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Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

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Post by slantyyz »

Terretta wrote: post #58
Osiris wrote: post #36

Oddly, the first thing that I noticed is that the image of him typing at the keyboard has really bad chroma aberration (notice the purple around all the keys).

The photo quality would be rejected at some stock sites not just thanks to this severe chromatic aberration (try a better lens?) but also the excessive post processing causing contrast fringing, etc. These cannot be used in commercial print for discerning customers. I've found great results on Flickr with a Creative Commons search, and buying stock photos for commercial work is a tiny part of a print piece budget.

>> These cannot be used in commercial print for discerning customers.

Yeah, I'm not sure that's his target market. Most of the people who would use his images probably don't even know what CA is or how to spot it -- they just care about "free".

I imagine that more serious image hunters would stick with the big stock agencies.

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

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Post by estebank »

jimktrains2 wrote: post #76
ambiate wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 is just insane...

"However, a French court ruled, in June 1990, that a special lighting display on the tower in 1989, for the tower's 100th anniversary, was an "original visual creation" protected by copyright. The Court of Cassation, France's judicial court of last resort, upheld the ruling in March 1992.[54] The Société d'exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SETE) now considers any illumination of the tower to be under copyright.[55] As a result, it is no longer legal to publish contemporary photographs of the tower at night without permission in France and some other countries."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower#Image_copyright_c...

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

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Post by [deleted] »

corresation wrote: post #18

So you took a couple of pictures (that appear to be Apple ads more than anything, as an aside)? I'm sorry if this sounds negative, but I find it completely disingenuous that you denigrate an entire industry and portray a pittance of images as the salvation. When you pay for a stock image, as an aside, a part of the value of paying is economic scarcity: That the images that you choose aren't blanketing every Wordpress…

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Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

#94

Post by slantyyz »

footoverhand wrote: post #8

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?

It's funny that this seems to be a big deal.

The answer's simple -- many people just photograph the stuff they happen to own.

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

#95

Post by RyLuke »

ambiate wrote: post #15

You tread dangerous ground offering free images with logos and brands in them. Be careful in choosing a license.

The official Apple take on use of their products in custom photography and video for promotional purposes is covered on page 12 of the App Store Marketing Guidelines: "Custom still photography and video of Apple products are allowed only with express written consent and approval from Apple." [1]

That said, there are plenty of examples in the wild, even in app store screenshots, of violations of this policy. So Apple's enforcement doesn't seem to be particularly strict.

[1] https://developer.apple.com/appstore/AppStoreMarketingGuidel...

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

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Post by Mc_Big_G »

jlarocco wrote: post #49

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&...

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't all of the various the creative commons licenses require author attribution if the author requires it? If so, that makes cc images much more difficult to use and find. I've had this issue recently where I could not determine if I had to add attribution or not and, if so, I would have to edit the image or place some text next to it which is a pain in the ass for dynamic images because now you have to store that information somewhere. This page: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ doesn't show any option where attribution is not required, although this page: http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ which is linked in the OP page, seems to say you don't need attribution. If I use the wizard on http://creativecommons.org/choose/ I don't see a path that gets me to a license that doesn't require attribution. It's easier to just buy photos for a reasonable price than to deal with the uncertainty. Maybe someone can explain to me how it's supposed to work.

For example, here is an image from the link in the parent

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamestemple/312325101/sizes/o/

and here is the license

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

which says: "Attribution — You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). "

Ok, someone tell me what manner is specified by the author.

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

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Post by gozmike »

jlarocco wrote: post #49

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&...

You're missing the point. They're not trying to beat Flickr. This is great content marketing by ooomf, a startup that's all about helping designers/developers connect with great short term projects.

Anyone who's built side projects that could use a little pizzazz would be well served by this. It's really useful to the community.

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

#98

Post by mmahemoff »

monkey_slap wrote: post #59
mmahemoff wrote: post #47

I initially thought it was a service to embed your app's screenshot onto any device. Which, btw, would be awesome.

PlaceIt does just that and is awesome http://placeit.breezi.com/

I see. Cool idea, but would work nicer if done client-side so it could update all those images at once.

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

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Post by slantyyz »

d23 wrote: post #84
jlarocco wrote: post #49

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&...

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.

Re: Show HN: Free hi-resolution photos for your website. 10 new photos every 10 days

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Post by slantyyz »

estebank wrote: post #92
jimktrains2 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How does a city "own the right to pictures of the local bridge"?

This is just insane... "However, a French court ruled, in June 1990, that a special lighting display on the tower in 1989, for the tower's 100th anniversary, was an "original visual creation" protected by copyright. The Court of Cassation, France's judicial court of last resort, upheld the ruling in March 1992.[54] The Société d'exploitation de la tour Eiffel (SETE) now considers any illumination of the tower to be u…

From what I understand, they won't go after a tourist posting to Flickr, but they will go after anyone trying to sell images or use those images in a commercial way.
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