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The Seattle, Washington based garden stock photo library, Garden Photo World, has signed a non-exclusive contract with leading international stock photo distributor, Photolibrary of the Photolibrary Group for worldwide distribution of a number of its key image collections.

Garden Photo World specializes in images of gardens, flowers and plants, including many from North America with a large and growing collection from the Pacific Northwest.

"While we continue to provide our images, and assignment photography and writing services directly to our clients, we are excited to have these collections represented and distributed by the prestigious Photolibrary with its broad, international reach," said Georgianna Lane, Co-founder and Director of Garden Photo World.

Photolibrary's North America Operations Director, Dan Russelman, noted, "Garden Photo World's strong botanical and horticultural collection, with its emphasis on North American species, enhances Photolibrary's already extensive coverage of garden and flower subjects."

If you prefer keywording your own images, or your budget doesn't stretch to a full professional service, Keedup has the answer to make your images stand out from the rest, at a special low price. Shine is a new service aimed at adding the crucial final touches to raw keywords. In the case of Alamy, that means selecting and separating keywords into essential, main and comprehensive lists. Getting those just right can make all the difference to searchability and sales. We'll also correct glaring errors and add important words that seem to be missed. www.keedup.com

We've never had much faith in political types over here at Photo Spy. It seems to us that what our politicians say and what they actually do are all too often entirely different things. Some might call this cynicism, we call it accurate.

Taking photographs in public spaces is how most editorial photographs are created. These photographs feed the appetite of the press and our media friends for topical imagery. All to often such imagery must, by the very nature of the events that unfold before our very eyes, include the odd photograph of a policeman or, perhaps, a photography of an odd policeman.

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Recently we had a conversation with a large and very informed buyer. We wanted to pass along these nuggets of wisdom and knowledge (these are shorthand notes to help you the reader):

Looking for more diversity with university and middle school students. For school kids, they need different types of schools…urban, public, etc and avoid trendy clothes and looks if they take off uniforms.

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Ginipic takes image search to a whole new level. Now you can search image search engines, photo sharing websites or your own local picture collections simultaneously. Find what you're looking for and use it instantly in your own creation - document, presentation, art work - you name it. Work alongside other applications with Ginipic in Dock mode. Did we mention it's completely FREE?

 

On Christmas Day 2008, I joined the more than 150 million active users on Facebook. I did so because Google search results for my name displayed another Sean Cayton’s Facebook profile on the first page, about three listings from the top. Since I didn’t want people to mistake my doppelganger for me, I set up an account and embarked on my Facebook adventure.

So far, I’ve been incredibly impressed by the power of this network. I’ve found that I can deliver content in a targeted way to exactly the right people — and in doing so, grow my photography business.

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RegisterYourCamera.com is a free online service for registering your photographic equipment and the brainchild of former Intel software engineer who is an avid photographer. If someone steals your camera, simply enter the serial number and a description of your gear into the online database and your done. When someone performs a quick serial number search against the database, your item will then be listed as stolen and the person doing the search may then contact you via your preferred method. Get enough people using this and you have very effective way of track missing gear.

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We've all been there. When considering website design and key features, most photographers trust their artistic intuition, and sadly their business mind is rarely even invited to the creative brainstorm. Any idea what background color your customers prefer? Image size? Watermarks? Page layout? Download capability? Your business mind would say - "Ask them!" So, that's what we did.

We gathered website intelligence from over 550 commercial and editorial photo buyers at the world's most recognized magazines, ad agencies, corporate design groups, and book publishers. Today, we're giving that research report to you at no cost.

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Dear ([iStock-username]),

Standards at iStockphoto are always evolving. Our team of editors has been examining the collection and have decided that your image no longer meets our current standards. We understand that no one wants to lose an image from their portfolio, but we think that the rest of your work is much better.

You have two options. You may deactivate the image now. Or you may leave it in our Dollar Bin. The Dollar Bin is a collection of images with similar legacy quality issues. Every file in the Bin is available for one credit at any size. Images remain in the bin for four weeks after their last download, at which point they are automatically deactivated. It's a way of giving the image a last chance before finally removing it.

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Bill Gates has acquired a 5.2 percent stake in Eastman Kodak, according to a regulatory filing today. The Microsoft chairman owns the shares through his Cascade Investment LLC investment arm and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The investment is interesting in part because Gates is the owner of Corbis, the Seattle-based digital image and stock photography company.

Read more at techflash.com