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[DeadNames]

Does anyone else feel the same way?

I think its so cool that stock photos capture how massive the world is. Those people in the pictures have no idea that people are looking at them. And then there's the photographer who took the photo. We can't tell what that person in the photo is like, or how they are. The locations are amazing too. They're a complete mystery.

Stock photos give me a sense of wonder and insignificance.... Does anyone else feel the same?

 

[Nicktendo86]

Thread about photos... Doesn't post any photos.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

 

[DeadNames]

Thread about photos... Doesn't post any photos.

I dunno man. I was just playing 4 pics 1 word and I felt compelled to make this thread. Go on any stock photo site and let the wonder flow through you.

 

[ruxtpin]

http://i.imgur.com/k964I3N.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Isn't that the picture that Ron Swanson has in his office?

 

[John Kowalski]

Possibly the most impersonal and straight up mathematical genre in photography.

But stock photogs tend to be cool cats, so who knows.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

Isn't that the picture that Ron Swanson has in his office?

thatsthejoke.gif

 

[Adam Scott Aukerman]

Those people in the pictures have no idea that people are looking at them. And then there's the photographer who took the photo. We can't tell what that person in the photo is like, or how they are. The locations are amazing too. They're a complete mystery.

I get the impression that the entire concept of photography is new to you.

 

[pirata]

How is the subject matter for a stock photo chosen? Does a photographer just photograph a lot of random things and hope he/she strikes upon something that will be widely used?

 

[DeadNames]

I get the impression that the entire concept of photography is new to you.

There's just something so... Special about stock photos. They seem so much more candid and natural.

 

[Kurita]

Thread delivered.

 

[Ferrio]

You live in colorado?

 

[Symphonic]

Stock photos are alright in the sense that stock music is alright.

 

[Hoo-doo]

How is the subject matter for a stock photo chosen? Does a photographer just photograph a lot of random things and hope he/she strikes upon something that will be widely used?

You sit and wonder: "Hmm, if I were a graphic designer making a new website or flyer about X subject, what would be the perfect image for that?"

What, you think the subgenre of "laughing women eating salad" came out of nowhere?

 

[OnPoint]

Stock photos are awesome

 

[CrunchyFrog]

You sit and wonder: "Hmm, if I were a graphic designer making a new website or flyer about X subject, what would be the perfect image for that?"

What, you think the subgenre of "laughing women eating salad" came out of nowhere?

ohmygod this is a thing

EDIT: I JUST noticed the one dude slyly grinning with a fruit salad in hand

 

[Deleted member 57681]

 

[Grizzo]

This one looks like some kind of art. Hilariously weird.

 

[Plywood]

I love this one, I don't know what it's selling, but I want to buy it.

 

[Gazoinks]

So many questions

There is something kind of intriguingly mysterious about stock photos.

 

[silenttwn]

You sound high OP. I like the way you think.

 

[Heshinsi]

My favourite stock photo:

 

[UnluckyKate]

My favourite stock photo:

Still laughing and crying over this one

 

[Strax]

 

[Bomber Bob]

　

 

[Bisnic]

My favourite stock photo:

Hey, Tali grew some fingers and pupils since the last time I saw her.

 

[Ferrio]

Well... tried to search for a guy playing a didgeridoo and found one..

Okay...

 

[CrunchyFrog]

　

This one, right here. Makes me so angry.

 

[Tangeroo]

WHY???

 

[DeadNames]

Aren't they fantastic? All of those people in those wacky positions... damn!

 

[Father_Brain]

Futuristic Woman with Ear of Corn is the best.

 

[pirata]

You sit and wonder: "Hmm, if I were a graphic designer making a new website or flyer about X subject, what would be the perfect image for that?"

What, you think the subgenre of "laughing women eating salad" came out of nowhere?

That salad must either be fucking hilarious or have some special effects...

 

[Shaanyboi]

WHY???

oh jesus

 

[inky]

I love them. Some are batshit insane.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

That salad must either be fucking hilarious or have some special effects...

Worse, parasitic mind control. The women in these photos were all found dead soon after with the following fungal growth. WARNING: NSFW

 

[Jado]

Does anyone else feel the same way?

I think its so cool that stock photos capture how massive the world is. Those people in the pictures have no idea that people are looking at them. And then there's the photographer who took the photo. We can't tell what that person in the photo is like, or how they are. The locations are amazing too. They're a complete mystery.

Stock photos give me a sense of wonder and insignificance.... Does anyone else feel the same?

You seem to have zero understanding of how stock photography works. Besides candid editorial shots, the vast majority involve paid models who fully understand that the photos will be bought and used by many individuals. None of them are clueless about where the images will end up and how they will be used in most scenarios.


Stock photos don't capture anything massive about the world and there is no mystery behind them. A huge chunk of stock photos come from a rather small number of professionals who have this down to a money-making science (see Yuri Arcurs). The best models to use, how generic to be to capture a wide audience, most attractive neutral lighting, popular trends in photo usage, metatags/keywords that generate the most buys, etc.

 

[davepoobond]

I fully agree

Why do you think I use one for my avatar?

 

[Apoc87]

I like to call this one "keeping dat fap hand strong":

 

[DeadNames]

You seem to have zero understanding of how stock photography works. Besides candid editorial shots, the vast majority involve paid models who fully understand that the photos will be bought and used by many individuals. None of them are clueless about where the images will end up and how they will be used in most scenarios.

Stock photos don't capture anything massive about the world and there is no mystery behind them. A huge chunk of stock photos come from a rather small number of professionals who have this down to a money-making science (see Yuri Arcurs). The best models to use, how generic to be to capture a wide audience, most attractive neutral lighting, popular trends in photo usage, metatags/keywords that generate the most buys, etc.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

You seem to have zero understanding of how stock photography works. Besides candid editorial shots, the vast majority involve paid models who fully understand that the photos will be bought and used by many individuals. None of them are clueless about where the images will end up and how they will be used in most scenarios.

Stock photos don't capture anything massive about the world and there is no mystery behind them. A huge chunk of stock photos come from a rather small number of professionals who have this down to a money-making science (see Yuri Arcurs). The best models to use, how generic to be to capture a wide audience, most attractive neutral lighting, popular trends in photo usage, metatags/keywords that generate the most buys, etc.

Jado
Resident purveyor of dangerous iconoclasm

Let em DREAM, son.

 

[guise]

 

[shakin_haitian]

http://image.shutterstock.com/displ...opless-and-grabbing-his-nipples-121680412.jpg

 

[Casual Gamera]

You seem to have zero understanding of how stock photography works. Besides candid editorial shots, the vast majority involve paid models who fully understand that the photos will be bought and used by many individuals. None of them are clueless about where the images will end up and how they will be used in most scenarios.


Stock photos don't capture anything massive about the world and there is no mystery behind them. A huge chunk of stock photos come from a rather small number of professionals who have this down to a money-making science (see Yuri Arcurs). The best models to use, how generic to be to capture a wide audience, most attractive neutral lighting, popular trends in photo usage, metatags/keywords that generate the most buys, etc.

 

[Deleted member 57681]

 

[eternaLightness]

This one said multi ethnic business team. Don't know why Paula Deen is in it.

 

[Ferrio]

WHY???

 

[sixteen-bit]

I love bizarre corporate office stock photography

 

[Jado]

This is NeoGAF.

 

[RoadHazard]

There's just something so... Special about stock photos. They seem so much more candid and natural.

"Candid and natural" is pretty much the opposite of what I think when I see a stock photo. They're the most artificial, deliberate, unnatural photos there are.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

"Candid and natural" is pretty much the opposite of what I think when I see a stock photo. They're the most artificial, deliberate, unnatural photos there are.

What's more natural than

http://i.imgur.com/wDvh0th.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

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