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Few days ago I received this email from ShutterStock. I was totally impressed because I taught it is impossible to find out something like this.

Shutterstock Images LLC recently settled a claim against one of its Subscribers. We found the Subscriber had exceeded the circulation limits of the Standard Licenses granted to it by Shutterstock. As a remedy the client has agreed to purchase the Enhanced License for all the images it has used in this way.

Our research indicates that one or more of your images was downloaded and used by the Subscriber.

Rather than deduct the legal and administrative expenses incurred by Shutterstock in reaching the settlement, Shutterstock has elected to distribute the bulk of the settlement proceeds to affected Submitters and absorb the majority of the costs of the settlement. We believe the settlement to be fair and reasonable given all of the circumstances surrounding the breach of our Terms of Service.

Within 24-48 hours you will notice an Enhanced License credit in your account for each of your images downloaded and used by the Subscriber.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding this matter.

As result I received $28 for my favorite image LINK

Did you have any similar situations ? Please post your comments …

Creating digital images is not so hard when you have digital camera but what if you want to transfer your old images on DVD or your computer? This can be done with your home scanner but what if you have hundreds of images?

Scanning allows you to create digital files, make new prints of old photos or negatives, e-mail them to friends, and more. If you’re new to photo scanning, you’ll need to take care about aligning, resolution, colors, image size, etc. Top quality scans can’t be done without a quality scanner and first you must determine what you eventually want to do with your scanned photo. You’ll need to decide whether the scanned image will be e-mailed, printed, re sized, enlarged, or archived in order to choose the right resolution and file format.

Scanner resolution is measured in dots per inch (dpi) and the more dots you have means the sharper the image. File format is also important. It refers to the way that scans are saved to the computer (JPEG, PNG, TIFF). You can identify a file’s format by the extension after the dot at the end of the file name (such as .jpg, .jpeg, .gif or .tif).

Just like I said above, if you have to much images and you want top quality, photo scanning can be painfully slow and you should think about professional photo scanning service. They understand the value of your photos and take the responsibility of handling these precious materials very seriously. Also you will get the highest quality service where all images are cropped, rotated and color corrected manually. Fixing dust is also included in service.

They can to the same with your video tapes. Video transfer is a complicated procedure so you should send your tapes to professionals.

You don’t need to worry about your material. They will return your originals together with digital material you ordered.

Hi there… My last post was almost 6 months ago and it is a shame (I admit ) During those 5-6 months I had a lot of job (daily job) and it’s very hard to make some photos when you work almost 12hrs per day. Now it is time to do something with this blog and here I am…

First thing I will do is to upgrade Wordpress. Latest version is uploaded and it seems OK (for now). If you found some problems (broken links, images, etc) please contact me.

Best regards

Last week I had a job to finally organize my bedroom and in my old school bag  I found two old disposable cameras (single-use camera). If you don’t know anything about this kind of cameras please continue with reading…

The disposable or single-use camera is a simple box camera sold with a roll of film installed, meant to be used once. They usually have focus free lenses and some of them are equipped with an integrated flash unit. There are even waterproof versions for underwater photography. Internally, the cameras use a 135 film or an APS cartridge.

Those cameras can be used in many cases. They are popular with tourists and are also a common solution for underwater photography by those who don’t own a dedicated underwater camera or waterproof housing. Disposable cameras have become increasingly popular as wedding cameras. Usually they are placed on tables at wedding receptions to be used by guests to capture their unique perspective of the event. More commonly they are available in colors to match the wedding theme such as ivory, blue, white, gold, etc (custom cameras).

This kind of cameras are very cheap and you should buy them. At least you don’t need to worry about them…

Images are taken from CamerasForAll.com

NEW YORK, NY – January 27, 2009 – Fotolia (http://www.fotolia.com) one of the world’s leading sources for legal, low-cost imagery announces a call for high quality, user-generated video submissions, in preparation for the launch of its stock video offering, which will supplement its current library by licensing royalty-free video clips at microstock prices. (Read the article)