notta Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I was looking for a photo today and I stumbled across a picture of a monitor on fotosearch. I clicked on the image to see what it looked like and the price was $99 for the image. Are you kidding me? $99 dollars for an image??? Do people actually pay these prices? I mean the monitor was no different than the monitor sitting on my desk. http://www.fotosearch.com/CSP247/k2471991/ Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I was looking for a photo today and I stumbled across a picture of a monitor on fotosearch. I clicked on the image to see what it looked like and the price was $99 for the image. Are you kidding me? $99 dollars for an image??? Do people actually pay these prices? I mean the monitor was no different than the monitor sitting on my desk. http://www.fotosearch.com/CSP247/k2471991/ Am I missing something? I'm sure some companies do when they need something for an ad or something (sometimes they just steal from flickr and are embarrassed when someone figures it out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draconian Guppy Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 YEah in some cases you're paying for big resolution, such is the case for that specific file High Resolution 24.9 MB / 300 dpi / 10.4" x 9.3" / RGB Gotta add though, i've seen images on istock go well over $100 :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleNeutrino Veteran Posted March 19, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 19, 2010 The company I work for pays for stock image to use in advertising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leph555 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 We payed for photos that where used as greeting cards for the company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereopixels Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 I work in marketing and we buy images - we'd never buy something as expensive as the OP states though because there are plenty of cheap, good quality pics of things like monitors etc out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argote Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Yes, companies in particular pay for images, this one is way more expensive than average though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Could easily be cheaper than hiring a photographer in many cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Lyons10 Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Though that's an expensive image for it's content, I think more than anything you are paying for size. We purchase all of our images as well (As legally you have to have a license to use someone's image), and usually there's a tiered pricing model. So a smaller or lower quality image would be cheaper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazzy88ss Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 It's called stock photography. Microstock is rather cheap, while macrostock (what you gave a link to) is more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 of course, i work for an advertising agency from time to time and they always buy their images. In the long run it's a lot cheaper than having to take them yourself in a wel lit environment (whiteroom stuff) and cut away the not needed parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PT 13 Posted March 20, 2010 Share Posted March 20, 2010 I had some of my photos bought (and paid :p). So yeah, some people do buy images, I'm guessing for advertisement and other stuff like music CD covers and stuff like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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