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From: Nathan Shipley <nshipley@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:30:32 -0700
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Subject: Re: [AE] stock photo sites
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Check out Stocksy -- I have a friend that shoots for them and she loves it.
 I don't think their library is quite as big as some of the others, but
what's there is more curated and they're set up as a co-op with the
photographers.

www.stocksy.com

- Nathan


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

> 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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<div dir=3D"ltr">Check out Stocksy -- I have a friend that shoots for them =
and she loves it. =C2=A0I don&#39;t think their library is quite as big as =
some of the others, but what&#39;s there is more curated and they&#39;re se=
t up as a co-op with the photographers.<div>

<br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.stocksy.com">www.stocksy.com</a><br></=
div><div><br></div><div>- Nathan</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br>=
<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Jim Curtis =
<span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:jpcurtis@me.com" target=3D"_blank">=
jpcurtis@me.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word">This is =
only tangentially related to Ae, as I&#39;m doing some TV spots, and need s=
tock photos to bring in and do some animations to - the pseudo 3D effect.<d=
iv>

<br></div><div>I have a beef with the low-budget stock houses like Pond5, S=
hutterstock, BigStock, iStockPhoto, etc.: =C2=A0Most of what they have is p=
ure crap. Their search engines suck; returning hundreds of irrelevant resul=
ts, and numerous duplicates, wasting my valuable time.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I know that you get what you pay for and if you want qu=
ality, you have to go to Getty, but my client doesn&#39;t have the budget t=
o spend $1000 for each shot.</div><div><br></div><div>There may be some mid=
dle ground sources that I don&#39;t know about.</div>

<div><br></div><div>Can anybody recommend other sites, with useful photos t=
hat look like they came from real life or photojournalism, and not a bunch =
of hokey staged garbage with bad actors?</div><div><br></div><div><br>
</div>
<div><br></div><div>.</div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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