Coolife (tags: retouching_cgi)

Nice Subject Mix | Post Production/Retouching | Brooklyn, NY.

I’m really getting tired of hearing everyone bark about how print is dead. Print is the utilization of paper, paper occupies space, has depth, sounds crisp to the touch, smells, has so many tactile qualities. These characteristics of paper can’t be replicated through “interactive” (ironic term…) mediums. I especially enjoy the sculptural applications for paper. Hope you will find this compilation stimulating (although a flat computer screen doesn’t do much justice to three dimensional aspects).

Jen Stark

Zim and Zou

Grégoire Alexandre

Julien Vallée

Compilation/interesting mix of  food photographers. I know, I know, food photography…But there’s a plethora of talent out there (on the flip side, some gruesome stuff too…) I tend to be drawn to crisp/light or deep/dark exposures and cringe at the site of dingy yellow tinted shots (i.e. any food shots for semi-fast food chains, ugh nachos).

Greg Neumaier

Melina Hammer

Sang An

Ian Bagwell

A short list of some common stock houses I use to source imagery. pacaSearch is great because the search engine retrieves keywords from all of the major stock houses. Give it a try.

pacaSearch – Stock Image Mega Meta-search Engine

Media Bakery

Corbis

Getty Images

Jupiter Images

Photographers Direct | professional stock photography images | buy …

APA ATL: Production Resources – Advertising Photographers of America

Veer: Elements for Creativity

Shutterstock

Visuals Unlimited, Inc. – Science, Healthcare and Medical Stock Images …

Historic Atlanta Photography

Photos To Go

Aurora Photos – Stock Photography, Outdoor, Creative, Editorial and …

Lensmodern – online photographic handling agency, picture library and …

Arcaid Images – Stock Photography, Architecture, Architectural …

Photolibrary: Royalty Free Images, Rights Managed Images & Stock Footage

Stockphotorights | Resource for Image Licensing

glasshouse images

CSA Images – A Modern Design Resource for Art and Illustration

Transportation Stock Photography :: Transtock

moodboard

Amazing roster of ‘liquid’ talent. I like to remind myself (and clients) that great photography doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Many photographers offer stock images at affordable prices.

UNDERWATER
Chris Ross www.chrisrossphoto.com
Rick Frazier www.frazierproductions.com
Peter De Mulder www.peterdemulder.com
Tomohide Ikeya tomohide-ikeya.com
Zac Macaulay www.zacmacaulay.com

Image copyright Tomohide Ikeya

I receive hundreds of emails each year from photographer representatives and make it a point to view each one, browse a few photographers, bookmark the notable and move on. Over the course of this year I’ve spent dozens of hours browsing through thousands of images, I hope you will take note of these photographer selections I’ve hand selected and appreciate the stellar quality as much as I do.

ANIMALS
Tim Flach www.timflach.com | Rep: Peter Bailey New York
Simen Johan | Rep: Bill Charles
Even Kafka www.evankafka.com | Rep: Glasshouse Assignment
Catherine Ledner www.catherineledner.com| Re: Apostrophe
Michael Brian www.michaelbrianphoto.com | Rep: Bruce Levin Group

Featured image copyright Evan Kafka.