Recent Stock Photo Industry Press Releases

Craig W. Smith Wins Two Accolade of Excellence Awards

Wedding & Portrait Photographers International honors Craig W. Smith Photography with two awards

Santa Monica, CA, Dec. 30, 2006. Craig W. Smith of Santa Cruz, CA has received special honors in the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International Semi-Annual Print Competition. Designed to recognize outstanding photographers, the second half judging was held in Santa Monica, CA, on November 9th 2006.

FeaturePics.com Reaches New Benchmark Of 150,000 Images Offered For Sale

Fremont, CA, Dec. 27, 2006. 150,000 images – maybe that is not a huge amount of images... But when you are talking about 1000 new friends – it is quite a lot! This year was a start. A lot of mistakes, attempts to fix them (Thank God, our Contributors helped us a lot) and we slowly, but surely, are entering into this complicated world of stock photography.

Jupitermedia Corporation Announces the Acquisition of JustTechJobs.com

New York, NY, Dec. 28, 2006. Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM) today announced the acquisition of JustTechJobs.com (www.justtechjobs.com), an online tech job site based in Boulder, Colorado. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

blinkx Selected by The Guardian as One of Top 100 Most Useful Sites of the Year

blinkx Recognized for Leadership in Search Technology

San Francisco, CA, Dec. 27, 2006. blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced that it has been named one of the Guardian's 100 most useful sites of 2006. The Guardian's top 100 is a power list of the best sites on the Web in 20 categories.

Canon And World Wide Fund For Nature Announce Photo Contest 2006 Results

India, Dec. 26, 2006 (IndiaPRwire.com). Canon India Pvt. Limited, India's No 1. Complete Digital Imaging Company and WWF-India, the country's largest conservation organisation, today announced the results of the Canon WWF Photo Contest 2006 contest which was launched earlier this year as a part of the World Environment Day Celebrations on June 13.

New Zurich-based Stock Photo Agency Sodapix Now Online

Sodapix Photo Stock Agency: Swiss Made

Zurich, Switzerland/Oak Harbor, WA, Dec. 22, 2006. The new Swiss Stock Photo Agency Sodapix for royalty free (RF) and rights managed (RM) photography is now online.  Sodapix.com offers a broad spectrum of images, especially to creative photography buyers and enables many new functions thanks to Web 2.0.

LuckyOliver Stock Photo Web Site Announces Holiday Royalty Increase

Photographers Get Lifetime 50% Royalties on Images Accepted Before 12/31/06

Campbell, California, Dec. 21, 2006. Micropayment stock photography site LuckyOliver announced today a time-limited increase in image royalties. From December 21, 2006 through Midnight PST on December 31, 2006, any accepted images will earn a 50% royalty for the life of the images. Photographers or illustrators interested in learning more about LuckyOliver or submitting images should visit www.luckyoliver.com.

PhotographyCorner.com Announces 2006 Photograph of the Year Contest with Over $14,000 in Prizes

Toronto, Ont., Canada, Dec. 22, 2006 (PRWEB). PhotographyCorner.com (www.photographycorner.com) recently announced the 2006 Photograph of the Year contest, featuring ten, high-profile sponsors with over $14,000 in prizes to be won. The contest is free to enter, with submissions accepted via email. Any photograph taken in 2006 is eligible to win if entered.

Looking Ahead, The Stock Artists Alliance Expands Its Mission

Florida, Dec. 19, 2006. The Stock Artists Alliance, the global trade association of stock photographers, has voted to expand its mission to address the business interests of all professional stock photographers worldwide. The SAA mission was previously limited solely to the business of licensing Rights Managed images. The SAA membership affirmed their support for the expansion of SAA´s mission, voting by a wide margin to accept amendments to the association's bylaws proposed by the Board of Directors.

Robotube Games Develops Mobile Game For Getty Images

New Haven, CT, Dec. 19, 2006. Robotube Games is playing a new corporate game with its development of PictoMatch™, a new mobile game created for and provided by Getty Images, the world’s leading creator and distributor of visual content. PictoMatch, a game reminiscent of the classic Concentration memory card game, is a quick-flip matching game to recall duplicate images to score points, with the skill levels determined by the player’s choice of the number of images in each round.