A Pop in Page Views
Congrats to Strobist reader Edward Horsford for making the front page of the internet. Yahoo chose his photo of a water balloon (without the balloon part) as a lede image for their curated gallery of high-speed captures.
Cool tidbit: More than a third of the images in the collection were by Strobist readers.
It was the first time I have seen Yahoo leveraging Flickr content to create a main-page gallery. If this is to become a regular thing, I would expect we'll see more Strobist Flickr group members getting this kind of insane exposure. I did a quick check while this was up on the Yahoo front, and Edward's Flickr page for this photo was getting about 3,000 views a minute.
I'll bet he sure was surprised when he saw it, if he did. You can see exactly how Edward lit the photo (with two Nikon SB's) here.
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Posted at 8:43 PM.
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So, 3,000 image views every minute? He's getting up near strobist stats now. :-)
WOW!
I need to get a hack at this someday...
It's funny how a LOT of comment were "I want that camera" and not "How did they do it".
Oh, well...
That is cool. I noticed though that this image is marked all rights reserved. Can Yahoo grab Flickr content without getting permission from the rights holder?
Wow those are so cool!
DTK raises a good point, I'm curious as well if he was asked first before his image was used. You'd be surprised what's in the fine print sometimes, nowadays hardly anyone reads it anyway.
Yahoo owns Flickr so yeah, they can use the image...
Hi all,
Not sure if this constitutes self promotion, so feel free to ditch it if I'm over the line.
Anyhow, Edward did a tutorial for this series over at DIYP. It has triggering and bursting info to go along with the lighting.
's all here: http://www.diyphotography.net/edward-horsford-creates-amazing-bursting-balloons-photographs-interview-and-tutorial
Hope he got paid for it?!
One of my flickr shots was featured at the bottom of the Yahoo! home a few years back. It was to promote their "Guide to Summer" or something like that. Definitely spiked traffic on my stream, though not quite 3K hits/minute, since it was more of a sidebar graphic below the main content.
And the only way I knew about it was through the stats on that photo, no permission request or notification.
Hey David, thanks for the pimp.
Have had some wonderful feedback on the images, which is great. Yahoo.com comes after switched.com, dailymail.com, gizmodo.com, and others had items on my images this week.
For anyone interested in more setup details, DIYphotography has an interview with setup diagrams.
Cheers,
Ed
Did anyone notice that at least 75% of the comments were people wanting to know what kind of camera they would have to buy for those types of shots.
Meh...whatever...
I have had a couple of my flickr images used in online travel guides. They both asked and received permission first. But it sounds like flickr (and Yahoo) do not need to ask permission. Maybe a good reason to use watermarks.
@Will Kronk,
He-he.. they probably think that the camera is what needed for such things?
So, this is the answer: Canon G11 or any other P&S :-))
http://www.akelstudio.com/blog/do-you-really-need-an-expensive-dslr-camera-point-and-shoot-vs-professional-dslr
@Jim Grimes - Well, the photos were actually a Flickr gallery that was linked from Yahoo, so they didn't actually save the files and upload them elsewhere.
I wonder how surprised the photographers were to find out their photos were getting that many hits.
need to go and review that user agreement for flickr I suppose. Would be my guess that most people on there aren't pros and are just thrilled to have their picture "published."
Did he get paid? How much? If It's what I imagine, the downward spiral continues, maybe we've hit rock bottom. Think about what Yahoo is worth? If only business of photography blogs were as popular as Strobist! Atta boys don't put food on the table. Sorry Dave, gotta call it like I see it.
Addison-
Well, we certainly do not want to hit rock bottom for uncompensated content. To that end, could you kindly supply an address so I can bill you for the consumption of this content?
Seriously, I would note that none of the people complaining about whether or not the gallery image usages were paid were actually photographers whose work appeared in the gallery.
Sorry, Addison. Gotta call it like I see it.
David, Google me, you'll find my address.
"I would note that none of the people complaining about whether or not the gallery image usages were paid were actually photographers whose work appeared in the gallery."
To that I say, "That's precisely the problem."
Googling? Uh oh. Hope you're paying them for their service, too. I mean, it has value, right?
What do you figure, $1/search for every search you ever made? That's Microstock prices, so granted, it is a little insulting. How many times you figure you use them each day? Start adding.
My point: I have long-since moved beyond that dogmatic, black-and-white view of direct compensation as The Only Model, amen. FWIW, I do not charge the people who consume Strobist directly. Neither does Google charge people to search.
Which is not to say that I am not creating something of value, and within a healthy business model, too.
You are certainly welcome to draw a line in the sand and get all Harrington on it, but that does not mean yours is the only way for others, too. Nor, necessarily, the most profitable in the end.
Not just a blogger thing with me, either. I am recasting my whole model as a photographer after it. FWIW, it can be predatory or it can be both financially rewarding and liberating -- depending on who is calling the shots, usually.
David,
I would be interested in your take on a high speed method I recently made a video. It's basically simulated high speed video created from stop motion high speed photographs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR0gwyZYZ_Q
I believe it's clear I haven't figured out the more basic aspects of strobing for asthetics. I was just introduced to your site today by someone who saw my video. I intent to spend lots of time here!
Destin
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