Oh iStock, you never cease to amaze me
Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 10:56AM Its no secret that I often search for stock photography online. The one and only site I use is iStockphoto.com. Its a great resource, and (sorry photographer friends!) makes using good photography easy and inexpensive.
Most of their stuff is good, and you can find all sorts of variety. But sometimes, well, you get a curveball. Today, I was searching for "business group black background" and found this gem:
I'm not really sure what to say. When would this ever be useful?? According to iStock, it has been downloaded more than 10 times. Boy, would I love to see how it was used.
Oddly enough though, this is not the strangest thing I've found on iStock. I once accidentally found a collection of dead people. No, not real dead people. Photos of models playing dead. I'm not going to post those here!
Overall though, iStock is a fabulous resource and I'm not going to stop using it :) It just gives me some "What the heck?!" moments...
Reader Comments (2)
I used to use istockphotoc.om all the time, but since Getty bought them, their prices keep going up and up. I now look first on Dreamstime.com...it's what istockphoto used to be in terms of pricing (though their UI isn't as good).
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