The MPC Feed @ Washington College

Yuri Arcurs from Crestock has produced some wonderful videos that show behind the scenes of his studio at Aarhus in Denmark. These videos show a lot of great insight to how he’s using his studio and his photography work flow, specifically in relation to his stock photography. Thanks to Yuri for sharing with the world!

The videos include:

• Stock Photography With Yuri Arcurs - On the Photo Shoot!
• Exclusive Teaser: Behind the Scenes with Stock Photographer Yuri Arcurs
• How to Choose, Instruct & Shooting With Models - Yuri Arcurs
• How to Instruct Your Models: Free pose, Smile & Freeze
• Yuri’s Favorite Photography Gadget: The Manfrotto Monopod
• How A Model Can Help The Photographer
• A Guided Tour in Yuri Arcurs’ Photo Studio
• Yuri Arcurs on Studio Essentials

Tags: Photography Tutorials, stock photography, Studio Photography

Interested in seeing how an award winning ad was designed? BennyYarnell™ is a designer who has shared the elements that compose his ad for the DC10 Club, which won last year’s Punctum Day awards for Best Design of the Year. Hear in his own words how he addresses the client’s interests in the creation of this ad:

Tags: award winning, Graphic Design, iStockPhoto.com, Punctum Day 2007, stock photography

iStockPhoto.com awards $40,000 is cash/prizes next month for the second annual Worldwide Punctum Day. These awards go to the top voted stock files on iStockPhoto.com. To get a feel for what they are looking for, you can see last year’s winners online:

• Photo of the year
• Vector of the year
• Video of the Year
• Flash file of the Year
• Design of the Year

It’s not too late to upload and enter your files!

Tags: awards, Design, Flash, iStockPhoto.com, prizes, stock photography, vector, Video