) October 16, 2008 -- Shutterstock®, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, achieved another industry milestone this week when its editorial library passed the 100,000th image mark, thanks to the success of its entertainment/celebrity photo program: Shutterstock on the Red CarpetTM. Shutterstock is the only online stock photo agency to offer this unique program, which assists its global network of photographers in getting past the velvet ropes to the hottest events worldwide.

) November 3, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, today announced the landmark addition of its 5 millionth image to the company's extensive collection of premium stock photos. Thanks to its popular subscription-based model, speedy review process, and consistent stream of quality submissions, Shutterstock continues to hit new industry growth milestones while maintaining high standards of image quality.

Shutterstock continues to thrive, adding over 70,000 high quality stock images per week.

) November 21, 2008 -- BigStockPhoto.com, one of the world's largest online, royalty-free stock image providers, today announced that editorial images and photos are now available to all users. Images of celebrities, politicians, current events, news events, live music, sports and fashion events and other commentary worthy images are now available for instant download--enabling online and offline newspapers, magazine publishers, bloggers, fanzines and other news outlets to obtain current, high quality editorial images for a fraction of the cost charged elsewhere.

) October 1, 2008 -- Reflex Stock, the leading independent supplier of royalty free stock photography, images and illustrations has today (October 1, 2008) launched a new collection of rights managed editorial images.

Copyright Reflex Stock/Heritage: Muhammad Alis fight against Karl Mildenberger, Frankfurt, Germany, 10 September 1966.

) November 12, 2008 -- As the result of an acquisition, microstock innovator Can Stock Photo Inc. is now an affiliate of stock photography pioneer Fotosearch. As part of the new relationship, Fotosearch will distribute Can Stock Photo imagery, allowing Can Stock Photo's contributors access to the robust worldwide distribution network Fotosearch has built over the past 10 years. Can Stock Photo contributors will be able to present their stock photos to millions of Fotosearch visitors every week.

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) August 12, 2009 -- Shutterstock®, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, is emerging as a leader in one of the key areas for making money online in today's Web marketplace: affiliate marketing.

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) November 11, 2008 -- BrightQube (www.brightqube.com), the award-winning online stock photography destination, is now offering image buyers the most efficient way to find royalty-free stock photos from its collection of more than three million images with new and enhanced features to its revolutionary Web site. Fast becoming the go-to creative resource for designers, BrightQube continues to anticipate its customers' needs for every project and budget by offering a range of helpful navigation options to quickly pinpoint and purchase stock photos faster than ever before.

) October 28, 2009 -- LookStat announced today that it is offering a free trial of its new microstock keywording and uploading services to stock photographers who are active in microstock.

"We're committed to creating technology and services to enable stock photographers to streamline their workflow and to spend their time on what they do best - creating great images," said Rahul Pathak, LookStat's CEO & Founder.

) July 1, 2009 -- MediaFocus.com, a supplier of high quality, royalty-free stock photography, just added "image credit packages" as a new option to license stock photos, making it one of the most versatile stock photography agencies on the market. At MediaFocus graphic designers, advertising professionals, and anybody in need of professional stock photography can license stock photography fitting their personal purchasing style and budget.

) December 3, 2008 -- AbsolutVision Stock Photo, the Internet's first JPEG2000 stock photography service is offering a 40 percent discount on annual subscriptions through Jan. 5th, along with a newly created one-day subscription plan of 10 pictures for $4.95.

Founded in 2002, www.absolutvision creates and sells royalty free JPEG 2000 digital images to both consumers and businesses. The company's successful subscription-based model is cost-effective and allows users to download thousands of quality pictures for a fraction of the cost and time typical in gathering images for commercial or personal use.

) February 26, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, just reached another milestone as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images. In less than four months, Shutterstock has added over one million images, reinforcing its status as the fastest growing site for high quality, royalty-free images.

Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, reached another milestone today as it added the 6 millionth image to its rapidly growing library of premium royalty-free stock images.

) April 28, 2009 -- Snapixel (www.snapixel.com), a new photography site that combines elements of the photo sharing site Flickr and the popular stock photography site Istockphoto, announces Openstock(TM), an innovative system that provides photographers with an easy-to-market solution to sell photos.

"The Snapixel model extends selling power to all levels of photographers. While not every image belongs in a stock photography marketplace, our ultimate goal is to widen the creative spectrum of traditional stock photography, without decreasing the value." said Ivan Wong, COO and Co-founder of Snapixel.

) February 16, 2010 -- Today Shutterstock® announced the addition of its 10 millionth image, a milestone that underscores the company’s rapid growth and commitment to high quality, crowdsourced visual media.

Credit: Matthew Jacques/Shutterstock

Jupiterimages, a part of Jupitermedia Corporation which is a leading provider of original images and information for creative, business and IT professionals, is all set to commence its India operations by April 2008. The India office will cater to the creative needs of South Asia and Dubai. For this, Jupiterimages has roped in Ramji Ravindran as Sales Director, South Asia and Dubai. He moves from Visage Media, which represents Getty Images in South Asia, where he was National Sales Head, South Asia. Ramji have overall more than 10 years experience in Advertising and Media.

) March 9, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock image agency, announced today that as a benefit to stock video customers, it is extending all Shutterstock Footage® subscription terms from 30 days to a full year at no additional cost. Now creative professionals subscribing to Shutterstock Footage have the flexibility to download royalty-free clips anytime they need them over a one-year period.

Aboutvision.com, the internet's first JPEG2000 stock photography subscription site; known for offering the best compression quality available has launched not one, but two new and exclusive collections of high quality image collections to their already impressive resume of royalty-free photos. These new collections; as well as the substantial collective galleries already at AbsolutVision.com; are now being offered to subscribers at all time low cost proving once again why AbsolutVision is the leader in the stock photography industry. (PRWeb Aug 4, 2009)

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) October 20, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today that it will legally guarantee every file in its vast library by providing up to $10,000 to cover legal costs and direct damages for claims arising from the use of an image or footage clip licensed through Shutterstock.

Thanks to Shutterstock's thorough and selective review process, the agency has become a global leader in providing affordable, high quality images that comply with the highest legal and ethical standards in the industry.

) March 4, 2010 -- Bigstock, one of the world's leading online royalty-free stock image agencies, announced today the launch of its eagerly anticipated website overhaul, www.bigstock.com, built to provide the best online experience for buyers looking to purchase high quality stock images via affordable credit-based payment options.

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) September 10, 2008 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based online stock photo agency, announced a major milestone for the stock photo industry today: 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005, reinforcing the company's status as the top online resource for quality, royalty-free images at affordable prices.

Shutterstock announced 60 million stock photos, vectors and illustrations have been downloaded from its library since 2005.

) October 14, 2008 -- Apollo Photo Imagizing is pleased to announce a higher level of customer accessibility with the launch of the full-service photo lab's new website. The site provides enhanced product selection and expanded options for professional photographers.

Press-printed photo cards are now available in several new designs. Flat, folded and accordion styles are printed on linen, pearl, lustre or watercolor-texture paper.

) December 22, 2008 -- The Lightbox Photo gallery software was launched in 2003 and since then, the development cycle has been aggressive and feature set expanded greatly.

"Lightbox Photo™ empowers photographers by allowing them to present their work how they want, where they want and when they want," comments Adrian Ellis co-founder of Lightbox Photo™. "It has a raft of features specifically aimed at photographers wanting to display and sell their work online. This is where our software plays a key role; allowing the photographer greater flexibility in the products and services that they offer, while maintaining full control over their images. It also gives them direct access to the customer who may need additional image research or want to commission a photo shoot."

) March 27, 2009 -- Women In Photography International (WIPI), the #1 online resource center for women photographers worldwide welcomes photographs taken with any type of film or digital camera including any type of point and shoot camera including toy cameras such as, Lomography and Pinhole styled camera images. Submission may include scanned, manipulated black and white or color images including fine art, straight forward or using any creative software such as Adobe Photoshop to transform the image. Online JPG submission with no date restriction and ALL subject matter accepted.

MediaFocus.com now offers Extended User Licensing Terms also for Image Subscriptions and Stock Image CDs at an incredibly reasonable price. An excellent opportunity for photography buyers in need of multi-user licenses or extended licensing for electronic and non-electronic items for resale. All single image purchases at MediaFocus.com already come with an Extended License included at no additional cost. Save 20% off the entire purchase with an introductory discount offered until April 26th, 2009. (PRWeb Apr 16, 2009)

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) January 22, 2009 -- iStockphoto has partnered with the World Photography Awards to become the offical Amateur Selection committee for the 2009 Sony World Photography Awards (SWPA).

) June 11, 2009 -- Photographers now have a new and powerful tool to exhibit their work online and in more creative ways than ever. By creating a portfolio website on Wix.com photographers can finally give their pictures the visibility they deserve.

Photography website

Everyone has a few images they're proud of and would like to share, the question is, how do you create a website that's visually inviting and doesn't require you to do any coding whatsoever? The answer is Wix.com, an impressive browser-based website publishing platform.

Small Biz Express (www.SmallBizExpress.com) today launched a full-service web solution to help independent photographers leverage the power of the Internet in an increasingly challenging economy. Small Biz Express’s uniquely customized photography website design service provides independent photographers with a professional, polished, and affordable online presence – to help level the playing file.

) May 3, 2009 - Stock footage marketplace Pond5.com (http://www.pond5.com) announced today that it has marked a significant new milestone: it now offers video producers over 150,000 broadcast quality, HD and SD royalty-free stock video clips available for instant download. Its collection has been doubling in size every 6 months since opening for business in early 2006. The site is now the fastest growing collection of stock video footage on the web, with an enthusiastic global following at all production levels.

Fastest growing stock video collection on the web - doubling in size every 6 months.

) April 25, 2009 -- Orange County wedding photography company, Joe Broccardo Photography, announces the release of their revamped website, http://www.broccardophoto.com. With the release of the new website Joe plan's on expanding his knowledge into teaching photography and has expanded his company to include an associate photography program.

) November 21, 2008 --
The Photography Network (http://www.photography-network.net)
a new dedicated social network aimed at photographers was launched this
month. With over 1000 members joining within the first weeks,
photography network provides an outlet for amateur photographers to
share their work and discuss technique, style and equipment.

The quality of the members on the site is fantastic

) September 3, 2008 -- Mpix, a division of Miller's Professional Imaging, announces the launch of Mpix 2.0, a complete redesign and relaunch of the award-winning service for fulfilling prints and products for professional and advanced amateur photographers. The Mpix 2.0 Web site adds tools for a streamlined ordering workflow and offers additional professional products and services to save photographers time and money.

"Mpix 2.0 is the next step forward for addressing the growing demands for high quality products from the emerging pro market," says Todd Coleman, President of Miller's. "Mpix 2.0 is a platform that opens the door for us to offer professional products and services at a faster pace than ever before."

) August 19, 2009 -- Shutterstock, the world's largest subscription-based stock photo agency, announced today the launch of Shuttertweet, a new tool for Twitter that empowers stock image and stock footage submitters by instantly sending out messages (or "tweets") announcing when new images and footage clips have been added to their Shutterstock portfolios.

Credit: Shutterstock

) November 24, 2008 -- Lightboxeditpro.com has made several significant enhancements as well as added 4 selection workspaces to further simplify image selection including adding the ability for clients to upload files to the photographer.

This program, has saved me hours of time editing photo shoots as well as given me a highly effective tool to compare selects, share them with others, and communicate my final file requirements to the photographer -- quickly and easily.

) August 20, 2009 -- On July 9th, Google added an option to its Image Search function to filter images according to their Usage Rights. Later, they introduced a method for webmasters to specify explicitly the license for their images. Google advises that this be accomplished with RDFa; i.e., the markup of a webpage.

) September 24, 2008 -- AdoramaPix , the online digital photo processing and image sharing division of Adorama Camera, is proud to announce its partnership with Eye-Fi, makers of the world's first wireless memory cards for digital cameras. The Eye-Fi cards allow users to download digital image files to their hard drives more easily and quickly than ever before using home wireless networks, or at Wayport™ hotspots all over the world.

) September 24, 2008 - AdoramaPix , the online digital photo processing and image sharing division of Adorama Camera, is proud to announce its partnership with Eye-Fi, makers of the world's first wireless memory cards for digital cameras. The Eye-Fi cards allow users to download digital image files to their hard drives more easily and quickly than ever before using home wireless networks, or at Wayport™ hotspots all over the world.

) October 29, 2009 -- While many photographers dream of seeing their images on a national magazine's cover, that dream rarely comes true, but for Shan Canfield in Nashville, Tenn. (also known as Mama Shan), it will in November. Mama Shan won Professional Photographer's Cover Contest--open to all photographers--beating out almost 4,600 other entries from around the world.

Professional Photographer's November Issue; Cover image by Mama Shan (Shan Canfield, the 2009 Cover Contest winner)

) December 10, 2008 -- ExposureManager, a full service online sales resource and photo processing lab, announces the launch of BuyThisImage! - a first-of-its-kind free web service that gives users the chance to create online revenue from the original photographs, illustrations and artwork they post to their blogs and websites. Available today at www.buythisimage.com, BuyThisImage! is a simple to install widget that will change the way photographers and artists make their work available to their audience.

BuyThisImage! logo

) September 16, 2009 -- The release of Liveedit v4.0 is a major upgrade to the cloud sharing and collaborative workflow environment for imaging professionals, designers and illustrators - adding enhanced communication capabilities. A faster, easier user interface and multiple new features dramatically streamline the way imaging professionals stay ahead.

Designed by professional photographers, Liveedit provides an incomparable interface - dramatically improving the remote workflow between clients, art directors, agencies and photographers. With Liveedit, imaging professionals provide a better service to their clients, maximize revenues while saving time and cut costs across the entire process from shooting to retouching, distribution, review, approval, archiving and stock sales.