April 7, 2007

About this site:

SolidayStock.com is currently just a skeleton of what I imagine this site to become........ a photography

resource for art buyers seeking images of the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia. You may

be an art director in Charleston or a magazine editor in Paris, but this site is intended for you to see

and to be able to purchase original and unique images of this area.

 

At this date, the site represents less than 1% of my stock library.... most of which still requires scanning.

And, the categories of this site are still somewhat of a "mishmash." For instance, I have over

70 golf courses on file. Eventually there will be a dropdown menu for each course. I'm really "testing the

waters" here, and testing the site's structure. I welcome any input.... especially on the technical side.

 

If you don't find what you are looking for, please do either call or write soliday@solidaystock.com.

I've been photographing this area for over 25 years, and my library is very significant. I will probably

be able to fulfill a need. There is also the strong possibility of my shooting your needs for you. After all,

I am an assignment driven photographer. Visit my homesite, www.DavidSoliday.com, for more details.

 

I am not a website developer, but I am doing my best to understand the process as fully as possible. I

simply could not see having to call a third party every time I needed to upload files or to make changes.

Personally, in the past few weeks I have gained a great deal of respect for those who fully understand

this technology.

 

This site currently lacks a "search" feature. I consider "search" critical for the site's success. PHP, MySQL,

Coldfusion and database integration are still confusing codes to me, so this site is what the trade calls a

"static" site... one just has to plow through the pages.  As soon as I have a good understanding of these

advanced technologies, I'll be converting the site to be searchable.

About Copyright:

This is always an unpleasant conversation. I take copyright very seriously and have taken the time and

expense to register all the site's images with the copyright office, and to embed traceable tags.

I have intentionally made this site with relatively low resolution files. Certainly,you can use them for

FPO purposes, but any further usage requires a license agreement. Larger files will certainly be

transferred after negotiations.

About Licensing:

I work & sell exclusively under a licensing model. All "sales" are negotiated on a custom and personal

basis. For more information, please phone me.

Note to existing clients:

Some of the older images on this page may hold "shared" licensing rights. If that is case, I will always

consult with that party before releasing any further usage of that image. My goal is that publication

of an image with "shared" rights ( let's say a destination magazine) would benefit the original client also.

Thank you, & more at a later date..