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By: Connie Malamed

Connie Malamed — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:34:06 +0000

Great idea to search by photographer, Neil, which I know you can do on sites where varied photographers upload their portfolios, like iStockPhoto. Thanks for your suggestion.

By: Neil Porter

Neil Porter — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:36:23 +0000

What I do is ‘make sure’ that there are many different images on the stock site of the same ‘model(s)’ I select to use in my course. In fact, I select my models on the basis of how many images are available of them. Many photographers use the same models on a regular basis. This means that you can get nice images of the same model in a bunch of different environments/clothing etc. As we all know, using images of the same people in a course gives the course consistency and a professional look. When the same models are used throughout the course, the viewer of the course feels that the images were shot ‘for the course’. It takes away the stock image feel. What I do is search by photographer and then by model within the photographer’s portfolio. I use multiple stock sites using the same search criteria.