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Something I've noticed in both website builders and theme buying is that it is very hard to separate the incredible stock photography from the overall style of
by michaelbuckbee 6y ago
Something I've noticed in both website builders and theme buying is that it is very hard to separate the incredible stock photography from the overall style of the site.
The common experience seems to be picking what you think is the "perfect" theme only to find that it's really dependent upon having thousands of dollars of high-end photos taken.
It seems like an unsolved problem.
- satvikpendem 6y agoYou can use free stock sites like Unsplash, Pexels, etc. Are you referring to more specific stock photo shots?
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- ericwood 6y agoI used to work on Squarespace's templates team, and this is a very real problem we talked about with some frequency. There's a few solutions, one of which is designing more around text, but in many instances people still want the media-heavy look. For those cases, the image tool tied in with Unsplash, which made getting high quality stock images pretty easy.
- edraferi 6y agoI like Unsplash, but I don't understand their business model. What makes it sustainable?
- ipsum2 6y agoUnsplash is just an image hosting place. The photos are contributed by users. Unfortunately, they no longer have a CC0 license.
- Bombthecat 6y agoWhat about pixabay?
- ericwood 6y agoI don't have much visibility into that but the Squarespace ad on their homepage is absolutely a clue :)
- neuronexmachina 6y agoI wonder how difficult it would be to have GAN-generated "stock photos" to match a particular style.
- michaelbuckbee 6y agoMy understanding is that resolution is still an issue.