Dreamstime Stock is a Dream!
As a filmmaker, I’m always on the search for images to help tell my story for me. Interview footage is often dry and directors who come to edit with me don’t have the time or budget to shoot extensive b-roll. That’s really too bad – b-roll is worth the time and effort, and the cost of stock images or footage to cover boring or badly shot talking heads.
On the last production I edited, the co-producer found an incredibly affordable stock image site – Dreamstime.com. The images are excellent quality and priced well below Getty or Corbis, even for broadcast use.
This is also great for the photographer, because their images will get sold more often. Rather than a few expensive buyers, hundreds of image makers will spend the few dollars to get a high quality image. It’s the iTunes model – make it cheap, accessible and cut out the middle man’s massive cut.
I’m going to sign up as a photographer soon, so my images should be online for sale shortly.
Peace,
Melissa
