[lucidcreations]

Do you find yourself searching through stock art for fucking hours?

I'm working on on a campaign called "Evolve" for a car finance company. The front cover concept I have in mind shows an old street with a horse and cart on the left then it fades to the right of the page to a modern neon lit street with a brand new shiny car. Can I find the images I need? Can I fuck. I need to get out with the camera more and stop working so much, sigh.

We have press access to k's of car images so they're not a problem, but non of them are at night.

[cam]

Aye been there. You know what you want, but just can't find it.

Corbis searching is amongst the best in terms of meaningful results

[d*d]

I'm feeling your pain - It can be one of the worst soul sucking experiences that face graphic designers, it's worst if you have the image you want in your head but cannot find anything that even comes close, especially if it needs to be royalty free.
I take it the budget doesn't allow for a photographer

[Ro]

Yeah, searching for images is not fun. Check out www.bluevertigo.com.ar/. Really good resource for various stuff.

[lucidcreations]

Originally Posted by d*d

I'm feeling your pain - It can be one of the worst soul sucking experiences that face graphic designers, it's worst if you have the image you want in your head but cannot find anything that even comes close, especially if it needs to be royalty free.
I take it the budget doesn't allow for a photographer

Nope and I'm the photographer anyway.

[Brown]

Originally Posted by Yer Dad

get getty or image 100 etc to do a FREE image search for you.

yeah. phone them up and tell them what you want and they'll do the searching for you.

[lucidcreations]

Aren't the images REALLY pricey. We're talking 300dpi.

[Brown]

Originally Posted by lucidcreations

Aren't the images REALLY pricey. We're talking 300dpi.

sometimes, but at least you get an excellent shot and you don't waste time searching for one. won't the car finance people pay for it anyway?