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Most stock photography websites and agencies work the same way: photographers upload their work, set prices, and let clients browse for what it is they’re looking for. If the client wants a photo of a family on the beach, they’d better hope someone came through. And on the other end, the photographer has to hope that they’re putting work out there that people will actually want to use. Advertising creatives Cassandra Nguyen and Grazina Snipas’ new website PicoImages does away with that model, replacing it with more of a “stock photography to order” sort of system. PicoImages works by allowing clients to request the photographs they want, describe how they plan on using them, and set prices. Interested photographers can then upload the photo (one per request) they believe best represents that request, and hope that their photo gets picked. PicoImages will make its money at three different junctures along the way. First, clients must pay $10 to post a request. Second, they will pay an additional 9-percent transaction fee on top of the price they originally specified. And third, the photographer will be charged a 9-percent transaction fee out of their payment once their photo has been selected. This opens up the stock photography world to a lot of people who might otherwise never try to sell a photo, and that’s the creators’ intent. Nguyen explains: We had the budget for photography but couldn’t find anything that looked good on the popular stock sites. At the same time, we were seeing all of these great photos pop up on our social networks but didn’t have an easy way to contact the photographers or to license them. PicoImages plans to bridge that gap. It’s an interesting business model that has the potential to help streamline the stock photography process. On the photographer side, no more guessing what might sell well. On the client side, no more scouring stock sites in search of the perfect picture. To check it out for yourself, learn more, and maybe place or fulfill a request of your own, head over to the PicoImages website by clicking here. (via SLR Lounge)

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Evernote's Web Clipping extension in Chrome, which simply saves just about anything online into an Evernote account, now lets users clip from Gmail. Emails often contain photos, files, receipts, itineraries, etc., and these messages and attachments can...

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SWEET. The social network we almost all use is finally letting us use our ever-so-clever photos in comments. That means no more clumsy Imgur links; now, the pics can appear directly as a comment. Here’s how it looks: As Facebooker Bob Baldwin put it in a public post this morning, “When I’m talking with a friend, sometimes showing a photo helps me tell a story much better than words alone. If we’re hanging out in person, I can show a photo from my phone, but on Facebook I’d have to post a link to a photo. … I hope this will make threads with friends more expressive and engaging.” Just like with so many of the Facebook features you already know and love, photo comments came out of a company hackathon. Baldwin, along with co-Facebookers Eric Faller, Zizhuang Yang, Ashwin Bharambe, Brandon Souba, and Alex Madjar, built the product overnight. “I’m so happy to launch, as this is the most exciting photos feature I’ve shipped to date!” said the man who will be everyone’s favorite nerd for the next 15 minutes or until NASA does something cool with Curiosity, whichever comes first. To try out photo comments now, you can post to Baldwin’s thread or just wait for the public rollout. Filed under: Social

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Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Performance, Jaguar, Luxury Jaguar's new F-Type is a pretty potent little pouncer. And while we do love a good roadster, many of us at Autoblog are perhaps more excited about the upcoming hardtop version of Jag's stylish new entry-level sports car. Why? Because even here in heavily camouflaged prototype form, the thing looks really, really good - the sleek roofline blending rather nicely into the F-Type's shapely rump, allowing for better distinction of its pronounced hips over the rear wheel wells. Mechanically speaking, the F-Type Coupe should be identical to its droptop sibling. That means the supercharged 3.0-liter V6 and 5.0-liter V8 engine lineup should carry over unchanged, though we've heard rumors about a four-cylinder application as well. There's also talk of hotter R, R-S or R-S GT models coming down the pipeline, and based on what we've experienced in things like the XKR-S, we certainly can't deny the allure of such a model. It's unclear exactly when Jaguar will show the production F-Type Coupe (at the Frankfurt Motor Show, perhaps?), but the car is expected to go on sale sometime in 2014. Check it out in our latest spy gallery, above.Jaguar F-Type Coupe proves sexy can't be disguised originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments