Linked Content Coalition will Make Online Content more Accessible and User-friendly
Nov 21. 2012 by CEPIC_2 - This media industry-led technical project, that aims to create the
basis for a universally recognisable way to communicate rights
information for online content, is forging ahead. The objective is to
create something that would achieve what the banking sector’s “IBAN”
achieves. The IBAN allows transactions to take place between banks all
over the world despite each bank having their own internal systems. The
LCC work will enable a similar level of functionality for accessing,
using and sharing all kinds of digital content whether that be text,
music or film, for example. Every sector has its own system for
expressing and managing rights. LCC is doing the groundwork to make it
possible to create that umbrella layer of communication over the whole
content sector like the IBAN.
Progress of the technical work was presented at the project’s second
plenary in Brussels last week and it is clear already that the LCC is on
track to create a unique rights reference model for the entire content
sector. Some of the draft technical papers can be viewed at: http://www.linkedcontentcoalition.org.
The project, that will be subject to peer review and testing, is due for completion in January 2013.
World’s largest independent stock photo site highlights the top 10 most photographed cities.
As London continues to welcome this year’s influx of summer holidaymakers, the city has come top in a list of the world’s most photographed. So, if you are one of the 27 million [1] people planning to visit London in 2011, then don’t forget to pack your camera – it seems you’ll be in good company.
Independent stock photo agency, Alamy (www.alamy.com), has the largest collection of stock images online. Here, the company provides its list of the world’s most photographed cities.
1. London – currently 804,468 images on the Alamy website. The world’s most photographed city has almost double the amount of images of New York. London has everything to offer, from historical monuments to beautiful parks, museums, restaurants and clubs. And, we can’t ignore the hype that now surrounds the city in the run up to the 2012 Olympic Games.
2. New York – currently 416,048 images on the Alamy website. The city that never sleeps is the most popular place to be photographed in the United States. We’d expect to see this at the top of the list, with famous monuments including: The Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building and Brooklyn Bridge (all of which featured in Alamy’s top 10 list of the world’s most photographed monuments).
3. Los Angeles – currently 302,732 images on the Alamy website. With a population of over three million – it is the most populous city in California, and the second biggest in the United States. Over 46 million overnight visitors [2] go to LA and the Orange Counties each year, visiting attractions including: Disney Land, Venice Beach and Universal Studios.
4. Paris – currently 207,558 images on the Alamy website. The Eiffel Tower recently came top of the list as the world’s most photographed monument, yet Paris only appears fourth on the list here. It seems tourists are fixated with the Eiffel Tower, but are perhaps not as ‘wowed’ by the city.
5. Berlin – currently 116,531 images on the Alamy website. The capital of Germany and the country’s most populated city. Famous monuments to snap include: The Brandenburg Gate, Reichstag, Checkpoint Charlie and The Berlin Wall. East meets West in Berlin, making it a visually diverse city.
6. Rome – currently 107,078 images on the Alamy website. Italy’s capital and most populated city. Rome’s famous historical monuments include: The Colosseum and The Vatican.
7. Miami - currently 72,831 images on the Alamy website. This is perhaps a bit of a surprise, but those who have visited with a camera will tell you there's something to shoot on every street corner, from the beach to diverse architecture, everyday life to a spot of ‘how the other half live’.
8. Barcelona – currently 69,581 images on the Alamy website. Spain’s second largest city, and well known in recent times for hosting the 1992 Olympic Games. Its distinctive Gaudi architecture also remains popular with photographers because it’s so unique.
9. Tokyo - currently 66,477 images on the Alamy website. As the world’s most populous metropolis, and Japan’s capital, it is hardly surprising this city appears in the top
10. Hong Kong - currently 62,441 images on the Alamy website. The city’s striking contemporary architecture and extraordinary skyline are sure to be the main reasons why this city makes it onto the list.
Commenting on the top ten most photographed cities, Alan Capel, head of content at Alamy, said: “I suspect the order of the first five cities is heavily influenced by a strong mix of both tourism and business. The latter five provide a strong mix of cultural, historical and visual intrigue. For example shooting Tokyo and Hong Kong at night can give stimulating and powerful results.
“London clearly has universal appeal with the largest number of photographs by far. And, I would anticipate its lead to increase further in the run up to and during 2012 with an influx of tourists and sports fans and new infrastructure and buildings to photograph.
“Cities offer a rich mix of cultures, colours and styles – and a good photograph can provide real insight into their life and soul.”
Introducing IMSO (pronounced I’m So) - the new blog brought to you by Image Source, providing news and insight on the imagery setting agendas in advertising, marketing, design and culture.
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Nov 08. 2010 02:11 by CEPIC - The Agency for the Promotion of Professional Photography in France (APPPF or A3PF), launches the 3rd edition of "The Photograph of the Year". This contest is exclusively reserved for professional photographers living in Europe.
18 trophies will be awarded in March 2011, during a ceremony which will gather the 48 finalists (three per subject) of the sixteen categories awarded, plus the photograph of the year and a trophy of honor!
For this third edition of the competition, there will be sixteen categories.
The first of the new categories will be reserved for photography students and the theme will be free. The second will reward humanistic photography, a way of honoring our distinguished elders. The third will distinguish the best digital creation, limited only by the imagination of photographers. Finally, a returning category, still life.
Once the winners are known, the winning photographs will be compiled into a traveling exhibition. It will criss-cross France, initially among the sponsors, and then in the biggest French festivals of photographs. "Photographs of the Year" will also be compiled in a book as in previous years. The 48 winning photos plus a portfolio of some pages on the photographer will be honored at this event.
For each category, the winner will receive a statuette worth 150 to 200 € and royalties on books, postcards, posters published by the APPPF, whose terms will be determined by contract with the APPPF, or the equivalent in books and postcards. The winner of the Photograph of the Year will receive € 10 000 of Nikon equipment. Other sponsors will offer prizes or material benefits.
Selection of winners of "Photographs of the Year" is made by a jury of experienced professional photographers, festival directors and journalists, only recognized professionals.
The photograph of the year in each category is the work of professional photographers during the calendar year. The photographs must be taken between January 1 and December 31, 2010.
* Photographs must be submitted no later than January 15, 2011
* For further information or to download the complete contest rules go to: http://www.photographiesdelannee.com
Aug 06. 2010 09:08 by CEPIC - The German Association of Pictures Agencies (BVPA), offers a three day workshop from 14th to 16th October 2010 in Hamburg.
The following topics will be included:
14 October: How to build up your list of clients
15 October: How to mantain customer relations
16 October: How to negotiate royalties
Target group: Managers as well as staff of picture agencies who are working within the sales department
Jul 19. 2010 11:07 by CEPIC - IPTC has released a Photo Metadata Toolkit for Adobe CS3 to CS5 products together with PLUS on the 15th of July.
It includes a User Guide for the already built-in IPTC panels of CS5 and adds IPTC Extension and PLUS fields to Adobe Bridge CS3 and CS4 by an easy to use IPTC-PLUS Metadata panel which comes with a comprehensive User Guide too.
This Toolkit boosts the easy and successful use of IPTC and PLUS photo metadata with Adobe CS3 to CS5 products.
Download and use the Toolkit free of charge. Download the latest version v2 of the IPTC-PLUS Metadata panel
What is the Toolkit for?
The IPTC-PLUS Photo Metadata Toolkit for Adobe CS includes:
* For the IPTC Core and IPTC Extension file-info panels built into CS5: a comprehensive User Guide for both schemas
* A plug-in IPTC-PLUS Metadata Panel for Bridge CS3/CS4 for the IPTC Core, IPTC Extension and the PLUS metadata - with a comprehensive User Guide for all fields
* Example images
The panels built-into CS5 and the plug-in panels for Bridge CS3/CS4 include the granular metadata fields of the IPTC Photo Metadata and also a set of fields for the communication of image rights metadata, based on industry standard developed by the PLUS Coalition.
The Bridge panels add IPTC Extension and PLUS metadata capability to Adobe CS3 and CS4 as these versions have no built-in metadata panels available for these two standards, while CS5 has. Creating the plug-in panels was a joint effort of both organisations.
The User Guide documents aim at non-expert metadata writers. They cover the basic IPTC Core fields which keep the most essential information about an image and also the IPTC Extension fields which add fields to clearly identify all persons, organisations, locations and artwork object in the image, further they make model and property releases available and provide details about the creator, the copyright owner and the licensor of the image.
The guidelines for using the PLUS fields explain how to express the usage rights of an image in many variations, including constraints. The user guide documents were authored by David Riecks who has already written the first guide for the IPTC Core in 2005.
What's in the Toolkit?
This Toolkit is a package of 8 files:
* IPTC File Info panel in CS5 User Guide
This PDF document provides guidelines for all IPTC fields as available by the "IPTC" and the "IPTC Ext" File-Info panels delivered with Adobe CS5 products.
* IPTC-PLUS Metadata Panels for Bridge CS3 and higher
This file provides panels for IPTC Core, IPTC Extension and PLUS metadata. The panels may only be run from Adobe Bridge, version CS3 or higher. The intention this panel is to add IPTC Extension and PLUS capability to CS3 and CS4 as for both versions no corresponding file-info panels are available.
* IPTC-PLUS Metadata Panels - Installer
This is a script for installing the Panel script above.
* IPTC-PLUS Metadata Panels User Guide
This PDF document provides guidelines for all IPTC and PLUS fields as available by IPTC-PLUS Metadata panel, see above.
* 4 example image files
These image files have already a rich set of metadata and may be used as reference.
The Toolkit package can be downloaded and used free of charge.
New Board in Place to Preside over PACA’s 15th Annual International Conference.
Introducing the New 2010-2012 PACA Board
Jul 15. 2010 02:07 by CEPIC - Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) new President Robert Henson is looking forward to joining hundreds of professional photography industry leaders in taking a bite out of the Big Apple. PACA's 15th International Conference returns to the historic Downtown Marriott in New York City from October 15-17th, 2010.
Henson, who is also the Director of Channel Relations and Sales for Blend Images, takes over the presidential roles from Maria Kessler who remains a Board officer as Immediate Past President. Henson has a strong industry background and was Co-Chair of the Technology Committee for the last two years. This will be Henson’s first experience on the Executive Board as it will be for almost half of the new board.
"We had our initial board meeting recently and I had remarked that in the 13 years I’ve been in this industry it has been nothing but change." Henson recently stated in an interview with John Lund. "Faster creation, distribution and consumption of visual content across all devices; advances in the sophistication of content, including DRM; challenges to copyright, especially fair use and piracy. Our interests are quite diverse, but the market opportunity is immense for our members."
PACA’s new Executive Board also includes:
* Vice President: Nancy Carrizales (Animals Animals/Earth Scenes)
* Treasurer: Dave Herbig (Danita Delimont Stock Photography)
* Secretary: Alan Bailey (Rubbertball)
* Members-At-Large: Jason Brown (Corbis) and Megan Murphy (Getty Images),
Cathy Aron, PACA Executive Director, and Nancy Wolff, PACA Counsel, continue on the Board as non-voting members.
International Conference Highlights
In challenging market conditions it’s essential for organizations and business alike to set goals, which makes weekends like these critical to ensure long-term success. PACA’s 15th Annual International Conference is designed to revolutionize the way its members do business. The weekend event offers cutting-edge informative sessions, international networking opportunities and solutions to the issues that affect stock photography industry. Some of the highlights include:
* PacaSearch Update – Recently introduced, PACA’s own mega meta-search with over 70 member agencies participating to date and more than 70 million images available for worldwide clients to find at blinding speed.from just one unique site.
* Expert Panels – Inspirational speakers and industry gurus with information that people will be tweeting about for weeks.
* Trends – How will the market change and which technological advances will most significantly impact the image industry in the coming years? What should businesses be shooting or acquiring now to meet those needs?
* Safeguarding Your Assets – Update copyright protection arsenal with vital legal decisions and recent news straight out of the Copyright Office covering everything from registering images, to effective ways to trace and chase infringers.
* Marketing – It used to be about how to find our clients, but now it’s all about how prospects find us. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and social networking are here to stay.
* Networking – There is no better place to meet industry leaders and potential partners to discuss new business opportunities for collaboration in an informal setting.
Reasons to attend:
Here are what some attendees had to say about last year’s PACA International Conference.
It’s the perfect meeting place to make contacts with colleagues from agencies around the globe and find new content and opportunities for representation.
Carlos Angel, Other Images, Panama
Allows us to get a year’s work done in a week. It’s like speed dating for business!
Lanny Ziering, Superstock, Florida
Attending last year's PACA International Conference sessions created the opportunity for us, as a footage agency, to reach out to a global market and to grow as a company. Thank you PACA!
JP Welgus, Apex Stock, California
Helping its members to maximize travel budgets, PACA timed its annual meeting to coordinate with Visual Connections’ Photo Expo (formerly Picturehouse USA) on October 13th where members can meet new and current customers.
Updates on the 15th Annual International Conference will be available in the coming weeks at the PACA website.
Register now and take advantage of the special early-bird discount rates.
About PACA
Founded in 1951, PACA, the Picture Archive Council of America, is the trade organization in North America that represents the interests of stock archives. Through advocacy, education and communication, PACA strives to foster and protect the interests of the media archive community. Accordingly, we work to develop useful business standards and promote ethical business practices; actively advocate copyright protection; collect and disseminate timely information; and take an active role in the media licensing community by building relationships with organizations from related industries.
PACA has just released a brand new search tool called pacaSearch. At a time when creatives are required to do more, in less time, with fewer resources, pacaSearch.com is the answer. This new mega meta-search engine allows you to search over 70 million licensable stock photos and illustrations with just one click! A dynamic, lightning-fast index spanning over 60 stock agencies, included collections range from generalist giants to boutique specialty libraries. What used to take hours or days now takes seconds. And, best of all, it’s free. See it for yourself—visit www.pacaSearch.org and watch the short video presentation.
* For more information about PACA and/or pacaSearch please contact:
Jul 12. 2010 06:07 by CEPIC - Visual Connections New York image expos draw in the region of 1,000 professional picture buyers and researchers each year to see over 100 stock agencies and photographers from around the world.
With most exhibitors returning year after year, this exclusive stock image industry has a proven track record in helping agencies develop new business in this key US market.
For a limited time, BAPLA and PACA members qualify for a 10% discount on exhibition space and advertising. And most UK companies qualify for a government grant of £1,000 under the Tradeshow Access Programme. Further details and links may be found here: http://www.visualconnections.com/NY2010/exhibit.php
Booking early brings many benefits:
* You get one of your top table choices. Popular spots (ends of aisles, close to the food areas, and by the entrance) go first.
* Your company gets listed on the event gallery from the day you book, in the order that bookings are received, so the earlier you book, the more exposure you get.
* If you’re not yet listed in the public Image Sources directory, your free subscription will start as soon as we receive your first payment.
* Your company name is mentioned in more ads and promotional pieces in the run-up to the event.
Don’t delay, book now! If you need to spread payments please ask us about arranging a payment plan.
If you have not exhibited with us before, here is a summary of what we offer you:
* All-inclusive exhibition space: dressed table, chairs, electricity, signage, and complimentary refreshments throughout the day.
* Affordable pricing, starting at under US$ £1,500 (approx €1,200) for a shared table (with trade organization discount).
* Online presence in our event gallery and international Image Sources directory.
* Mentions in advertising, PR pieces, e-newsletters, and social networking sites.
* 25% discounts on advertising and other promotional opportunities at the event.
* A copy of the registration database after the event.
Here’s what brings the picture buyers flocking to our events:
* We work with major industry organizations, representing both buyers and sellers of visual media, to plan and promote our event.
* We direct-market the event to over 8,000 professionals.
* We print postcard invitations for exhibitors to use to invite their clients.
* We hold the event in a spacious and centrally-located venue.
* We offer everyone quality refreshments throughout the day, including beer and wine in the evening.
* We hold the show until 8pm so people can come along after work.
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* We run a series of educational seminars and free sessions on topics chosen by picture buyers, such as copyright and career development.
* We organize a popular prize draw with prizes donated by exhibitors (whose reward is guaranteed traffic to their table).
ImageRights International, Inc., a company that helps professional photographers and illustrators discover the illegal use of their intellectual property on the Web, is offering a free version of its online image recognition and recovery service to further expand efforts against image piracy.
With this new offering, the company's advanced visual search and crawler technology will continuously scan websites and blogs to protect up to 10,000 images for professional photographers and illustrators. The crawler indexes millions of new images every month and uses powerful image recognition technology to compare customers' photos and illustrations against images found on the Web. It then detects where the customers' images have been used, even if the stolen photos have been altered, cropped, rotated or color adjusted. The customer receives a full report, including a picture of the original image, its use online, and the URL and ownership information for the website where it was found.
"As an advocate for photographers and illustrators, our goal is to help artistic professionals monitor how their work is being used on the Internet, and to partner with them to recoup lost profits when it's being used illegally," said Maria Kessler, senior vice president of business development at ImageRights and former president of the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA). "Image piracy is rampant online and by making these services more accessible, we're enabling creatives to have more control over how their images are used, while sending a clear message that we are patrolling for unauthorized uses."
Customers who take advantage of ImageRights' free service may also participate in the company's new, optional Recovery Program, which will launch next month to help photographers and illustrators obtain compensation for the unauthorized use of their images.
ImageRights will continue to offer its Basic, Standard and Pro packages for a monthly fee of $9.95, $19.95 and $39.95, respectively. Customers who select a paid program and opt into the Recovery Program will share 35 percent of their recovered fees with ImageRights; those who select the free service will share 50 percent of their compensation. Users are welcome to opt out of the ImageRights' Recovery Program to pursue compensation on their own or with the help of their own attorney. For information about ImageRights or to create your free account and start uploading your images now, go to www.imagerights.com.
About ImageRights International
ImageRights International protects professional photographers and illustrators' intellectual property online by identifying illegal use of images and providing a support system to receive proper compensation. With its industrial strength crawler technology continuously scanning business sites, blogs, news/media sites and more, ImageRights works as an agent to support proper compensation for image use. Founded in 2008, ImageRights International is a global company headquartered in Cambridge, Mass. It is a proud member of the APA (www.apanational.com), CEPIC (www.cepic.org), and PACA (www.pacaoffice.org).
A photographic initiative to overcome Alpine barriers and connect biodiversity.
Jun 26. 2010 11:06 by CEPIC - Taking advantage of the Biodiversity Day, on May, 22nd starts the initiative "Clicks beyond the borders" promoted by the partners of the project "ECONNECT restoring the web of life". The initiative is intended for amateur and professional photographers and aims at gathering meaningful images that express the idea of overcoming barriers in the Alpine arc.
All species need to move, migrate and wander within their habitats. Although, too often men prevent
them from moving freely: a highway or a railroad, a border or differences in legislation between countries become an obstacle that undermines the natural movement of wildlife.
The challenge for the participants is to communicate this problem: their pictures will tell stories of insurmountable barriers and of strategies devised by animals and plants, facilitated also by the aid of man, to overcome them. Participants can submit a maximum of three digital pictures, taken strictly in the Alps, by January 15th 2011, into the group created on the social network FLICKR http://www.flickr.com/groups/econnect/, where people can register and upload their pictures.
A prestigious panel of experts chaired by Denis Curti, critic and director of the photographic agency Contrasto Italy, will evaluate the best 12 photos from March 15th, 2011. Denis Curti
"Using photography as a tool to communicate a so difficult subject is a great opportunity to spread to non-insiders an issue such as ecological connectivity, rarely addressed by general media but no less urgent."
The pictures will be evaluated by the experts according to criteria of adequacy as regards the theme, creativity, originality, quality and technique. The 12 chosen pictures will be shown in an exhibition to be held during the ECONNECT final conference in Berchtesgaden (Germany) in mid 2011 and will be used to create a calendar to be distributed to all the conference participants.
The best works will be awarded with:
* A weekend-stay in the pilot region of Alpi-Marittime at "La locanda del Sorriso"(www.locandadelsorriso.com)
* A weekend-stay in the pilot region of Berchtesgaden-Salzburg at "Alm & Wellnesshotel Alpenhof
(www.alpenhof.in)
* A basket of typical Italian products coming from WWF Italy's protected areas
* WWF-White Star photographic book "Last and wild."
Other awards are in the course of being defined.
The organizers of the initiative are the partners of ECONNECT, a three-year project funded by the European Union, whose main goal is to create connections among Alpine countries and protected areas in order to allow species migrating. Among the 16 partners there are the University of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine of Wien, WWF Italy, the Italian Ministry of Environment, the University of Innsbruck, CIPRA International, the Task Force for Protected Areas and many others. (http://www.flickr.com/groups/econnect/ , www.econnectproject.eu)
Jun 23. 2010 06:06 by CEPIC - Countdown to the 2010 PACA International Conference starts now! Mark your calendars for the 15th edition of this annual event as it returns to a favorite international photography hotspot... New York City: 15 - 17 October 2010
Easily accessible for industry professionals worldwide, we’ll be back in the Big Apple to offer you a weekend of cutting-edge informative sessions and international networking opportunities at the stylish, historic Downtown Marriott. Our Conference weekend is designed to revolutionize the way you do business NOW!
The "Hub" at this year’s meeting is more inclusive than ever. For the first time, your table fees include electricity and wireless Internet! We’ve also added a multi-table registration feature for those looking to maximize their presence in the thick of the action. In this digital age, you can’t overestimate the real-world value of networking that happens across a Hub table, over a drink at the Opening Reception, or at a chance meeting in the hotel lobby.
Our host hotel is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Manhattan. We’ve negotiated an amazing rate of just $259 for room nights October 12-18, 2010 (which is $200 off their regular online price!). To get this discount you must reserve your room by September 21, 2010.
Round out your New York business experience by meeting new and current customers at Visual Connections’ Photo Expo (formerly picturehouse USA) on October 13th. We’ve timed our events to add extra value to your NYC trip. Two popular image professional events, one great city.
* More information will be available on the program and sponsorship opportunities in the coming weeks, so check here for updates.
* Register now to take advantage of the special early-bird discount rates. For more information, contact Cathy Aron, PACA Executive Director, at +1 714/815-8427 or execdirector@pacaoffice.org.
Electric Lane is offering its popular keywording course in August this year and for the first time will also look at keywording video clips.
Trainer Liisa Kaakinen is a stock industry keywording and controlled vocabulary consultant and passes on expertise and tips for bringing keywording up to professional standards.
"Most image collections can do with some help on their keywording" says Electric Lane Director, Sarah Saunders. "A professional , structured approach is one of the drivers to productivity, and in this very tight climate, reliable image retrieval is an essential ingredient for success. We have added a short session on video keywording now that the industry is moving in this direction."
Information on the course can be found at www.electriclane.co.uk in the Courses section.
The famous French photo agency distributes its own extensive heritage collections, the collections of the museums of the city of Paris and represents the photographic collections of independent photographers. With a total of over 6 million photographs the collection covers 150 years of French and international history: world events, fine arts, portraits of artists and celebrities, arts, fashion and science, politics and everyday life. Beyond photography the collections include reproduction of other documents dating back from antiquities to the end of the XXth century.
Apr 22. 2010 02:04 by CEPIC - NordicPhotos has new images and footage available of the volcanic eruption in Iceland from NordicPhotos Reykjavik office. NordicPhotos is also doing photo assignments. With close to 100 photographers contracted in Iceland and secured contracts with people living close to the Volcano.
Photo by David Jon Ogmundsson/NordicPhotos
NordicPhotos can provide unique images of the eruption and future developments. They will also be offering footage.
Here is a lightbox of some of the images that are online at the NordicPhotos site right now.
If you have any interest in any of these images, want to have info about assignment or would like to see the footage. Please contact NordicPhotos in Reykjavik at +354 562 5900 or send email to info@nordicphotos.com
Glowimages, a leading global producer and distributor of stock photography is set to launch its latest Rights Managed collection: Glow Wellness.
Apr 12. 2010 12:04 by CEPIC - This new Glowimages collection is high quality material focusing on health and wellbeing imagery. The collection has an initial 5000 Rights Managed images and covers a very broad range of medical content including medical procedures, daily life in hospital, routine check-ups, emergency treatments, pregnancy and birth. Alongside the traditional treatments, a range of alternative therapies are well documented as well as all aspects of wellbeing from healthy eating, to relaxing in a spa, from yoga exercises through to working out at the gym. This Glow Wellness collection depicts hospital life as well as people with disabilities in a positive light with successful procedures and treatments fitting comfortably alongside a wide ranging imagery of healthy living.
Pepper Stark is working with Glowimages to set up the international distribution network for Glow Wellness. For further information on this collection and to express interest in representation, please contact liz.pepper@pepperstark.com.
Apr 08. 2010 09:04 by CEPIC -Photolibrary, the world’s leading independent producer and distributor of stock images, footage and music is excited to announce its exclusive representation of a brand new press collection.
Presselect is a dynamic, specially edited collection of several hundred thousand images which offers media clients a massive range of news, celebrity and entertainment, historical and travel photography. With images of the world’s politicians to Hollywood stars to historical news events, this collection will appeal to all. This is Photolibrary’s first foray into the world of press and continues the group’s strategy of providing the picture buying community with easy access, striking imagery and unbeatable service across an ever-growing subject range that straddles the unique and the everyday.
Glenn Parker, Photolibrary Group CEO commented: "the representation of Presselect, now available on www.photolibrary.com , cements Photolibrary’s position as the leading independent go-to destination for the world’s picture buyers whether they are commercial or editorial in focus. We have carefully edited this collection to provide a good array of material without the clutter of too many similar style images. The collection commences our drive into the editorial and press area of the stock image market." About Photolibrary
The Photolibrary Group gives customers access to over 7 million images, 2,000 hours of footage and more than 20,000 full composition music tracks available online via www.photolibrary.com plus its specialist websites www.osfimages.com, www.osffootage.com, www.gardenpicture.com, www.freshfoodimages.com, www.monsoonimages.com and now www.peterarnold.com. With offices in 12 countries around the world, the group is able to deliver superior customer service and support. In addition to a unique set of wholly owned brands, the group offers customers over 300 partner brands and represents over 4,000 professional photographers from around the world. The Photolibrary Group has offices in the United Kingdom (London and Leeds), the USA (New York, Chicago and San Francisco), Australia (Sydney and Melbourne), Singapore, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates.
Apr 08. 2010 09:04 by CEPIC -Bluegreen Pictures is the ultimate specialist for marine photography holding a collection of more than 5.000 pictures at mauritius images.
Pictures from all over the world that cover all aspects of marine world, evoke wanderlust and desire for adventures. Bluegreen Pictures is represented by the best marine photographers. Their motives vary from sailing, the sea, marine life and its life style.
Founded in 2001, Bluegreen Pictures forged to the top of the specialists of marine photography. The collection includes all those topics that are needed by creative minds: classical and modern ships, boats, sailing scenes, beach scenes, underwater life, water sports, pictures of waves and weather and various destinations. With the expertise of mauritius images' sales department your picture research will certainly be a success.
About mauritius images
mauritius images GmbH is one of the biggest and leading owner-run picture agencies in Europe and represents over 700 freelance photographers. The agency maintains a continuous mutual exchange of high quality photography with more than 50 renowned partner agencies worldwide and thus guarantees both an international nature and distribution of outstanding imagery. mauritius images is particularly strong in European content. Target industries are the entire visual communication sector, agencies, picture editors, book publishers as well as advertising companies from different branches of trade. The picture agency with its headquarters in Mittenwald/Bavaria can look back upon many decades of successful company history. Founded as early as 1929 in Berlin, the picture archive was rebuilt at today’s company headquarters in Mittenwald during 1947. With numerous innovations mauritius images opened up a wide-ranging customer base over the years. Besides free of charge picture research the customers benefit from personal service and competent advice. There are 70 employees and besides Mittenwald, there are offices in Frankfurt and Vienna.
See the complete portfolio under www.mauritius-images.com.
The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) and the Picture Archive Council of America (PACA) want to draw your attention to a special session at their upcoming "Reinvention Weekend" April 15th – 18th in Boston.
On Saturday morning, April 17th, there will be an Open Forum on the Future of Licensing. It is not often that our industry has the opportunity to bring together licensees and licensors – photo editors, researchers, publishers, stock agencies, photographers; et al. - for a moderated debate on the challenges currently facing our industry. Representative of PLUS (www.useplus.org) will also be on hand to give an update on what new steps they are taking to bring structure to this issue.
According to Jim Pickerell, Saturday’s Open forum session is a necessary meeting of the minds for the stock business. “This program is one of the main reasons I am attending ASPP’s Boston conference. I want my voice to be heard when it comes to discussing what the best new licensing models are for our industry.”
Thanks go to our conference sponsors: PACA, ASMP, Corbis, ADBASE, Virtual Picture Desk, agefotostock, Danita Delimont Stock Photography, Copyright Clearance Center, Hunt Photo & Video, National Geographic and Aurora.
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The American Society of Picture Professional (ASPP) is a community of image experts committed to sharing their experience and knowledge throughout the industry. This non-profit association provides professional networking and educational opportunities for those who create, edit, research, license, manage or publish pictures. For more information go to www.aspp.com or contact the Executive Director Cathy Sachs at cathy@aspp.com
Apr 01. 2010, 10:04 by CEPIC - In an industry increasingly reliant on high volume and low price, image libraries need to increase productivity to thrive in the market. Consultancy Electric Lane now has an offering to help every library reduce workflow costs.
For the first time, a system is available which not only checks images but also fixes many problems automatically. http://www.electriclane.co.uk/
ImageVisa and ImageText create a filtering system for incoming images. Photographers receive templates for metadata and keywords, and images are only passed if data and technical requirements are met. The system can be fine tuned to the needs of the individual library, allowing for customised technical and metadata standards. The images emerge in the correct format with clean customised data .
"This is long overdue" says Electric Lane Director Sarah Saunders. "Our scripts fix as well as check, and that?s a huge boost to productivity. Photographer direct upload becomes more reliable, and staff time is saved. That is the trend for the large agencies and we are pleased to offer the service to agencies of all sizes."
Libraries using the scripts are delighted with the results. "It has revolutionised our business" says one client. " We are so light on our feet now. It's much more efficient, and there's no human error."
vario images represents the diversified RM-collection of Westend61.
Mar 17. 201010:03 by CEPIC GERMANY - vario images and Westend61, one of the largest independent producers of Royalty Free imagery in Germany expand their cooperation. Due to the existing cooperation which has grown for years, vario images represents now as well the Rights Managed-content of Westend61.
Just as the RF-content, the about 10.000 images of the RM-collection captivate with a European picture language and a fresh and contemporary flair, covering in particular the topics Lifestyle and People.
The Westend61 RM-collection contains the following sub-categories:
* Westendstyle
Edgy images, experimental works from the young photographers of Westend61.
* Westendlife
High-quality People and Lifestyle photography for classical topics such as Family, Business, Seniors and much more.
* Westendworld
Fascinating and exciting images of travel, nature and wildlife.
"Due to the long and very productive cooperation with vario images we are very pleased to convert vario to be our distribution partner for the RM-collection. Thanks to the good service, that vario images offers its customers, we see our RM-collection very well-placed. We look forward to our more extensive cooperation and the creative exchange with vario in the future", says Nadine Reichardt, Westend61 International Department.
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vario images is a well-established German stock agency. Since 1989 the agency has been producing and distributing editorial images – back then under the name vario-press. Since 2006 the owner managed agency has been trading under the name vario images, mainly because of the creative extension and the consequent enlargement of its image content. The contemporary portfolio is characterized by a variety of image styles and contains creative and editorial imagery just as current News pictures. vario presents surprising eye-catchers with an outstanding and exceptional image language under its sub-label Coverpixx. The wide-ranged image stock implicates Rights Managed-licensing as well as Royalty Free-photography. vario images is a member of the German association of picture libraries and agencies (BVPA). For more information please check: www.vario-images.com
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