Comments on: PicFindr: Stock Photography Search Engine http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/picfindr-stock-photography-search-engine/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mindy S http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/picfindr-stock-photography-search-engine/#comment-103977 Mindy S Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:31:44 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/?p=9579#comment-103977 Rick, Thanks for a fabulous post. I am wondering if you could give a new kid on the block some advice. :) Joe Gold has taken jewelry photos for the likes of Saks, Neiman, Bloomingdale's, Zales and more for many years out of his NYC studio. He's now offering these beautiful images without restriction and I was hoping that perhaps you would be interested in helping us get the word out. Unlike most, if not all stock photo places, there are no restrictions or tomes of legalese attached to the work. I hope you consider giving us a small way we can start getting some visibility. We're brand new. :) www.jewelrystockshots.com Whatever you are willing to do to help us would be more than appreciated. :) Mindy Rick,

Thanks for a fabulous post. I am wondering if you could give a new kid on the block some advice. :)

Joe Gold has taken jewelry photos for the likes of Saks, Neiman, Bloomingdale’s, Zales and more for many years out of his NYC studio. He’s now offering these beautiful images without restriction and I was hoping that perhaps you would be interested in helping us get the word out. Unlike most, if not all stock photo places, there are no restrictions or tomes of legalese attached to the work. I hope you consider giving us a small way we can start getting some visibility. We’re brand new. :)

http://www.jewelrystockshots.com

Whatever you are willing to do to help us would be more than appreciated. :)

Mindy

]]> By: Rick Englert http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/picfindr-stock-photography-search-engine/#comment-86031 Rick Englert Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:28:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/?p=9579#comment-86031 Thank you, makeuseof team, for reviewing PicFindr.com! I hope you find it a useful resource, as I created it to meet a real need I had in my web development efforts. If I may, I'd like to pass on some more info that's not immediately obvious: 1. Changing the "copyright/left options" changes the list of sites PicFindr searches, since, for example, some sites only offer photos free for educational or church use, and some (like Flickr) *require* attribution (that you display a photo credit or link along with the photo). In addition, educational and church users can go directly to http://school.PicFindr.com and http://worship.PicFindr.com, which is the same thing as selecting the permitted use option. 2. PicFindr very often returns more than 1 page of results but the page buttons are in a terrible location, under the search options box instead of inline with the search results - sorry about that. That will be fixed eventually... 3. In the search results, the two buttons next to each site's logo (magnifying glass and "i") will take you to that site's search results page (where the thumbnails came from) and terms of use page so you can quickly see what that site requires from you when you use their photos. I recommend you always check that until you're familar with the terms of each site, because they're all slightly different and subject to change. Thanks again for the review and I hope you find PicFindr a valuable resource that you'll use often and tell your friends and colleaugues about. Rick Englert PicFindrFounder Thank you, makeuseof team, for reviewing PicFindr.com! I hope you find it a useful resource, as I created it to meet a real need I had in my web development efforts. If I may, I’d like to pass on some more info that’s not immediately obvious:
1. Changing the “copyright/left options” changes the list of sites PicFindr searches, since, for example, some sites only offer photos free for educational or church use, and some (like Flickr) *require* attribution (that you display a photo credit or link along with the photo). In addition, educational and church users can go directly to http://school.PicFindr.com and http://worship.PicFindr.com, which is the same thing as selecting the permitted use option.
2. PicFindr very often returns more than 1 page of results but the page buttons are in a terrible location, under the search options box instead of inline with the search results – sorry about that. That will be fixed eventually…
3. In the search results, the two buttons next to each site’s logo (magnifying glass and “i”) will take you to that site’s search results page (where the thumbnails came from) and terms of use page so you can quickly see what that site requires from you when you use their photos. I recommend you always check that until you’re familar with the terms of each site, because they’re all slightly different and subject to change.
Thanks again for the review and I hope you find PicFindr a valuable resource that you’ll use often and tell your friends and colleaugues about.

Rick Englert
PicFindrFounder

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