PHOTO BUYER SURVEY REVEALS STRONG DEMAND FOR QUALITY
By Paul Melcher Public photo industry surveys are so rare and few that it is always a refreshing exercise to review one when they do come out. VisualSteam just released the 2015 edition of its Art Buyer Survey and it surfaces some interesting trends. Leslie Hughes, VisualSteam’s President and CEO, said, “Art Buyers are frustrated […]
Dreamstime Stock Photo Agency Acquires Their 20,000,000th Image, Adding 1Million Images per Month
Dreamstime, one of the leading stock photography and image sources in the world, recently announced they have acquired their 20,000,000th image (image number 21,000,000 should be on the site before Christmas). In a world of text, the right image will stop the eye and grab the attention of the reader. Dreamstime, one of the Top […]
PACA 2013 Conference Rocks!
The PACA staff and Program Committee are still riding high from the success of the PACA 2013  Conference! Feedback from participants has been great and we believe that this was one of our best conferences in recent years. The move from a hotel seems to have been a positive one and we enjoyed being the […]
Yuri Arcurs Sees Setsbacks for Microstock
Yuri Arcurs is pulling his images out of all microstock stock agencies, except for for iStockphoto, and investing $1.4 million dollars into Scoopshot. Will mobile be a major setback to Microstock? Read about his latest moves in this interesting article and form your own opinions. http://petapixel.com/2013/07/26/microstock-king-yuri-arcurs-says-mobile-is-the-next-big-disrupter/ Elaine Vitt