End of microstock photography?

April 6, 2010 | Filed Under Photography, Uncategorized | Leave a Comment 

http://fairtradephotographer.blogspot.com/2010/03/microstock-why-would-reputable-company.html

has an article showing companies using the same team photo, a microstock shot of models.

Any working photographer that gets a fee should check out
http://www.tineye.com

Download their browser plugin, and then whenever you see an image on the web, just right click and Tineye will show you a list of sites using the same image - even if the photo has been cropped, altered, had text superimposed, switched, the lot.

SO far they have only indexed a tiny percentage of the images on the web, but it is growing all the time.

So microstock users beware… you can run, but you can’t hide!



Devon couple in Flintstones-themed wedding.An unusual and alternative wedding for the wedding photographer.

April 1, 2010 | Filed Under Weddings | Leave a Comment 

I Yabba-Dabba-Do! Couple tie the knot in Flintstones-themed wedding

As weddings go, it was quite a yabba dabba do. . . Not only did the happy couple dress up as Fred Flintstone and wife Wilma, but all the guests went as characters from the much-loved caveman cartoon too.

Groom Ed Robinson, a 34-year-old fireman, wore Fred’s orange and black furs and a black wig, while bride Gayle Watson was in traditional white - albeit a one-shouldered Wilma-style number teamed with a mockrock necklace and a vivid orange beehive.

The best man and maid of honour transformed into Barney and Betty Rubble, while the bridesmaid and page boy were Pebbles and Bam Bam.

Ed and Gayle on their Flintstone wedding in Combe Martin, North Devon, with their guests who dressed up as Flintstone characters and cavemen

The wedding: Ed and Gayle on their Flintstone wedding in Combe Martin, North Devon, with their guests who dressed up as Flintstone characters and cavemen

There was even a Flintstones car created for the occasion and an inflatable giraffe filling in for family pet Dino.

Mr Robinson and his 29-year-old bride said ‘Yabba dabba, I do’ in front a registrar at a theatre in Ilfracombe, Devon, before the Flintstones theme played as they signed the register.

The reception was near the seafront in their home village of Combe Martin.

Mrs Robinson said: ‘The Flintstones idea made sense because we both love fancy dress and where we live in Combe Martin the scenery looks very prehistoric.’

Flintstone wedding

Cartoon nuptials: Ed Robinson and Gayle Watson dressed up as Fred and Wilma Flintstone for their wedding