Archive for Web Photo Services
New Online Community for Professionals in the Modeling Industry
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Aug 17, 2010 – PRESS SUMMARY – A renowned photographer and an internet entrepreneur have announced the creation and launch of Modelrific.com a new online community built specifically for professionals in the modeling industry such as photographers, models, stylists, artists, agents, managers, and more. http://www.modelrific.com
Photographer Geoff Sanders, who co-founded Modelrific™ along with entrepreneur Steve Ranieri noted, “Many websites have tried to be the answer that models, photographers, and other industry professionals around the world have looked for. As a member of these sites I always found them to lack crucial features, aesthetics, and professionalism, and it has long been a goal of mine to create a community built on these foundations, and I’m proud to announce Modelrific.com will now fill the gap these other sites have left behind.” Read More→
A New Opportunity to Sell More Images with iStockphoto
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Aug 16, 2010 – If you’re in to shooting for microstock then you’ve undoubtedly heard of iStockphoto.com. They recently rolled out a new website design that makes the site much faster to use and added new backend functionality that will offer some amazing new features in the near future. iStockphoto is the place to go for designers and bloggers looking for great quality images at reasonable prices.
Now there is a new opportunity for photographers to sell more photos through iStockphoto with the release of the WordPress iStockphoto plugin. The plugin allows bloggers to find, purchase and insert images directly into their posts without having to leave the admin area. Making the process of finding the images easier will encourage bloggers to use it more and will end up purchasing many more images than they normally would. Below is a press summary with more details about the WordPress plugin. Read More→
Showcasing Your Portfolio Online Gets Easy With Pixpa
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Aug 13, 2010 – PRESS RELEASE – Pixpa is designed by experts to present your work in a clean, crisp, user-friendly professional website. The websites are built to the specifications of creative professionals keeping in mind that every photographer, artist or designer has their own unique style and distinct body of work. The wide range of pre-designed templates on offer by Pixpa are focused on showcasing your work. The designs are unobtrusive and intuitive and present large high quality images in a clean and clutter-free environment. At any point of time if you feel like changing the design template, Pixpa gives you the option to do so in a seamless manner.
The easy to use three way navigation system – view next / previous controls, thumbnail based gallery view and slideshow view enables visitors to your site to browse your portfolio galleries in a flawless manner.
All Pixpa websites are fully loaded with powerful and relevant features like a very flexible and expandable menu structure that enables to create unlimited image/video galleries, editable information pages and external links for your site. You can also create password protected galleries for client access, a home page slideshow of up to 5 images that best represent your work and make the perfect first impression. Your Pixpa portfolio website also comes with a Guest Book for visitors’ feedback, full integration with Google Analytics, a Search Engine friendly HTML mirror site for SEO and I-Phone compatible mirror site. Read More→
PhotoDeck Empowers Photographers with Their Own Ecommerce Photography Website
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Aug 12, 2010 – PRESS SUMMARY – PhotoDeck is a service designed to offer photographers a brandable e-commerce solution for presentation and distribution of their images. PhotoDeck was built by a group of professional photographers seeking alternatives to stock licensing outside of the typical stock agency model. It allows self-pricing and sales without the expense of agency commissions.
“Licensing stock has traditionally been an either/or proposition. Either let an agent in for a high percentage or try to make a name for yourself on your own”, said Stephen Kennedy, a stock portrait photographer. “PhotoDeck’s strength is the almost limitless customization that allows me to add and modify features with ease, while presenting my images in a similar manner as the mega agencies.”
As social networks and search engines increasingly provide opportunities for photographers to market themselves, many see the future in their own branded e-commerce website. Read More→
Pictage Acquires ShootQ
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July 7, 2010 – PRESS SUMMARY - Pictage announced their acquisition of ShootQ, a web-based software company offering the industry’s most advanced business management solution. The combination of Pictage and ShootQ will will give photographers a comprehensive platform to manage their workflow, promote their brand, connect with community, and sell their work. Read More→
Shutterfly Photo Books “Friend” Facebook
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May 22, 2010 – Here’s something that all of you 400 million + Facebook users may be interested in. Shutterfly, the #1 photo book provider, announced the integration of its Simple Path photo book creation experience with Facebook, allowing users to access their photos and their friend’s photos to create premium quality photo books in minutes.
Picasa Makes it Easy to Share Photos on Google Buzz, Blogger and Twitter
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May 2, 2010 - Google just updated their Picasa service by adding links to make it easier to share a photo or an entire album on Google Buzz, Blogger and Twitter. When viewing a photo, you’ll now see icons to the right for each social network. Simply click the appropriate icon, customize your message and post it. Google also updated the “Link to Photo” URL so that the album name is hidden on the viewer’s photo page, making it possible to share just one photo within an album keeping the rest of it private. See the Google blog for more details.
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PhotoShelter Releases Free Report “The Photography Blog Handbook”
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May 2, 2010 - PhotoShelter just released the latest in their popular series of free reports for photographers titled “The Photography Blog Handbook”. The handbook provides essential internet marketing guidance for aspiring and pro photographers looking to grow their photography business online. This 35 page e-book tackles some of photographers’ most commonly asked questions about managing a photography blog, like Why should I blog? How can blogging really help me get more business? How do I make the time I spend blogging worthwhile? And, who’s reading this thing anyway? Here’s a link to download your free copy of The Photography Blog Handbook. Read More→
Peachpit Announces Free Online Resource Center for Adobe Creative Suite 5
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May 2, 2010 - To accompany the Adobe CS5 launch, Peachpit, publishers of technology books, eBooks and videos for creative people, announced the launch of their CS5 online resource center and the publication of new books and videos designed to enable readers to get the most out of the powerful features of CS5. The resource center offers complimentary excerpts, video tutorials, detailed book descriptions and articles from CS5 experts. Their new books and videos are aimed at all levels of users and cover all that’s new in CS5, including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Flash Catalyst and more. Read More→
Pictage Adds Slideshows for Premium and Pro Subscribers
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April 23, 2010
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Pictage Announces General Availability of Slideshows Application for Professional Photographers to Quickly and Easily Showcase Images to Clients
Leading Online Platform for Professional Photographers Incorporates Powerful Service for Creating, Displaying and Distributing Engaging Slideshows in Just Minutes; Slideshows Enables Pictage Members to Effortlessly Share Images with Clients in Professional Online Presentations with Music and Effects
TORRANCE, Calif.–Pictage (http://www.pictage.com), the leading professional photographer community and online platform for marketing, selling, and fulfilling professional photo products, today announced the completion of beta and general availability of Slideshows, an exciting application that allows professional photographers to easily create multimedia presentations of professional photos in just minutes, and then effortlessly share them with clients and prospects by e-mail, via Web sites, blogs, and social media profiles, or in person. Available for free to Pictage Premium and Pro plan subscribers, the powerful tool simplifies a photographer’s marketing workflow, and complements the company’s many other services designed to save time and enable photographer success. Read More→
