This "Social Media" stock image has over 200 individual, model release portraits montaged into one dynamic photo.
Social Media Images
Over the last several years I made quite a few “Social
Media” and “Social Networking” images. This particular image is my current
favorite. I believe it portrays the idea of online communities and social
interactions by combining over 200 individual portraits into one image that
fairly vibrates with energy. The image is quite simple, a collage of portraits,
yet conveys a complexity and intricacy that is part and parcel of online
communities.
Eight Years Of
Shooting People
The image took me two full days to composite together…not to
mention about eight years of shooting people and getting model releases. Imagine
what it would cost to pull this image off from scratch! Then there is the time to
upload and enter the model releases and metadata…over four hours…and that does
not take into consideration all the sorting, searching and scanning time.
Geez.
Value For Art
Directors
It is an image like this that REALLY offers tremendous value
for art directors, designers and art buyers. Of course, just how good a value
it is often makes me a little crazy. With the resources and time that go into
an image like this one it is hard to see those $2.00 sales come through. Oh
well….
Ethnic Diversity, Age
Ranges And Gender Balance
The overlapping images with varying degrees of opacity and
different layer modes, combined with the intermixed use of large and small
portraits, creates a feeling of motion and energy and depth. The image crops
easily to square, vertical or horizontal. Obviously there is a wealth of ethnic
diversity, age ranges and gender balance. This portrait montage doesn’t just
work for social networking concepts, but for a vast range of ideas from
demographics to political themes to international and global business concerns.
Social Networking And
Blend Images
There is an inherent interest in faces, and with over two
hundred faces in this one image there is a powerful pull on viewers to spend
extra time viewing. That is good news for those using the image to draw
attention to their message. I placed this networking photo with Blend Images to
get maximum distribution. It is a Rights Managed image because it is hard to
duplicate and I have a bias for RM for images that take so much time to create!
Take a moment and view all of my Social Media images on Blend’s new site!
