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mackin43
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:23 pm
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Dear Submitters,
The following post comes from eBay, the world’s leading online marketplace. Shutterstock recently partnered with eBay and the following message comes to you Shutterstock approved.
Help eBay Expand Its Online Catalog Presence!
eBay is looking for your help on a project to expand their online catalog. They are looking for photographers to take pictures of specific products and brands to help in this effort.
eBay brings together a family of brands that collectively pioneer and connect communities built on commerce, trust, and opportunity.
The details:
Photographers will be given a list of specific products or Brand/Product Lines and asked to take pictures of those products to be used as stock photos in the eBay Online Catalog.
*Distribution Note: These images can be distributed for catalog use because the images are an accurate representation of goods for sale. However, due to trademark issues concerning other commercial uses we recommend you do not distribute the images by other channels. Do not upload these images to your Shutterstock submitter account.
Photographer’s responsibilities:
· Gaining access to the specific product
· Taking the picture according to eBay guidelines
· Uploading the digital product images to a location specified by eBay
Basic eBay Photography Guidelines:
· Product backgrounds are white or light in color and surfaces neutral to reinforce the simplicity and crispness of product-only composition. eBay will handle any post production work on the backgrounds but getting as close to this requirement as possible will be most helpful.
· Most electronic product photos will be taken at a 45 degree angle. There may be different requirements for other types of products, which will be discussed before the project begins.
· Clean and clear lighting
· Leave sufficient clear empty space around the product largest width or height to accommodate post production cropping.
· The size of the online catalog product image will be 500 pixels (maximum height or width), so photo’s taken should be no larger than 1000 pixels, to accommodate this resizing.
Some of the brands that eBay will request images for include:
· Rolex
· JVC
· Bose Speakers
· Rolex Watches
· Sony Camcorders
· Shure Microphones
· Dyson vacuums
Payment:
Payment will be made on a per image basis and negotiated before project start-up (anywhere from $1-$5 per image). Only one image of each product will be accepted. eBay will submit payment directly to the photographer; shutterstock will not handle payment.
Interested?
To be considered for participation in this project, please send an email with your name, contact phone, and information regarding any areas of specialty to missingimages@ebay.com. A representative from eBay will respond to you within 24 hours.
Last edited by mackin43 on Wed Aug 26, 2009 4:55 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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bubbared
Joined: 10 Jul 2009
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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:17 pm
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Looks nice! And I love ebay! |
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tuvas
Joined: 23 Apr 2009
Posts: 523
Location: Southern Arizona
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Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:19 am
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Why is the email address at google, and not ebay or shutterstock? This seems like a scam of some kind to me, something about this doesn't seem quite right... |
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mackin43
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:22 pm
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Good point. I mentioned this to our liaison at eBay, and they are going to create an @ebay address for this purpose. Once they pass it along I will update the initial post.
Thanks tuvas. Rest assured there is no foul play at hand.
| tuvas wrote: | | Why is the email address at google, and not ebay or shutterstock? This seems like a scam of some kind to me, something about this doesn't seem quite right... |
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supertramp
Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 4518
Location: I don't know, I'm guessing. :)
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Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:19 pm
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This sounds very interesting. I just set up my light table to shoot some stuff for next Saturday. |
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soctober
Joined: 15 Sep 2006
Posts: 990
Location: www.foto-melange.com
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Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:03 pm
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very interesting. not sure i will have much access to many of these products, they are not widely available in some parts of the Caribbean but I will try. If you see them not too often and consistent |
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mackin43
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bluesunshine
Joined: 15 Sep 2009
Posts: 18
Location: Europe
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Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 7:29 am
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I have a rolex, lets see if they want so photos... |
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constantinos
Joined: 15 Oct 2009
Posts: 58
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:47 am
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Wow.. |
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