Everybody knows Michael!

Stock photography luminary Michael Masterson was honored recently with the ASPP’s “Jane Kinne Picture Professional of the Year Award,” joining such company as Cathy Sachs, Jane Kinne and so on. Of course we took the opportunity to spend some time with Michael getting his POV on the industry. You have seen the industry go through …


Creating A Conceptual/Fine Art Stock Photo

How DO they do it? ‘Stock Photo Guy’ and resident guru John Lund takes us behind the scenes. Creating a fine art stock image for Getty Images Siri Stafford, my art director at Getty Images at the time, suggested this stock image for me to create. She asked me to make the image because she …


Get Colorstock!

We hear over and over from researchers, editors and buyers searching for imagery about the need for a different kind of imagery. We chatted recently with entrepreneur Jenifer Daniels who has stepped up and has brought a new collections to market : Colorstock. Colorstock has come onto the Stock scene with a mission statement of …


Secrets From the Set

Imagine if a donut was a diva… demanding that it only be shot from certain angles, or that the powdered sugar only be of a certain specific type; and you begin to get an idea of the stresses faced by professional stylists. For, make no mistake, food might not, in reality, be able to make …