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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

SA is flying with Twitter!




Time to spread your wings and fly with StockArchive on Twitter.

A great way to keep up to date on industry events, free content uploads, some shameless promotion, industry buzz and of course the official site countdown!

So please do follow us on Twitter. Fly with StockArchive on Twitter now!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Events : This is "HOW" we do it.


So in a last minute attempt, we somehow managed to get a booth spot at the HOW Conference [ www.howconference.com ], get an airline ticket... with that ticket being the last seat to Austin Texas and even managed to get a room in a hotel that was supposed to be "all booked up". Luck was certainly on our side for this one. Talk about procrastinating! It should be a great event. We were hoping to have the site up in time for the How event... but, it looks like we are most likely launching sometime in July. Some fine tuning still to do before we take the reins off and let this wild stallion go free. If you are planning on attending the HOW event then please come visit us at our booth. See you there!

Free Images: Red, white and blue with a twist of rock and roll.


Seeing as July 4th is right around the corner we figured some of these odd... yet intriguing and somewhat patriotic images might find a place in your concepts. We didn't go too crazy with "all" the images we selected. We chose images that had a little unique edge to them and yes... some nice plane-jane very safe shots that your clients will want. We are in Austin Texas right now at the How design Conference http://www.howconference.com so we gotta run!

To anyone who was at the How designers conference in Austin and was talking to the "blond" guy in the booth... Take a close look at the rocker with the black hair. Yea that is me. Not afraid to put practice what we preach at Stock-archive.com. Happy July 4th to our friends in the United States.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Events: FITC 2009 - Stock-Archive.com / Victory Arts produced the video again!

Ooops we did it again. Just finished the video that we produced for the FITC 2009 [ www.fitc.ca ] conference in Toronto. This event was huge and much larger than last year. It certainly lead to some good times for sure! We were thrilled to be asked back again to capture and cut the video for FITC Toronto 2009. Essentially our mandate was to cover the event and produce a highlight video that pretty much mashes together 4 days of amazing speakers into a 3 minute video of the event along with its parties, the presentations and the amazing "Get a Job" event. The challenge for us this year was how do we make it look different than last years video. This year the theme was "Outside the lines", Joshua Davis [ http://www.joshuadavis.com ] created the 2009 theme for FITC this year, We wanted to compliment the creative idea but also give it our own little edge. Instead of giving it a slick "glossy" production value we decided to keep it a little more "gritty" and "raw" in style and flavour.... we think it worked out just fine. Check it out for yourself.

Also note the many motion graphic and audio stock elements by [ www.Stock-Archive.com ] within the video. A little shameless promo/Sneak peek.... yea we know, but hey, if you got it flaunt it.

FITC Toronto 2009 - Highlight Reel from FITC on Vimeo.



So, Hats off to the Stock-Archive.com crew [ www.Stock-Archive.com ] and a special thanks to the team at Victory Arts [ [ www.victoryarts.com ]
]for the amazing work on the project; Will, Masayo, Ken, Bryan, Kyle and Anton, Fly, Mike for their help on location and in post production.

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Hero > Jamie Muntean


You like motion graphics? We do too! We also are big fans of our next featured Hero. If there is ever a need for quality and speed, this guy has it all. Meet Jamie Muntean, this guy is a magician when it comes to motion graphics and animation. Trained in Animation, Jamie quickly picked up on After Effects and became an amazing motion graphic designer and has been working in the UK, Ottawa, Montreal and with clients all around the world. We've had the pleasure of working with Jamie and he seriously had to be one of the nicest... and most creative guys we've ever worked with. Passionate and dedicated, this is a guy you want working on your next project. For sure check out his reel here or on his site : www.thesideproject.ca

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Free images: Creative block.



Ever get one of those days when your designing something and you have a massive a creative block? Happens to me all the time. I typically just go for a walk, chill or sometimes I just do some creative mish-mashing to reformat my mind. Well, this week I was somewhat "creatively blocked" while selecting the free images. So, I put two and two together and just banged out the free images by mashing them together, thus, making the free images and generating some new content for SA. Ugly? Yea maybe... but there is a use for it. Maybe alone they might not do much for ya, but, I think putting them into a pattern like you see above might make for a cool background or hopefully will inspire you to do something cool with them. If you do.... show us. we'll profile you and what you did.

We now have over 2000 free promotional images available to pre-registered users. Once we launch we will have over 60,000 images, illustrations, motion, audio and flash elements to choose from. Our loyal pre-registered users will get amazing promotional offers once the site launches. To pre-register, go to www.Stock-Archive.com

Monday, June 15, 2009

A Sneak Peek: HD motion clips: Vicky

Besides shooting stills and creating illustrations... we've also been busy creating some wild motion graphic HD clips. While we've got a batch of amazing "Line Works", "Motion Masks" and a bunch of other animated clips, we have also been producing precision based HD clips that use steady cam, dolly and Jib arm to capture shots. We even got a bunch of Raw shots that are just hand held, gritty and show the reality of this crazy world.

This mini movie was a tribute to our camera named "Vicky". This batch of Royalty Free stock clips was shot in one car ride home by the "Vice Admiral", (our D.O.P.) Vice, went home with the camera, shot clips on his way home, ate some dinner, neglected his girlfriend and worked until 3AM and came in the next day ( at 8:00AM I might add ) with this mini movie that showcases what his "typical drive home" is like everyday. As you can see we are shooting content all the time. There are no real work hours here... we shoot when we see things or when we are inspired... not just during regular work hours. Above and beyond the call of duty Sir Vice.... Nice work!

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Free Images: Anime Illustrations... aged to perfection!



F.Y.I. > The free images will be up around Wednesday.... but this is what will be up. Check back soon.

This week, we've got an amazing set of illustrations for everyday use. Cool, clever and stylish. Why use a photo when you can just go with some wild anime style illustrations for your typical business or lifestyle shots. One of "Our Heroes", Quy Luong (Featured in the next week or two...produced these fine illustrations for www.Stock-Archive.com about 4 years ago. It is amazing how long we've been building content and just starting to get it out there. Hey if you love what you do... do it. We know these illustrations will be super useful. Enjoy!

We now have over 2000 free promotional images available to pre-registered users. Once we launch we will have over 60,000 images, illustrations, motion, audio and flash elements to choose from. Our loyal pre-registered users will get amazing promotional offers once the site launches. To pre-register, go to www.Stock-Archive.com

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Hero > Kenn Taylor


Who is this guy? ...Kenn Taylor. Don't forget it. We've had the honour of watching this guy grow from an intern with whacky ideas into an amazing professional photographer with stunning concepts and serious attention to detail. www.Stock-Archive.com had the pleasure of working with Kenn for about 3 years now. He is an amazing photographer and we support him, his vision and his ability to capture great photos. Any production could greatly benefit from this guy and his talents. Hire the guy for a gig if you get the chance. Check him out at www.kenntaylorphotography.com

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Free Images: A walk down memory lane


Every now and then it is nice to get away from the hustle and bustle and go for a walk down the street, deep into the forest, or just stroll down memory lane. This weeks free images are a medley of those types of moments. Simple, yet aw-inspiring. We dig the images and don't have much else to say as these images seem to be quite happy with the silence, calm and serenity that surround them.

We now have over 2000 free promotional images available to pre-registered users. Once we launch we will have over 60,000 images, illustrations, motion, audio and flash elements to choose from. Our loyal pre-registered users will get amazing promotional offers once the site launches. To pre-register, go to www.Stock-Archive.com

Thursday, June 4, 2009

More human spirit. Thank you Jen!




Talking about "Human Spirit".... One of our good friends and amazing photographer Jennifer Scrivens ( See Our heroes ) went back to NYC for her holiday and just sent us an image because she said she was thinking of us. I support it, support the image and support her for being awesome. Thanks Jen. Love the shot. You just inspired me to take some cool shots today on urban letters and numbers.

Dig it.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Free images: A tribute to "Human spirit"




Sorry for being late with the Free images! I bury my nose every day in my work. When I was younger (Age not disclosed), I worked about 14-16 hours every day including weekends. Now, I still pretty much work the same amount of hours but somehow am able to do three times the amount of work...( not that it is a good thing ) ... but I find it interesting how strong the human spirit can be when you are working on something you love to do. Things are different now as I have a little munchkin that I adore and am trying to spend as much time with her juggling two businesses at the same time, one that barely brings in enough money to live while the other (This one) funnels any, all and even borrowed money to build Stock Archive. Why we give stuff away for free is a very good question .... especially, when we are always on the brink of pure exhaustion. How do we do it? I honestly can't quite tell you but, my philosophy is to always work on something that gets you excited, working with what you've got, work with people who get your vision, have patience... lots of it.... and just when you feel like it is all going to fall apart, keep pulling on some good-old-fashioned "Human spirit" from others that can pull it all into focus. Seriously I'm dead tired! But it is interesting where you can pull energy or inspiration from. From family, a good friend and his son, a great neighbor, a special pet or even people you don't know who are willing to help you out. So, some how every week (For 79 weeks now) I somehow am able to find an extra two hours of energy to source, find and prep the free images for the developer to setup the page and upload the Free images for you all. I sincerely hope you all enjoy the images because that right now is the best reward I could ever ask for. I'm one tired papa.

Speaking of feeding off some "Human spirit"... I'm off to go play with my little kid for a while and tuck her into bed....And, then get back to work. The kid is cool and inspires me to push on. That good karma should give me at least another 4 hours till midnight and then I'll feed her again and we all can get some shuteye.


We now have over 2000 free promotional images available to pre-registered users. Once we launch we will have over 60,000 images, illustrations, motion, audio and flash elements to choose from. Our loyal pre-registered users will get amazing promotional offers once the site launches. To pre-register, go to www.Stock-Archive.com

We're dead meat!


YUP! We are dead meat alright. We know thousands of you are coming to get your free images this week and they are not up yet! Yikes.... I now know what it feels like to have a bulls-eye painted on your back.... So for that we are sorry. We do however have a great excuse... one that we think you will forgive us for. We have been so busy testing the site and getting the content ready for the launch that we didn't have time to get the Free content up for this week yet. Now, it is coming and should be up this week. You'll also be happy to know that even once we launch the Free site will still be there for you to get and use as part of our promotional campaign. When is the actual launch? Great question! We don't want to give an exact date but it is very soon. We are in the final testing stage and have about another 20,000 stock elements to prep.

Thanks for your patience... please check back at the end of the week for the Free images for this week.

Cheers.