iStockphoto Photos Found in Public

My boss got this magazine for the Raven's football team the other day and opened the cover and found one of his employees sitting inside the front page.



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Now what is even funnier about this "finding", I know that a former Art School Classmate of mine works at the ad agency that has the Raven's account. So, it's possible that the designer that worked on this, knew me back when.

In another finding...
I found a photo from a fellow iStockphoto Inspector, Andipantz (Andrea Gingrich) on a billboard for Belco.

Photo Samples From A Recent Shoot

I did a photoshoot with two models from some online model sites. (Valerie Kelly from ModelMayhem.com and Nicky from OneModelPlace.com.)





These are just a few samples from the shoot.

Photography Accessory or Fashion Trend: Sweatbands?!

I need to credit this ideas where it belongs. I was watching my contacts on flickr and saw that Mariano Friginal had an interesting style tip from a recent wedding shoot. He was wearing Sweatbands. You know, the type that tennis and other athletes use. At first, I thought it was for pure style, but a quick Flickrmail revealed the secret.



It turns out that Mariano has a similar problem that I have during shoots. Sweat. I get pretty warm when I'm shooting. I blame it on my brain from overworking… But I'm sure it might have "something" to do with the fact that I'm rather insulated, if you catch my meaning. (Ok, I'm overweight, there… I said it and now I feel better about that.)

So, I just picked up a pair for a shoot tonight. I'll be curious to see how they work. I could have used them for last night's outdoor shoot. It seemed like it was pretty warm while "working."



Aside from the forehead wipe technique, what could be better for wiping that LCD clean for cleaner viewing. I'd probably use a sweatband on the forehead too if I didn’t think I'd look like an 80's comeback.

So, what do you say, Shall we start a trend? Remember to credit Mariano Friginal with starting the trend. (We should open a Wikipedia entry for him and see how much of a cultural trend we can influence.)

Can you hear me now?

Yeah, I know this model (JamieT) looks remarkebly like the Verizon guy. Even more so when it's repeating the line. (haha).




Jamie was great to work with. He was very animated during the shoot and his personality fit perfect for the concepts we worked on. These are just a few samples from the shoot. More to be in my iStockphoto portfolio soon.

Photographer Fired for Altering Colors

I just read in the PDNewswire email from PDN magazine that photographer, Patrick Schneider, was fired for adjusting a photo in the Charlotte Observer. The photo in question was a silhouette of a fireman with a bright orange sky.

I've read a number of stories where photojournalists have done editting in post-production and have changed the subject of an image, but I think the Charlotte Observer may have gone to far on this judgement call. (In my opinion).

I'd like to hear David Hobby's opinion from Strobist.com since he is a photographer with the Baltimore Sun and I'm a stock photographer. So, it's a different market then my images, most likely different rules.

Where does the line get drawn on this?
Can you not use an external flash off the camera because that alters reality of the image by changing the lighting of the scene?! Can you not use a filter that changes the effect of an image? That isn't the way things were at that actual moment.

To be fair, this isn't Patrick's first offense. It seems that the Charlotte Observer did suspend the photographer for this in the past, but I think that boosting colors to make them match the feeling of the time of exposure is not basis for dismisal.

What do you think on this one? Am I out of line on this?

Additional Reading on the topic:
Zone Zero | PDN |