Tag Archives: stock photos

The Everyman.

If you’re the sort of person with five minutes of time, a willingness to read subtitles, and a fascination with the actors from stock photography–like we are–then you need to watch this short film about The World’s Most Downloaded Man–the ubiquitous presence in the stock photo banks of the world.… CONTINUE READING /

Down Time.

At the completely stereotypical corporate office of Busy Work & Company & Associates, Inc. the employees are expected to be on the clock and focused from the hour the office opens until the hour it closes. Time spent posing for stock photos will come out of your pay.… CONTINUE READING /

Guided Imagery.

Here at Marshall Creative, we go searching through iStock to find the supposedly innocuous photos that we use to craft our beloved stock bits. There are literally thousands of photos uploaded to the iStock archive, and every so often your search terms will find you some deeply weird images that … CONTINUE READING /

Jenny?

Awhile back it occurred to us that one of the quirks of the iStock archive is that all photos are numerically coded, and that many of these numbers are seven characters long. In other words, you can see if your phone number, or the phone number of a local business, or … CONTINUE READING /

September Caption Contest Winner!

Jon Schickedanz took our simple little stock photo contest and made a tiny Ingmar Bergman film out of it. For his funny-yet-sobering look at the world of the Marketing Department, Jon wins a shiny iTunes gift card!

Thanks, Jon! Thanks also to everybody else who submitted. The October caption contest will … CONTINUE READING /

Life Imitating Stock Photography.

After awhile, it just happens without our even trying. For example, last night our friends from Schadenfreude stopped by the office to do a little brainstorming, and without even meaning to they found themselves involuntarily posing for stock photos.

This is what business magazines would call a “company culture.”… CONTINUE READING /

The Winner by a Nose!

When we unveiled the new Marshall Creative website last month, we also re-started our monthly Stock Photo Caption Contest.

(Rules are pretty simple: We show you a Stock Photo. You email a caption to hello@marshall-creative.com. Best entry wins an iTunes gift card. No big deal.)

Last month’s contest winner was Homer CONTINUE READING /

We’re Not Sure Why iStock Displays Office Workers Wearing Animal Heads, But They’re There.

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Don from Logistics Correctly Identified the Blue Part of the Graph

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Glen from Payroll took his glasses off after rocking some client meetings.

Here’s one of our latest. Thank you, Glenn from payroll.… CONTINUE READING /