HOW TO LOCATE THE ID NUMBER OF A SHUTTERSTOCK IMAGE

How do I find a Shutterstock image ID number? There are several ways to do this. The techniques work the same for finding the ID of a Shutterstock video, as well. ON THE SHUTTERSTOCK WEBSITE If you are on the Shutterstock website, you can find the ID of an image below the image on the asset detail page. Scroll down below the individual image and you will see in grey

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HOW TO SUBMIT A DMCA NOTICE (WITH TEMPLATE)

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which passed in 1998, is a copyright law which gives a safe harbour to ISPs, such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, whose content is supplied by third parties, and mandates that ISPs take action when the creator of the content (the copyright owner) contacts them and asks that their content be removed. Example: You are a photographer and actively submit your photos to your

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HOW TO SEE YOUR LICENSE HISTORY ON SHUTTERSTOCK

Benefits to Viewing Your License History Being able to view the history of all of the assets you have licensed on Shutterstock allows you to: Redownload assets Download assets in different sizes Provide evidence that you are using content that you have properly licensed View the type of license you purchased for the asset (e.g. Standard License, Enhanced License, Media License) See whether the asset is for commercial or editorial

HOW TO PURCHASE AN ENHANCED LICENSE ON SHUTTERSTOCK

There are basically two types of Shutterstock Licenses: Standard and Enhanced. These two licenses fit most people’s needs for the end usage of the content. Shutterstock offers many more license types, for most of us only need a Standard or Enhanced License. Here is a side by side look at the difference between the two licenses: STANDARD LICENSE ENHANCED LICENSE License Duration Perpetual Perpetual Regions of Use Worldwide Worldwide Digital

HOW TO LICENSE AN IMAGE FROM SHUTTERSTOCK

Need an inspiring image for your travel blog? Need some illustrations for your presentation? You can license an artist’s work through Shutterstock which you can use for your business, your personal blog, print on a t-shirt, or even to decorate your home or office. Shutterstock does not sell content. It sells licenses to photos, illustrations, video, and music which enable third parties, such as yourself, to use that content under

BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS

Salt Flat Study No. 17.  Photo ©Heather Shimmin Black and white imagery has a wonderful aesthetic. Maybe because we are used to seeing the world in color we like the uniqueness of seeing something without it. Black and white images somehow transcend the snapshot in a way that color never can. Here are some suggestions on how you can improve your black and white photographs. SHOOT IN COLOR Shooting in

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BACKING UP YOUR FILES

Harley Davidson Road King Detail, Cross Processed Photo ©Heather Shimmin I’m sitting at the coffee shop on a Sunday morning in a leather Manhattan chair. My soy latte is cooling on the end table to my left. The Shins are playing in the background as I wave to a friend who just walked in the door. I’m working in Photoshop, removing a few pieces of lint from the model’s black

ACHIEVING PHOTO COLOUR EFECTS

There are many ways in which you can alter the color palette of an image to achieve various colour effects in your images. That choice can be made in-camera or later in post-production. These are the most common and quickest ways to achieve a variety of colour effects. Warm, natural sunlight is the only light source for this image. Photo ©Heather Shimmin IN-CAMERA ADJUSTMENTS My philosophy is to do as

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7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

Catalogue Cover for Fall Class Schedule Client: Utah Valley University Photo ©Heather Shimmin   1. Your image needs work   Since the advent of the camera, photographers have spent hours in the darkroom tweaking their images – dodging and burning, cropping, adding contrast – in an attempt to make them as close to perfect (in their eyes) as possible. Today, this means spending time in the digital darkroom, aka, Photoshop. With

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DIGITAL CAMERA TIPS FOR BEGINNERS PART 3

  Crucifix Inside the Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City Photo ©Heather Shimmin The final stage in the digital imaging process is post-production, the stuff that happens after the photo shoot. This entails editing, touch-up, and storage of all these precious images. EDIT, EDIT, EDIT If location, location, location are the three rules of real estate, then edit, edit, edit are the three rules of post-production. You

DIGITAL CAMERA TIPS FOR BEGINNERS PART 2

  John the Baptist Photo ©Heather Shimmin PART TWO: PRODUCTION   Part two of this series of three articles on digital camera tips for beginners focuses on the production stage of photography, the actual shooting.  Now that you’re more comfortable understanding the controls and functions of your camera (having read the manual and prepared yourself for the photo shoot) you can now focus on the production, or photo shoot.   Digital