Category : Interviews

January’s Interviewee of the Month – Clint Burkett

January’s Interviewee of the Month – Clint Burkett

Clint Burkett is an Emmy award winning editor based in San Diego, CA.  In a career spanning more than 20 years, his work has included commercials, corporate videos, documentaries, sports, news and event programming both nationally and locally. As production budgets have come under pressure, stock footage has come to the fore as a way to achieve the desired vision without having to spend big bucks to shoot it. Clint is ideally placed to comment on this phenomenon which continues to gain momentum. For more about Clint go to: http://www.timelin3studios.com/

How long have you been editing?

Over 20 years.

Do you remember when you first started using stock footage in edits?

About 10 years ago.

What kinds of projects have you worked on that have incorporated stock footage?

Most genres I’ve worked on have involved the use of stock footage at some stage, including documentaries, corporate...

Posted by admin on January 01 2010 And currently has 0 comments  read more posts

December’s Interviewee of the Month – Lev Dolgachov

December’s Interviewee of the Month – Lev Dolgachov

Lev started out as a street-life shooter before taking his craft into the studio in 2006. His work has graced the pages of Vogue, Men’s Health, Maxim, FHM, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Marie Claire, Elle and many other magazines. Particularly well known for his photographs of beautiful women, Lev is one of the world’s most successful microstock contributors with more than 350,000 licenses sold to date. He is based in Talinn, Estonia. www.dolgachov.com

How long have you been active in the world of stock photography? How did you get involved? I’ve been active in stock photography for just over 3 years. I heard about selling licenses on stock sites, so one day I uploaded some work to a few sites and forgot about them. Surprisingly, a few months later I got my first check. So I decided to try it as a serious business and started...

Posted by admin on August 08 2009 And currently has 0 comments  read more posts

November’s Interviewee of the Month – Tom Grill

November’s Interviewee of the Month – Tom Grill

Tom Grill is the CEO of Tetra Images (www.tetraimages.com), a stock distribution agency and supplier of RF images to agencies worldwide. He is one of the founding owners of Blend Images, a stock agency specializing in images of ethnic diversity. Formerly, Tom was the founder and principal photographer for Comstock Images for over 20 years. Tom lectures frequently on how to produce stock images with the highest selling power. www.tomgrill.com

The stock photography market is becoming increasingly competitive. How far are we from a major ‘shake down’ where only the best will prevail? The "shake down" is happening right now and has been exacerbated by the current world financial crisis. Stock images are for sale everywhere on the internet. Easy to use digital cameras and microstock agencies have led to a huge increase in stock images. The results have been mostly amateurish but as time...

Posted by admin on August 08 2009 And currently has 0 comments  read more posts

Stock Doctor

On call every week to diagnose and treat your stock rashes, bumps and bruises. This week we look at the 10 Cardinal Sins of submitting stock.

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