Comments on: Friday Link Love

By: Alin

Alin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:41:07 +0000

LAME!

Would have been funny in 1997

By: A Photo Editor

A Photo Editor — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:34:13 +0000

@Terence Patrick,
There’s a real science to writing surveys and getting the response you wanted back. Magazines hire people in the circulation department to create demographic data this way.

The better the photographer the worse their website design is for the user. Doesn’t seem to prevent them for getting jobs.

By: Patrick Cormier

Patrick Cormier — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:27:02 +0000

I’m really sad that your new feed of video using Hulu are not available outside the US. I’m in Canada, that’s not far, but i’m not able to see your feed.

I’ll find a way to see it anyways, but for the peoples that are not Computer-Savvy that will be a pain!

Great Blog by the way, very usefull.

By: Damon Vrettos

Damon Vrettos — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:29:24 +0000

Wow. WOW. That video for the five best newspapers was astonishing. I know you said not to look at it…but I had to.

Miles Davis must be exhausted from turning in his grave.

All was redeemed with the Sir Mix Alot sketch. Priceless.

By: Susan Seubert

Susan Seubert — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:13:45 +0000

Regarding the Photoshelter survey, I must agree with APE that the survey does make those photo researchers and art buyers surveyed sound a bit whiny, but I understand that everyone is busy and demands on everyone are much greater now than they probably once were. However, photographers should build good, functional sites that fit the needs or desires of that individual. Regarding stock, I spend much of my day filling image requests that researchers could have found through my Photoshelter account but didn’t bother to even look in the first place. I often point those persons to my stock site, which is directly linked to my portfolio web site. (the stock is now hosted by Photoshelter site, btw, thanks to DRR). Those buyers just didn’t make that one extra click. Often, they see via a search engine that I shot a story about xyz and then didn’t click on the thing that says “to see stock, click here.” And why am I not surprised that Photoshelter just happens to have the perfect integration solution for all of those surveyed art buyers? The work flow they propose is simple, but not for those who shoot large assignments over time which are ultimately stymied by embargo periods. And why is it that portfolio web sites should also always function to serve the needs of people looking for stock? I don’t send my printed book out with a price list.

The Facebook terms have been draconian from the beginning, but I was glad to see that they were willing to take a step back. That’s encouraging. :-)
Thanks for the fun Friday links!

By: Terence Patrick

Terence Patrick — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:51:55 +0000

The Photo Shelter survey was so obviously edited to be a sales tool for their website templates it was ridiculous. Page 7, layout preferences, “[Template] D was most hated.” Well guess what D looks like? Livebooks!

By: Thomas Pickard

Thomas Pickard — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:20:00 +0000

Yeah, Hulu links don’t work outside the US (what’s with that?).

As for the Photoshelter research and PE’s wants, I guess it comes down to the fact that function over form should always be a photographer’s number one design goal when it comes to web sites that license photography.

By: Maurizio Camagna

Maurizio Camagna — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Please don’t post Hulu links. The whole world can’t see them.

By: Ryan C

Ryan C — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:14:44 +0000

Thanks for all the links….I just noticed that one of my old professors from Brooks Institute (Chris Orwig) will be a Seminar Instructor at the Palm Springs Photo Festival. Cool deal he was a great professor…Photoshop genius!!!

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:49:52 +0000

This facebook business scared me half to death. I nearly tore down all my pictures. It probably wouldn’t help anyway, since they have all the data cached somewhere. One has to hope it wouldn’t really stand up in court. But who knows…