Comments on: Fill In The Blank Stock http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/ Photography Director Rob Haggart Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:52:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Flemish Dreams http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-12966 Flemish Dreams Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:44:17 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-12966 Shoot all square! ;-) Design probs solved. Shoot all square! ;-)
Design probs solved.

]]> By: Hexfire http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11868 Hexfire Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:47:09 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11868 Sometimes I swear designers purposely try to drive photographers insane by always choosing the opposite layout of a photograph that would work perfectly. And your stock list is fantastic, thanks for linking that! Sometimes I swear designers purposely try to drive photographers insane by always choosing the opposite layout of a photograph that would work perfectly. And your stock list is fantastic, thanks for linking that!

]]> By: Pixgremlin http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11433 Pixgremlin Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:23:51 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11433 What you've just ranted about is something I have to deal with nearly every week on some of the publications I work on. What you’ve just ranted about is something I have to deal with nearly every week on some of the publications I work on.

]]> By: Dmorton http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11292 Dmorton Sat, 01 Mar 2008 18:00:33 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11292 Christ that would drive me crazy. The only real problems I had as an architectural photographer were getting construction companies to pay up on time, the odd architect who would expect idiotic and dangerous view points, and the nutters, any 10x8 view camera set up in public is a nutter magnet. Christ that would drive me crazy. The only real problems I had as an architectural photographer were getting construction companies to pay up on time, the odd architect who would expect idiotic and dangerous view points, and the nutters, any 10×8 view camera set up in public is a nutter magnet.

]]> By: Rory http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11225 Rory Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:34:56 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11225 Well, I have some nice shots of Ecuadorian locals playing Volleyball on Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos Archipelago. Vertical and Horizontal FYI. :) Well, I have some nice shots of Ecuadorian locals playing Volleyball on Santa Cruz Island, in the Galapagos Archipelago. Vertical and Horizontal FYI. :)

]]> By: Jana http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11190 Jana Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:39:18 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11190 @4: no one party is the culprit, i'd say. putting out a magazine involves tons of people. if only one of them drops the ball, it gets passed down the line and everyone suffers; as the scheduled closing date looms, options in regards to art (how long we can wait for it, where it's placed and how large it runs) can become really slim. that being said, i've never worked in an art dept where designers are so bad at trouble shooting that they can't accommodate a different photo shape should the original plan not pan out...sad you had to go through that. @4: no one party is the culprit, i’d say. putting out a magazine involves tons of people. if only one of them drops the ball, it gets passed down the line and everyone suffers; as the scheduled closing date looms, options in regards to art (how long we can wait for it, where it’s placed and how large it runs) can become really slim.
that being said, i’ve never worked in an art dept where designers are so bad at trouble shooting that they can’t accommodate a different photo shape should the original plan not pan out…sad you had to go through that.

]]> By: sacha http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11180 sacha Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:20:15 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11180 chimp, why even bother posting that message? Men's Health? could be a simple mistake, or an indication that you aren't really paying that much attention. oh and RATM rules... chimp, why even bother posting that message?
Men’s Health? could be a simple mistake, or an indication that you aren’t really paying that much attention.
oh and RATM rules…

]]> By: A Photo Editor http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11179 A Photo Editor Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:59:29 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11179 Why don't you go ask her? Why don’t you go ask her?

]]> By: chimp champ http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11168 chimp champ Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:24:33 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11168 Rage against the machine? Really? Your awful taste in music troubles me and leads me to wonder if your sense of visual aesthetics is in the same taste (Frankly I wouldn't know since reading Men's Health was about as likely for me as going to the moon). There is something unsettling about imagining you pumping your fist in the air and digging through pictures of people yachting or riding bicycles or whatnot... I wonder what Kathy Ryan listens to while she is editing. Rage against the machine? Really?
Your awful taste in music troubles me
and leads me to wonder if your sense of
visual aesthetics is in the same taste (Frankly
I wouldn’t know since reading Men’s Health
was about as likely for me as going to the moon).
There is something unsettling about imagining
you pumping your fist in the air and digging
through pictures of people yachting or riding bicycles or whatnot…
I wonder what Kathy Ryan listens to while she
is editing.

]]> By: dude http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11163 dude Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:28:54 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11163 Retouchers must looooove Graydon for that. Composite Faster! Proofs need to be signed off by the photographer and at FedEx tonight! [cracking sound of whip] All that so he can "capture the zeitgeist" (lemme guess, Scalett Johansson, George Clooney, blah blah blah... when has VF ever done anything unexpected on the cover? Demi Moore naked and pregs was the last time as far as I can remember.) Wasn't there a post a while ago about how the choice of celebrity on the cover generally doesn't sell the magazine? Retouchers must looooove Graydon for that. Composite Faster! Proofs need to be signed off by the photographer and at FedEx tonight! [cracking sound of whip]

All that so he can “capture the zeitgeist” (lemme guess, Scalett Johansson, George Clooney, blah blah blah… when has VF ever done anything unexpected on the cover? Demi Moore naked and pregs was the last time as far as I can remember.)

Wasn’t there a post a while ago about how the choice of celebrity on the cover generally doesn’t sell the magazine?

]]> By: Aaron Amos http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11161 Aaron Amos Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:18:41 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11161 What is up with today and yesterdays posts? We just closed and now you're giving me ptsd flashbacks to last week. :D What is up with today and yesterdays posts? We just closed and now you’re giving me ptsd flashbacks to last week. :D

]]> By: A Photo Editor http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11154 A Photo Editor Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:05:23 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11154 Magazines with a 60 day lag time trying to remain relevant in the internet age. Rumor has it Graydon Carter loves digital because he can assign the celebrity cover as late as possible to try and capture the zeitgeist. Magazines with a 60 day lag time trying to remain relevant in the internet age. Rumor has it Graydon Carter loves digital because he can assign the celebrity cover as late as possible to try and capture the zeitgeist.

]]> By: Scott Lessing http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11152 Scott Lessing Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:45:28 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11152 So, the designers are the culprits. Well, it seems in part. But filling holes definitely doesn't create quality content. Content first, then design. Sounds like the cart before the horse. Hearing this just adds to my distain of the magazine industry and whats wrong with so many publications. So, the designers are the culprits. Well, it seems in part. But filling holes definitely doesn’t create quality content. Content first, then design. Sounds like the cart before the horse. Hearing this just adds to my distain of the magazine industry and whats wrong with so many publications.

]]> By: John http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11151 John Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:33:48 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11151 Just for fun: 1) Corbis actually has a photo of volleyball being played in Kosovo! (http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-17003281.jpg?size=67&uid={a51ab034-e1fd-42c9-b762-ea028fb6de40}) -- Horizontal of course -- 2) I don't think anyone in Gabon has ever heard of field hockey. A square photograph of Sri Lankan elephant polo is actually easy: http://auroraphotos.com/SwishSearch?submit.x=0&submit.y=0&Keywords=elephant%20polo :) Just for fun:

1) Corbis actually has a photo of volleyball being played in Kosovo! (http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-17003281.jpg?size=67&uid={a51ab034-e1fd-42c9-b762-ea028fb6de40}) — Horizontal of course —

2) I don’t think anyone in Gabon has ever heard of field hockey.

A square photograph of Sri Lankan elephant polo is actually easy:
http://auroraphotos.com/SwishSearch?submit.x=0&submit.y=0&Keywords=elephant%20polo

:)

]]> By: Suzanne http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11147 Suzanne Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:38:14 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11147 Or worse... they make a square whole thus insuring a bad crop no matter what the orientation of the photograph they knew full well was assigned, and being delivered as a 35mm slide at the last minute. Or worse… they make a square whole thus insuring a bad crop no matter what the orientation of the photograph they knew full well was assigned, and being delivered as a 35mm slide at the last minute.

]]> By: David http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11140 David Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:47:55 +0000 http://aphotoeditor.com/2008/02/29/fill-in-the-blank-stock/#comment-11140 Well, if you need them, I have some nice shots of Ecuadorian locals playing soccer on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago. Horizontal only. FYI. Well, if you need them, I have some nice shots of Ecuadorian locals playing soccer on Floreana Island in the Galapagos Archipelago. Horizontal only. FYI.

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