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I don't think apple will be upset in this case though...
Are you a lawyer? I hope this is not legal advice you're giving, because the general best practices I've always learned using pictures in marketing material: "Never show brands or products names"
Why do all of the photo's have Apple products in them? I would recommend displaying the license in which these high resolution photos can be used, because "free" isn't a license.
> Why do all of the photo's have Apple products in them? Some people believe they become better humans for using Apple products. By showing it to the world they think that other people will agree. It's exactly like the cross.
It's amazing how much the title submission can influence comments. Original title: "Hated expensive, crappy stock photos so I made this." Current title: "Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days" A lot of these comments are really negative and might be confusing to people who didn't know the original title. And frankly, when you have a title like that to start, it warrants some of the c…
It's not a bad idea. It certainly can lend a more dramatic look to a low-budget brochureware site, although were these to become popular, they'd quickly become recognizable.
I have a full studio with Profoto strobes. If you need some more contributors, let me know.
Some other thoughts:
- I think you'll grow out of Tumblr and Dropbox real quick (I'm already seeing Dropbox errors)
- Give people an option to "buy out" an image from the set. For, say, $100 someone can license exclusively an image and it's no longer available.
- Include some Photoshop files that place a screen shot on the image and apply the proper perspective/warping. People can then just drop in their screen shots.
Good MVP.
EDIT: Here's a quick-and-dirty example of a PSD with a "placed" screenshot that is adjusted properly to fit the screen:
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Our local credit union was sued by the city for using a picture of a local bridge on their debit cards. The credit union owned the rights to the photograph that was provided by a local photographer. The city owned the right to pictures of the local bridge. Vicious cycle.
How does a city "own the right to pictures of the local bridge"?
This info pertains to NYC, I believe it to be correct:
http://everydayaperture.com/law/
More info:
http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/photography_l...
There are millions (billions?) of stock photos in the world, and your plan is to replace all of them with 10 pictures of a MacBook Air? Even with more pictures it's unlikely you'll beat a Creative Commons search on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=&l=cc&ss=0&ct=0&...
Why does he need to beat Flickr? Should I not open an e-commerce shop because Amazon exists? I think this is a great idea. Why go through the hassle of selling your photos and worrying about people stealing them when you can make money on ad revenue instead?
wtf? some1 snaps a few pics of his macbook air! and boom is one top of the HN front page
Also, he had an idea and executed it and released it, so he gets points for that as well.
Interesting, but a slight critique. There's some lens chromatic aberration in the bokeh/blur... a better lens that performs with little chroma wide open would solve it, or failing that stopping down just a couple notches down from wide open. Yet another reasons people pay for hi-resolution high-quality photographs, or take their own. Photographs cost money because they provide value, and some random photos taken by a…
I love this advice. While most commenters are addressing potential legal issues, you addressed a technical issue - the art of taking the photographs themselves. That's awesome of you. I hope to see more of this kind of advice on HN.
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Perhaps his plan is to ultimately add an option for a paid model once he builds up a user base? I've found it to be challenging to find professional-quality stock-like photos on Flickr amidst the millions of pictures of vacations.
>> I've found it to be challenging to find professional-quality stock-like photos on Flickr amidst the millions of pictures of vacations. If you need professional quality stuff, you should be paying for it from one of the many stock agencies around. The agencies have lots of rules and safeguards that are designed to save you the headache of worrying about whether model releases were signed, etc.
Also, photographers with GOOD images don't sell them for $0.05 on Fotolia, Dreamstime, etc... Getty Images sucks because of it's restrictions and $3,000 / price tag and prehistoric policies. If you check the stock photo site's payout rates you'll realize why they have so many generic images and so little amazing photography. The good photographers keep their stuff off those stock sites.
Jesus Christ! What? Your poor egos are hurt because you didn't change the world before age 25 and now have to attack everyone's pet project for not being the next flickr?
So what did you guys make? Post links please.