Comments on: Avoid “Perfect Photo” Syndrome

By: James Reyes Photography

James Reyes Photography — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 03:32:19 +0000

I’ve got to keep this in mind more often. I’m always spending too much time on nit picky details trying to perfect one shot. I need to divide my time better.

By: sampheap

sampheap — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 05:27:39 +0000

Only from here that I feel I keep learning.
Thx

By: Berthold

Berthold — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:53:28 +0000

Maybe if there is no perfect stock photo, don’t use one. Shoot your own. Hire an illustrator. Use the typographic apporach.

This may be just me, but I have a distinct distrust toward sites that use ugly stocks; this may or may not be related to how stocks are handled where I work, but I feel if they couldn’t bother showing their own mugs to sell their product or show the product itself, why should I bother giving them my business?

By: Christa

Christa — Mon, 31 May 2010 05:41:12 +0000

This is a great post!! Thanks for your efforts and energy to put this together and share.

By: Bronson Quick

Bronson Quick — Sat, 22 May 2010 02:37:25 +0000

I must admit that I tend to rely on stock photos too much in my designs usually because of time and budget constraints. I usually try to give the client and idea of the feel and mood that I would like to convey and give them some subject matter and let them choose some stock photos they like. However, this can sometimes come back to bite me because they’ll mix and match different styles together.

I liked the idea of creatively cropping stock images to shift the focal points. You’ve inspired me to play around with cropping more as I tend to just resize stock photos most of the time. Yet another awesome tip Ben! I’m gonna spend a good amount of time reading your posts now. I love your insights. Thanks for sharing!

By: Angelee

Angelee — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:55:29 +0000

..even add* to communicate*

typo! sorry for the distraction.

By: Angelee

Angelee — Fri, 21 May 2010 08:44:52 +0000

Helpful tips! A picture in a bird’s eye view signifies different meaning than an image in a len’s focus. As for websites, the designer should be keen enough to choose images that would even adds to communicating with the users.

By: pesho

pesho — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:07:53 +0000

Very nice article and so helpful
thanks a lot

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:51:55 +0000

Thanks for this – it was really useful and covered a lot of stuff I’ve never really thought about before. I especially like the ‘taking a risk’ and ‘word mapping’ ideas. It ties in with another recent article I read on making an emotional connection with your readers (so instead of just a shot of cash on a page about money, I’m now thinking about shots of excited people, worried people – and yachts!).

By: kc

kc — Tue, 18 May 2010 06:17:37 +0000

hey nice.. i was waiting for this!!