Why do designers for book and movie covers sometimes use stock photography?
Posted by brian | Posted in Stock Photography help | Posted on 11-16-2009
Tags: Book, Covers, designers, Movie, Photography, sometimes, Stock, stock photography
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I often see books and dvds that have the same cover art as other books and movies, it’s because they use the same stock-photos. If problems like that happen so often, why not make your own pictures and avoid the problem?
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Probably because stock photos are cheaper and easier than hiring a photographer, I agree with you though, it’s pretty lazy and doesn’t say much for the originality of the work.