tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3 2008-05-09T03:46:15Z Everything Marketplace Movable Type 3.34 tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1156 2008-05-08T15:45:01Z 2008-05-09T03:46:15Z

With a concentration of top photographers, media companies - publishers, advertising, design, broadcast, corporate-- and picture libraries, London's photo community is incredibly vibrant and diverse. It was therefore wonderful to see so many picture buyers, photographers and agency members turn...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ BAPLA Picture Buyer Fair this week. Opening night reception, BAPLA Picture Buyer's Fair, London, May 7, 2008 © drr.net During the opening night reception, BAPLA announced annual awards for newspapers with the highest percentage of images published with proper photo credit. The winners were The Sunday Independent with 73% pf published images credited; Telegraph with 64%. The Sun was chastised for having the lowest percentage with only a mere 37% of all published images appearing with a credit. Digital Railroad UK Sales Manager Andy Mitchell meets picture buyers at BAPLA. © drr.net The most well received featured at the show for Digital Railroad was our Research Network. After being introduced to the service, several buyers were so excited by the potential to tap 1000's of member archives for fresh images, they entered requests for images before leaving the show floor. © drr.net UK Member Support Manager James Jones demos Digital Railroad archives to Angela Murphy. Of course, no BAPLA fair would be complete without "tipping a few jars" with editors and picture buyers at Cantina, an annual tradition. As usual, the place was packed with revelers spilling out on to the sidewalk to enjoy laughs among friends and colleagues. London's photo community gathers at Cantina Augustus Pub post-BAPLA, May 7, 2008 © drr.net See more images from this years event and mark you calendar for next year!]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1153 2008-05-07T21:00:00Z 2008-05-08T19:44:45Z

© Angela Drury / drr.net Digital Railroad was a sponsor of the recent Lightroom Adventure Tasmania. The photographers are back from the trip, rested and hard at work uploading their amazing photos to Digital Railroad. Over the next few...

Maris Berzins © Angela Drury / drr.net Digital Railroad was a sponsor of the recent Lightroom Adventure Tasmania. The photographers are back from the trip, rested and hard at work uploading their amazing photos to Digital Railroad. Over the next few weeks we'll be featuring the great images of these hardy adventurers, demonstrating their unique, diverse points of view and expanding our Marketplace catalog. Award winning photographer Angela Drury was one of the brave souls on the trip and has uploaded a number of her photos into Marketplace. According to our Directory of Photography, Tom Wear, some of her photos have already been used in response to a Research Network request! We hope you enjoy Angela's work and you'll come back to see the amazing photos of the rest of the photographer's over the coming weeks. ]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1152 2008-05-07T10:53:54Z 2008-05-07T10:58:28Z

This month's ad from the ongoing "Believe Your Eyes" campaign for photo buyers, includes a portrait of blues musician Macavine Hayes image produced by Digital Railroad member Jimmy Williams during a long term project to document blues guitarists located...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ This month's ad from the ongoing "Believe Your Eyes" campaign for photo buyers, includes a portrait of blues musician Macavine Hayes image produced by Digital Railroad member Jimmy Williams during a long term project to document blues guitarists located in the rural south. Creative Review is the UK's top creative advertising trade publication. Look for Jimmy's wonderful image in the May issue's inside front cover.]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1145 2008-04-30T10:43:15Z 2008-04-30T13:22:05Z

© Thomas Koehler/Photothek.net/drr.net For a story about low sales and job cuts at chip manufacturer AMD, Business Week published this image from Digital Railroad member Thomas Koehler/Photothek....

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ © Thomas Koehler/Photothek.net/drr.net For a story about low sales and job cuts at chip manufacturer AMD, Business Week published this image from Digital Railroad member Thomas Koehler/Photothek.]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1144 2008-04-26T10:38:23Z 2008-04-26T11:24:00Z

© Image Source/drr.net Just in time for the Beijing Olympics, our friends from Image Source has just added to Marketplace some terrific new images featuring Olympic themed images. All model released, all the time....

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ © Image Source/drr.net Just in time for the Beijing Olympics, our friends from Image Source has just added to Marketplace some terrific new images featuring Olympic themed images. All model released, all the time.]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1143 2008-04-25T14:04:21Z 2008-04-25T14:50:27Z

Traveling and photographing on assignment throughout the United States and Europe for several decades, Jessie Walker has uniquely captured design statements in thousands of homes as well as formal and informal gardens and an outstanding variety of holiday and studio...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ Jessie Walker has uniquely captured design statements in thousands of homes as well as formal and informal gardens and an outstanding variety of holiday and studio set-ups featuring collections of antiques. © Jessie Walker/drr.net Magazine Credits include: American Style, Architectural Digest, Better Homes & Gardens, Cottages & Bungalows, Country Living, Country Living Gardener,Country Sampler, Home Magazine, House Beautiful Decorating Ideas, Midwest Home Chicago, Old House Interiors, Romantic Homes, Woman's Day and more. Honored for the photography of interiors by The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Jessie Walker continues with a stream of new assignments capturing innovative likenesses while continually adding fresh images to her stock library. ASMP (American Society of Media Photographers) Member. SAA (Stock Artists Alliance) Member. See more of Jessie's images in Marketplace]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1136 2008-04-22T10:15:23Z 2008-04-22T10:36:11Z

High end travel tour operator Abercrombie & Kent feature multiple images from Digital Railroad Marketplace in a new catalog promoting exclusive private tours of "Africa: Desert Kingdoms and Natural Splendors." Photo Credits: Jardin Majorelle in the Ville Nouvelle of Marrakech,...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ Photo Credits: Jardin Majorelle in the Ville Nouvelle of Marrakech, © John Warburton-Lee/Danita Delimont/drr.net; Tower of Spices, © Sam Bloomberg-Rissman/drr.net Photo Credit: Priest with Cross, Ethiopia, © Wolfgang Kaelher/drr.net ]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1133 2008-04-21T10:13:23Z 2008-04-21T11:48:40Z

Photo Credit: © Bowater/Mira/drr.net Look for this image of The Palais Royal by member Bowater/MIRA in the May issue of ELLE Brasil. Do you know of other killer photos of Paris in the Marketplace? If so, cut and paste...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ Photo Credit: © Bowater/Mira/drr.net Look for this image of The Palais Royal by member Bowater/MIRA in the May issue of ELLE Brasil. Do you know of other killer photos of Paris in the Marketplace? If so, cut and paste the image link from Marketplace into the "comments" of this post and let the rest of us see your editing chops. Here's one of my personal favs by Galen Rowell also from the Mira collection. Merci!]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1134 2008-04-18T19:58:02Z 2008-04-20T23:40:07Z

Check out the cool interactive feature in the online edition of POP Photo. Mouse-over the images of McCain, Obama and Clinton to see what the future holds for each of the presidential hopefuls. Web page © Hachette Fillipacchi The article...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ online edition of POP Photo. Mouse-over the images of McCain, Obama and Clinton to see what the future holds for each of the presidential hopefuls. Web page © Hachette Fillipacchi The article features images POP Photo selected from Marketplace members Archie Carpenter, Ron Sachs, Remi Ochlik, Kevin Dietsch and David Paul Morris. Got a "before" and "after" image you'd like to share from Digital Railroad Marketplace? Post the links in the "Comments" below.]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1128 2008-04-17T03:36:31Z 2008-04-17T03:41:19Z

When photographing a person on a white or plain background (or even on location if the background is simple), the choice of cropping can often help, but also sometimes hurt, the sales potential of an image. A tight, dramatic crop...

Tom Wear © Blend Images/Andersen Ross/drr.net However it's still very common for a buyer to request an image where the subject can be clipped out, which means that in order to look right the person can't have pieces cropped off of his or her head, elbows, etc. Just missing a little bit of the subject off one side of the frame doesn't make the composition any stronger and it can definitely lose a potential sale if the buyer needs to clip out the subject. © Blend Images/Andersen Ross/drr.net Of course unless you're shooting completely full figure there has to a somewhat of a crop, but it should be confined to just the bottom of the frame so that the rest of the subject is clean. Like this: © Blend Images/Andersen Ross/drr.net So a good rule of thumb is either crop powerfully or not at all. Finally, if the image is composed to allow for clipping, be sure your keywords make it easy to find. "Cutout" is the most common term, and "white background" or "plain background" are also useful.]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1131 2008-04-16T22:10:58Z 2008-04-17T18:25:33Z

© Nicholas Tucker / drr.net In my role as Digital Railroad's Director of Photography and Editorial Services, I have an interesting view from the crossroads. I see the collections and images being added to Marketplace, and I also see...

Tom Wear © Nicholas Tucker / drr.net In my role as Digital Railroad's Director of Photography and Editorial Services, I have an interesting view from the crossroads. I see the collections and images being added to Marketplace, and I also see the requests and searches from the large and diverse group of art buyers, both Editorial and Commercial users, who come to us every day for their image needs. It’s a fascinating variety on both sides. Having worked with photographers for the last 20+ years as an art director and editor, I know what it takes to create memorable -- and best selling -- images. Art and Commerce are not incompatible. Great art happens when vision meets preparation. And images that become "best sellers" don't happen by accident; they happen when you know your audience and can deliver what they want. In my posts to this blog I hope to provide both inspiration and some down-to-earth mechanics to help our members produce, choose, and market the best and most successful images. My first post, about cropping, is pretty nuts-and-bolts, but the concept could help make the difference between a sale and no sale. Please comment freely – it’s in the wisdom of the community that we gain the most knowledge!]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1130 2008-04-16T22:00:36Z 2008-04-16T22:37:45Z

Photo Credit: Sephi Bergerson/drr.net Crack open the current issue 1:2008 of ASPP's "The Picture Professional" to see our new full page ad. Thanks to member Sephi Bergerson for sharing the story behind the image....

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ Photo Credit: Sephi Bergerson/drr.net Crack open the current issue 1:2008 of ASPP's "The Picture Professional" to see our new full page ad. Thanks to member Sephi Bergerson for sharing the story behind the image.]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1122 2008-04-08T10:46:03Z 2008-04-08T17:32:18Z

Delighted to see the work of Jimmy Williams added this month to Marketplace. Too many superlatives to be contained in a single blog entry so we'll let the pictures do the talking. © Jimmy Williams/drr.net Jimmy Williams’ most recent passions...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ © Jimmy Williams/drr.net Jimmy Williams’ most recent passions include two series that have been compiled over the past few years. In VIVA L'ITALIA you will take a journey through Italy seeing its many splendors accentuated by Williams’ fine art style of photography. As he toured the rolling hills of Tuscany and the dramatic coastal regions he captured the heart of Italy found in its people and their many persona. © Jimmy Williams/drr.net SOUL is Williams’ intimate portrayal of Southern Blues Musicians, their families, and other local subjects that portray the heart & soul of the Southern United States. © Jimmy Williams/drr.net Recent commercial accomplishments include campaigns for Barilla, Hyatt, Daufuskie Island Resort & Breathe Spa, Lowe’s, British Virgin Islands Tourism, Costa Cruise Lines, Carnival, and more. See more of Jimmy's images in Marketplace.]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1120 2008-04-03T19:05:41Z 2008-04-03T20:34:33Z

© Blend Images/Erik Isakson/drr.net Blend Images has just loaded a set of fresh, new images to Marketplace. We're big Blend fans at DRR and no wonder: great photographers and fresh images featuring lots of diverse talent-- always in demand...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ © Blend Images/Erik Isakson/drr.net Blend Images has just loaded a set of fresh, new images to Marketplace. We're big Blend fans at DRR and no wonder: great photographers and fresh images featuring lots of diverse talent-- always in demand by buyers. And, if you haven't heard, not that we're keeping it a secret, Blend has added a new 500K file option for purchase at the incredible price of just $49. Like we said, what's not to like?]]> tag:blog.digitalrailroad.net,2008:/marketplace//3.1117 2008-04-02T13:19:22Z 2008-04-02T17:49:54Z

Picturehouse Chicago is coming soon and we'll be ready to see our buyer friends in the Windy City. We'll be featuring our new display (shhh, super secret), announcing some fantastic new collections, giving away (as usual) natty tees and...

Mark Ippolito http://www.digitalrailroad.net/mippolito/ Picturehouse Chicago is coming soon and we'll be ready to see our buyer friends in the Windy City. We'll be featuring our new display (shhh, super secret), announcing some fantastic new collections, giving away (as usual) natty tees and our latest must have accessory, the exclusive DRR designer shoulder bag. Photo buyers can register to attend FREE. So, if you're in Chicago, April 16th, be sure to come by and say hello to our Chicago-based MidWest Sales Manager Christopher Beauchamp, check out some fresh images and get your free cool merch. I mean isn't that the real reason we go to trade shows?]]>