Big data, communications technology, and streaming data are all illustrated by this photo of streaking lights and binary numbers.
Consistent Styles,
Creativity And Fun
One of the best things about stock photography, for me, is
the opportunity and rewards of trying new things. While in the assignment world
there is an ongoing need to build and maintain a consistent style, but with
stock there are no such barriers to creativity and, well, fun!
More Demand, Less
Competition
Luckily for me I enjoy the process of coming up with
commercial images of all kinds, and part of my drive to experiment is the
recognition that only by venturing out into new territory can I discover images
that due to their unusual nature face a healthy amount of demand and less
competition than more traditional imagery.
Big Data, Information
Management And Needed Concepts
A few days a go I sat down and decide to create an image
about needed concepts including big data, information management, and
communications technology. I decided that I would use binary numbers to start
with. I created a layer of ones and zeros and began to manipulate the layer
using transform and warp tools. I used a hue and saturation layer to turn the
binary numbers to blue because blue is highly associated with business.
Motion, Speed And
Binary Numbers
I like the flow of the binary numbers. They were starting to
give me a sense of motion and speed and definitely indicated streaming data.
But I wanted a more dynamic feel as well. In my library of images I have a lot
of light streaks created with long exposures and camera movement. I found one
such capture with mutli-colored streaks that I could align with the initial
binary numbers and that would add that extra dimension of drama. Another
long-exposure light capture took on an intricate net-like appearance that I
added in as a background.
Thumbnail Sizes and
Cropping Options
One of the challenges of this image was creating it in a way
that facilitated horizontal, square, and vertical crops. Mission accomplished! It
can also be used to illustrate a lot of different concepts. Besides the
above-mentioned ideas it can show bandwidth, wireless communications, and even
cloud computing. This big data image is also a quick read at small thumbnail
sizes on the Internet…an important aspect when one realizes that virtually all
stock images are now purchased over the Internet and first seen as these small
thumbnail sizes.
New Styles, New
Approaches And Payoffs
Now I don’t know if this will be a successful stock image.
It could take me a couple of years to find out. But I did enjoy the process of
putting it together, and I do believe the image will produce revenue. But hey,
I’ve wrong before…. Nonetheless, I know from experience that experimenting,
coming up with new styles and approaches, over the long haul, definitely pays off.
Blend Images, Royalty
Free And Revenue
I have submitted the stock photo to Blend Images as a
Royalty Free image. My thinking is that because the image can be used for so
many different concepts with such a wide audience that it’s revenue
possibilities are greater as an RF image. A final point about the revenue potential of this
communications image…by submitting it to Blend Images I get the advantage of
very wide distribution and, in the case of a Blend direct sale, the added bonus
of a 50% royalty split.
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