned I wouldn't place a lot on recouping the money via stock sales on something like that. Especially micro.
Perhaps the photog is independently wealthy and can afford the exorbitant fees it costs for the production and he isn't worried about recouping money, only about expressing his creativity. I am SOOO jealous, if that's the case!
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Somewhat less cynically - IStock has obviously become a way to get exposure and promote clearly non-microstock work. By playing along, and approving photos that might never actually sell (and in some cases don't even meet the guidelines IS imposes on actual microstock) IStock gets some cool new imagery for their main page.
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Somewhat less cynically - IStock has obviously become a way to get exposure and promote clearly non-microstock work. By playing along, and approving photos that might never actually sell (and in some cases don't even meet the guidelines IS imposes on actual microstock) IStock gets some cool new imagery for their main page.
I think it was Jonathan Ross who, in a presentation he did a while back, advocated creating some imagery for 'branding' and to show what you can do. Just good marketing, both for istock and for the artists concerned.
I don't think that shoot would have been all that expensive to do. Using a room in their own house (or a brother's house I think they said somewhere), paint the backdrop in the morning and pay the model for a few hours in the afternoon. Todd and Renee run a studio I believe so good advertising. Renee's an istock diamond contrib, Todd at silver and climbing. Expenses tax deductible.
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Possible use for these sort of images: Painting supply company, Pantone color matching software advert, Print shop advert (if you come up with it, we can print it), etc, etc.
Still, high potential in the RM market. I can't imagine that much work to sell just to a few buyers, also because the style is very remarkable, so it's not like my stethoscope on white. The fun part is that it may sell more than my stethoscope anyway! ;D
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One never really knows what is going to be a best-seller and what is going to tank.
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You know I was looking at their portfolio, very creative, beautiful work, tons of views, but most had no downloads. Even the IOTW had no downloads (last I looked). I guess the arty stuff is great for generating interest in your portfolio, but if you want to make money on the images themselves, you have to go RM. Too bad, I enjoy doing the more creative stuff.