Return-Path: Received: from nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com ([17.158.161.1] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5441468 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 21 Apr 2014 22:12:29 +0200 MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Boundary_(ID_ielsR0DdGfwDFhKtFPiuvw)" Received: from [192.168.1.68] (99-152-153-100.lightspeed.dllstx.sbcglobal.net [99.152.153.100]) by nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com (Oracle Communications Messaging Server 7u4-27.08(7.0.4.27.7) 64bit (built Aug 22 2013)) with ESMTPSA id <0N4E0089WDK5ZI40@nk11p00mm-asmtp002.mac.com> for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Mon, 21 Apr 2014 20:14:31 +0000 (GMT) From: Jim Curtis Message-id: Subject: stock photo sites Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 15:14:29 -0500 References: To: After Effects Mail List In-reply-to: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) X-MANTSH: 1TEIXREEbG1oaGkdHB0lGUkdDRl5PWBoaHREKTEMXGx0EGx8SBBscHwQdGxAbHho fGhEKWE0XSxEKbX4XGhEKTFkXGxobGxEKWUkXEQpZXhdoY3kRCkNOF0sbGxpiTk0dWhxsaRl4c wcZZhgaGx58GBEKWFwXGQQaBB0HTUsdEkhJHEwFGx0EGx8SBBscHwQdGxAbHhofGxEKXlkXYUN TbmkRCkxGF2JraxEKQ1oXExMEGx8YBBsfGQQbGhoRCkJFF2d6ElN8EnBTHW4eEQpCThdscGB5Q B1iUmkaYhEKQkwXax1SGgUfQkMYQRwRCkJsF2Ucckdnf09aZWBmEQpCQBd6YmtgaG9rBUFoZRE KQlgXaWFDbmdbXnleRHIRCnBoF28aE2xoYnsFBV9sEQpwaBd6a2ZfRGhZXX4aTREKcGgXYl1rf x1cQxtLG1ARCnBoF24Ze09kfxhMeRtOEQpwaBdpeBhlbh5vWmJSWBEKcGwXel99Y0xHc1hicEs RCnBMF25kSVweYWcTSG9vEQ== X-CLX-Spam: false X-CLX-Score: 1011 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.11.96,1.0.14,0.0.0000 definitions=2014-04-21_03:2014-04-21,2014-04-21,1970-01-01 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=13 spamscore=13 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 adultscore=0 bulkscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=7.0.1-1402240000 definitions=main-1404210318 --Boundary_(ID_ielsR0DdGfwDFhKtFPiuvw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT This is only tangentially related to Ae, as I'm doing some TV spots, and need stock photos to bring in and do some animations to - the pseudo 3D effect. I have a beef with the low-budget stock houses like Pond5, Shutterstock, BigStock, iStockPhoto, etc.: Most of what they have is pure crap. Their search engines suck; returning hundreds of irrelevant results, and numerous duplicates, wasting my valuable time. I know that you get what you pay for and if you want quality, you have to go to Getty, but my client doesn't have the budget to spend $1000 for each shot. There may be some middle ground sources that I don't know about. Can anybody recommend other sites, with useful photos that look like they came from real life or photojournalism, and not a bunch of hokey staged garbage with bad actors? . --Boundary_(ID_ielsR0DdGfwDFhKtFPiuvw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT This is only tangentially related to Ae, as I'm doing some TV spots, and need stock photos to bring in and do some animations to - the pseudo 3D effect.

I have a beef with the low-budget stock houses like Pond5, Shutterstock, BigStock, iStockPhoto, etc.: Most of what they have is pure crap. Their search engines suck; returning hundreds of irrelevant results, and numerous duplicates, wasting my valuable time.

I know that you get what you pay for and if you want quality, you have to go to Getty, but my client doesn't have the budget to spend $1000 for each shot.

There may be some middle ground sources that I don't know about.

Can anybody recommend other sites, with useful photos that look like they came from real life or photojournalism, and not a bunch of hokey staged garbage with bad actors?

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