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Mutt · 07-25-2009, 12:34 AM

there's no shame in having one of your photos on the cover of Time magazine but the emergence of what is called 'micro stock' is a financial blow for photographers, illustrators, artists - rather than spend thousands of dollars hiring a talented artist to design a CD cover big companies can browse micro stock agencies like iStockPhoto's website with hundreds of thousands of images and with a little Photoshop work produce a CD or book cover cover for a hundred dollars.

that is not good for the creative arts profession. it's a race to the bottom.

07-25-2009, 12:34 AM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	there's no shame in having one of your photos on the cover of Time magazine but the emergence of what is called 'micro stock' is a financial blow for photographers, illustrators, artists - rather than spend thousands of dollars hiring a talented artist to design a CD cover big companies can browse micro stock agencies like iStockPhoto's website with hundreds of thousands of images and with a little Photoshop work produce a CD or book cover cover for a hundred dollars. that is not good for the creative arts profession. it's a race to the bottom. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!